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In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
The question mark is a bit of a giveaway, too. Anyway, get on with the story.
June 10, 2019 at 12:02
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
Oh, don't worry about him, sir. He's ma-- he's m-- he's ma-- he-- he-- he's m-- m-- m-- he's m-- he's m-- He's mad, sir.
June 10, 2019 at 11:55
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
Yeah. Must be. She is. Definitely...
June 10, 2019 at 11:52
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
She is.
June 10, 2019 at 11:49
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
Well, if it's not a personal question, are you a virgin?
June 10, 2019 at 11:46
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
Excuse me. Are you a virgin?
June 10, 2019 at 11:44
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
Only the true Messiah denies His divinity.
June 10, 2019 at 11:34
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
I'm not the Messiah! Will you please listen? I am not the Messiah, do you understand?! Honestly!
June 10, 2019 at 11:31
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
Well, he hurt my foot! (Actually, I thought it had improved considerably over the last few dozen posts. )
June 10, 2019 at 11:24
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
A miracle! He is the Messiah!
June 10, 2019 at 11:22
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
I hadn't said a word for eighteen years till he came along.
June 10, 2019 at 11:19
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
I was blind, and now I can see!!
June 10, 2019 at 11:17
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
I am healed! The Master has healed me!
June 10, 2019 at 11:14
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
Lord! I am affected by a bald patch.
June 10, 2019 at 11:13
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
They're all I've bloody got to eat.
June 10, 2019 at 11:11
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
They are a gift from God!
June 10, 2019 at 11:10
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
I say, those are my juniper bushes.
June 10, 2019 at 11:09
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
Do not tempt Him, shallow ones! Is not the miracle of the juniper bushes enough?!
June 10, 2019 at 11:08
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
Well, what about the juniper bushes over there?
June 10, 2019 at 11:06
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
I didn't bring you here! You just followed me!
June 10, 2019 at 11:03
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
Oh, just go away! Leave me alone!
June 10, 2019 at 11:01
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
What?
June 10, 2019 at 10:59
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
I'm sorry. Shhhh!
June 10, 2019 at 10:56
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
Well, I'm sorry. Shhh.
June 10, 2019 at 10:54
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
Shhhh
June 10, 2019 at 10:52
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
Go away!
June 10, 2019 at 10:50
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
What? Hmm?
June 10, 2019 at 10:46
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
My point, again, is simply that asking if existence is relative, not absolute, makes as much sense as asking if existence is blue, not red. That's an ...
June 10, 2019 at 10:45
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
So it seems.
June 10, 2019 at 10:44
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
Ooh! Eh, uh, b-- b-- now-- now hear this! Blessed are they... ...who convert their neighbour's ox, for they shall inhibit their girth,...
June 10, 2019 at 10:42
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
Oh, he's terrible!
June 10, 2019 at 10:40
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
Ohh.
June 10, 2019 at 10:39
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
"actually exists" does not include the term "actually"? He's making it up as he goes along.
June 10, 2019 at 10:38
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
First, how does exists differ from actually exists?
June 10, 2019 at 10:28
In: The moralistic and the naturalistic fallacy  — view comment
Actually, that's not so. The naturalistic fallacy is far more interesting than just that. See G E Moore.
June 10, 2019 at 09:26
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
Well then, is the absolute not as blue? And hence...
June 10, 2019 at 08:54
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
Fresco thinks you have not seen his point, probably thinking it too important for anyone else to have considered before. Hence he fails to see that yo...
June 10, 2019 at 07:29
In: Philosophical Investigations, reading it together.  — view comment
Wonderful stuff.
June 08, 2019 at 05:46
In: What is the Best Refutation of Solipsism? (If Any)  — view comment
Asking for a refutation? After all, who are you asking?
June 08, 2019 at 05:43
In: Existence is relative, not absolute.  — view comment
No, Existence blue, not red.
June 08, 2019 at 03:58
In: Is “Water is H2O” a posteriori necessary truth?  — view comment
I was going to comment here, but after this, well... what would be the point.
June 08, 2019 at 03:22
In: Are de re counterfactuals rigid?  — view comment
Yeah, folks - it's so much easier to critique a book if you don't read it.
June 08, 2019 at 03:17
In: Why is Ayn Rand not Accepted Academically?  — view comment
https://philpapers.org/rec/BEEBAS
June 08, 2019 at 03:11
In: How is it that you can divide 8 apples among two people but not 8 volts by 2 ohms?  — view comment
Clearly you can - the answer is four pears per peach.
June 08, 2019 at 03:03
In: Wittgenstein's Relation to Science and Ontology  — view comment
:rofl:
June 08, 2019 at 02:52
In: Euthanasia  — view comment
(shakes head.)
June 06, 2019 at 21:31
In: To Be Is To Be The Value Of A Variable  — view comment
The "bound" is often left out, but it makes all the difference. Without it, it sounds like Quine is equating being to being spoken of, as @"fdrake". W...
June 02, 2019 at 22:07
In: To Be Is To Be The Value Of A Variable  — view comment
And as he replied, "Being taken account of" is wooly.
June 02, 2019 at 21:40
In: To Be Is To Be The Value Of A Variable  — view comment
He's right, isn't he? Although that is only on of many senses of "to be".
June 02, 2019 at 20:57
In: Are de re counterfactuals rigid?  — view comment
What? No, forget that. I'm done here.
June 02, 2019 at 10:32
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