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The source of a thought about an elephant isn’t the elephant. There is no actual elephant involved in thinking about an elephant. The way I see it, a ...
May 12, 2020 at 03:31
They make sense to me, too. But I’m thinking we’re already on the other side of the paradigm shift in many ways. To many readers, Whitehead’s philosop...
May 11, 2020 at 04:03
Yes - they only reflect our shared understanding - they are not equal to it. I’m not dismissing the dictionary definition, I’m pointing out its limita...
May 11, 2020 at 02:48
So, given that you can spontaneously bring a thought into existence from nothing, how would you describe the relation between your existence and that ...
May 11, 2020 at 02:27
I’ll assume you haven’t read the rest of the thread, but I suggest you do. I’ve stated it as a given for the purpose of this discussion because no, I ...
May 11, 2020 at 01:18
Strawman. Dimensional aspects of reality are not necessarily spatial - any New Age mumbo-jumbo about astral planes or parallel universes has nothing t...
May 11, 2020 at 00:49
You’re right - I have responded here primarily to your attitude towards posters on this forum. But I have also said that I agree with much of what I’v...
May 10, 2020 at 23:58
What do you mean by ‘a reality of its own’? Are you maintaining a dual sense of reality, as in mental vs physical? You agree that beliefs are objectiv...
May 10, 2020 at 04:03
While I agree that the existence of suffering (experiencing pain, humiliation, loss/lack) is necessary for survival, I disagree that survival is neces...
May 09, 2020 at 06:10
‘Concrescence’, ‘epochal process’, and ‘prehension’ were all terms coined by Whitehead which, to my knowledge, were not previously used in the sense t...
May 09, 2020 at 04:54
The problem is that the focus of your writing is on argument and debate. So you’re either preaching to the choir, or you’re trying to engage ‘stupid, ...
May 09, 2020 at 04:05
They’re not unable to learn the words - they’re unwilling to, and with good reason. There are enough words in the English language that if you can’t f...
May 09, 2020 at 03:27
I want to make some observations here that I think you might be missing. There is a difference between writing for an audience who feels obligated to ...
May 09, 2020 at 01:24
In a way, it refers to the general assumptions we make about how the world works - the language and concepts humans are most comfortable using to desc...
May 09, 2020 at 00:50
This is where I think it’s so difficult to make the transition from technical writing to mainstream publishable content. I think you’ve outlined the i...
May 08, 2020 at 16:32
I understand your preference for neologisms in order to ‘control its meaning precisely’. The amount of posts arguing over definitions and meaning of t...
May 08, 2020 at 05:22
I can relate to this. My day job is marketing communications for a school. Our parents and staff would be predominantly lazy and mean, so while my key...
May 07, 2020 at 07:40
Granted. This part was not my argument as such - it was a passing comment, and an ungracious one at that. My humble apologies. Thank you for this. I’d...
May 07, 2020 at 07:16
The ‘view from anywhere’ is a claim to the most objective position, often in blatant ignorance of the possibility that one may be missing information....
May 07, 2020 at 01:58
Then we explore in what specific ways they contradict. Your view is not in polar opposition to mine, because there are elements that we agree on. It i...
May 07, 2020 at 00:48
In disagreeing with you, I’m saying that your subjective view of truth is different to my perspective of truth. I’m not telling you what you’re suppos...
May 06, 2020 at 16:41
Objectively speaking, everything that exists matters, otherwise it wouldn’t exist. But one irrefutable, ‘objective’ meaning to everything is ultimatel...
May 06, 2020 at 07:19
Interesting, but I think it might be worth reading Lisa Feldman Barrett’s book “How Emotions Are Made” for the rest of the story. I think it makes sen...
May 06, 2020 at 05:26
You didn’t have to contribute to this thread. I imagine we share some elements of our perspective, otherwise you wouldn’t have engaged in the discussi...
May 06, 2020 at 04:50
I agree with you here. As in my reply above to Banno, when accuracy in communication is our aim, most of what I’m discussing here is pointless drivel....
