Bartricks

Labels and assertions, that's all you've got. Express everything in the form of a deductively valid argument or say nothing.

"Terrapin does not accept something, therefore it is false" is not evidence. It's an absurd principle that has nothing to be said for it. If ten peopl...

Ah shall we have another pointless exchange in which you make random assertions, fail to argue anything, and then make my personality the object of yo...

Arrr, are you feeling stupid? Make an argument Terrapin and stop blubbing you self-centred snowflake.

Like most narcissists you think that the test of whether someone can argue well is whether they say things you agree with. Infant.

All talk, no trouser.

Show me how to argue well, Terrapin. Present a deductively valid argument that has the negation of one of my premises as a conclusion and premises of ...

Show it, don't spray it.

And you made an irrelevant point in response.

But by all means show me to be wrong. Just try and do so without being insane.

Premise 1 is self-evidently true. It is not self-evidently true to those with limited powers of reflection, of course, or to cats, or the insane. But ...

So, on what basis do you believe that this argument is valid: 1. If P, then Q 2. P 3. Therefore, Q Look, put down your book of fallacy titles and get ...

On what basis? Presumably you don't think that Terrapin Station is God and determines what's true. If you do think that, then you reject my premise be...

Do you deny the principle?

Because that's not all I'm saying.

"other things being equal".

Yes.

The other things being equal clause is important, for it is easy to conceive of circumstances under which a rational intuition would not constitute go...

Which premise are you disputing? Or do you think the argument is invalid?

No it isn't. All arguments make appeal to intuitions. It is only by intuition that we know that an argument is valid. What you actually mean is that w...

Irrelevant.

So a MIND is an object and a conscious state is a state of it. And what kind of object is the mind? Why it is an immaterial object, not a material one...

You're not making any sense at all. You've just said that the brain can be divided and that the brain can't be divided in the same sentence. How many ...

So all along you actually agree that the mind is immaterial?!! Did you not notice that I was arguing for precisely that thesis? So why are you telling...

No, to everyone. So you think wetness can just exist? Wetness is a property of liquids. Imagine I go into a shop and I ask for a wet blanket. They say...

I don't know what you mean by a 'metaphysical thing'. Do you mean that it is immaterial? In that case you agree with me - I've been arguing that the m...

I said which ONE. One. One at a time. Anyway, if you're denying both, then you're denying premise 1. So, you deny that extended objects are divisible....

Which premise are you disputing -just answer me that. Until you do, I'm not answering any more of your questions as you're just ignoring the arguments...

To help you, if we agree that object A is a cube, and we agree that object B is a sphere, then we can conclude that object A is not object B, yes? Why...

I don't understand that question or its relevance. I said that the brain - you know, the meaty thing in your head - can be divided. I said that all ex...

OMG -the mind IS an entity. By definition, it is the OBJECT that is bearing your conscious states. Conscious states are NOT objects. Minds ARE objects...

Do you agree that all extended objects can be divided? If the answer is 'yes' then you agree with me. Do you agree that minds cannot be divided? If th...

What question? I am finding you extremely difficult to understand. Why not just say which premise you are disputing - and just focus on one at a time.

No, you beg the question by suggesting that we drop the word 'mind' . The mind is, by definition, that object - whatever it may be - that is bearing c...

I don't follow you. I was simply admitting that though it is in general wrong to procreate, there are circumstances where it may be permissible or eve...

I'm not turning consciousness into a thing. It isn't a thing. I am quite sure of it. Consciousness is a state of a thing, not a thing. Now that you kn...

You KNOW there's an error - what, because you have special knowledge given to you in dreams or something? No, you're not challenging either premise. Y...

Er, yes. See argument and get over yourself.

Yes it is. This is profitable isn't it - you pronouncing things to be the case, me explaining why they're not, and then you pronouncing again. Really,...

I too must run away for a sleep, but will check back tomorrow.

I should add, phenomenal panpsychism would not be symptomatic of a serious mental disorder if panpsychism is actually true. But it isn't, as my argume...

Yes, thanks, I had sometimes forgotten to press that buton. Panpsychist is normally reserved for academic philosophers (many of whom are insane, incid...

If the reason of most people represents a proposition, P, to be true, then that is good evidence that P is true. Does that make it easier to understan...

Me: if the reason of most people represents something to be the case, that is good evidence that it is the case. You: "so you mean that if Mr Most Peo...

I'm saying what I said, not what you said or are saying. Me: "I would like a cup of tea", You: "so, you mean, an arbitrary person would like a cup of ...

Why do you keep changing my premises? What is the word 'arbitrary' doing in there? The premise I am appealing to has a name. It is called the "princip...

Why do you assume there's an error? Clearly you're someone who thinks they know what's what BEFORE inspecting the evidence. I only hope you're not a d...

is your little brain hurting? That premise - the one you're having such difficulties even writing accurately, never mind understanding - says that if ...

I am working with you. I don't think you understand the argument. Here it is again: 1. all extended objects can be divided 2. My mind cannot be divide...

Yes, that's what I wrote. But you changed it to "if most people represent something to be the case, then that's ood evidence that it is the case". Can...