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Exactly. Parts of this I agree with, other parts would have to be explained further. I'm not a fan of passing over anything, or much of anything, in s...

The model is my or someone else's contention that there is a cat on the mat in my living room (that there's a fact of the matter). A proposition by it...

At least a dozen more. :yikes:

So, if I describe a picture to you, you wouldn't be clear what the picture is picturing. Now I'm not saying that all propositions fit this approach, b...

He didn't eliminate the idea that propositions can picture. He just expanded the idea. Some propositions are a kind of picture. Propositions can be a ...

If that's what Davidson is saying, then I disagree. Reality isn't, in my view "already linguistic." We use language (propositions) to describe reality...

I'm not even sure what Davidson is saying, it seems a bit confusing to me. I'm pretty sure I understand what Wittgenstein is saying, at least in terms...

"NDE" is not the (existential) death-state itself so it's not informative about life after life. If it were death, then (A) it's irreversible brain de...

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I can think of some people on this forum who could use a DMT trip. :nerd:

I would take this further. It seems to me that if the solipsism is correct, then how is it that there is a language (PLA)? There would be no argument ...

There are different levels of consciousness. For example, dreaming, meditative states, DMT states (and other drug induced states) , monkeys, dogs, all...

A peer reviewed study is consistent with my own research, viz., that NDEs are not consistent with hallucinations. This is confirmed in the following s...

I wouldn't quite go that far. There are people who are trying to work out the implications of his ideas, but as far as I know, and I'm just guessing, ...

Reason (inference or a proof) has its limits. Not every premise in a chain of reason can be proven. At some point you just choose an ending, if not, t...

I would agree with you. Most are just trying to understand what he said, but few are working out the implications of what he said, especially the nuan...

I think a good understanding of the Philosophical Investigations and especially On Certainty should dispel one of the notion that our internal “states...

True.

First, there are plenty of NDEs where there is no sign of brain activity, where the blood has been completely drained from the brain; or, that the bra...

That would be your argument, not mine. I do believe that there is evidence for past lives based on NDEs and DMT experiences, but this would entail a d...

The argument, if you read it, doesn't conclude anything about past lives, it concludes that consciousness survives the death of the body. Past lives i...

Address specifically how I've lowered the bar. Don't just make statements without good reasons. Where specifically did the inductive argument fail? Di...

I agree that the notion of a soul, in terms of pointing to something inner is problematic, which is why I talk about consciousness instead of a soul. ...

If the testimonial evidence is reliable, and I believe it is based the corroboration of many of the testimonials, then when people talk about meeting ...

One reason is, they're much different from dreams. In these experiences people are describing what's going on in the operating room, for example, in r...

Ya, I repeat myself because people don't always read what is written carefully. So, I can see why it may appear to go in circles, but there is a lot t...

The link that was provided in the above post, is a link to a thread that I created on the subject of Does Consciousness Survive Death? I make the clai...

Right, I wasn't suggesting that W. was dogmatic about the connection between meaning and use. In fact, meaning can be associated with an object also i...

First, I don't know about you. but for me, "meaning as use" has it's limitations. It seems rather obvious that not all "uses" of a word, equate to mea...

It doesn't latch onto the inner thing in terms of meaning, which isn't to deny that there is some relationship between the inner and the outer public ...

Why wouldn't you think that we can't talk about subjective sensations? We do it all the time. Moreover, we understand, for example, what people are ta...

I know there is a difference, as you do, because Wittgenstein challenges both Russell and Frege's views. You're right, it's a matter of exegesis, and ...

Thanks Banno.

Yes, for Wittgenstein, "The world is all that is the case (T. 1)," that's true. However, he breaks the fact into parts, viz., atomic facts, and atomic...

Well, what is his aim in writing the book? He says, "Thus the aim of the book is to draw a limit to thought, or rather--not to thought, but to the exp...

So, a proposition is broken down into elementary propositions and names. Facts are broken down into atomic facts and objects. Think of elementary prop...

She answers questions, but some of them are hard to hear.

In W. later philosophy propositions are functions of use, rule following, and forms of life; and, the definition of a proposition shouldn't be seen as...

"People have killed animals since the earliest times, used the fur, bone etc. etc. for various purposes; they have counted definitely on finding simil...

I agree, but that doesn't mean you can't formulate an argument based on some of his ideas. Although doing that may distort his ideas. We disagree abou...

My point is that W. never finished developing his ideas in OC. In one passage (I forget the number), he expresses some frustration that he won't have ...

No doubt we aren't blank slates, but I don't see how hinge beliefs (I don't see them as propositions. However, since OC starts out addressing Moore, a...

That's funny. "A dizzying intellect."

I think there is a causal or correlatory relationship between the world and our sensory experiences that produce these beliefs and/or mind states. I h...

Yes, language is in some sense is a function of these very basic beliefs; and it's these very basic beliefs that are the hinges that W. is referring t...

Actually I did say that. First, I don't think hinge-propositions are propositions, so they aren't truth apt. You have to read OC as Wittgenstein worki...

Geez, for someone who studied logic you didn't even know what a valid argument was. Yes, indeed, poor Seppo.

I could write much more, but I don't see any point. There are other philosophers who are expressing the same views or close to it, so it's not an inte...

Another point to be made about propositions and Wittgenstein's hinge's, is that propositions, since they have the potential as claims or beliefs to be...

Here is a quote from one of Moore's papers, A Defense of Common Sense (second paragraph of first page). "The method I am going to use for stating it i...