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A Differend is posited as a conflict in which cannot be equitably resolved for lack of a rule or judgement applicable to both arguments; and Euathlus'...

Perhaps. But if we read the text as saying that it is, ?245 works. What's being rejected, and here I think I'm following Kenny, is that notion that ta...

Ah, my bad - mis-clicked the reply button.

§8 Let p be: you are the victim of a wrong. A. Either p or ~p A. If p then ~p Hence, ~p The argument in §3 - the editor - looks more cogent than that ...

Can this be asked in a coherent fashion? Can one imagine a world with no space? Sure - extrapolate down form four to three to two to one to no dimensi...

Yeah, I'm not so sure. It might be a difference of kind rather than perspective. "I have a pain in your toe", while odd, does not seem to be ill-forme...

Why not?

If I ask you how you know it is a tree, you can show it to me. Do that with the pain.

But on the bright side, they've really pissed off the French.

If I am right, you have not made any other points. Your argument is at its heart ill-formed. That's not a small issue. So it's over to you to see if y...

See the sentence immediately preceding this... So "I have a pain in my neck" is the same as "ouch!" and at the start of §244 ""How de we refer to sens...

Yeah, you are. Now you are confusing many worlds logic with many worlds physics.

Laura Tingle wasn't so cynical, once. She's learned a lot. And so: Which works for a government that has striped the pubic service to a point of such ...

I am aware that there is a fashion on the forums not to tell folk when they are confused. But doing so is the very essence of philosophy. So suck it u...

None of which shows that an eternal being exists necessarily. To do that you would have to show that there are no possible worlds that are not eternal...

Why? Eternity is a temporal state, necessity, a logical.

Nuclear submarines. This is going to be embarrassing. A dear friend was an engineer on the Collins class. At table he would regale us with tales of in...

Being eternal and being necessary are quite distinct.

A copy arrived yesterday.

Yep.

Wouldn't it be jolly good fun if you addressed the topic?

Defence, justification, exchange, account...

Why, how kind. Thank you. One does what one can.

There's arguments and there's arguments. Quarrels and lines of reasoning. Philosophers use both. They supposedly use lines of reasoning to suport this...

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Glad you are not a mod, then. The site would be utterly dysfunctional.

Think you might count again. And take a look at his posts. Why you would defend such an obnoxious twat is beyond me.

...now the poor bugger at least can't claim the job is thankless...

From Elsewhere: That's what is going on here. Getting the distinction between belief and truth shines light on the relation between truth and certaint...

...a true Wittgensteinian would have said there are deep problems, but nothing can be said about them...

Doubtless.

That'll be 'cause they are right. No, it doesn't. The notion that a sentence has a real meaning is bogus. "The door is shut" might be a code indicatin...

The door is shut. I give up. Unless you can make your point, a point you have tried to make before, I don't see any purpose in continuing. I was expec...

Cheers. That works for me. I'm not convinced that the success of science does not constitute proof of the intelligibility of the universe. Consider th...

I don't understand what you are asking. Your point remains obscure.

The door is shut. That is a statement. It is also a fact, because the door is indeed shut. It can be used as a statement and as a fact. "The door is s...

A big thank you to @"Hanover" for watching the front door.

The thread was attacked by a sock-puppet troll. Unfortunate, but it happens sometimes. Yes, a cleanup by a mod would be helpful. It might happen if yo...

The door is shut. That is a fact. That is also a statement Duckrabbits. "The door is shut" refers to that statement by quoting it. ""The door is shut"...

Belief in facts is not determinate. Mentioned before. You can believe whatever you like. What does this bit of nonsense have to do with anything in th...

https://i2.wp.com/arnoldzwicky.s3.amazonaws.com/VikingKids.jpg?w=450 He's back, again. @Nosferatu

Yes, I have. Several times. First, your question is ill-formed. Facts are always true. Second, if what you are asking is when is a statement true, the...

Nothing to be done here. Take this: What to do with it? Consider: ...so whatever the "event"you are asking for, you are both accusing me of having pre...

Yeah I do. The T-sentence. Statement mentioned on the left, state of affairs, fact, statement used, on the right. You are pretending there is more, wh...

My Hero!

Never a mod around when they are needed.

Indeed, on this we agree, but it seems we disagree as to who... Your inevitable presence here doubtless assures that this thread will have a long and ...

Interesting. I've two conflicting responses. The first is that a deep question is one which elicits an interesting and enduring conversation. The seco...

I meant bullshit as in saying what suits one's purpose - not speaking without warrant so much as speaking without regard for the truth. After Frankfur...

I'm not the one to answer this - perhaps @"Wayfarer"? Interesting that he hasn't chimed in - or if he did I missed it. I'm not in favour of the term "...