Donald Trump is no despot, nor is he the first president to exploit the 'power lie' Sam Harris: #224 - THE KEY TO TRUMP’S APPEAL This thread may be ab...
But who would understand you? A simple, obvious fact about language that folk often forget is that it is shared. "Goytsz" does nothing unless someone ...
Of course, how could one know that Odo had morphed into a bat correctly... That he had the correct sensations, those actually had by a bat, and not ju...
Hmm. I think they gave up coherence in order to introduce feminine interest. They never explained how Odo changed mass... presumably it was the power ...
An interesting species... But I was puzzled by the introduction of the queen; she seemed incongruous. For instance, Locutus was introduced as an indiv...
I'm still stuck here: You talk of your-experience-of-red; I talk of my-experience-of-red; yet you think the meaning of "red" is what they refer to. Ho...
Well, I could go back and point out again hat the red of the sportscar and the red of the sunset are not the same experience. That's closer to the OP,...
All different things. Elicit silly replies, for one. You can do better, Oliver. You have some understanding of Wittgenstein. You have a better grasp o...
...so the argument is that the apple is not red when it is dark, and hence that is it never red... it only seems, or appears, or is experienced as... ...
You said apples are not red; they only appear red. You see, the funny thing is that you presume we all use the same word, "red", for a certain experie...
He knows. The reasoning is that Gregory was not paying attention in physics class, therefore science doesn't make sense. I've seen more cogent argumen...
Because dictionaries give synonyms, and hence tell how to use a word. Nothing to do with that elusive, mysterious notion of meaning. Unless, of course...
Perhaps it is your expression that is unclear; there's a vacillation going on in which you think apples are red at the grocer but not at the forum. I'...
Khaled might be right, @"Isaac"; there is a syndrome found in poor philosophisers that might be termed "failure to commit". Perhaps Khaled never buys ...
Supposedly, primary properties are things like mass and size; they inhere in the object. Secondary properties are things like colours; they are found ...
It was pretty good. Still fathoming the issue of using 'roo in place of beef, or my own preference, lamb. It is very lean, with a texture similar to s...
Is it? , "The red inheres in the apple" might be an odd way for you to say that the apple is red; but perhaps you want to bring in the baggage of esse...
Because that is how colour blind people see a red apple. And how do you confirm that it isn't in fact red? But if you agree that it is red, that's an ...
I curried some 'roo the other day. Used a cinnamon stick, whole coriander and whole cumin seed roasted, fresh green garlic pulled that morning, some c...
Best post in a while on this thread. If one accepts Dennett's arguments against qualia, is one then bound to accept the remainder of his analysis of c...
Where are the qualia in that description? They are not needed. What is clearer if they are added? Nothing. All they seem to have permitted is the cons...
That looks exactly wrong. It serves to hide distinctions and similarities by grossly simplifying our tried, attested and substantial language around s...
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