If we don't understand cause and effect then how is it that you make so many predictions that come true, all of which are based on previous experience...
How does one "see" anything? Seeing requires the reflection of light into your eyeball and your brain to process the information in it. How would a Go...
Isn't what someone intends, the cause of their actions? Isn't the thing that is conveyed by language the idea, and intent to convey it, that causes it...
No. Truth is the relationship between some state-of-affairs and some statement, explanation, or other representation of that state-of-affairs. Values ...
but what I've been saying is what if the mind creates the brain and its neurons as a model of others mind? When you look at another person's mind, you...
That isn't what I asked. If I asked Donald Trump, "Does Unelightened like orange juice?" will the fact that you do or don't like orange juice be based...
More inconsistencies. I thought you said that we should dispense with the terms and argue the points. Go figure. An observation of your inability to a...
No. Equating consensus with objectivity would be overlooking the existence of mass-delusions, which need to be explained. For instance, most people be...
And while you're thinking about that, you can think about it in reverse as well. Think of each grain of sand representing objectivity instead of subje...
Two different heaps have a different amount of grains of sand. They both qualify as heaps, (subjectivity), but one has less subjectivity than the othe...
And that is why clarifying definitions are so important, unenlightened. :smirk: Objective knowledge, explanations and views are only part of a person....
I also said that true objectivity is impossible, which is why it can only come in degrees of limiting subjectivity. The same goes for your "heap". The...
What is a mind for you to start declaring what has it and what doesn't? What does it mean to "think", or to "have experiences"? What is "consciousness...
The infallible aspect of any explanation is it's subjective aspect. Objective explanations are infallible. That is their nature. Objective explanation...
Delve into what - The topic of your thread? :brow: I'm not disagreeing with your latter statement. In fact, I have already said as much. The only way ...
You response contradicts your earlier statement, which is why I asked for clarification. Obviously you aren't consistent. Refer to the above exchange....
So you can't provide just one way of seeing things that is more objective than science. Science doesn't pretend anything. You do science anytime you u...
Again, I provided another link. How about it? You seem to misunderstand the use of the logical fallacy terms. They are used to label the unsound reaso...
The second sounds like the cause of the first. What about the link I provided in the other post? This isn't true for me. In my experience, it is those...
Exactly, the image of a dog that crops up in your mind is not a dog. It is your class for "dog". Dogs live out in the world as animals, not in your mi...
An objective explanation is one that isn't dependent upon a particular perspective to be true. Subjective explanations are dependent upon a particular...
I haven't read the entire thread so I don't know if anyone posted this link: https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ Closer, yes, but not all the way. Being...
From your own link: Did I not explain that I used the term, "dog" as a class for all types of dogs? I see the problem. You are lazy in your research a...
I was being objective in saying that consciousness isn't any more important than any other natural process. Of course a conscious being would think th...
"Dog" is abstract. I doubt you and I were thinking of the same kind of dog when I used the term. "Dog" is a term used to refer to ALL breeds of dog, n...
It seems strange to say that brains contain our minds. When I look at another person having brain surgery, their brain is actually in my mind - as a r...
Nonsense. How did you learn what the word, "dog" means, if not establishing a connection between the string of symbols, "dog" and the image of a dog? ...
It looks to me that you can't talk about the we without using terms like, "I" and "you", and "others". Define others without making reference to somet...
Sure. Computers don't have goals of self-preservation and procreation, like we do. If they acted for themselves, and were designed and programmed to u...
What comes first the definition, or the thing being defined? It seems to me that what is being defined is what a definition represents. Definitions ar...
I define information as the relationship between cause and effect. Even if you didn't know what the symbols mean (their abstract meaning, or the autho...
I'm not sure what you are getting at here. There is nothing magical about words at all. In fact, words are arbitrary symbols used to refer to states-o...
The same way that any unique array of information is about some unique states-of-affairs. A subject emerges from the kind of, and how the, information...
Then how did the others become aware of who they are? Am I not an "other" to others? Does not that make me the creator of others? Others are only one ...
Hmm. I thought those things were implied. For any discussion, participants need to agree on the definitions of the terms used. Philosophical discussio...
Excellent OP and thread, Tom. I have said pretty much the same thing many times on this forum. One of my first posts in any thread is asking for clari...
Making an observation that you don't know what you are talking about and that you keep reinforcing every time you post, is not an ad hominem attack. I...
Play determinism backwards? Surprising spontaneous creation events? What are you talking about? How about you answer the questions that show you know ...
You obviously do not understand the basic concepts of natural selection. Please explain how extinction events happen without implying causation. Expla...
It definitely depends on how we define knowledge. Do you know how to tie your shoes? How do you prove it? You tie your shoes. Is knowledge something t...
I'm not sure what you are asking. What mathematical "objects"? Do you mean numbers? Do numbers cause you to do things? Sure they do. You behave differ...
What is physical is what is causal. Anything that has a causal relationship (which would include God's relationship to the world, soul's interactions ...
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