"Nothing-ness" is a categorical concept – an exceptionless rule. "Nothing" (i.e. space) is, on the other hand, a hypothetical (physical) description. ...
'Nothing-ness' entails even the absence of the possibility of not-nothingness (i.e. something). Thus: If ever nothingness, then never not-nothingness;...
:roll: I prefer (anti-supernaturalistic) philosophy grounded in, or consistent with, current physics. Had I been an ancient / classical thinker, I'd h...
Not JWST-related but an interesting finding in "local" cosmology nonetheless: https://scitechdaily.com/earth-is-surrounded-by-1000-light-year-wide-bub...
:100: :up: The wiki for Lord Kelvin with his "false pronuncements" is interesting though, more or less big whoppers on par with Aristotle's. Chomsky a...
Not at all. We're dancers, who sometime vie to lead, and even wrestle. A collaborative agon that has helped each of us develop further our respective ...
Okay. Well, looks like Chomsky still hangs his quasi-mysterianism on antiquated 'folk psychological' hooks, so nothing philosophically significant for...
Here's a relevant reply to my query . Btw, are these citations from Chomsky's article? :chin: It's not surprising that Newton the alchemist had "agree...
You're right, Smith, I don't want to "admit" a n y t h i n g UNTIL it can be demonstrated, even if only in principle, either to be the case or not to ...
You're just playing with words. I asked for straight-forwatd clarity and you're just handwaving bullshit. Nailing jello to the wall ain't my schtick. ...
I'm not making claims one way or another, you (& the OP) are, Smith, and thus bear the burden of making rudimentary sense of them ... For my part, con...
I've been to a few public lectures he'd given in the 80's & 90's and have read most of his books published before the turn of the millenium. Apologeti...
For my filthy (crypto) lucre ... An analoguous approximation of the metaphysical to the physical: (contra Aristotlean e.g. "only continuum, no vacuum,...
I know all this; in order to evaluate Chomsky's arguments I'd like to read Chomsky's language (in the article at issue) and not mere paraphrases. The ...
That's not a description, just a label. "Omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent" are predicates you must define and describe what each entails in orde...
'Mysterianism' is not a hypothesis (i.e. explanation of matters of fact, etc) which is experimentally testable, so your "point", Wayf, is a non sequit...
@"Manuel" I've not (yet) read the article, though I've been aware of Chomsky's (vague) quasi-mysterianism for decades, and I wonder does Chomsky state...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MpKK0n0iyHU Ella and Louis (54:06) Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, 1956 performers E. Fitzgerald – vocals L. Armstron...
From The Beatles: Get Back documentary, part three ... https://youtu.be/sLiiK7zgy-c "I've Got A Feeling" (3:38) live 3 Savile Row rooftop, London UK, ...
Tobias and I, IIRC, first "met" and jousted on the field of dialectic back in (or around) 2003 when I'd joined the old philosophy forums. After a few ...
A riff on "Feliz Navidad" given the deadline just days before Christmas and the prior discussions about whether or not the submissions should be "Chri...
"Pug" has inspired a character for another story I've already sketched out. Maybe for the next contest. The little "flâneur" is fantastic! :smirk: :co...
:cool: Okay, I'll have to wait – @"Hanover" is my best guess – and, in the meanwhile, many thanks for all the encouraging comments for my "Felice". I ...
"Thinking of Melville, thinking of Poe, thinking of Mark Twain and Vachel Lindsay, thinking of Jack London and Tom Wolfe, one begins to feel there is ...
:up: @"Amity" @"jamalrob" @"Baden" re: 4 contests / year? i. spring equinox (march), ii. summer solstice (june), iii. fall equinox (september) iv. win...
Your "paraphrase" itself is the strawman – caricature – of what @"Brock Harding" wrote. Note the adjective (re: "complex ... process") in the sentence...
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