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Is it open to a theologian to conclude that there is no god and remain a theologian? A philosopher may do so and remain a philosopher. As if blame wer...

Theology is not philosophy. Theology starts with a conclusion, and seeks to explain how it fits in with how things are. It seeks to make a given doctr...

Wouldn't a god that can interact with imperfect beings, and lead them to the light, be better than a god who cannot interact with imperfect beings? Bu...

The idea that children should be held responsible for the sins of their parents is also... problematic. Doubtless there are theological explanations. ...

We can agree on a dislike for the tone, to be sure. It was your suggestion to make use of it, and again you seem to renege when faced with the consequ...

Well, for my part, there appear to be issues of consistency that have been raised here that you and Tim have not yet addressed. Mind you, I haven't fi...

The premise here is that the aim of justice is punishment. Why should we accept that?

He said: So it seems your attempt to reach him was unsuccessful. Frank would not be the first name to come to mind hereabouts, as being "intellectuall...

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Conclusion. If "A picture captures a moment in a narrative", and some paintings do not capture moments in a narrative, then not all paintings are pict...

Yep. It looks like avoidance.

Is it? You asked what ChatGPT thought. It said: and proceeds to unpack a series of issues, ending with It might be helpful to at least recognise the d...

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Not so sure. But a discussion worth having. What might a Davidsonian aesthetic look like?

Oh, ok. You were just saying that the meaning of words is not fixed.

It might help if you were to explain what your case is... Here's mine: How does yours differ?

I'm looking forward to your doing so, then.

Oh, . it's just such a tidy koan.

Without an interpretation, how could the question have an answer?

Buggered if I know. See, perhaps, Encoding the Dreaming - A theoretical framework for the analysis ofrepresentational processes in Australian Aborigin...

You say Platonism is not needed, then launch immediately into an explication of platonism.

Trouble is, the custodians would not call it art. Art is an aesthetic judgement, an object detachable from it's surrounds, to be moved, sold or exhibi...

Ok.

Well, if you must. The idea that a black square only represents a black square looks a tad too platonic for my taste... it smells of perfect forms and...

Guess so.

Oh, perhaps Tim's engine will spin by itself. It's how it makes contact with the world that might make the difference. I don't see it gaining much tra...

Tim can't articulate your criticism in his terms, it seems.

Not really. It seems you think it consistent, but using a way of talking about consistency that is itself Thomist. Someone who thinks there is a diffe...

The artist's intention to create "a piece of art" will not suffice - They might be rubbish at their supposed profession. Being a piece of art is takin...

We're engaged in forming an "ontology", no? That amounts to sorting out what we are talking about. It seems useful to be able to distinguish a thing f...

The Op is satire. Frank asked "How does a person make sense of this?" You provide an answer in the sophistry of Thomism, which is quite unlikely to ap...

All of which just takes the Thomistic metaphysic as granted. An absurdity can seem internally consistent. This: may be as helpful as Summa Theologica.

Ok. In your first post you said a paining was a picture. Now you say that a picture need not be a picture of something, and so avoid the difficulty po...

Do you really think that there was a chance of @"frank" accepting Thomism as an answer to his questions? Wouldn't he simple see it as a more verbose e...

Thomism relies on divine simplicity. It understands god as pure and as simple. So mercy and justice are for god the very same. This is how Thomism res...

And you're happy to accept the Thomist metaphysics on which this account sits? A mediaeval logic? Nothing since then appeals more?

Interesting. So is art "intended"? If that were so, then the intent of the chap with the roller is what decides if the wall is art or not... We would ...

And this? https://www.thespruce.com/thmb/2QWeQ_k3TLK1l20SbMmpO76miOA=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Stocksy_txpdc39b9790by0...

Is Rothko’s red rectangle a picture of a red rectangle? Or is it just… a red rectangle? https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/format:webp/1*5POrD...

Too far off topic.

Ontology is definition.

Well done. Yes, one of the take aways from all this is the separation of intent from meaning. Seeing how this works takes some effort. The idea that t...

:wink: Fair. So it comes down to what you value.

Good response. You've been reading his paper Intending? That's the topic there. There is no guarantee that our surmised intent is the correct one, no ...

Accepting that account requires accepting that Jesus is the son of god... it's in the first sentence. That's not philosophy.

They are not all pictures but can all count as pictures. Ok.

Can't say as I'd noticed.

Or fake it 'till you make it.

ChatGPT suggested that finely grated chocolate could be used to make a suspension in insulin, and perhaps an emulsion, providing the following recipe:

I don't disagree. Although asking someone to "dance the flamingo" need not be an intentional malapropism, and yet still be understood as a request to ...