May 05, 2020 at 07:09
To someone who is trying to improve their understanding of syntax, the English language, propositional logic, etc, this statement is meaningful. To th...
May 05, 2020 at 06:51
...in this temporal position, and from the position of those who understand the significance of ‘night’, ‘day’, ‘caused by’, ‘earth’, ‘rotating’, etc....
May 05, 2020 at 06:28
Wow - that’s what you got from what I said? It is in relating to the difference in your perspective that I can improve the accuracy of my understandin...
May 05, 2020 at 02:05
That’s up to you. I can tell you what I think and explain why I think that way. Whether you believe it or not is not something I’m going to enforce. D...
May 05, 2020 at 01:56
Well, if knowledge is irrelevant to objective truth, then logical impossibility has no relevance to it either, and true or false is indefinite. But if...
May 05, 2020 at 01:51
Not the way I see it. First of all, I personally try not to declare ‘truth’, because I understand that what might I think or say is true can only be a...
May 04, 2020 at 16:04
The way I see it, you can take the Wiki explanation one of two ways. You could take Sam’s path of reductionism: ignore, isolate and exclude most of th...
May 04, 2020 at 08:48
Carlo Rovelli had this to say about quantum mechanics in relation to information theory, that sounds similar to, but not quite what you’re describing ...
May 04, 2020 at 05:45
Yes, I’ve been here before: “Objectivity is a philosophical concept of being true independently from individual subjectivity caused by perception, emo...
May 04, 2020 at 05:05
Not just disagree as to the facts - we also disagree as to how to act, what should be done, what is real, what exists, what anything means, what is tr...
May 04, 2020 at 04:25
Eliminate all minds and you eliminate awareness of ‘facts’ as answers to specific questions, as well as all questions, and therefore all facts. Someth...
May 04, 2020 at 03:40
I agree. I guess my point here is that, while the possibility of an agreeable definition eludes us, we can nevertheless improve the accuracy of our ow...
May 04, 2020 at 03:19
I had a feeling I could count on you, Banno. Your perspective, limited though it is, has been presented as indisputable fact, as always. I agree that ...
May 04, 2020 at 02:50
Ha ha - I was waiting for you to show up. What is meant by ‘objective truth’ is the topic of discussion. I don’t think anyone can define ‘objective tr...
May 04, 2020 at 01:26
Is it true? I think it is, but who am I to declare what is true? If you tell me you disagree, then perhaps we can discuss our difference in perspectiv...
May 04, 2020 at 01:13
Thank you for this. I think that acknowledging the limitations of each perspective in relation to the possibility of objective truth is important. Whe...
May 04, 2020 at 00:34
This is an interesting perspective. As a parent, I learned that permission (and indeed power) is based on perceived potential. So long as the child is...
May 03, 2020 at 23:07
Uncertainty or ‘fuzziness’ is what motivates the discussion. Interactions between different perspectives of this uncertainty may help to bring relatio...
May 03, 2020 at 14:38
You can insist on the existence of an objective truth value, but its existence is only ever a possibility, just like the existence of ‘God’. Any state...
May 03, 2020 at 14:23
‘Given’ doesn’t necessarily mean it’s true - this is a perceived limitation of the perspective from which I am asking the question. I’ve stated it bec...
May 03, 2020 at 13:39
Thank you for your thoughtful post. I agree that these describe three common ways that people conceptualise ‘objective truth’. The assumption they hav...
May 03, 2020 at 13:18
Well, I’m not looking for a definition. I agree that there is no generally accepted meaning of these words. The formulations are meant to challenge th...
May 03, 2020 at 10:30
Thank you for your comments. I’ve found that many people don’t make an accurate distinction between potential and possible, though - and may/might doe...
May 03, 2020 at 10:20
Thank you for your comments. TBH I’m not looking for a justification, because I don’t believe objective truth can be justified or defined as such. Tha...
May 03, 2020 at 06:36
‘Objective truth’ exists as a possibility. That’s as much as I can assert with any confidence. My point is that we ignore, isolate and exclude what is...
May 03, 2020 at 05:17