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Sure. There is a history to the concept, going back tot he abacus. Indeed, this is part of the reason for rejecting the subjective notion of concept; ...

They are also reliant on refined sand. Your point? Seems to me an account of concepts as use does exactly that.

Back to: I'd say certainty rather than faith. That serves to step away from the hegemony of religion.

Well, I don't know of any cases of disembodied minds, if that's what you are asking -- although there are many folk who claim there are such things, t...

Ah, but if you didn't have the concept, what is it that you would be missing? I suppose it would be the ability to talk about and use the laptop as a ...

Spot on. Mass and mind do not seem to be related in this way. As if we could measure the mass of your love for your mother. Talk of mass does not fit ...

Sure. So what is it we grasp, when we grasp, say, the concept-of-laptop? I know what it tis to grasp a laptop. You see, as I've said before, I don't t...

Is it? What sort of thing is a concept? One cannot type on a concept-of-laptop; one types on a laptop. If "manifest reality" includes a concept-of-lap...

@"Manuel", on mind being material. Material stuff is matter - hence the name. Matter has mass. That's effectively the definition of what matter is, in...

Keep going. Notice that gas occupies three dimensional space, but is far from solid. The room you are in is full of gas, but you can pass through it w...

I find this odd. The Mac I type on is not an entity in my head; it's a laptop. It seems that a distinction is being made that not only isn't needed, i...

One response to what I've said is simply to ignore it. If that's what you want, go ahead.

DO you lose weight when you go to sleep? Can you explain this distinction to me? Are mental entities things like desires or beliefs?

A shame that @"Pop" missed this. I'd like to hear an explanation of the relation between spirit and energy, too.

Then I haven't understood you. What is the "Common-sense notion of reality" to which you referred? I had assumed you were following the conversation a...

So what's that, then? A clear and obvious reality? A reality that is taken for granted, or is at hand, perhaps? If we drop the word "manifest", what w...

I'm not keen. It would tie us to a preconception of what metaphysics is, unnecessarily. But you go for it, I'll just watch.

Why?

I will be honest and admit that the 'another poster' is he whom this present member is in the habit of addressing with the perpendicular pronoun. Firs...

Actually, I agreed with you... As usual, we agree, but you give the wrong explanation. Has it? I rather think that the table will remain solid, regard...

You may be right. There may be genuine metaphysical issues that do not dissipate on analysis. If so, then you ought be able to provide one for our eru...

Austin's Philosophical Papers. Also, How not to be a chucklehead

I have not rejected the possibility.

Thank you, Wayfarer, for a considered reply. I must disagree with Rather he would track down exactly what is going on when one indulges in philosophic...

Sure. But 5 in 200,000 is a very small personal risk. I've had my shot, and I think you have made a poor choice. I wonder how you took into account th...

Baker would have us not vaccinate because of a relatively small risk. Do the numbers. Overwhelmingly you are better off being vaccinated. Even more so...

I don't understand your scepticism. I cited an article that summarises the analysis of "a joint exercise between the WHO and the Chinese health commis...

That it is "Extremely unlikely the virus escaped from a lab", as the cited article says.

...which is exactly what the article said. So what is your point?

The argument seems to be that the possibility can't be excluded, therefore it happened. Compare this to the argument that the US Airforce has a flying...

If you say so. Your paranoia is your own.

The table before us is mostly space, with a few particles scattered around it. Pop writers are apt to make the inference that since the table is mostl...

The bit leading up to I'm nonplusses. Basic literacy.

Austin criticised Ayer's notion of sense-data, resulting in a long and productive exchange. So it gets complicated. You wanted, originally, to compare...

What is that? The chocolate cake/cheese thing was yours, not mine; you are the one who creates the chocolate cake made from cheese, if you insist that...

Consider: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Wittgenstein%27s_Philosophical_Investigations_illustration_remark_48.svg What is the sim...

So it's really information , and not a chair? But at the same time it is a chair? Can't it really be a chair, and (assuming your comments about CERN a...

Can you give a clear answer - if it is energy and information, does that mean it is not a chair?

I don't see any problem. Or do you think that CERN results mean that the chair on which you sit is not real?

It's unpopular, but it's the best response to your question. Here is an excerpt from Austin's Other Minds. My bolding. This serves to undermine the me...

AH, a misattributed misattribution. I begin to see the worth of having theists on the forum. They are excellent bad examples.

But I didn't start it, and @"Pinprick" has only done the one post... Confabulation? that's a psychological issue, not a logical one. Let's put this do...

Oh... I should probably have known that. Oh, well, same old same old. Makes no diff.

@"180 Proof" accepted, @"Apollodorus" hasn't objected, so let's close the gate on it. When do we start?

Indeed, I have noticed your tendency to make stuff up and attribute it to your interlocutors. False attribution. Another nice example. Thank you.

Here's the thing: There should be no thread on the Trinity in a philosophical forum. Indeed, it isn't. It was a reply to the OP, in which those contra...

Ah, persecution. I don't hate Christians. I don't like bad philosophy. But perhaps i should reconsider. You do provide a plethora of examples of poor ...

Dude, you tried to move form Christianity to Islam. Here's my objection:

Yeah, we can see you don't think so. More autobiography. So what? And yes, Muslims who come to the cite and do nothing but quote the Koran and drag go...

You do rely on rituals. You recite stuff to yourself in the place of actually submitting it to rational critique. That's what you are doing here. The ...