Yeah, I hear ya' @"SophistiCat", though it's kind of a gray area. There are definitely lots of psychoceramics out there, and some (are bound to) seep ...
I think the inquiry requires further demarcation to be answerable. If "possible" means logically possible (or non-contradictory) alone, then no, not e...
Nah, I think there are several reasons. Mind is typically used as an umbrella term, including the likes of, or synonymous with some of: (1st person) e...
Bits and pieces from the trenches... Gene that 'switches on' ability to speak found by scientists (Richard Alleyne; via Telegraph; Nov 2009) Design an...
Apart from what the messages are about (ships, distance), is there anything other than their representations (inscriptions, morse) and their mental re...
Hmm... Contrived argument? Seems unconvincing. The philosophical argument against artificial intelligence killing us all. Michael Chorost Slate Magazi...
(Y) Since I just posted this elsewhere, here's a (really) brief summary: science is self-critical, model-disproof-seeking, bias-minimizing model ? evi...
A (really) brief summary: science is self-critical, model-disproof-seeking, bias-minimizing model ? evidence convergence, where tentative hypotheses c...
What might "a metaphysical reality" be? And "a separate energy source"? :o (I'm guessing you're using the terminology differently from what I'm used t...
Don't confuzzle knowledge and certainty. To know something you don't have to know that you know that something (ad infinitum?). Seems a bit impoverish...
(sorry for my absence; the thread was intended for general discussion in any case) There are a few kinds of propositions. p = all swans are white migh...
So, at large, there's energy dispersion in the universe towards heat death (an equilibrium in an expanding universe), countered temporarily in some lo...
It seems there may be a sharpshooter or two among us here. If we suppose all kinds of monkeys typed away at random for who knows how long, then they m...
The holographic principle have been hijacked by some folks out there. :-} Quantum woo (RationalWiki article) You Aren't Living in a Hologram, Even if ...
I had to look that one up. Learned something new today. (Y) lead someone down the garden path = mislead, deceive, hoodwink, or seduce Source: Wiktiona...
I'm thinking everyone does (a/theist mon/dualist)... I don't think anyone have a really comprehensive understanding of mind (per se). That said, there...
Probably the wand that gives it a humorous flair. :) There are any number of oddities though. When is this extra stuff installed? What difference does...
A wee tiny detour? /uploads/files/gl/a6nxlwjwvt3ryi6c.jpg You don't find it the slightest suspicious that out of body / near death experiences somehow...
The PhilPapers Surveys turned out rather differently: External world: idealism, skepticism, or non-skeptical realism? non-skeptical realism · 82% (760...
Seems that religious substance dualism adds something extra, something entirely independent, to our lives: /uploads/files/8c/gxjxo0bd9ntlqs31.jpg Can ...
A trap, ? There's no objection to there being a perceiver, just that the perceived is the perception. Or, put differently, that the experienced is alw...
@"Wayfarer", so the Moon and I exists independently of your perception thereof? the perception is not always the perceived (Searle and others) my expe...
Really? Would you like to pitch biological evolution (roughly as currently understood) against creationism over in the science (or religion) departmen...
You know, I've noticed something vaguely analogous in big business. Monetary resources go up and down, left and right, and can depend on who-knows-wha...
Came across this odd physics, that apparently rewrites (some) quantum mechanics, with a more classical slant. I have no idea if it's just the usual cr...
, well, when I was in the US, I wanted to shake Superman's hand for a job well done and all that, but came up empty handed. The good folks at the comi...
Baby Elephants love to cuddle (4m:6s youtube) :D Don't say cuddlery is a human thing. :) Sorry, didn't log back on at the time, by all means, always f...
Hm. Seems reasonably clear to me. For something to be real, it have to exist. For something to exist, it doesn't have to be real. Like Superman or oth...
That's roughly along the lines of how I use the words. Say, Superman exists, but just isn't real. Right. (Y) I'll go with that. In brief, something li...
Has Evangelical Christianity Become Sociopathic? Tim Rymel May 2017 Don't think this is prevalent, but it sure can be found, including among people th...
:D @"Agustino", for some reason I picture you as some combination of opportunist, evolution-denier, anti-vaxxer, geocentrist, young Earth creationist,...
@"Michael", deductively alone? No, it's: • limited option: there is unwarranted suffering — evident (Y) • comprehensive option: all suffering is warra...
Observation tells us what's already considered unwarranted suffering. Don't think you'll find many doctors claiming that "the child missing out and su...
In this context, heaven could be anything free of suffering. Of course there's an implicit assumption that such a heaven exists, which (to me) seems l...
One variety of vicious infinite regress could be when trying to justify some proposition, p, and justifying p is done with (or requires) a different p...
Sure. Consciousness occurring is a kind of "running", to use your terminology. If you're out, unconscious, have been put under by anesthetic or whatev...
(Y) We generally like freedom and dislike harm (including other animals), and that can, and do, inform judging actions in terms of morality. Which har...
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