Thanks for that. I didn't know Piaget had an interest in religious teleology. Since we've touched on the topic of 'time' via 'progression' I am also i...
I agree. Transitions of 'self' and 'world' is a two way semi-continuous process. In fact, the constructivist Piaget, who initially applied this to chi...
I've not read much of the above. I merely comment that I seem to remember that Russell's Paradox was dismissed by Wittgenstein as being 'aberrant lang...
I consider all absolutism to be religious, (absolute truth being the mythical crock of gold at the end of the rainbow), and it is you who appears to h...
Okay. I take it you quoted Jabberwocky in the misguided view that since Lewis Carroll concerned himself with 'nonsense' then his significant observati...
I consider myself a pragmatist and view 'axioms' as merely 'assertions which may contextually work up to a point'.. This is in accordance with the spi...
Sorry, but your absolutist/naive realist stance equates merely to 'religion' for me. If you follow my replies on other threads you will find multiple ...
"TheGreatArcanum;290688"] You don't appear to be familiar with the prevalent view amongst philosophers of the 'nonrepresentalist position' on language...
See my Wittgenstein footnote. I repeat...all concepts/words take their meaning from specific contexts. Nebulous (philosophical) contexts result in 'la...
I suggest you examine the concept of 'existence' itself ! You may come to the conclusion that 'existence' (like all concepts denoted by a word), simpl...
As an atheist the concept of 'God' has no function for me but I acknowledge its functionality for others. The lay concept of 'existence' is based on t...
Frank What point are you trying to make quoting Jabberwocky ? Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) was a logician interested in semantics. Are you claiming...
You are correct Terrapin. What matters is agreement as to 'evidence' and that's a social phenomenon. Indeed, from the pov that 'reality' is never dire...
Once more, had you read the epistemological literature, you would be aware that all words, including 'guess' take their meaning from the social contex...
To Leo Frank is here on a self validatory mission regarding his agnosticism. This involves ignoring all usual epistemological objections because his p...
Comment to Terrapin. All 'things' do have 'existence' if you move away from naive realism. What matters is 'functionality for the thinger'. The functi...
No It is generally accepted that ontology and epistemology are inextricable. What you call 'properties' boil down to 'expectancies of the nature of in...
No. It is generally accepted that ontology and epistemology are inextricable. What you call 'properties' boil down to 'expectancies of nature of inter...
Now why would your attempts at self rationalisation of your choice of to leave the Church get under my skin ? And as long as others are prepared to pl...
:smile: I see Frank is still trying to rationalise his escape from the Church ministry by brandishing his simplistic shield emblazoned with the word '...
I suggest classical set theory is irrelevant for dealing with 'existence' because 'thinghood' being an aspect of observer\observed interaction is tran...
My view is that 'thinghood' is what humans ascribed to some focal aspects of Their perceptual interaction. In other words 'existence' is a word we use...
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