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In: Localized Interaction and Metaphysics  — view comment
If "perspective" is essentially identical with, or dependent on, (re: physics) locality, then every "thing" is inherently perspectival (i.e. always oc...
April 17, 2022 at 18:57
In: An Objection to Ehrman’s Argument Against Miracles  — view comment
:100: :fire: (Happy Zombie Rabbi. :eyes:)
April 17, 2022 at 16:31
In: Localized Interaction and Metaphysics  — view comment
:up:
April 17, 2022 at 16:25
In: Can minds be uploaded in computers?  — view comment
Well, for a start, we can tell him to fuck off :smirk: ...
April 17, 2022 at 16:10
In: On The Origins of Prayer  — view comment
:up: The origin of prayer could be the toddler's habit of her needy, pre-linguistic 'call' for her mother's tit and the soothing 'response' from her m...
April 17, 2022 at 10:37
In: Can minds be uploaded in computers?  — view comment
Furthermore ...
April 17, 2022 at 10:27
In: Can minds be uploaded in computers?  — view comment
:sweat:
April 17, 2022 at 10:16
In: Can minds be uploaded in computers?  — view comment
It's a non-starter because it assumes 'substance dualism' which is inconsistent with both the 'principle of causal closure' and 'conservation laws'. I...
April 17, 2022 at 02:14
In: Atheism  — view comment
What "imperative" is that?
April 16, 2022 at 19:33
In: Localized Interaction and Metaphysics  — view comment
:sweat:
April 16, 2022 at 18:20
In: Atheism  — view comment
Clearly, you do not understand why you believe (or my understanding of why people like you believe).
April 16, 2022 at 18:19
In: Demarcating theology, or, what not to post to Philosophy of Religion  — view comment
April 16, 2022 at 14:31
In: Demarcating theology, or, what not to post to Philosophy of Religion  — view comment
Non sequitur. I didn't claim or imply "philosophy is science". Address what I've actually written and I'll get back to you.
April 16, 2022 at 14:24
In: Atheism  — view comment
People make believe – tell themselves consoling stories (myths) – when they do not know; it is cognitively easier to pretend to know (à la placebo-eff...
April 16, 2022 at 14:22
In: Demarcating theology, or, what not to post to Philosophy of Religion  — view comment
No matter how cogent and applicable, stipulative definitions are limited to the discursive contexts within which they can be used to make sense – elud...
April 16, 2022 at 13:35
In: Deep Songs  — view comment
:death: :flower: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V_VYThu4Qr4 "Nobody Love Me But My Mother" (1:26) Indianola Mississippi Seeds, 1970 B.B. King
April 16, 2022 at 02:38
In: TPF Quote Cabinet  — view comment
April 15, 2022 at 21:01
In: Localized Interaction and Metaphysics  — view comment
I'm not "ruffled" by a vacuous quip.
April 15, 2022 at 20:21
In: Atheism  — view comment
:up:
April 15, 2022 at 16:23
In: Localized Interaction and Metaphysics  — view comment
Look to the fallibilists like Peirce, Dewey, Russell, Wittgenstein, Popper, Feyerabend, Haack, Deutsch, Taleb for how we (can) learn/know reliably.
April 15, 2022 at 16:18
In: Localized Interaction and Metaphysics  — view comment
You misread my meaning again, sir. Kant's anthropocentric fiat isn't even false (i.e. metaphysical, and in the manner to which he objects) as evident ...
April 15, 2022 at 15:26
In: Demarcating theology, or, what not to post to Philosophy of Religion  — view comment
I've already posted a sketch of what I mean when by claiming to be an antitheist (see embedded link) https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment...
April 15, 2022 at 15:08
In: Localized Interaction and Metaphysics  — view comment
:up: Non-empirical knowledge (e.g. mathematical theorems) does not "come from experience". I understand anthropo-centric to denote knowledge restricte...
April 15, 2022 at 05:34
In: Atheism  — view comment
This misunderstanding – caricature – is "assinine". :roll: Strawman. "Feelings" are not sufficient. (Moot.)
April 15, 2022 at 03:42
In: Demarcating theology, or, what not to post to Philosophy of Religion  — view comment
For the slow ones way in the back ...
