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Yes by indicating "there it is". But even my dog understands what pointing my finger means - it means "there's the ball" - a fact, not a proposition i...

It shows them the state of affairs they're interested to know about.

It has meaning, but that meaning is not a statement. It's not a proposition.

Okay, say I don't make any statement, and I point my finger to a drawer opposite me. They seem to be satisfied by that, and yet I made no statement. S...

Okay, so are they asking for a proposition or are they asking for the facts?

No this isn't about their beliefs. This is about how they're using the term. What are they asking you for when they ask for the truth?

Well but it's not. If someone tells you "tell me the truth" in a specific context, say you lied about where the car keys are, then you're not going to...

And it's neither simply because the way you use the word truth, it doesn't have the same MEANING it has in common language. That's my problem. That's ...

Neither. Sure, but meaning is given to words by the context in which they are used and the manner in which they are used.

That would depend on what laws you're thinking about, but mostly it's not the case. You're under the laws of the country you're activating in. For exa...

Ah I see, yes in that kind of deal that's the case. I thought he owns the forum/website "thephilosophyforum" and hosts with them - because that would ...

In fact, Terms of Service says: "13. Miscellaneous. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between The Philosophy Forum and you concerning th...

Yes I know, but Jamalrob isn't located in UK. If I run a website, then I don't necessarily have to follow the law of my hosting company's country, but...

I think more easily we're under the jurisdiction of the owner of the forums, which means Spain. In our dealings with the website - for example subscri...

But it's not at all a category error for the very simple reason that it's not the way truth is commonly used in our language. If your philosophy stude...

Okay, but shouldn't we dispute the standard view of analytic philosophy then? Why is that? Again, what's the motivation for saying they should be that...

Yes this is it. This is exactly what you're not understanding. Let me quote Spinoza: "Blessedness is not the reward of virtue - but virtue itself; nor...

I don't see the argument. Where's the argument? All I see is that my questions go unanswered and yet you claim to be right. Metanoia is an insight, a ...

I've edited the previous reply.

Well again - her life wasn't great. Her life was only apparently great to those on the outside. Maybe her husband didn't love her. Maybe she was upset...

Progress doesn't come from competition. Innovation is never the result of competition. Think of your own innovations. It's always finding a niche, doi...

Only people who, for example, become bored, or who always want more, etc. only such people would be interested in your meta-cognitive change at that p...

No but tell me Wayfarer. What is lacking in the scenario I described above, in the good one? Do those people need a meta-cognitive change? Would they ...

Let me give you another example. Suppose I have everything a rational person could materially desire for (and no this isn't fast cars, yachts, and wom...

To be entirely honest, I think Wayfarer is committing a great moral error. Virtue gives your best chance for happiness as Aristotle understood, but it...

And what does a meta-cognitive change have to do with anything? Really now... I still have to provide for my kids and so forth. What has changed? Have...

No that's not at all the case. At least not necessarily so. As game theory illustrates, competition often results in the worst outcome for all parties...

But thinking that some "beatific vision" is what will change your life, or how you will find meaning in life is nothing short of deluded. No experienc...

Because the proposed solution doesn't make sense. Now I may be appreciative of the mystical tradition, but I don't agree with it fundamentally. Fundam...

No, I want to discuss it with you, not with the book. That's why I'm here, otherwise I'd be with the book. I've made a point, so I expect you to reply...

That presumes that empirical confirmation is required for intersubjective consensus. Do you have empirical confirmation for the meaning of the look a ...

>:O I see you've learned your economics well! No but what I meant is how do you know that the invisible hand of the markets selects the best outcome? ...

So you have no response to the criticism of the implications of the beatific vision for life?

I've read it. What's your point? "The beatific vision" is temporary in nature. There is no "breaking out of the game" because of its temporary nature....

>:O But what if the operation of this invisible hand doesn't land us in the Pareto Optimality point? And by the way I'm a conservative, not a liberal ...

I'm unsure about global warming, but I think that we have bigger environmental problems than merely global warming.

Yes but consider Epicurean writings. The Gods are eternal - what's eternal in Epicurean metaphysics? Only atoms and void. Thus the Gods have to be for...

Excellent! The Daoist writings are one of the few writings in the world that communicate what the reader and student needs to be communicated to them....

Well I'm never too certain what I mean by the word God - that's the place of faith. When I say one believes in God, I don't mean they have a certain k...

Well I am kind of an ignostic theist :D

I see. So who would you consider as the most convincing atheist then? (taking that as the opposing view to what you hold now)

Although I should add to my previous response that according to Epicurus the gods were still made of atoms and belonged to the universe - there was no...

That's why:

The thing with Hume... it's very easy to take out his atheism and replace it with theism given his philosophical framework. Johann Georg Hamann did ex...

Why?

But truth - when you consider the meaning of truth besides merely "truth value", applies to the world. The truth includes the facts that hold true, an...

Sure, but what would you take your opposite to be? :P

Think about it. To kill 10% in today's world, you'd have to kill 700 million people. That's not easy. Pretty much the only way to do that is to throw ...

Yes I do, but I also understand the effect that the size of the population has on proportionality. You don't seem to understand it.

Fuck man not this again! The data does not speak for itself. You're deluded. 10% in a tribe of 100 people is 10 people! 1% in a world of 1 billion is ...