You don't know what the hell you're talking about, the argument I gave on the first page of this thread is an INDUCTIVE argument. No shit, it's a phil...
Guys if you're going to continue this long discussion on consciousness you should start up a thread. This thread has to do with NDEs and whether they ...
If you read the exchange between Fdrake and myself you'll get more of the answers to these questions. Fdrake came up with the best counter-argument, a...
Remember, I'm telling you what the evidence is telling us, that doesn't mean that I have all the answers. I know I don't. Moreover, because you can't ...
Well, the dream analogy isn't perfect, but I do believe that when we choose to come here, part of making that decision is the suppression of who we re...
I would just be guessing, but it does seem to be the case that whatever we experience contributes to learning on some level. We can see this when peop...
What I find interesting is that many people who have an NDE recover their memories during their experience. They'll say to themselves, "How could I ha...
Maybe the question should be reversed, why would you want to undergo the experience of being murdered, because based on the testimonial evidence you p...
First, nothing can ultimately harm us, but obviously that doesn't help as we're experiencing some very difficult experiences. Second, it's what we lea...
One point is probably to allow you to fully partake of this reality without the hindrance of knowing what this reality is. It would affect your abilit...
Ya, I'm sure there are many traditional beliefs that go against much of this. What I've tried to do is let the testimonial evidence speak for itself, ...
What follows is something I've talked about before, but it gets lost in the pages, so it bears repeating. It also represents my conclusions from study...
This is a study of memories and NDEs. https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/03/NDE-85-MCQ-ConCog.pdf The follo...
The problem you're going to run into is that there are many different uses of the word irrefutable, depending on one's epistemology. For example, for ...
I understand what that's like, unfortunately there are leftists that don't want to hear from anyone who disagrees with them; and the irony is that the...
There's crazy stuff going on on both sides. Until we dispense with the liberal vs conservative, or democrat vs republican you won't be able, in a lot ...
I agree with much of what you said. This is why it's so important to be able to express your beliefs openly, and preferably in debate with others who ...
Logic is a language-game, and like any language-game it starts with rules. I presume that you're asking what justifies the rules, and the answer is th...
I agree he rejected the picture theory as presented in the Tractatus. However, as I've mentioned, that doesn't mean that propositions can't or don't r...
Sorry, but I don't see Wittgenstein putting forth a picture theory in the PI. That said, of course there are places where he talks about how statement...
Let me just preface my remarks with this. First, I'm an independent, I don't like the two party system in the U.S., it's too tribal. Second, people te...
Where do you see that Wittgenstein continued with the picture theory in the PI? If anything he rejects it, although when considering use, and the mult...
No, logic doesn't tell us what's true. Logic is a tool to help us draw proper conclusions, but it certainly doesn't guarantee truth. If certain propos...
Epistemology is about knowledge, and knowledge deals with beliefs, justification, and truth. If I say that I know algebra, that statement is either tr...
I understand that our language is just a description of reality, and thus how we talk about reality. It doesn't follow from that that our description ...
All of these have been talked about, and you're right, corroboration, credibility, and falsification are all part of a good argument. My argument was ...
I would submit that your just playing word games. "I am sitting at my pc," is the experience of sitting at my pc, what else could it mean? What else w...
I see your point, but how would that explain the experiences people are having in an NDE? Let me put it this way, there is no evidence that the extens...
I'm going to say a few things to add to the argument. I believe the argument has merit. First, it does seem that God (as most Christians define God), ...
I would say that normally we do know that it's not an illusion. However, I maybe using the word know differently from you. What I mean, is that we are...
My point is that to doubt something means that one has good reasons to doubt, or has good evidence to doubt. In my epistemology one doesn't just need ...
My position is that you "don't know that you're sitting at the PC writing," i.e., that proposition is a foundational belief. What I mean by foundation...
People tend to ignore facts, they're more interested in buying into a particular narrative (right or left); and they see everything through their narr...
I'm not sure how much of what I'm about to say relates to your point, but your post triggered much of my response. Hopefully there will be some overla...
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