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In short, A and not-A cannot both occur at the same time and in the same respect.

The principle/law of thought which sometimes goes by the name of "the law of noncontradiction", this as articulated by Aristotle (with possible ambigu...

In other words, the first question addresses this very affirmation which you more recently added: While the second question I asked addresses this: Th...

As in the concept/meaning of self as "that which is purple and square" vs. "that which is orange and circular" or any some such? And this in relation ...

No, as per my previously given example, they are (or at least can be) speaking about, or else referencing, the exact same thing via the term "self" - ...

No. We presume this to be so most of the time for good reason, but it is not a universal given. Consider: the metaphysical understanding of reality, R...

Promises entail a commitment to do all that is within one’s means to do to bring about the future reality of that promised so that it in fact becomes ...

In such a strict context of corporeal entities, interpersonal relationships - such as friendships - do not exist either: a relationship cannot be seen...

Only if you're caught. Perfect crimes are never punished. Ergo ... A "relationship" - which, as my previous post, can only obtain just in case there l...

As to what an obligation is: Obligation, from ob- (“to”) + ligare (“to bind”): the act or process of binding, hence limiting, hence determining, hence...

Very much so. And it likewise also fails to account for the basic principles/laws of thought upon which all formal systems of logic and the supposed c...

Only if (A entails B) and (A entails notB) occur in the exact same respect (and, obviously, at the same time), which I find is most often the case.

I don't find to be physically impossible. With a quick whimsical online search, found this pic: https://www.instagram.com/atchoumthecat/p/C5ddrTwLzR6/...

Yes, I forgot to give Count Timothy a mention. Thanks for pointing that out. I thought the example of the cat to be more “real-world” than that of vam...

Here’s a possible real-world example (which I think is common knowledge in some circles, though I don’t now recall where I picked up the example from)...

Haven't read through all the posts so far. Still, to given one answer: They'd contradict each other only if they are claimed to occur both at the same...

As an apropos to this: Although maybe not with as much detail as you might be, I’m of course aware of the historical evolution of concepts in relation...

Again, my best current appraisals: I honestly felt no need to read much of Dawkins beyond a thorough reading of The Selfish Gene, in which it is clear...

Going back on my word to myself and taking the time to post: Hmm, I was under the impression that @"Janus" was strictly concerned with how it might be...

Janus, my bad. In haste, I mistook what thread I'm on. Still, the logical issues I've so far addressed remain. At any rate, I'll sign off for now.

There is a post on another thread which you've so far not addressed. Still, as to explanation: if there is an un-created and imperishable ultimate end...

This where Nietzsche's aphorism of, to paraphrase, "my heaven/paradise is in the shadow of my sword " might be seen to come into play, depending on it...

Thank you kindly. Yes, though in some ways subtle, I find the distinction quite important, both ontologically and epistemologically - in many ways rel...

As to what purpose is, I here take it to be that end for the sake of which an action, else movement, occurs or for the sake of which something is—with...

Yes, he's saying "another world" - ultimately concluding with this other world being a place where "nothing ever dies". Which I think supersedes even ...

:smile: Nice to hear. As the the ass so choosing, I think the disagreement between the two of you was as to whether the choice is consciously delibera...

Maybe for entertainment, as a somewhat different perspective on this matter: Most of our volitions as conscious beings—though willed freely, here in t...

Although on the whole the lyrics to this song are a bit too materialist for my tastes, I yet very much agree with its primary message: “the world, per...

I second (or maybe, third) that. Brings to mind a poem that seems to me to illustrate the case: I find the poem to be fairly easy to emotively compreh...

As is most always the case from you, words without content. There, I've expressed.

As facts go, we don't have much of Anaximander's perspectives but a few fragments of writing. And in these, we are told of a cyclical cosmology rather...

Metaphysical principles which, from previous conversations with you, inexorably start with the assumption of the Apeiron as ultimate beginning ... whi...

Of course it is! Only the mathematical principles of thermodynamics can possibly determine whether, or else the extents to which, fascism is more fair...

In case this might come as a news flash: physics is not equivalent to the empirical sciences - but is instead only one subset of the latter among many...

Tell you what, I've repeatedly offered what I take valid empirical science to be. You, so far, have not offered any definition of what you take it to ...

Or, as the title asks, "is multiculturalism compatible with democracy?" A very resounding "yes" to this question, but only when all the differing ethn...

I can find myself agreeing with this, with some (maybe not very important) caveats: Any person which engages in contemplation will to some extent enga...

Thanks, but this still dismisses a crucial facet. The relative fairness, or lack thereof, of the world we're born into - as another example - is not a...

A bit too laconic for accuracy's sake here. Since the world consists of multiple doers and not just oneself, one can and at time does come across fair...

Thanks. Glad to see we're in agreement. Myself, I do strongly take to heart this blatant aspect of current reality as we know it, which I'll here emph...

But, wait, such as system will not be an equilibrated balance between existential opposites - namely between that democratic system the quote affirms ...

So ... a mass-murdering and torturing rapist's intent to torture, rape and murder as many as possible cannot be ethically incorrect. He cannot thereby...

Although I'm quite surprised by this, in a pleasant manner I'll add, I here fully endorse Banno's laconic answer (thought doubtless we'll differ on th...

You're still not addressing how Aristotelianism fetishizes intent over sense-making. OK, then.

Dude, have you mingled with any Jews? They too have familial troubles, etc., to not even get in trite dis-satisfactions such as being occasionally hun...

:rage: A mischaracterization of what I said.

I don't yet see how this answers the question I asked. Consider cases of non-wanton addiction where the addict consciously knows better, wants to ceas...

There are other ways to appraise the mentioned viewpoint, but fair enough. As to the Jewish perspective you've mentioned, full satisfaction does not o...

Masochism as one extreme example of this. Running a grueling marathon so as to successfully arrive at the finishing line as another. But both these ca...

For my part, although this can have a nice ring to it, it doesn't seem to accurately convey my own take. For me, my/our purpose is simply to actualize...