If a proposition is static symbols on a page, then how is that different than a picture on a page? Observing someone use the word is also remembered v...
Sex/gender is not a spectrum any more than being born with more or less than ten fingers, or with or without a tail is part of a spectrum. Being born ...
Then it would be inaccurate to translate the literal meaning of the idiom to another language. It would be more accurate to translate the meaning of t...
Seems like just a different way of expressing the simple fact that effects mean their causes, of which words are just one type of effect of some cause...
Or that the mind and brain are the same thing but from different views. In this case, we can dispense with the term, "substance", and talk about duali...
Has "substance" and "property" been defined for this thread and an explanation provided as to why there would be specifically two substances/propertie...
I thought the large array of senses results in the wide variety of perceptuall types. What purpose do the senses have if perception doesn't require se...
In the same way that a person with anorexia alleviates their suffering. They may alleviate some mental suffering at the expense of their body sufferin...
This could be a genetic fallacy - where the argument is rejected purely based on the source from which the argument is made. Some fallacies seem to ov...
The ad hominem is using the insult as a reason to not accept the argument being made as a valid argument. So why cast an insult as a response to an ar...
Proper nouns and common nouns are apples and oranges when it comes the ease of changing the nouns that are used to point to things. Common nouns are w...
People are given their name when they are born, and if you want to change it you have to get it approved by a court. Why does sex/gender get special t...
Not that it's the "correct" one, but the consistent, non-sexist one. Imagine that we are surrounded by dogs and cats. Imagine that I point to a cat an...
Then you typing this post about your thought of Aphrodite isnt a physical action? What about the statues and paintings of Aphrodite? Those were not pr...
Biological sex is based on a combination of traits: - chromosomes (in humans, XY is male, XX female) - genitals (penis vs. vagina) - gonads (testes vs...
So you can't answer the question: "What you mean by "objective" and "subjective"." I'm merely asking you to define the terms you are using. Asking to ...
Hilarious. Go back and look at my reply and you will see that there are no ad hominems - only questioning your crazy assertions. But that is expected ...
Ah. More ad hominems. That skit is getting old. Stop attacking me and attack my argument. Why are you so concerned with what happens in the U.S. when ...
I'm asking a question, using your examples. You can clear up the confusion if you weren't trying so hard to be obtuse. Again, I'm asking what you mean...
Here we go again. Another Western European crying about how things are in America, when the country they live in is less diverse and has more whites i...
I still don't understand how the fact that we all have points of view is subjective rather than objective, when you are making the case for how it is ...
All you are doing is moving the goal posts. Now we need to define pain. What if I defined pain as being informed that you are damaged. Can a machine b...
In other words, you have "direct" access to your experience of Halle Berry's face and your perspective of apples. In other words, your experiences and...
I have an idea what someone might mean, but then that idea falls apart when subjected to logic and reason. The same goes for the word, "god". People u...
Strange. If you don't have "direct access" to "objective" reality then are you saying that you have indirect access to your own experiences? Are your ...
:roll: You completely missed the point. If you can't discern the difference between water and vodka visually, but can only do so by smell or taste, th...
Vision isn't your only sense. You have the power to smell and taste. Using all if your senses it is simple to differentiate water from vodka. So what ...
Are you fibberfab? Is your significant other fibberfab? How can you answer those questions without knowing what fibberfab is or is not? You can say th...
The problem here is the dualistic assumption that there two incompatible states. What is the difference between physical and mental? We know mind exis...
Again, I'm asking for specifics. It seems that irrationality has been the dominant form of thought for most of human existence. In what areas has rati...
What needs to be explained is how the passage of time seems to change depending on our mental state. Is the passage of time a mental state, or indepen...
Those are very interesting questions and something I have wondered in an attempt to understand ideas like panpsychism. I like to think of consciousnes...
What areas are you talking about, specifically? Why would rationalism/irrationalism work in some areas and not others? What makes these areas differen...
My focus was on the over-abundance of religious and political discussions on this forum - both of which are rife with irrationality and emotional outb...
Then from a "legal standpoint" of corporations being individuals, these groups would engage in competition? Do you even remember what you said from on...
Groups hijack certain terms to make them more appealing to others. Just look at how the terms, "liberal" and "progressive" have been hijacked by the l...
Any philosophy forum that doesn't incorporate logic is a failed philosophy forum. When you can't differentiate the content of your site with what we s...
The lack of organization comes from the fact that both political parties are inconsistent and hypocritical. They adopt opposing view points. The left ...
This is almost right. We seem to have forgotten that a company or corporation is not an individual and therefore doesn't possess rights as an individu...
That isn't what you said. EIther way, it doesn't follow. All you are doing now is repeating yourself without providing any evidence for what you are s...
The over-abundance of government control was necessary because you have to forcibly take property and rights from legitimate owners and individuals to...
I can understand the benefits of a lottery system as a means of dispersing power and the limiting the incentive for seeking it, but we have to know wh...
After reading this: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/28/first-time-ever-there-are-fewer-registered-republicans-tha...
Why by lottery and not by free elections? Who created and is administering this lottery? Tell that to the people who resist an run from police because...
This is a fairly accurate description of how I became an atheist after being raised as a Christian in a mostly Christian community/country. I think th...
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