T_Clark

Book suggestion—“What is Life— How Chemistry Becomes Biology” by Pross. It doesn’t contradict what you’ve written, but provides more detail and explan...

Yes, many disagree that mathematics is a language. That doesn’t change the fact that it doesn’t emerge out of physics. It is my understanding that it ...

The idea of emergence is descriptive. It tells us that each level of scale or organization has its own scientific principles and phenomena. Usually yo...

You’ve clearly thought about this more than I have.

The use of the term “creator” in the Declaration doesn’t represent a statement of government principle. It’s just a fact that the United States then a...

It doesn’t seem that way to me, but since neither of your options match my understanding of morality, no need for us to take it any further.

All other things being equal, sure, I would pick the action that lead to the least number of deaths. I don’t think that has anything general to say ab...

I wouldn’t say “embedded” is the right word. Your claim about rights comes from the Declaration of Independence, not for any governmental document, in...

What are the consequences if I don’t choose and just do nothing? Will everyone die? One thing you haven’t taken into account is liability. When I choo...

Yes, I remember that. I think it was in “The Art of the Deal.”

There are 81 verses in the Tao Te Ching. It’s surprising how many of them boil down to exactly that.

This is from Ziporyn’s translation of the Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi)—

Welcome to the forum. I might argue that people do not have intrinsic moral value, but I won’t do that here because I want to keep to the terms of you...

I think a lot of that has to do with the suspicion and skepticism people here feel about intuition and introspection.

I was intrigued by this. Doggerland was an area of dry land between what is now Great Britain and France. It was inundated about 8000 years ago by a m...

I didn’t have my glasses on when I saw your post and I read that as “Naval Explosives.” I thought that was an interesting choice until I reread it, th...

HA!!

Sorry it took so long for me to respond. This makes sense, although I hadn’t put it in these terms to myself before. Maybe it’s really another way of ...

Rather than blame, I would more likely say responsibility or accountability. As you note that’s in relation to causality as it applies to human action...

@"apokrisis" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHz4O3gFQ7s This has always struck me as a bit unfair. I know how seriously they take coffee in Australia...

I thought that’s what we were doing. This has been a very satisfying thread for me. It’s given me a chance to flesh out some of my thoughts. You’ve th...

I’m pretty sure I could, but it’s unlikely you would buy into it. That’s not how I understand or experience philosophy. For me, it’s not about self-co...

I’ll revise my response If there is no such thing as an external world, then there is no such thing as THE WORLD.

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No. My mindset is based on my understanding of how the word causality is generally understood by people who don’t recognize the limitations of the con...

I’ve already answered that question. I recognize you don’t like my answer.

It’s not the explanation that’s the best, it’s the hypothesis that’s a good one and worth testing. A strawman from the king of strawmen. You are wavin...

I really liked that book. It changed the way I look at living organisms and the world in general. Oddly enough, it’s one of the books that led me to s...

Ahem…

Here’s an idea— if you don’t understand a word don’t use it. This is not correct.

This is absolutely true. Someday I’ll tell you what he thought of you. Also, his thoughts about copulate lips.

As I understand it, believing there are both internal and external worlds and believing there is a world at all are both metaphysical positions—absolu...

Ever since I read this, I’ve been thinking about it. I started out writing a response where I said I denied there is order in the universe, but I am n...

This is not what Collingwood meant by logical efficacy.

How does this relate to the sign, the object, and the interpretant.

If belief in internal and external worlds is not justifiable, then neither is belief in any world at all.

As usual, I enjoyed your interesting post. It does just strengthen my understanding that the way you see the world and the way I do are not compatible...

Little known fact— all these are exactly the same. It is only the berry conglomerates and the Willy Wonka Candy Company that brainwash you to think th...

I’ve been thinking about this and I’m not sure you’re right. I guess it depends on whether he didn’t take the bet because he really thought the odds w...

This seems like kind of an arrogant and righteous comment.

This is an issue that gets talked about all the time, including here on the forum. The current world population is about 8 billion. That’s expected to...

This is a truly bizarre argument. I give up.

For most discussions, the ideal length is about 130 comments. That gives you enough room to work through the issues. Any more and you start just rehas...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLzC3nPhUEM

I would go a step further. It would be irrational not to do things the way you’ve described.

Did you ever read the “Lathe of Heaven” by Ursula LeGuin? It’s not exactly what you described but it has a lot in common. Really good book. Pretty goo...

The contest wasn’t for etymology—it was for somewhat, sort of, possibly, maybe, ironic etymology.

Or as you lawyers like to say—No further questions. I rest my case.

I specifically put that in to give opportunities for self important pedants to spout off. Congratulations. On the other hand, I think I can make a cas...