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Maybe empty space but space has no meaning if it is void or empty. In a way an empty space doesn't exit. There is always a background or logical space...
August 17, 2019 at 09:50
Yes, l think that was my point. For example when deriving a equation, say PV=nRT. Physicist will make certain assumptions which will simplify the mode...
August 17, 2019 at 07:10
I think it is more like nothing can happen in less than plank time that has any meaning in the current theoretical framework of physics. It depends on...
August 17, 2019 at 06:48
With regards to a complicated system, l have found the following article whose link is below quite useful. From what l have understood partially is th...
August 17, 2019 at 05:10
As a disciple of Wittgenstein, l will fight scientism wherever l find it. :smile:
August 16, 2019 at 08:19
Why not ? I am not a physicist but casually browsing about plank time, l think that we don't have any theory currently in physics ( that which combine...
August 16, 2019 at 08:14
If an effect has multiple causes, as in the case of the flip of a coin. There can be multiple questions raised to examine the behavior. If someone ask...
August 16, 2019 at 08:06
I would disagree with the following arguments simply for the reason that practical success indicates a good theory, not a perfect one. Newton's law wo...
August 16, 2019 at 07:41
I think the reason behind restriction on the shortest time as plank time is because that is the shortest time we can measure but mathematically speaki...
August 16, 2019 at 07:28
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Identity politics isn't the main reason behind the protests but it is hidden deep within the movement.I am very pessimistic with regards to the succes...
August 16, 2019 at 07:19
Not anymore. :wink:
August 15, 2019 at 17:42
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I hope that l am proven wrong. The more one thinks about the current situation in hk, the more depressing it gets.
August 14, 2019 at 16:15
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August 14, 2019 at 12:05
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This is the end.
August 14, 2019 at 07:16
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August 14, 2019 at 06:44
Non Cognivitism has many other positions which haven't been discussed here yet. I hope we can discuss them one by one as the article states that It is...
August 14, 2019 at 04:39
I wrote this earlier on but l think it addresses your statement here , I would divide emotivism into two further categories. 1.Overt emotivism regards...
August 14, 2019 at 03:49
I think that response is classical Utilitarianism. That maxim can also have problems in certain cases like the following one. Should a judge sentence ...
August 11, 2019 at 15:09
That's really interesting and l agree with placing truth values on metaethic statements but I think that they belong to realm of logic and language . ...
August 11, 2019 at 14:37
You are criticizing other countries for how they protect free speech, ( which includes banning hate speech) by specifying it is impossible to ban hate...
August 11, 2019 at 10:47
How about having a matrice A.X=Y where A,X and Y have infinite number of rows and columns,X is the solution set which contains the secret, a row or a ...
August 11, 2019 at 10:39
1. Yes, if we allow assumptions we can get far but we may end up confused when facing moral dilemma. Would you lie to a murderer knocking at your door...
August 11, 2019 at 08:49
I would divide emotivism into two further categories. 1.Overt emotivism regards the utterance of moral statements as attitudes in a descriptive form. ...
August 11, 2019 at 08:42
" How does God see? " is a valid question as it allows us to understand the usage of "see" when describing attribute of God. If l told you someone is ...
August 11, 2019 at 05:22
How is discussing the attributes of God irrelevant to religious discourse. How do you define religious discourse. Since you keep using the word discou...
August 11, 2019 at 04:13
If the measurements are affected by the relative motion between observer and an object, does that make it less real. Entropy of a closed system will i...
August 11, 2019 at 04:00
The cryptography technique using weierstrass equations that you mentioned uses finite field , like galois field. Can l redirect your question back to ...
August 11, 2019 at 02:48
It can serve as the ground for physics or psychology for example but can metaphysics provide answers that can be verified logically since their verifi...
August 10, 2019 at 18:15
If l am not mistaken, l think you are suggesting that discussions of metaphysics are language games. A lot of people would disagree with that stance a...
August 10, 2019 at 17:58
Let's not split hairs over this. It wasn't a simple no, he reasoned it out.In the present philosophical literature, there are countless references lin...
August 10, 2019 at 17:27
I think the question is partly metaphysical and partly linguistic in nature, it sort of transcends metaphysics, as Kant asked a very similar question....
August 10, 2019 at 16:01
The confusion caused by language in philosophy was addressed by positivists. You stated that we should deal with problems rather than terms in which t...
August 10, 2019 at 15:32
Especially philosophy.
August 10, 2019 at 12:29
It was ibn Arabi and l am actually surprised on the similarities between john and ibn arabi. Ibn arabi would go on and establish man as a microcosm, s...
August 10, 2019 at 12:22
I think pi is finite, as it is less than 4, even 3.15 is greater than pi.You can give a mathematical definition of a number.
August 10, 2019 at 11:48
They were narrow minded and that led to their downfall but can you briefly explain what they got wrong ?
August 10, 2019 at 10:44
Logical positivists were dumb ? :smile:
August 10, 2019 at 10:22
It won't since your language is a computer based language, you can only involve numbers or characters. F(a)=F(b)=F(c)……………=1, F(abc)=3 F(abc) =F(a)+F(...
August 10, 2019 at 10:19
What is the standard definition of number ?
August 10, 2019 at 09:58
I hope you understand my point after reading this. It explains my point. Given that a mathematical extension is a symbol (‘sign’) or a finite concaten...
August 10, 2019 at 09:58
What is the standard definition of number ?
August 10, 2019 at 09:38
Meaningful may not be the best word but in the context of philosophy, meaningful discussions use clear terms and the people have a common understandin...
August 10, 2019 at 06:48
That's why it is important to discuss hate speech. In the present day and age, we can see the rise of right wing political parties in many European co...
August 09, 2019 at 18:47
I never characterized disclosure of classified information as hate speech as you can see "There is also another form of free speech which l have no pr...
August 09, 2019 at 18:23
The choice of words here is really important. There are muslims who regard mockery of their religion to fall in category of hate speech and most of th...
August 09, 2019 at 17:51
To me, it was more like if you do X, Y can be triggered too. We can separate free speech and hate speech and a lot of countries have a general underst...
August 09, 2019 at 09:43
Before the first world war, the German colonial empire ( 1884-1914 ) was the third largest empire at that time, it was short lived but if the first wo...
August 09, 2019 at 09:01