Interesting question. Popper's view on metaphysical realism is that we cannot derive a universal law from observations, however we can infer that ther...
Isn't that exactly the same thing as I said, disputing the definition.? Anyway, it's been pointed out so I won't harp on it if it doesn't resonate at ...
It seems to me that you guys are arguing about dogma, but strictly speaking you don't hold exactly equivalent definitions of what is dogma. Kind of li...
I have to say, I get a lot of 'word-games' feeling coming from your general direction. This comment really has no substantive merit other than polemic...
Indeed, I am paying more attention to the focus applied to the critical component since joining the thread. Certainly overall it is the use of critica...
Yes, causality is just the simplest form of linear connection. Same thing with Complex Adaptive Systems and chaotic attractors. That's why it's called...
I don't think that is what Wittgenstein is saying. I think he is saying it is possible to be dogmatic, in the sense of holding some traditionally held...
I think it is just another form of meta-cognition. Thinking about thinking. You can criticize the way something is done. You can criticize the way tha...
To this I can only suggest you check out Popper. His is a comprehensive survey and analysis of induction, probability, testability, demarcation, etc. ...
It kind of seems like you are saying, it is possible to think critically 'about' something specific, but it isn't possible to think critically about c...
I get it, you're a pure rationalist/idealist. I just don't feel the force of your arguments or your examples. "Existence is assigned as a condition of...
So actually, if you don't mind my saying, you are both correct. Critical thinking is critical, and it does need to be substantive. (again, it's Popper...
Ok. I hope you can see the reason for my confusion because what you said here: rather explicitly identifies it as a property, "Property, in the abstra...
Not what I said. I'm highly aware of the provisional nature of all scientific knowledge. I'm reading Karl Popper right now, it's his main position. Ne...
So true. How do you convince someone who wants more knowledge that they need more knowledge? As far as today's science and math being "phlogistons." C...
Or from a Systems Theoretic perspective, a thing is an existent, which itself has or is the bearer of properties: "The antonym ‘nothing’ is helpful, h...
So you are saying existence is a property. So a thing can either have the property of existence, or not have the property of existence. From my readin...
Could there not be different right answers depending on the specific person in question? Some people might be motivated by religious ideas, others by ...
It is ignorable, unless you are point blank looking to argue with the concept of God. In which case, you are not really a scientific materialist, you ...
I believe that the original and primary premise of materialism is that everything is the product of material interactions. Materialism doesn't comment...
Interesting. I feel I may have misrepresented myself somewhat. For the purposes of the forum, I tend to stick pretty close to source materials and ide...
It's all learning. I have been down the 'ab initio' route of believing that I could recreate everything from first principles, and it is not without i...
This is called "Rogerian Argument". My wife introduced me to the concept and I found it helpful. https://www.thoughtco.com/rogerian-argument-1691920 I...
Ok. I just don't see how any of this establishes in any way that experience 'doesn't exist' or that existence is somehow fully qualified (limited) by ...
Um, no, I don't think so. The practice of ascetism is all about attaining a higher spiritual or moral state. The collective good very arguably qualifi...
Yes, Communism is an application of Marxism. In the same way that all different varieties of democracies are applications of democracy. My point is ju...
Ok, so you are talking about how typical communist states work as opposed to some actual feature of core Marxist theory then? Because a failure of app...
Although I'm aligned with general Marxist principles, I'm not exceptionally well-read. I've not looked at Das Kapital for example. Could you explain t...
I think all branches of knowledge ultimately must inter-validate. It is up to 'practical thinkers' (who pursue something as an avocation) to keep acad...
Not at all. I concurred with your estimation of academic philosophy at the time, with the ensuing results for myself. I didn't attribute any more to y...
I don't understand your explication. Existence is minimally presupposed for experience to be the case. What more can be derived (needs to be derived) ...
Yes, you might want to weigh in on my Lounge thread "What constitutes Philosophy?" I think it is valuable to occasionally re-establish a fundamental l...
Even if it is true that it is a necessary condition for the possibility of experience (transcendental argument) it doesn't follow that it is "nothing ...
The whole anthropomorphic deity thing is really a construct of specific religions, Christianity certainly being a major contributor. There are numerou...
This has also worked for me. I guess the dream is to discover an island of sanity in the chaos of online attitudes. A subset of energetic minds that h...
Found this interesting quote at the beginning of Popper's 'Realism and the aim of science', about comparing "opposite systems" and finding a way the m...
Interestingly, I read quite an early book by Paul Churchland called "Neurocomputational Perspective" and he talked about how, if we could come to atta...
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