'Delusions' are defined primarily by social consensus regarding 'inappropriate behavior'. The fact that what we call 'brain functioning' may be correl...
I disagree. Bohr was in tune with Heisenberg here who said..'we never observe nature directly...only the results of the questions we ask of it'. This,...
We don't. We simply avoid joint projects in which theistic belief could be an impediment. If your Joe-Betty scenario involves raising children, one te...
What answer do you have to the assertion that all concepts of 'deities' or 'holistic consciousness' are basically psychological palliatives which coun...
Let me say it one more time, 'existence' and 'evidence are words triggering concepts the utility of which differs according to the context in which th...
...Futile because 'evidence' in the case of 'God' is in the eye of the beholder. The 'utility' of the concept is a psychological and social issue,outs...
Incoherent to you perhaps, just as some of your comments are incoherent to me ! BTW I note that W's 'meaning is use' is conspicuously absent from your...
I acknowledge that discuesions about 'the existence of God' do occur in what what we might call 'real life' since it can be viewed as a socially conte...
Thankyou for that comment about 'physiology'. As far as I can tell, all I must admit to are 'other interlocuters' who agree (structurally couple) with...
One of the most celebrated philosophers of 'being', Heidegger, characterized it as involved with 'caring in time', i.e. 'being' involves 'implications...
TO ALL There have been many 'mentions' over night (uk) and it is difticult to answer all of you in detail. The main (Pragmatist) point I want to re-it...
Common physiology and common physical needs imply agreement on 'naming' i.e. producing 'concepts'. Anthropology gives examples of how cultures vary on...
Of course that 'I' feels free by definition, but the concept of 'self' which might emerge according to the thesis may decide to deconstruct the idea o...
It would only appear 'flimsy' if you were not familiar with the plethora of literature behind it. I would suggest perhaps Rorty's ''Philosophy and the...
And I'm pointing out to you that the 'realism-idealism' debate has nothing to do with the contextual use of the word 'reality'. Dichotomous dimensions...
I don't want to play a simplistic game of 'words' chasing 'words' round the houses. At the risk of being heckled by the traditionalists, I quote Derri...
The thesis is presented in the title of this thread. It up to you to decide whether it is 'worthwhile'. It is for me because it exposes the futility o...
The first level of measurement is 'nominal' i.e. naming of 'the thing to be measured'. The naming of 'space' or 'time' is no exception. 'Space' and 't...
I suggest you read up on nonrepresentationalism. A child who first aquires the word 'cat' in situations of experiencing furry toys, or real animals, o...
Since words are socially acquired and the currency of what we call 'thought', I heartily dismiss your idea that 'meaning is subjective and in heads'. ...
No. Its meaningless because we are not engaged on any mutual, everyday project. Its what Wittgenstein called 'language on holiday'. Words like 'mind' ...
The reference to 'human' implies that different species with non human physiologies might be able to communicate different expectancies. We might conc...
Only the nonrepresentationalists would appear to be going 'deeper' ! They are implying that 'meaning' resides in potentially shifting social consenus ...
....and presumably you would also disagree with more recent scientific writers like Rovelli, and with the prevalent 'nonrepresentationalist' view of l...
By assertng that 'a concept' is not idential to 'the object it conceives' you are immediately dismissing the relativity thesis by stepping back into t...
Try thinking of 'the senses' as being a human concept useful in some contexts. The biologist, Maturana dismissed 'sense data' as necessary for his 'au...
You still havn't worked it out have you Frank ! There is no way of 'testing' the thesis because it is transcendent of lay concepts of 'reality' (which...
Correct ! And an interesting speculation in that respect is about the concept of 'orde-disorder' involved in the second law of thermodynamics. In my o...
? The original quote about 'definite truth value' was yours not mine. My reconsideration of 'syntax was based on my understanding of 'syntax' as the l...
I don't want to get involved with Frank's mission about 'belief'. I merely remark that in ordinary situations (not philosophical discussions) words li...
Wittgenstein might say..examine how the word 'reality' is used in everyday circumstances. e.g. She thinks she dresses well but in reality she looks te...
Yes, The response makes sense except for your last sentence in which you appear to single out 'reality' as fixed or non-negotiable. IMO 'reality' deno...
Your concentration on 'words' is in accordance with die Kehre or 'the turn' to linguistics in philosophy, illustrated by the later writings of Heidegg...
Greetings Wayfarer. You correct about 'mental image' and 'concept'. Indeed Rorty argues that Western philosophy has suffered from 'predominance of vis...
How does your philosophical evangelism which relies on classical set theory, reconcile with aspects of QM in which classical set theory is inapplicabl...
Yes. I agree on Heidegger. Temporality does indeed appear to be inextricable with Existenz The Rovelli point of interest to me is that 'order of event...
"CH has a definite truth value. It's either true or false. That's semantics. But syntactically, we have no proof". I'm not clear what you mean by 'syn...
"Modern scientific discoveries in particle physics support the existence of a non-local substratum to reality, for in terms of the phenomenon of quant...
Its a bit ironic that the 'authority' to which you object was the one who identified the 'language on holiday' you produce in your objection.. Only yo...
Thankyou. I stand corrected on the technicalities of Cohen's work. But as an example of 'problems' with classical logic I still claim validity. I have...
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