Oh for heaven's sake, people, where did you all leave your common sense? There are at least THREE logical possiblities: true, false, or "unknown/unpro...
The assertion "We know we act directly and unconditionally" is, of course, fallacious; there is no reason to suppose that our action is not just anoth...
It occurs to me, someone might be tempted to object to discussion point 1 because, although we posit the space to be infinitely large, we also posit t...
bongo fury, please don't fall into the habit of relying on Wikipedia to support your arguments! Its contributors are, by and large, utterly unfamiliar...
How would you calculate density for a infinite number of things (e.g., Boltzmann brains) in an infinitely large space? Discussion points: 1: it would ...
"P1: If circumstances change a belief, then one lacks a sufficient reason for that belief" Obviously if circumstances change, then a belief may have t...
Thund3r makes a valiant attempt to rationalise an initial post which is essentially unintelligible; what, for example, is the logical connection betwe...
OK, I think I'm getting a handle on this thread now. I thought we were discussing a problem in arithmetic where, as everybody knows, it is impossible ...
I've noticed a sudden influx of posts in more than one forum which are peculiarly Existentialist in flavour. I have three hypotheses to explain this: ...
"If there were not suitable places for such activity, it would happen more in the philosophical threads where it really does not belong." This is esse...
Unfortunately, objective analysis in philosophy does not recognise the right to go "off topic". "Off topic", by defnition, is not relevant to the ques...
I'm afraid I find most of this thread unintelligible. My attention is fixated upon the proposition that in some way we could make 1 +1 = 2 + 1. What m...
"Solidity" is directly and immediately relative to the strength and rigidity of the molecular bonds of the material in question. Molecules of iron for...
"As a newborn, our sensations are incoherent" This is actually quite a large assertion, requiring considerable argument. The fact that a baby is gener...
"My consciousness is all that I really know exists" YES! If only Descartes had had the wit to understand this... but he lacked the intellectual honest...
It is difficult to conceive Mishima's point exactly because of the difficulties of translation... I take him to mean that because German philosophy is...
This thread can drone on as long as one likes! Until someone addresses a couple of elephants on the sofa: (1) What is "good"? How is "goodness" to be ...
Agent Smith is a philosopher; he provokes thinking, which is, of course, frowned upon in any good society. "According to The Elijah Price/Mr. Glass Pr...
"God's worst ideas are our best ideas." Before this "discussion" gets transferred to the religious forum, let me say this: there can be no continuity ...
But of course, my last does not address your main point, which I understand as follows: the existence of an event horizon implies a stronger gravitati...
Michael, your point needs a bit of unpacking. It's often said that "Black holes are... a region within which gravity is so strong that light cannot es...
'I don't think that there's such a thing like "scientific philosophy". The closest thing I can think of, linguistically-wise", is "philosophy of scien...
"A few classes in philosophy is a must for any scientist worth the name." What the man said! In the end, Fermi's Paradox fails for the same reason tha...
Interesting point. To count to infinity would require an infinity of time. Is time infinite? According to the conventional wisdom, time had a beginnin...
The paradise dome is likely to become overpopulated fairly quickly and this will be an impetus to emigration. On the other hand, a hell-hole may not b...
A century ago, the Newtonian/Euclidean conception of the universe was shattered. And set theory finally enabled us to be certain that 1 + 1 = 2. Doesn...
"You're too kind mon ami, too kind! Merci beaucoup! " Mind you, Smithy, I reserve the right to label your posts as BS as and when I think appropriate....
"Speaking for myself, there's more to logic/rationality than just being able to think in step-wise fashion from one point to another." Interesting sti...
Glen, your question is not readily intelligible in the form of words you have used. By "consciousness", do you mean the world of sense-perception, whi...
Throughout history there have been movements, and counter-movements. Eventually they settle down to a compromise. We see ample evidence of this all th...
But I accidentally posted the previous before I was ready. I was going to add that the pre-occupation with english-style prepositions may be questiona...
I'm not familiar with this context, but perhaps the fact that it was in the background, evidently unopened (since the cover was visible), implies that...
I don't think any of the comments quite addresses ucarr's point. It's true that he says "If I can say it, then I can think it". But this is not the fi...
invizzy, I'm afraid you are really re-inventing too many wheels. Please read up on what Aristotle has to say about cause, and what subsequent philosop...
I think this is the issue of moral relativism versus moral absolutism. Are there any absolute, indisputable standards of morality, or is morality rela...
On the other hand, irony may be defined as critical thought which rejects the tramlines of De Leuzean orthodoxy and remorselessly challenges us to ref...
Interesting idea, but can you give an example of the sort of thing you have in mind? It's fairly obvious how such an approach could be useful in a mat...
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