T_Clark

I wouldn't particularly want my children to learn about critical race theory in elementary or high school. It's political philosophy, not history or s...

Maybe I misunderstood. If I push on the keyboard and a P shows up on the screen, I can see saying that my finger caused the P to show up. But isn't th...

I don't see the connection between the so-called problem of induction and what you are calling logical causation. I don't really know what that means....

I think it's a better example because it represents a real situation - people used the Ptolemaic system for a long time and it allowed them to make pr...

I have provided evidence. You haven't refuted it. You haven't even responded to the substance of my argument. Your only response is "That's fantasy." ...

Also, it is my understanding that astronomers are currently looking for evidence of other universes associated with inflation.

It's not a question of what you and I agree with, it is what the current state of knowledge in cosmology indicates. Again, I'm not saying it's perfect...

Cosmic Inflation is currently the scientific model that matches the cosmology we observe best. One of the consequences of Cosmic Inflation is the exis...

It was Tim Wood who showed it to me.

I think a better example would be the Ptolemaic cosmological system. It was very complicated and it turns out in the end it was wrong, but it worked w...

I agree. I struggled for a long time with the idea of metaphysics. I wasn't sure what it is, but I knew what I want it to be. Collingwood helped me pu...

Have fun.

I disagree.

Cosmic inflation is indirect evidence.

I disagree. I used that word specifically to express my skepticism.

I've had the same kind of experiences you have - experiencing things without naming them or putting them into words. I don't call those "concepts" unt...

A lot of this thread has been about this issue, i.e. what does it mean to put something into words.

In my view, experiences are just experiences until they are conceptualized, put into words. Until then, they have no meaning. As I see it, art has no ...

Thanks. I'll take a look. I'm not sure what this means, but I believe that things don't mean anything until they are put into words. That's what meani...

You don't agree that multiverses are proposed as physically existent entities or you don't agree with my exposition on metaphysics? Are you saying tha...

From what I've seen, multiverses are proposed as physically existent entities, not logical ones. If a parallel universe is not physically observable, ...

In my understanding, possible worlds are different from the multiverse. Possible worlds are metaphysical entities while the multiverse is, at least pu...

Ok, ok. Philosophy can be taught with comics and half-baked discussions on philosophy forums.

Do you have a reference? I'd be interested in reading more. Beyond what Barrett says, in my own experience I have had to work to understand what parti...

In "How Emotions are Made," Lisa Barrett describes how children learn concepts, names, of emotions by observing their own internal states, other peopl...

I agree, but this is a hard idea to keep hold of. If I stop paying attention, it slips away again.

Young children experience emotions, but they have to learn what they are, what they mean, what they are called.

Sights, sounds, tastes, smells, feelings, emotions, memories, attention...

Experience comes first, then the words. Words are how we process experience. It is possible, I think, to experience the world without processing. That...

If we are going to evaluate children's books as philosophy, I put my money on "Goodnight Moon."

You left out half-baked discussions on philosophy forums.

This is one of the best threads I've seen in a long time. Lots of well-thought-out posts. No sniping. Responsive responses. Really interesting. The qu...

I think this is true.

A Taoist might say that the universe doesn't exist until it is put into human perspective. "Existence" means "put into a human perspective."

Sure, but then all ways of knowing the world except for direct, unspoken experience are metaphysics.

I agree with this except for "invalid."

I agree with this, except for the stoner and QM parts.

Metaphysics is a tool. If it works, it's valid.

I agree. I think metaphysics is the set of tools we use to bring the world into human perspective. I'm not sure if that's exactly what you mean.

Here's what I wrote: If we can escape the human perspective, it would be without words. I think this is the essence of what meditation strives for. I ...

I agree with all of this. See my response to Angelo Cannata above.

I didn't say this proves that the mind is entirely physical. I was trying to do as I thought you asked - provide an analogy of a situation where a ver...

Sure it is. Perhaps there is some truth in what you say for knowledge of my own consciousness, but consciousness is a mental property like any other. ...

I have tried it. I think what you're describing is the essence of the experience meditation is looking for. Yes, I can imagine it. I can grasp it inte...

Do you have a reference for your speculation? I'm skeptical. A little evidence would help.

You are talking about written language. There are, or at least were, societies without written language. It is my understanding those societies still ...

I agree. I know what you mean, but I think I disagree. I think it is probably possible to escape the human perspective. Even if we can't do that, we c...

This is an example of a physicist confusing science with metaphysics. Human perspective is a metaphysical entity. It doesn't affect how matter and ene...

I agree with this. But not this. It seems like you are calling every interaction an observation which provides a perspective. That dilutes the meaning...

We, they, call that privileged perspective "objective reality," which it's not. I'm with Apokrisis here: It makes sense to say that, without an observ...