Banno

I'm not going to pretend to understand Berkeley.

Who, me?

The OP is pretty muddled, moving between sensing and force and existence without much clarity. But the rough idea seems to be a version of Stove's Gem...

Actually, since it's a private forum, they can do what they like. And I like what they do. Mostly. If anything I'd like to see more bannings. But if y...

It's not the opinion that earns the ban. That seems to be a point that is repeatedly missed.

:grin:

Except Baden. Get rid of him.

This isn't a fucking democracy. Most folk here can't recognise a decent argument when it's right in their faces. Putting mod powers in their hands wou...

Stove's Gem - again, again and again.

But I did engage - a direct criticism of your opening argument. Ah, fuck I did it again.

Here's a black swan that's white: ABC News

Too big for crows. And crows don't paddle around. You know, that recent comment of yours about only one post per week might have merit.

It becomes complicated. Belief is a second-order predicate, so there are four, not two, variations. a) One can believe that something is the case. b) ...

That's a much better articulation of your argument.

My bad. I should have take my own advice.

Well, I'd supposed that "private meaning" might be a marker for you - "here be dragons"; but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Since you asked, this: ...is wrong. Indeed, it's guileless. It is precisely the extent to which "our faculties of awareness" give us knowledge of what...

Yep.

Have a good close look at the last couple of posts from Bart and a think about his logical skills. Then decide if you really want to agree with his ar...

...you're really not helping yourself here...

We seem to be a long way off course - private meaning and so on.

Not at all sure what you are asking. What then are the different, not-publicly-agreed upon uses that different people try to use...?

No, there is information being exchanged. But that's a relatively small part of the interaction. The learning has perhaps more import. What is certain...

Such contortions. OK, so you place yourself alongside Bart in the irrational basket.

And not clever enoughto phrase the problem in a considered, respectful way.

Your making unsupported assertions. I'm recounting what I have seen. Folk are complicated. Let 'em work it out for themselves. They don't need middle ...

Yeah, that was the shared joke at the root of the creation of this thread from the other.

Do not pass what? Wind? I've worked with trans children and seen the difference that recognition makes to them. I don't pretend to understand transsex...

If it is inaccessible, then it's of no consequence. Contrive a possible world in which a contradiction occurs: in which both P and ~P are the case, in...

...and when put to the test, fails to give a satisfactory account.

A better question would be why the contents of other people's underpants cause folk such as you so much grief.

IF they recognise the patterns as telling them truths, they must by that very fact have an independent way of verifying the truth of the markings. Hen...

But does your little monkey brain enable you to understand what is possible and what is not? A contradiction is a problem with grammar, not with how t...

Well, you might agree that at least you and I are building a thread. Perhaps even a conversation? An argument? And these things we might be doing have...

A pretty ordinary response. Do many "regular guys" in your vicinity put their father on trial for murder? No, @"Fooloso4" has the point; your criticis...

We could continue your little game of posts-last-wins, if you like.

Yeah, you seem to be playing games. No, if I ask you if you think Euthyphro wise, it depends on what you mean by "wise"; which you are free to explain...

Why are you avoiding answering the question? Was Euthyphro wise? You implied that he might be. I'd like to understand how. Well, no.

Charged of psychologism contrast with charges of behaviourism. He can't consistently do both; and I think we ought grant him the benefit of the doubt ...

I'm asking what you think - not Gerson, Rabinowitz and many others. Do you think him wise? For my part, he is a buffoon, a clown, a puppet made to dan...

Oh, indeed. And the figure is wrong. Describing it in more detail doesn't help. Nothing - no thing - has been moved from one mind to another. Rather w...

Odd. So after reading the dialogue, do you think Euthyphro wise?

But the image is of a state of mind being moved form one head to another. And as soon as you say it you know its wrong.

So the thread would be just for me? How thoughtful. Indeed.

What? SO this had no real content? You've nothing?

Well, not most enjoy. But it's right up there.

yep. Just start a new thread. If you build it, they will come. But only if what you say is worthwhile.

It was inevitable, it seems, that this thread eventually fell to the base level of poorly done quantum mechanics - 'woo" seems to be the going term fo...

There's so much here that is questionable. What sort of thing is a state of mind? We use the term, say, when someone is furious or inconsolable; "they...