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But didn't he just use language to describe the experience? Saying it is indescribable is describing it with words, no? Is "indescribable" a descripti...
November 10, 2019 at 14:03
Oh yeah, this is when you clam up because you don't have any interesting comebacks. Volition is prior and more fundamental than beliefs. And if we can...
November 10, 2019 at 13:59
What god(s) are these agnostics agnostic about? Are they agnostic when it comes to the ancient Greek gods?
November 10, 2019 at 06:37
Answer my questions. I'm not asking for much really. But you skipped over the actual posts specific to your replies to take on a post that was asked i...
November 10, 2019 at 06:34
If words are used, then volition must be involved. It seems to me that it requires volition to have a belief. Beliefs are constructed from observation...
November 10, 2019 at 04:37
What does it mean for someone to think that they should have been born in a different body? It doesn't make sense to say that they recognize the part ...
November 10, 2019 at 04:24
How is that any different than someone cutting off their legs because felt they didnt belong to their body? Is someone that cuts off their legs delusi...
November 10, 2019 at 03:46
Are you saying the distinction lies in the pattern of scribbles, or what the scribbles symbolize - like the actual state-of-affairs of there being a f...
November 10, 2019 at 02:23
When someone makes a claim, are they making a claim that only applies to them, or applies to everyone, or what? In other words, are they referring to ...
November 10, 2019 at 01:55
I dont know where we agree or disagree because you won't answer my questions.
November 10, 2019 at 01:07
You're confused? You're the premier analytical philosopher around here and I was asking a question about what you said. I'm confused about the argumen...
November 09, 2019 at 23:18
What do you mean? Can you give an example? Googling logical entailment provides links like this: https://gawron.sdsu.edu/semantics/course_core/lecture...
November 09, 2019 at 23:14
It was a question asking for clarification of what you meant not an assumption of what you said. If it was already assumed what you said, I wouldnt ne...
November 09, 2019 at 22:43
So there's no distinction between "I feel like I need to vomit" and "I'm vomitting"? One is pointing to a feeling and the other to a behaviour. Are yo...
November 09, 2019 at 21:51
You're making it more complicated than it needs to be. All you need to do is explain how you are using the word, "fondness". If you're not using words...
November 09, 2019 at 21:23
The rules of logic are the same for everyone, and everyone should be expected to follow them, not just some people, when they feel like it, or when it...
November 09, 2019 at 20:46
Exactly. When we use the words, "what did you mean?", we are asking about the relationship between what was said and the idea that they intended to co...
November 09, 2019 at 19:55
But he just said how he feels, and then he goes on to say that what he feels isn't sayable? It's a contradiction, not a paradox, no? What does he mean...
November 09, 2019 at 18:44
So, you're not going to answer the question, then? You're going to stick to committing logical fallacies? Thanks for giving me the chance to treat you...
November 09, 2019 at 18:10
I don't see how a color is a concept, or how it could be derived from prior concepts. It is a brute sensation. Actually, concepts are composed of colo...
November 09, 2019 at 18:06
How is that an answer to my question? I need an answer to show that we aren't talking past each other and that we are both using the same definition f...
November 09, 2019 at 17:49
Exactly what I said. Christian theists are atheists when it comes to the definition of g/G provided by the ancient Greeks and Romans, but theists when...
November 09, 2019 at 17:35
If the meaning of words were how they are used, and the the way we are taught the meaning of words is by using them to point to things in the world, n...
November 09, 2019 at 17:25
How can one be agnostic of the existence of some thing when that thing hasn't been adequately defined? It seems to me that "agnosticism", "theism" and...
November 09, 2019 at 16:36
If "she" (so much for steering away from gender-binary terms) recognized that the penis is part of "her" then why would she want to remove it? Why wou...
November 09, 2019 at 16:15
Dude, you're entire post is a red herring. From your own link: A construct is a hypothesized cause for a certain behavior. It is a mental category tha...
November 09, 2019 at 16:09
Ask the grown Indian man. How would you feel if I referred to you as something that you aren't? How would you feel if I called you a child? How is "fo...
November 09, 2019 at 15:55
What types of cultural/ethnic differences?
November 09, 2019 at 15:54
Sure it is. How is "fondness" a type of harm, or unjust action based on some preconceived notion that isn't based on reason? How is seeing a group of ...
November 09, 2019 at 15:50
It's not the same. (1) is about people in general regardless of race, while (2) is implying that only blacks do worse in their later lives when not ra...
November 09, 2019 at 15:43
Racism is defined as: prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is...
November 09, 2019 at 15:35
This is the best part of the whole post. In other words you might have to take the time to make your argument concise and detailed and have to answer ...
November 08, 2019 at 16:12
Right, so maybe we should take a step back and remember what the title of this thread is: Why are We Back-Peddling on Racial Color-Blindness? Without ...
November 08, 2019 at 16:10
I've already pointed to the disparity between people that are raised in a two parent home with a more cohesive family and those that aren't. Are you s...
November 08, 2019 at 16:10
That has nothing to do with the argument I was making. Can you have a shared expectation about what a willy necessitates and what it doesn't if there ...
November 08, 2019 at 15:11
I keep asking for solutions. If using race as the reason to provide government benefits is what got us here, then why is the solution that they are su...
November 07, 2019 at 14:35
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/11/16/racial-disparity-cities-worst-metro-areas-black-americans/38460961/ It looks like the Midwest is where...
November 07, 2019 at 14:33
That wasn't my argument. You aren't taking time to read and digest what I'm saying. You just have this knee-jerk emotional reaction to what I say and ...
November 07, 2019 at 14:27
Then the FHA is still racist? Did Obama know this when he was president? Did he know that Chicago is one of the worse places for African-Americans? Do...
November 07, 2019 at 14:13
First, I never conceded that "gender" is a social construction. What I'm doing is taking that idea and showing the illogical implications of that idea...
November 07, 2019 at 13:35
Poor Banno is still confused about the difference between how what is in your underpants scientifically/objectively (not culturally/subjectively) iden...
November 07, 2019 at 12:56
I thought I was using the phrase the same way everyone else was - recognizing the race of an individual for a particular reason. Per , The FHA "notice...
November 07, 2019 at 12:44
:meh: But this is 2019. What are the racist institutions in 2019? Are you saying the FHA is still racist today? Did it take this long for you to point...
November 06, 2019 at 15:14
Right, so when I show you that you're wrong and don't know what you're talking about your tactic is to then say it doesn't have anything to do with wh...
November 06, 2019 at 14:26
We went over this already. If "gender" isn't about sex, then what is "gender"? You defined "gender" as a social construction. "Social construction" is...
November 06, 2019 at 14:23
Of course I care if it's true. I answer your questions because I seek out criticism of my ideas in order to fine tune them. You're not returning the f...
November 06, 2019 at 14:10
Exactly. Societies have different established social rules on what women should do, not what makes one a woman. Those rules are sexist because they pu...
November 06, 2019 at 13:01
I wouldn't say it like that. Society, at whatever level, is involved in forming assumptions and expectations about the identities of individual humans...
November 06, 2019 at 12:54
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November 06, 2019 at 12:50
What are the names of the institutions? Aren't there institutions that are socially dominated by blacks in the U.S.? So, what is the solution to this ...
November 06, 2019 at 12:41