Same here. I find that plausible. And what I know of Willy James suggests that he was solid, a good face on the movement. I think you are touching on ...
I find pragmatism fascinating. I am attracted to its attempt to get the truck out of the mud. For my $, too much philosophy is just verbal disputes. B...
That sounds right. And we can also question just how formal mathematical demonstrations are. Of course they are relatively formal, but I venture that ...
I agree that we would move out of the way. We would be afraid. Call it instinct. A big noisy thing coming at us scares us out of its path. But how doe...
I suggest reading An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. Here's a passage on causation. Here's something on the external world. In short, we see t...
What do you think of this objection? A miracle is a violation of regularity and is therefore only visible against a background of regularity. So to me...
I understand Plato in terms of something like 'projection.' As you get older and switch this love target for that one (and so on), you become more awa...
In low moods, yes. In low low moods, yes yes. But the red pill offers good things too. It mixes well with other less metaphorical drugs. It also mixes...
I read most of that paper. It itself has that academic smell. Not much is said, but it's puffed up with allusions and quotations. I find the same smel...
Good point about the rationals that would be left out. And thanks for absorbing my feedback in a good spirit. (I like that you know programming. I'm w...
What occurs to me is that you only have rational numbers in your sets. Moreover all the subsets of R (actually of Q in this case) are finite, albeit a...
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