Sam26

Sorry I don't follow?

The only thing that I would question is this statement. Why can't my belief be private? The language which states a belief is not private, but my beli...

The point in talking about beliefs, prelinguistic and linguistic, is to point out that there are some beliefs that are foundational or basic to episte...

An important point about knowledge is its juxtaposition with doubt, and this is a point that Wittgenstein makes over and over again in OC. I think it'...

I do believe that language evolved from scratch, but not without very active and sophisticated brain phenomena. Even if you want to say they evolved t...

I have given examples in my writing, and I also have quoted Wittgenstein to you before about this very thing (OC 284, 285). Well, it's true that we ca...

I don't believe one can have private concepts, can they? Wouldn't that be akin to having a private language? Your use of the term "mental furnishings"...

You're spot on, right, you don't know what the hell your talking about.

I explained over and over what I mean by brain states, so you can go on with your criticisms that it's nonsense or jargon, but I'm moving on.

You're taking this too far into neuroscience, which is fine, but my reference to brain states doesn't rely on a scientific understanding for it to mak...

Well, it's not my private language, many philosophers have talked about brain states or states-of-mind in reference to beliefs. What a particular neur...

There is another important point to make about actions reflecting beliefs, it may be that even if actions reflect beliefs, we may not necessarily know...

I never meant for the term brain states to be defined in a very precise manner (not that you're necessarily doing this). It's simply a term that refer...

This interpretation is just wrong. It shows that you haven't read the posts carefully. This just isn't the case, where did I ever define brain states ...

Not really, because what you mean by contingent and dependent is a bit different, especially if you reject modal logic. If you reject modal logic why ...

This is a point about modal logic, and it's important. When something is contingent upon X, it means that it's possible for it to be otherwise. Thus, ...

I know what it means, and this is a disagreement still. Contingent means that something could be otherwise, correct? But propositions cannot not be pa...

I'm calm, why would you think I'm not. The bold is for emphasis, not for yelling, if that's what you're referring too. Although it can be frustrating ...

Finally, someone who understood what I said. Yes, you have captured the essence of some of what I said. I don't find any disagreement, and only one po...

That's not what I said, I was arguing that propositions are necessarily a feature of language, not arguing that propositions are a contingent feature ...

So God can make square triangles?

Some of this, not all, probably points to the differences between deductive arguments and inductive arguments. One could also give the example of A pr...

This is the second post of my continuing summary of the theory of epistemology as presented in this thread. Post #2 Third, it's the contention of this...

I'm going to summarize my theory of epistemology again to make things as clear as possible. I'll do this in a series of numbered posts. Post #1 First,...

I've been busy with other things lately, so I haven't had much time to respond. Hopefully I'll get back to this soon.

I'm not a fan of Searle, so I don't know what to tell you.

I've been using the term "brain states" to generally talk about brain/mind phenomena, because there seems to be some correlation between beliefs and b...

Thanks for the information Mcdoodle, I appreciate it.

Yes, I think what you're expressing is close to what I'm saying.

I understand that "being stateable" doesn't imply that someone actually state the belief. Yes, it seems quite obvious that if a belief is in the form ...

I'm not going to argue with you anymore. First, because it's not going to solve anything. Second, we've argued these points before, several years ago,...

None of us are probably as objective as we think; and we are all probably swayed more by arguments we tend to agree with, so nothing new there. Now ju...

What exactly is your background in philosophy MU? The reason I ask is that you talk using philosophical jargon, but it's as though it's generally not ...

I posted a paper earlier in the thread about states of mind. Did you have a chance to read it? It's on page 11, the very first post. I provided a link...

I can't reply to him any more, it's useless. I'm beginning to wonder if he has any background in philosophy, or he just pulls this stuff out of the ai...

Where did I claim that those were hinge-propositions? I never said those propositions were examples of hinge-propositions. We've been talking about th...

MU I never made any such claim, that rules shouldn't be doubted because they are necessary. This is what I mean by not understanding what's written, o...

You know MU, I read your responses not only in this thread, but your responses to Micheal in another thread, and the only one misguided is you. What y...

Banno was correct in saying that there are certain proposition that cannot be doubted within a given language-game, or within a particular context. W....

You said that a belief must be stateable. However, OC 284 and 285 implies that beliefs can simply be shown in the actions of people. Why does a belief...

There are other passages, but I'd have to look them up. 284. People have killed animals since the earliest times, used the fur, bones etc.etc. for var...

Just curious, where did W. say this? And how do you reconcile this with OC 284?

I'll wait for ????????????? to respond. He's done a pretty good job of answering.

Thanks Mcdoodle.

When I use the term justification it has a specific application, and in particular to the uses of JTB across a wide spectrum of language-games. It mea...

I don't know about all of you, but it takes me a lot of time to respond to your remarks. I've been sitting at this computer for about 4 hrs. This is w...

I think there is a sense where one can be grounded in one's belief apart from epistemological ideas. One's experience as one acts in the world provide...

Again, well said. I agree, there is a kind of certainty regarding the external world that's different from the certainty that arises out of epistemolo...

Before I respond to this let me get a little more familiar with what you contending.

Well said, I definitely agree with this. The knowing and the doubting in Moore's context are incoherent, which is why Moore's answer doesn't work. It'...