This does point to where nominalists make a real error in reasoning. They don't realize that they are 'jumping' ahead, bypassing the continuity in rea...
This ties in with my last post about logic and 'The Fixation of Belief'. A perfect example of ignorance is how someone could possibly think I have som...
My other reference to this was just highlighting specifics of 'belief'. This is where the full text can be most easily accessed. It was the very first...
I think it actually encouraged them to dig in their heels! In the Humanists' desire to hurriedly free their 'Will" from Church bondage, they unknowing...
I completely agree with you. However, my goal is to write and teach in a manner that is as easy as possible to understand by the broadest possible aud...
If there is enough freedom in a given reactive situation that an outcome can be avoided, then I think it would be hard to argue for direct cause. In o...
There are a couple of other things I would like to hone in on in the essay about Ockham and nominalism. First, this... "If Gregory and Dupré can conde...
This is one of my favorite paragraphs in that essay. I have an interesting relationship with the philosophy of David Hume. I like his style. :cool: .....
I really should also point out that Henry Stubbe and John Locke were not approaching these 'turns' of humanity in the same way. Locke was certainly fa...
I think that one of the biggest difficulties others have in understanding Peirce is that nominalists are approaching him from a distorted, distant vie...
Something I should have included in my last response to you. It might help to ponder on this in the in between time. As simply as can be stated, and t...
You are one of my favorite people to converse with on a forum, so I'm sure you realize that this could end up being a long and productive discussion. ...
I should be thanking you. My subject matter is not exactly mainstream. When I happen to come across someone I can converse with about it, I just can't...
I am very familiar with that book. :smile: Some of the reviews say that Forster's position and argument are lacking, but I suggest that you keep in mi...
Not fair, Gnomon. ;-) You know I am trying to bow out. Don't you actually mean "In what sense are they real? We abstract information provided in our s...
I would like to point out that I do not think of Peirce's perspective as the 'end all be all' explanation of everything. He even spoke of future reade...
Not at all. Although, that's not a word that I would ever use, I would think that a 'm-fer' is informed enough to be intentionally destructive. On the...
I think I would be remiss if I also didn't point out that nominalism and Cartesianism were born out of the Catholics wanting to justify God's Will, an...
Thank you for your kind response. For me it's a matter of time. I have other discussion outlets that won't require years. Besides, there are already m...
Being on this forum, and trying to converse with "the predominance of Nominalists, who may also be Materialists and Atomists" would be very helpful fo...
I'm not sure which news outlet you are watching, but I only get mine from Associated Press and Reuters. Associated Press has Biden with 238 Electoral ...
Very cool! It kind of looks like slitted 'cat'aracts. Lol. ... And I wonder how each of those things are interpreted. I mean, I know we can study the ...
Yes. Since I am such a nerd :nerd: who has studied all types of life forms over the course of my life, I am well aware that we are well aware of that....
I have wondered what humanity would be like if we separated the 'thinking' man from the 'feeling' man. Or even more so, exactly how much progress a th...
I completely understand how you could feel that way just from a surface understanding. When I combine it with the understanding of a 'bridge' between ...
I just realized that this is the post you may have been referring to. It ended up not being in the Lounge. .. Thirdness, Induction, Top Down and Botto...
I have several new posts, but here is the only recent post I have in 'the Lounge". Lounge post I'm always glad to hear that others are doing well in t...
Dear KerimF, I just posted an interesting story that I think you will enjoy. Follow this link if you would like to read it. A Letter to My Sisters Kin...
Hmm.... I'm not sure exactly in what context you mean this towards me. My only response would be that there is a big difference between being a 'shado...
Way back in the day, I did a teaching exercise regarding the books of the major religions in which I told the students we were going to 'follow the wa...
Well, history is filled with people who when they don't understand something automatically jump to thinking that it must have something to do with the...
So sorry for the confusion. What I had posted in the Lounge has been deleted. I am active on two threads in 'General Philosophy', and since they are v...
I just happened to notice your recent comments, and I was wondering if this is relevant to your discussion... Human exceptionalism, our ordinary corte...
Hello Jack :) Thank you for your very well written response. You mentioned being too vague. I think what the challenge is here is in trying to convers...
Hello Gnomon, I see you haven't posted on this forum in months either. I'm not sure you will see this. I hope you are doing well. Anyway, since you me...
Hello Gnomon, I think the post I just did in the lounge might clarify some of the points in this thread. I hope you and yours have stayed safe and wel...
Perhaps my post in the Lounge might help clarify some of these discussion points. I hope you and others here have stayed safe and well with all of the...
Gnomon, this friend of mine on YouTube (Marcos) just came out with another great video. We have highlighted each other's channels on our own, as there...
You know, I'm really perfectly fine with you having the last word. I am not a competitive, confrontational person. So go for it. I promise I won't res...
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