Again, it is not the content of the belief that matters, but whether the explanation of why we have the belief mentions the reality of what it is a be...
Schools are incredibly stupid and barbaric institutions. But certainly if we're going to insist children waste years and years in these places we shou...
Well, if an unassisted evolutionary story about our development implies that there are no reasons to do or believe anything in reality, then that stor...
Those definitions are incorrect. Holism is a view about how features behave. It is not a theory about what something is made of or how it arises. Note...
Er, no. What a silly question. The universe is not a person. Do you think the universe has feelings? Do you think the universe is a bit miffed today? ...
You're comparing apples and oranges. The opposite of reductionism is non-reductionism. The opposite of holism is atomism. There may be connections bet...
It's a very simply question. Your answer is 'no'. So that means that all the harm they suffer is undeserved. That means it is unjust. Don't then just ...
It's been there all along. At no point have I asserted that there are no reasons to do or believe things. As I said in the OP, only a fool or a scound...
Correct. So, this premise is true: 1. If the correct explanation of a belief that p does not invoke the actual existence of p, then the belief is debu...
No. It is how the belief was acquired that does the debunking. It doesn't matter what the belief is. My belief that there is a cat in the garden is de...
I have no idea what you mean - I have said nothing remotely like that. Do you agree that if the correct explanation of a belief does not mention the a...
I'm not attacking Reason. I think there are reasons to do things. You can't make a case against them without presupposing them. So if you don't believ...
That was to illustrate the point. Sheesh. Here's the principle I am appealing to: if the explanation of a belief that p does not have to posit p, then...
Why don't you read the OP? There are reasons to do things. YOu believe in them. I believe in them. Everyone who's sensible believes in them. Indeed, e...
I asked you if you believed in reasons to do things. You said yes. So you know what a reason to do something is, for you believe in them yourself. The...
So why the f-ing hell do you keep asking me what one is and to provide you with a bloody example of one? Again: are you mental? You: what's a chair? M...
It's a reason to get some food. Like I say, this exchange is like this: You: what's a chair? Me: well, what are you sat on? You: a chair Me: right, so...
You're just not getting this. This is not about causes. It's about reasons-to-do things. You are just going to continue talking about causes, yes? You...
No. You are confusing different meanings of the word 'reason'. Sometimes the word reason can operate as a synonym for 'cause'. But that's not what it ...
Er, no. That simply does not follow and it is not my view. But anyway, you're not focusing on the argument. Do you think a newly created person deserv...
Once again, to deserve something does not mean the same as 'obliged to provide it'. The fact a person deserves something can, sometimes, generate an o...
What fallacy? I'm illustrating a point. That's not to commit a fallacy. If the explanation of why you hold a particular belief does not make any appea...
You're just describing processes. You asked for an example of a reason to do something - I provided it. An unassisted evolutionary story about how we ...
No. I am arguing - not saying, arguing - that a purely evolutionary account of our development will debunk our impressions and beliefs in reasons to d...
This is us: Daniel: can you provide me with an example of a donut Me: yes, you see this plump quoit of sugared dough - that's a donut. Daniel: but whe...
There's your example, then. A reason to do something - such as get yourself some food - is an example of a reason to do something. And a reason to bel...
I don't know why you added "e.g. belief in God". That belief is TRUE. It's called begging the question: your question assumes the very issue under deb...
You are confusing the basis upon which we have a reason to believe something with the reason itself. So, I have the rational impression - or intuition...
You are confusing intuitions and beliefs with what they're intuitions of and/or beliefs about. What we can provide an evolutionary explanation of are ...
A reason to believe something is known as a 'normative' reason or 'justifying' reason. You want examples? Well, you have reason to believe you exist, ...
Yes. That you have the impression or belief that there is a reason to do something does not entail that there is. The reason and the impression of the...
First, our senses are impotent to 'tell' us anything about anything. It is our reason that tells us to suppose our sensations are 'of' things. That is...
Yes, I think those others are talking about the reliability of our faculty of reason in telling us about the non-rational world. So our reason tells u...
Yes, anyone who, in the context of an argument over the morality of a particular type of act, raises the whole 'but how do we know anything?' question...
Yes. What I am doing is raising a well-known puzzle and then suggesting how to solve it. What's the puzzle? The puzzle is that an evolutionary explana...
Er, no. Christ. Comprehension skills: D. To deserve something does not - NOT - mean the same as 'there's an obligation to give the person it". Clear? ...
It's up to you to tell me what on earth you mean by 'western culture' or why it's relevant to anything I have argued. But philosophy is the practice o...
I don't understand the question. Innocence or guilt is always someone's. And it always belongs to a person, a mind. And I answered. Our purpose is to ...
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