April 15, 2022 at 03:33
In: Localized Interaction and Metaphysics  — view comment
No. Epistemology cannot posit "knowing" it's own "conditions of possibility" – begs the question, no? No. Kant's 'transcendental scheme' is, in effect...
April 15, 2022 at 03:29
In: Localized Interaction and Metaphysics  — view comment
:up:
April 15, 2022 at 01:37
In: Localized Interaction and Metaphysics  — view comment
Nonlocal (i.e. infinite). Insofar as effability is perspectival, "a non-perspective world" is ineffable. Noise (i.e. randomness). I think "metaphysics...
April 14, 2022 at 19:51
In: Demarcating theology, or, what not to post to Philosophy of Religion  — view comment
April 14, 2022 at 17:27
In: Demarcating theology, or, what not to post to Philosophy of Religion  — view comment
We're not having a philosophical discussion. :roll:
April 14, 2022 at 14:49
In: Demarcating theology, or, what not to post to Philosophy of Religion  — view comment
:roll:
April 14, 2022 at 14:03
In: Demarcating theology, or, what not to post to Philosophy of Religion  — view comment
Hasty generalization fallacy. Philosophical criticism and rejection of theism in no way entails social or political "hostility" to theists. Your basel...
April 14, 2022 at 13:17
In: Demarcating theology, or, what not to post to Philosophy of Religion  — view comment
No that does not follow. :roll:
April 13, 2022 at 12:45
In: Demarcating theology, or, what not to post to Philosophy of Religion  — view comment
I agree! However, speaking for myself, I am not "hostile to a whole group of people merely because they are theists". My mother, for instance, is a th...
April 13, 2022 at 06:50
In: Demarcating theology, or, what not to post to Philosophy of Religion  — view comment
I read what you wrote. I'm an antitheist who wants to know why you think I/we should be banned. "Bigotry" by or against?
April 12, 2022 at 17:19
In: Demarcating theology, or, what not to post to Philosophy of Religion  — view comment
:up: What did we do wrong? :gasp:
April 12, 2022 at 11:05
In: Deep Songs  — view comment
Here's a sensual song about, IMO, what Plato calls the "Form of the Good" (or ?–??????) ... re: Sophia. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hPOYc4a2RPY "Ain...
April 11, 2022 at 18:05
In: The Absurdity of Existence  — view comment
Now who's trolling?
April 10, 2022 at 20:22
In: The Absurdity of Existence  — view comment
By not responding to what I've actually written you are guilty of what you accuse me of. I'm calling you out, not trolling. This exchange, however, is...
April 10, 2022 at 18:06
In: The Absurdity of Existence  — view comment
I didn't say you "did not answer", schop; you "answer" but without replying to, or addressing, what I've actually written.
April 10, 2022 at 16:30
In: Existence Is Infinite  — view comment
Parsimoniously and empirically, the/this universe^ (seems) immanent, finite and unbounded (like the surface of a sphere or a torus or a Möbius / stran...
April 10, 2022 at 16:25
In: IQ and intelligence  — view comment
:smirk: :up:
April 10, 2022 at 14:38
In: The 'New Atheism' : How May it Be Evaluated Philosophically?  — view comment
Ergo evidence-based inquiries (e.g. history, science, applied mathematics, etc) and reflective practices (e.g. political accountability, ecological su...
April 10, 2022 at 14:23
In: Black woman on Supreme Court  — view comment
No, Harry, just bigots – whether or not they disagree with me – who are apologists for 'status quo ante bigotry' like yourself (according to your hist...
April 10, 2022 at 04:57
In: The 'New Atheism' : How May it Be Evaluated Philosophically?  — view comment
I missed that one. :sweat:
April 10, 2022 at 04:47
In: The Absurdity of Existence  — view comment
And you still can't reoly to what I have actually written. 'Dogmatic mindset' dulls the pain, huh?
April 10, 2022 at 04:42
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xAJeiWTM2_g "Kansas City" (7:03) Live at Rockpalast (German TV), 1978 writers Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, 1952 performe...
April 09, 2022 at 22:08
In: Black woman on Supreme Court  — view comment
:lol: Wow ... :ok:
April 09, 2022 at 13:04
In: Black woman on Supreme Court  — view comment
Okay, if you say so.
April 09, 2022 at 13:00
In: The 'New Atheism' : How May it Be Evaluated Philosophically?  — view comment
:up:
April 09, 2022 at 12:59
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