One of the most important things to do when dealing with abused children is to provide a world which is predictable. Perhaps the ability to see the wo...
But if you would defend dualism then you must go further and say that something is not part of the physical world. SO far, you are agreeing with me th...
By giving the very same answer as I gave. SO where is your account different to mine? You seem to want to treat intentionality as magic - as if it com...
Yes. Do you have a point to draw from this? SO here's myaccount: there are two ways to describe raising your arm. One involves forming the intention a...
What would that mean? You could move things but not see around you? You could hear and feel, but not move? But we know the information goes in both di...
This simply shows you have not understood the proposal. Your question is like asking what the mass is of democracy, and using the lack of an answer to...
@"javra", @"Wayfarer" You decide to raise your arm, and low, the damn thing goes up. The only rational explanation is that there is a physical link of...
This is how folk respond when their arguments have been flattened - they attack their interlocutor. The remainder of the post is an appeal to the god-...
Your argument is rhetorical. You cannot tell me the mass of all the rocks in the Simpson Desert, therefore those rocks do not have mass. Your are basi...
It's clear that there is a need for me to set out my view, which has been variously misrepresented. The topic was raised in a podcast I listen to regu...
Seems you utterly missed the point. You want to know the length of the bill on the rabbit. You are mixing your language games. Yes, the theory of evol...
When you do a calculation with pen and paper, the pen and paper are part of your calculation. Does your mind extend to the paper? When you rotate a ji...
The trouble is, your mind can decide to do something and then actually do it. So your mind does effect the physical world. The same argument applies t...
God created the world in order for his children to take pleasure in it. Eat, drink and be merry. Asceticism is offensive to the lord, since it shows y...
So a belief is a propositional attitude, and faith is a subgroup of belief. I asked before for you to consider what a belief would be like without a s...
Science is not materialistic. Materialism was the metaphysical notion that all that exists is matter in space. It was laid to rest by Newton - fields ...
It's clear the Lewis article is about those who believe that god damns souls, together with the inconsistency of Christian theology. Still an open que...
Sure - that's how I would usually use it, as belief in spite of the evidence pointing to the contrary conclusion. I was just allowing for some subtlet...
No. The claim was not that prediction relies on conservation laws, but that prediction relies on uniformity. It would be trying to do science in the f...
More introductory stuff. Faith is just belief. But it can be, and here it should be, used for those beliefs in which there is insufficient evidence. I...
A bit more introductory stuff. A belief is a propositional attitude. That just means that a belief is a belief that such-and-such is the case, where s...
Seems we need to revisit some very basic theory of action. Actions are explained in terms of a desire and a belief. I went to the freezer (action) bec...
Yeah, all that. Use it to fudge whatever you need to fudge to excuse poor thinking. But when I decide to move my arm, my arm moves. So mind is part of...
In the same ways one judges any statement. There is no significant ambiguity in saying god loves you unconditionaly. There is no significant ambiguity...
Not at all sure what you are asking for from me. You seem to be suggesting that christian dogma and christian belief must be consistent for the argume...
Folk are not responsible for their beliefs? As if beliefs have no consequences? AS if folk could not choose between this or that belief? Are you sure ...
Building on the section Can we admire the believers? Fritz is a neo-nazi. Fritz admires Hitler. Fritz knows about Hitler's evil deeds, and would never...
Mind can move physical things. When a physical thing is moved, energy is used. So mind uses energy. If the source of the energy used by a mind is to b...
The thing about a field is that it has a predictable and measurable affect. And it conforms to conservation laws. What is it, then? You didn't finish....
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