Okay, do you realize you just agreed to a necessary truth? By agreeing that there exists at least one true proposition, that is considered a necessary...
If you believe it's true then it's true by logical necessity. Here's why: There is at least one true proposition. Call this proposition A. Is A necess...
Hi Bartricks! Both truths still exist, much like objective truths and subjective truths. Here's an appetite whetter for necessary truths: 1. There is ...
Thank you kindly Baden! I will forward that to my Fundy friend and get his take...needless to say, he and I have had our 'moments'... . BTW, I've got ...
Just my interpretation. To briefly speak to the OP, and much like Pfhorrest, my opinion is that Kant used the term 'predicate' loosely as a mantra to ...
I 'voted' for Bloomberg. I'm hoping he gets some exposure here soon. From what I can tell thus far, he could be the 'moderate' (I'm a moderate indepen...
Hey Alcontali, quick question if I could. Can you tell me which is correct: If 'a is P' becomes P(a) in syntactical/first-order predicate logic, what ...
I picked 'other'. Whether folks are conscious of it or not, almost all domains of Philosophy, at some point, asks the question about how that somethin...
Keep in mind that not all interpretations of evil relate to moral concerns. And in existential ethics (what it means to live a happy life) and cosmolo...
Physical science/theoretical science already uses Kantian tools like synthetic propositional logic and inference in their sense of wonderment about th...
I agree except for the many paradoxical phenomena viz consciousness. Most all physical theories about a some thing starts with a sense of wonderment (...
Well said. And I agree with what other's have suggested. To the OP's point, that's sort of an old paradigm (can science and religion co-exist?) where ...
Gregory, could you please elaborate a bit more on that point? The reason why I'm asking, for one, is how does one reconcile Metaphysical Will in Natur...
That's a fantastic question! I suppose the short answer would be, in that case, then all logic would become completely abstract. Like (first order log...
Agreed. Thus, at the risk of redundancy: Then there are the fanatical atheists whose intolerance is the same as that of the religious fanatics, and it...
Yes indeed. I tell young people, where possible, always have a positive spirit. In one's personal and professional life, it will reap dividends. Accor...
Who was Jesus? I hope I'm wrong, but you seem to be perpetuating the Atheists mantra of yet another axe to grind... . And don't blame me, Einstein sai...
I think you should consider, if you haven't already, the distinctions between volition and existential phenomena. Meaning, when you use the term 'judg...
Sure, consider some of the works of Piccasso (Surrealism), and how it represents the Freudian nature of absurd existential elements about the human co...
Sure, the phenomenon called Love is beyond logical impossibility, yet to describe it in a proposition, puts it into an axiom or construct of logic and...
Great analysis P! My thought there would be that, isn't the concept of God-being outside of time-and thus logically impossible, consistent with other ...
I think of it like the cosmic computer brain, in that, many things relating to knowledge (not all) are already out there. There's a predetermined scop...
Pardon me for interjecting HH, but I thought children could perform mathematical abstracts/computation with little empirical observation? Meaning, we ...
Could not agree more... ! Thank you kindly for sharing those thoughts above on this most intriguing topic. Well said! I'm trying to understand your th...
I thought those were your words based on your quote above..., can you please clarify this? If you are saying it takes less conscious effort, isn't tha...
If one say's: 'I really love that car, house, guitar, boat, or person, etc..' , then one should in theory want to make that thing better by obviously ...
Yeah P., I take no exception to your approach or otherwise virtuous ideal of love. In theory, one should always aspire to a greater good in the name o...
I think Leo and Possibility really captured much of the answer relating to your OP. At the same time, as others have alluded, we are self-directed ind...
Much of art can be considered an abstract metaphor about existence. The beauty can be found in the artist's idealistic interpretations of same. I don'...
If you have a sense of wonder, then explain it(?) Thus far, you haven't been able to explain it, have you(?) In the context of the thread, why are you...
Okay, what is the purpose of the humanistic will to wonder? And explain to me what the will is, and what wonder is... ? Are those features of consciou...
So, your Turtles must stop at the doorstep of the material world. The irony is that your sense of wonder about that very thing, is not material at all...
Yep. And among many other questions is, why do we have a sense of wonderment when instinct would do us just fine. And while we're at it, throw-in abst...
Yep, I believe it was Kant who endorsed: All events must have a cause. The synthetic a priori is alive and well!!! Keep up the good work Devans. Don't...
Good point. Time is eternity; eternity time. I suppose that's one of the vexing problems in making sense of an unchanging Being or thing, in a world o...
Nope, that's not what I meant. I appreciate your sarcasm, so I'll return the favor. Thus to underscore the perception you are giving by your response,...
There is of course much paradox/contradiction associated with language/self-reference, as you probably already know. Gödel's incompleteness/infinite t...
When it is changed, it is not changed Surely this statement is a contradiction? Surely in our reality, when something is changed, it changes? So I thi...
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