All you're really saying Josh, as with the example you gave, is that reality is subjective, and within that subjectivity there are various interpretat...
No, there aren't as many rules as one wishes to make, there are rules that define what it means to have a good argument, it's called logic. Your appea...
I don't see anything reasonable about it. How do you define reasonable? Generally in a philosophy forum what's reasonable is about the argument itself...
All you're doing is stating your opinion. Give me an argument based on good reasons or evidence that the conclusion is false. Are you saying there is ...
One of the ways of knowing if an experience is real is by examining the experience based on others who have had the experience. Of course this in itse...
Actually if you look at the first page of this thread, a few posts down, you will see that my view of consciousness and NDEs is based on the testimoni...
In the previous post we mentioned the problem of talking about NDEs, that is, part of the problem is one of linguistics. In other words, what do we me...
For many people the question that arises is the following: "Are these experiences (NDEs) real?" People have a variety of experiences, and most sensory...
I think what you seem to be saying is something akin to the eye verses its visual field, i.e., within the visual field one cannot observe the eye beca...
When I use consciousness, I'm using it as a synonym for mind. So yes, for me at least, it does mean mind. I don't see what else it could mean. And whe...
Your comment reminds of people thinking that a flying machine would be magic, it's similar. New ideas, or ideas that seem strange, are always looked a...
My opinion, it's not an argument, but it's based on some evidence of what people experienced in an NDE, is that there is a primary consciousness that ...
I agree with this. Based on my metaphysics, the brain is like a receiver, and it's existence is holographic, just like everything else in the universe...
That's a great video, I've listened to it several times over the past couple of years. I was first introduced to the idea of a holographic universe wh...
I didn't say "Metaphysics is the limit of what can be discussed...," I said, "...there are limits to what can be said about the metaphysical." Wittgen...
Much of the problem with the discussion of consciousness has to do with our epistemological ideas; and thus it's a language problem. It's a language p...
I think we have to be careful about shutting down speech. I think you're right in that certain platforms (businesses, etc) have a right to limit what'...
What you experienced was an NDE, but it doesn't sound like you completely left your body, but you were detached. There is a purpose, it's just not a r...
Another interesting point about lying, i.e., when I tell the judge that I didn't murder my wife (when in fact I did murder my wife), I'm expressing a ...
That's an interesting point Cuthbert. In some sense we can also fool ourselves about our beliefs, i.e., I can say that I love my wife, but my actions ...
Now that I re-read my statement, it's a mistake to say that beliefs are reflections of actions, so you are correct in that actions are reflections of ...
"Wittgenstein didn't figure it out either," that's really funny, not that he wasn't wrong about some things, but that you would say such a thing. I do...
I don't follow your logic. Jack has a red ball is not a belief that Jack would have (if Jack is a dog). If I say, "Jack has a red ball," that would be...
You're missing the point. I'm not saying that passion is intrinsically bad. I'm saying that passion has nothing to do with the conclusion of a well-re...
It doesn't matter to me that reason tends to be a slave of our passions, which is probably true in many cases. But logic, which is the study of correc...
I'm not sharing an opinion, which is what you're doing. I'm telling you what logic is, and logic by definition has nothing to do with emotional respon...
Well, all emotion does is cloud the issue, and logic is similar to mathematics; as such, it needs no emotion to come to a correct conclusion, you simp...
Emotion is something that naturally occurs as we present arguments, but good arguments have nothing to do with emotion, and everything to do with evid...
This is just an emotional response, which is bullshit, because it has no place in a philosophy forum, which is supposed to be more about correct reaso...
Yes, that's all I mean by private, that there is an "internal aspect" to belief. But then you ask, "...I'm not sure what pre-linguistic man's "interna...
I don't understand why you would say this, especially since in what you quoted I said, "...they can be reflections of our actions. I've been saying th...
I can unite the two, but trying to get people to understand my point on this is a struggle as it is. My metaphysics would be another exercise in futil...
There is a sense where I would say that my comments are both true and not true also, but that has to do with my metaphysics. Ultimately I believe that...
I'm not much of a fan of Searle, but I think Austin made some important contributions. Have you read Sense and Sensibilia? One way to think of what I'...
Of course you can't explain a belief apart from language, that's what an explanation amounts to. I'm not talking about an explanation of a belief, I'm...
I'm not saying the word or concept belief doesn't get it's meaning from public behavior, of course it does. When I sit on a chair, am I not showing th...
All beliefs are stateable. I'm not sure what that means. If an animal has a belief, can the animal state the belief? No. So there is one example where...
Proposition are statements that can be true or false, and we agree on this point. However, "The present king of France" is a proposition, it's a propo...
I'm going to contrast my reading of OC with other readings, so in that vain I'm going to start by discussing Dr. D. R. Prichard's reading of OC as pre...
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