Harry Hindu

No. I have pointed out the similarities between a trans-person's claims and the claims of others diagnosed with delusional disorders. You have yet to ...

You didn't read the definition: Figure of speech: a word or phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect. And we can work that ou...

Let's take 2+2=4. What type of knowledge is knowing 2+2=4? How do you know that 2+2=4? It seems that knowing that 2+2=4 is an experience of visuals or...

It seems to me that reasoning itself is instinctual and only realized through experience. How do you know you're being reasonable vs. unreasonable if ...

I say sex is all that is necessary. But lets entertain your idea that sex is not the only thing that defines what a man and woman are. Is sex is a nec...

Nothing. Knowledge takes the form of sensory data. How do you know that you are reasoning if not by experience? Separating empiricism and rationalism ...

Then a schizophrenics self-image is not a delusion or a hallucination either? Your use of the term, "error" is telling in that being born with feature...

Asking questions are not the symptoms of delusions of grandeur. Asserting that you know more than others while at the same time giving no evidence is ...

My point is that being comforted by some idea is not evidence that the idea is true, just as being offended by someone's claim does not mean that your...

Science has explained the reason and meaning of life. As I said, reasons and meanings are just particular types of causes. The problem is that you sim...

Exactly. Show me the part of the brain of a man that claims to have the brain of a woman that controls the menstrual cycle. Not only that, but what ab...

In other words, these characteristics are not really associated with women, but with humans in general. The fluidity of gender is being confused wth t...

We use reasons as the causes of our behaviors. Reasons, intentions and motives are just particular types of causes. "God created the universe" is also...

Sounds like scientists performing an experiment.

good luck in getting a straight answer. :smile:

What is the medium in which this god existed and that divides the god from what it creates. If god and universe are not the same things (as it is in s...

Do the feelings of a delusional person (specifically, somatic delusions) harbor truth? This explanation seems to eradicate delusional states and rende...

That's strange. It's the complete opposite for me. Science has shown me that I create my own meanings and reasons for doing what I want. Freedom!

It makes me happy when we agree. :smile:

Are the behaviors and claims of a schizophrenic person an act? There seems to be clear cases where someone does not believe that their ideas are false...

Anything.

But that is what I'm saying, there is no such thing as a "physical" cause. Your title doesnt make that distinction either. Do you want to know the mea...

:roll: Not useful.

But there wasn't ever nothing. There was a god, if you claim that one of these properties of god is being eternal, but if not then how did god come fr...

How is it different? Then you are claiming to know the mind of god? You seem to be afflicted by delusions of grandeur. Is the universe a teleological ...

There seems to be distinction between being a man or a woman and acting like one. If you see a person wearing pants do you automatically refer to them...

There is not just ambiguity in the sex but in the species as well. Because we evolved from pre-existing species our embryonic development is similar t...

Yes, there seems to be a difference between being a trans-woman and being a woman. I wonder what that difference is if not biology. The problem at han...

Gods would be the cause of a universe in which life develops. You didn't make a distinction between your reasons and the reasons. Now that you have yo...

Excellent. Then you agree that trans people really shouldn't care what others think - especially when they are not around when others are using langua...

Would the input and output of a computer be considered a physical cause and effect? If so, then is the processing of information a causal event? What ...

In asserting that an effect is unpredictable given some cause, are we talking about causation or our knowledge of some causal event? "Random" events o...

In other words, there is a causal relation, therefore there should be evidence of your claim. Where is the evidence for your claim?

Telling me that I am wrong doesn't answer the questions I have posed. Unless you have something with more substance then I'm done here.

The same people on this forum advocating for politeness are the same ones that repeatedly engage in character assassination and ad hominem arguments w...

But that's the thing though: Why would you be concerned how someone refers to you in the third person? It would be strange to be referring to you in t...

It is claimed that god created the universe and that our actions influence his final judgement. Those are causal relationships. As such, there should ...

Outside what domain, and "outside" in what way? It certainly can't be outside causality because events outside this domain affect what is in this doma...

The problem is that in acknowledging someone's definition of "man" or "woman" that contradicts my own, would be discrediting my own identity as a man....

Yes, just as a doe is an adult female of the deer species. Nothing political to see here.

The only necessary condition for using a word is that you are referring to some state-of-affairs that is not necessarily just another use of words. If...

We could make this argument for any imagined thing, including elves, leprechauns, and dragons. It is incumbent upon the claimant to both define and sh...

:lol: How can I misrepresent your words if your use of words is not specific? It seems like that can only happen if you are specific with your use if ...

Another example. If someone would point out that your concept of men and women doesn't do your intelligence any favors, well that would be bigotry/dis...

Absolutely, but the hypocrisy comes about when you impose your own stereotypes on others and demand that they be respected.

Because it's a contradiction. So much for being respectful.

Typical leftist hypocrisy. Be respectful but do whatever you want, even if it's not socially acceptable. Sounds like you're saying "I can be disrespec...

And as I said, words are only specific when used and arbitrary when not. The only example I can think of when words are "used" and the meaning is not ...

You seem to be conflating what some scribble could arbitrarily mean when not being used with with what it means when it used. I'm sure you have someth...

This is wrong. If words existed before definitions then why do different languages that use different words have the same definition? How is it that d...