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 ...
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...
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...
So, given that you can spontaneously bring a thought into existence from nothing, how would you describe the relation between your existence and that ...
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 ...
Strawman. Dimensional aspects of reality are not necessarily spatial - any New Age mumbo-jumbo about astral planes or parallel universes has nothing t...
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...
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...
While I agree that the existence of suffering (experiencing pain, humiliation, loss/lack) is necessary for survival, I disagree that survival is neces...
‘Concrescence’, ‘epochal process’, and ‘prehension’ were all terms coined by Whitehead which, to my knowledge, were not previously used in the sense t...
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, ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
I understand your preference for neologisms in order to ‘control its meaning precisely’. The amount of posts arguing over definitions and meaning of t...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Objectively speaking, everything that exists matters, otherwise it wouldn’t exist. But one irrefutable, ‘objective’ meaning to everything is ultimatel...
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...
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...
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....
To someone who is trying to improve their understanding of syntax, the English language, propositional logic, etc, this statement is meaningful. To th...
...in this temporal position, and from the position of those who understand the significance of ‘night’, ‘day’, ‘caused by’, ‘earth’, ‘rotating’, etc....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Yes, I’ve been here before: “Objectivity is a philosophical concept of being true independently from individual subjectivity caused by perception, emo...
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...
Eliminate all minds and you eliminate awareness of ‘facts’ as answers to specific questions, as well as all questions, and therefore all facts. Someth...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Thank you for this. I think that acknowledging the limitations of each perspective in relation to the possibility of objective truth is important. Whe...
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...
Uncertainty or ‘fuzziness’ is what motivates the discussion. Interactions between different perspectives of this uncertainty may help to bring relatio...
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...
‘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...
Thank you for your thoughtful post. I agree that these describe three common ways that people conceptualise ‘objective truth’. The assumption they hav...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
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