Nicely said! In parallel to the issue of knowledge you address, one of my takes on this issue is that were physicalism to be reformulated to allow for...
What I think is that the issue can neither be resolved by philosophers ignorant of science nor by scientists ignorant of philosophy. But, place a whol...
No, that wasn't the argument. That was one example of the argument. Yet another example was how future physics might not rely on conservation laws and...
Because it is due to physicists that we hold our modern notions of causality and identity on which modern physics is contingent? Or else, is the issue...
To rephrase the - acknowledgedly poorly worded - claim I previously made: physics as empirical science is a specialized subset of metaphysics (as a ph...
Because they are not empirically falsifiable, they are not part of physics as an empirical science, no. As an empirical science, physics follows the p...
That is so, and conservation rules are indeed metaphysics on which modern physics is founded. How so, given examples such as that you've just mentione...
OK, granted. But that reply doesn't answer what the (non-trivial) differences are. ... or is all this boiling down to rhetorical stances devoid of sub...
So ... the ontic reality of any physical attribute is a reification of the abstract category of "physicality"? By analogy, then, one could affirm that...
You sure you want to maintain this? How then do you distinguish your stance form what @"Joshs" maintains. Or, for that matter, from what you term p0m0...
To justify: As to "occurrence" in the context specified: -- The ontic reality of (in contrast to the illusory notion of) - in this case - physicality....
The concepts presented in this question are to me very muddled. They could be seen to equivocate between studies (that of metaphysics and of physics) ...
A lot of miscommunication here; always tedious, and sometimes unresolvable, but I’ll try to better explain where I'm coming from. In the context of ou...
To some, yes. Yet to others the working of the brain can be interpreted to suggest the presence of unconscious awareness of the external world which w...
Going a little further: Empirical sciences are founded upon metaphysical notions such as those of causality and of identity. The extent to which empir...
I appended something to my last post before seeing your latest. If you’re interested; to clarify: The notion that actual (rather then intended) conseq...
If this helps: Choice requires intent; it is intentional (rather than unintentional). We always choose one of multiple alternatives for the sake of fu...
Overall I agree with your comments. As to the distinction I wanted to make: That the eyes and brain make the activity of seeing possible is in and of ...
This in itself is a conceptual inference given a) the occurrence of our awareness in general and b) our empirically gained awareness regarding the mec...
Couldn’t the camera have a blind homunculus? :joke: Couldn’t resist - and the question is not to be taken seriously, other than to illustrate the absu...
Got it. Thanks for the background info. I think I agree with the case you've just made, because ... Since you use "or both" I so far don't find any pr...
If mathematics are not illusory, and if the occurrence of geometric points is necessary for the occurrence of geometric figures, then this would be on...
Wait a second. My take so far is that, as of yet, there isn't a settled philosophical definition of what "rational" means. Mine fully included. Thanks...
:rofl: Yup, that's a pretty outstanding example. I somehow intuit that this particular logical fallacy / rhetorical strategy has morphed into what has...
For the record: Best I could do in finding a good reference for what “rationality” means is this. The SEP section of this article lists seven possible...
To be forthright: First off, as a matter of opinion, we disagree on what the term rational ought to refer to. I for one believe it should be roughly d...
No regrets so far. Thanks for the reply. For what its worth, here we differ a little. What you term "pure rational thought" I would understand as (ver...
In thinking this might help, perspective might be the crucial link. “Real” from whose perspective? Fiction as a genre of story (fantasy, sci-fi, or an...
As to your comments on my post, thanks. It can happen now and then. :smile: Words can be ambiguous. So as to clarify what I had intended: by “faculty ...
Addressing your question with the presumption it addresses (non-Cartesian) skeptics in general: Unless the skeptic is Pyrrhonian - whom I so far gathe...
What I have said is "countable infinity" ... not "countably infinite". Sorry, but I have better things to do that to spend more time in addressing suc...
Words can harm. Intentionally shout “fire” in a crowded gathering so that a stampede results due to the lie, prank, or whatever it might be, such that...
Don’t know why but not answering these questions bothers me. Might be your added in snide insult. Yes: 3D space is by its very demarcation constrained...
In your mind this sure seems to be the case. In reality as written in all of my posts, I have only differentiated between the two - without in any way...
Right. In general agreement. Thoughts go back to Cantor's popularization of actual infinities. As I've previously mentioned, I've learned that this is...
The category implicitly addressed is that of "infinity". Do tell: how is the distinction between metaphysical infinity and quantifiable/mathematical i...
By definition, of course. This will be the determinate aspect of it. But then Even in the concept of "actual" or complete or whole infinity, can every...
Yes. Precisely. Here understanding "constraints" as being determined or else determining factors (again, when it comes to maths, for one example, this...
That stubborn reading comprehension problem again. Have I not termed the type of non-finitude you address as “woo” as “metaphysical” from the very com...
Wasn’t familiar with the Pleroma. Don’t yet know how this is intended but, as Carl Jung’s Gnostic understanding, sure, the Pleroma qualifies as nonqua...
You again blatantly misunderstand what I was saying. Curious to see if you might comprehend what I’ve been intending from the commencement of this thr...
To properly address this, I believe there first ought to be a commonly understood or accepted, philosophical (rather than one pertaining to establishe...
Hey, though I hope I'm wrong, your forgone conclusions regarding me and what I was addressing, your indignation, and your seeing of red is evident to ...
This will be true only when one assumes the occurrence of actual infinities, in contrast to potential infinities. As an easy to read reference: https:...
In presuming that - unlike at least the initial posts of Real Gone Cat - you’re not posting this to have “a good time” at the expense of a poster you ...
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