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Well, possible worlds goes beyond what I'm saying, but that too is a possible contingent fact. However, there are some contingent facts that never obt...

There are possible states-of-affairs. For example, it's possible that the Earth could have two moons. It's contingent.

Simply its possibility, i.e., if it's contingent.

To say that a fact obtains is just another way of saying the fact exists, or the state-of-affairs exists.

Facts are simply states-of-affairs, and there are different kinds of states, viz., brain states, physical states, abstract states, contingent states, ...

There are contingent facts, i.e., a certain state-of-affairs that does not exist now, but may exist in the proper setting. For example, there is no mu...

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This argument is posted in here, and I've started a blog that starts out with the argument. However, what would convince you depends on many factors, ...

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Wittgenstein points out that Moore's use of the word know is more an expression of subjective certainty (OC, 21 and 42). He says this because Moore's ...

Part of what makes you, you, are your unique experiences and memories.

Yes, by definition, knowledge is something that is justified. As Wittgenstein says, satisfying oneself is part of the language-game of knowledge. Many...

If this wasn't so, then one could infer knowledge from a simple claim that one knows. It has to be more than reasonable that in many situations the kn...

Where else would it happen? In other words, if we're talking about the concept, the concept thinking gets its life from the actions you pointed out, b...

Yes, the causality link hasn't been clearly established. Although I do think it's certainly something to consider.

Yes, in fact I've done this with my foundationalist idea's based on Witt's hinge-propositions. I also think there is much more that can be surmised, n...

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Obviously we can't stop all accusations, but what happened here was just a circus.

Sure, there was plenty that could have been done, viz., much of this could have been done behind closed doors so that the reasonableness of the accusa...

People who are generally reasonable can be unreasonable at times, there are a number of reasons/causes for this.

If you think that these accusations haven't destroyed his reputation, whether he gets on the supreme court or not, you have to be living on Mars. That...

This argument boils down to the strength of Ford's claims, period. Not what your ideology is, not what your opinion is, not how you feel about her, no...

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The Inductive Argument: This is a restatement of the argument. The following argument is based on the testimonial evidence of those who have experienc...

I agree, testimonial evidence is not a proof, but where did I say it was? On the other hand, it depends on how you're using the term proof, i.e., if y...

These are videos about one person's DMT experiences. I'm posting them here because there are similarities between these and NDEs. Here are a series of...

Ya, it may lead to people accuse you of behaviorism, but I'm surely not going to let accusations dictate my beliefs. People will always misunderstand ...

He's relearning the use of a word, just as a child would learn to use a word. I don't see the connection between what you said above and this video. I...

I don't remember the context of this quote. I believe the point was, that if there was no pain behavior, the word pain would be practically meaningles...

Well, it's similar to knowing how to count to ten, it's knowledge as a skill. The evidence or the justification is in the doing. If you say you can ri...

I find this reprehensible. It's worse than the previous posts. You can justify just about anything under this idea. In fact, you have justified some o...

The following is what I see as the real problem. First, God knew that he was creating beings with a free will. Second, he knew that people would use t...

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It's utter nonsense.

I never said any such thing, that's your interpretation of what I said.

Well, first, I don't believe in the religious idea of God. However, if we assume there is a God that is omniscient in the Christian sense, i.e., that ...

I have no idea what you're talking about. If you're trying to tell me that God's knowledge necessitates events, I disagree. Knowing that some event wi...

I think of it just a bit differently. If God is supposedly omniscient, and he knew what choices you would make before he created you, why would he cre...

I understand, but I think this is an error. I was trying to point out that reasoning is separate from causality because it involves intention and choi...

There is an important distinction that needs to be made in reference to justifying a belief by giving reasons as opposed to citing a cause for a belie...

I'm always presenting knowledge, by definition. :nerd:

Another point of emphasis, is that you can be justified in believing that something is true, but that doesn't mean it is true. It not only must be jus...