T_Clark

Good question. Exclamation point. Here are some thoughts: This from Wikipedia - Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that considers words and thoug...

From William James: The unwillingness of some of our critics to read any but the silliest of possible meanings into our statements is as discreditable...

Here's a great quote from William James I intend to use whenever I can in the future: The unwillingness of some of our critics to read any but the sil...

That's not how it works. If I, as OP, ask you to keep on subject you're supposed to do it. I'm not interested in having this thread cluttered up with ...

This is a discussion on pragmatic epistemology. You guys have headed off on a different subject. Hows about you start a discussion of your own elsewhe...

If it's more or less infinite, it's only more or less inevitable.

In the balance book, does Cate Blanchett make up for Mel Gibson?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPt-4Nwght0

Here's the whole verse: I'm goin' down to the Greyhound Station, gonna get a ticket to ride Gonna find that lady with two or three kids and sit down b...

You should give us more to work with. I don't see any philosophical issue here.

I'm beginning to think that some of these stories you tell us aren't completely accurate. If I remember correctly, you told us that your father was a ...

I don't know what Boston got. We don't always get the same amount. Buffalo gets lake-effect snow from the winds blowing across the Great Lakes. I reme...

It's really hard to tell, the wind's blowing so hard. There's lots of drifts and bare patches. Guess - 1.5 feet.

We're shoveling snow.

Your questions show that you haven't even tried to understand what I'm trying to describe. I don't expect agreement, but the ideas are not difficult. ...

Ok. Ok. I'm taking another run at "Gormenghast."

Banno - You beat me to it. Here's a link to the Wikipedia article on the Flynn Effect. IQ test results are going up significantly. https://en.wikipedi...

As long as you were ok with the tangent, that's fine. Given that, I thought @"Joshs"'s argument was a reasonable one. I had made a similar point earli...

I doubt that he's trying to derail the discussion. Philosophers and sort-of-philosophers get tunnel vision. Also - it's your responsibility to keep th...

@"Joshs" GT - it is reasonable for you, as the original poster, to ask other posters to keep to the subject as laid out in the original post. Moderato...

A good description of the relationship between science and metaphysics.

In my experience, self-esteem comes from taking responsibility for your own life and actions. There's no shortcut.

I haven't read any Maslow since I was a psych major 50 years ago. All that anyone remembers is the pyramid, which is a cartoon. It's the kind of thing...

As you note in your post, children need to learn early that the world is something they can trust. That it can provide security. That they are welcome...

Just another way for the Man to subjugate the slack-jawed troglodytes.

Welcome to the forum. First I want to ask how old you are. I'm 70. I've found that the older I get, the less I worry about death. Part of that is beca...

I left this out - It's a method for use managing personnel, employees, human resources, human capital. It's for HR managers. It's not psychology.

Maslow's pyramid represents what I call human engineering. It uses rational methods to label and characterize human feelings and behavior. Another suc...

An example - I go to work on a property where surface soil has been contaminated by lead at above concentrations defined by regulations. A previous in...

Now the question is whether or not my argument was a pragmatic one.

You seem to be defining "rational" differently than I do. Reason is not involved. There aren't any words. I put it into words now so we can discuss it...

But I didn't rationally formulate it. It comes from my heart. What I know is right. I don't feel any need to rationally justify it. I like people and ...

Do you really want to take this any further? It is not directly related to your primary point, which is about ethics, not math. Yes, I have, but it is...

Here's a link to an article. https://www.livescience.com/42839-the-universe-is-math.html I haven't read it and I'm not really interested in the subjec...

It is my understanding that this is not true. There are scientists that claim that the universe is comprised of mathematics. Or are you making a disti...

As @"Tom Storm" explained, serious physicists take the idealist view that reality may consist of mathematics. It clearly isn't "self-evident" that the...

People do argue the objectivity of math. There are people who believe the ground of being, fundamental reality, is math. These statements seem contrad...

I don't remember writing that I had already addressed your question. Please remind me.

You certainly are welcome to keep posting here, but I suggest you start your own thread. That's a serious suggestion. You'll get more people to engage...

I'm moving this over here because I don't want to sidetrack the "Classical theism or Theistic personalism?" thread. I've looked up definitions of "the...

This is an excerpt from the abstract of a paper called "The role of emotion in decision-making: evidence from neurological patients with orbitofrontal...

Well, I have no authority to invite you out. But it's simple courtesy to address the question on the terms the original poster sets.

Come on Tim. Go play cards with 180 Proof in his cage. Leave these nice people alone.

Yes, we know your opinion on this. You don't belong in this discussion. It's not about the existence of God. Go back in your cage and don't disrupt pe...

You and I see things differently.

And so?

We see things differently.

I don't think that's true. On the other hand, it doesn't matter what you call yourself. People who call themselves realists who subscribe to my statem...

No. The SCM is a procedure. A method. You've clearly put a lot of thought into this and I appreciate it. All in all, it's not a bad summary of the pro...

I wasn't being defensive, I was being dismissive.