Banno

In so far as each is a propositional attitude, we can use the same rendering: dianoia(Jack, "4 is the square of 2") Would that work?

That's not too far from my own intuition. Hence my question about a belief having a place in the mind - or even being in the mind. What could that mea...

I'm an atheist. Where did you use induction?

Did you? Where?

I'm not too avers to the notion. I'm not claiming that rendering belief in such a relational form is all there is - far from it. I'm hoping that it gi...

And so it begins. Talk of places in the mind must be metaphorical - the mind does not have places. What is it to have a place in the mind?

Indeed.

Two bad answers do not get us anywhere.

Hm. "And this we call God". God is not a satisfactory explanation for anything; because god explains everything. Evolution? God did it. Creation? God ...

Have you any reason to think it more than a bad translation?

Cheers. In the end I will have to walk away. I don't have the time he has.

You tell me. Some sort of vitalism? A deity? or yes, a soul?

Indeed, as I said, they do not fit your Peirce-shaped hole. Are you able to read other philosophies with any sympathy? I had a quick look through the ...

SO what is the agent?

Apo only has a Peirce-shaped hole, into which he tries to squeeze everything. I doubt that, since the Rock is sacred and climbing it is something cont...

So... there is an agent?

So I will ask you the same question as I asked @"Wayfarer": Does the presence of a purpose imply the presence of an agent?

Me, too. But let's not pretend that calling it "abduction" suffices to show its rationality. It's not the case that abduction is universally accepted....

They are rather neat, aren't they? It's that second premise that is the killer. For Apo that's something like... The world is ordered The only way to ...

So again, for you a mountain does not have a height until it is measured. For me, we measure the height of the mountain. Your account fails to be abou...

No. That's again Straw Banno. To which you have added a Straw Wittgenstein.

Rather, we observe that living things act with purpose, but this does not provide us with what we need to conclude that evolution acts with purpose.

Then perhaps you are making a good point.

OK, so Newton saw the patterns of apples falling and of planetary motion, and brought the two together in one set of equations. Wonderful stuff. But t...

Yes - exactly right. So the anatomy of the black bird was sufficiently similar to the white bird called "swan" for that word to be used in the new cas...

Here is part of your writing that makes sense; although written it in such a constipated fashion. Yes, we need only define words so far as is needed f...

And that is what I am objecting to - the notion that there is something called 'induction" that is the same in all cases. It's not a method; its not a...

Yes, you can - and do. You reject the common notion of truth, and re-define the word "truth". And them you fail to acknowledge the obvious consequence...

A world without definitions is not a world without meaning. Your pragmatism changes the meaning of "...is true" to suit itself. A fair move, so long a...

Yes; let's say, for the sake of argument, 324m plus or minus a metre. That ought to account for the possible errors you mention. And I will add: it is...

On this, I agree; but I would like you to answer the further question: does this imply the presence of an agent? I think not. I think that our languag...

I wondered as much.

Interesting. It appears to my naive eye that there is a hint of intent in what is being said about evolution; and that leaves me uninspired. So a spar...

Well, you did say I needed to get a life. So, did you do anything interesting today?

perhaps. I was hoping for something more specific.

I’m having lunch with the love of My life at a little Italian place down the road. Sausages and trimmings. Yum. I will get back to your bottle later.

And there is evidence of this?

You're a bit of a fan, I gather. But this was a thread about time. SO are you saying that Élan vital is outside of time?

I dunno - that all seems a bit Rich...

Just reading your post. Saw this: X-) No, you re most welcome to use common sense too, if you like.

Any teleological approach to evolution ought be discarded as a mater of course. The point of evolution is its lack of purpose.

I watched the video last night and remain unconvinced that Bergson's anonymity is undeserved. He was wrong. In interesting ways, that have since been ...

I don't so much disagree with this as find it off target. Seeing the world as consistent already requires a certain selectiveness; an awareness of the...

Ah. Avoid Banno's posts by setting up a straw Banno.

How do I define truth. That you still ask that question is curious. You, I and whoever else is reading this are most probably competent users of Engli...

I found Putnam's view less that convincing. But I enjoyed that Manzotti read. Yes, that's where my thoughts are leading. It idea that mind is an inter...

You've conceptualised it wrong. Try using instantaneous velocity.

A fair point. Again I would only add that mind here is social; the rules of geometry are in principle public. That is, roughly, I would use language w...

So we are agreed that you are not offering a theory of truth. A good start. I'm not too sure what objective truth is. Are there subjective truths, to ...

It's your thread.