T_Clark

The world and ourselves in it are functions of the metaphysical system we choose. First pick the system, then you get to see the world. Again, "real" ...

Good question, although I think it comes from the wrong direction. The goal is not be be correct, it's to provide answers that will work in the real w...

Yes, but to me, the more interesting thing is that they are unavoidable and we need to try to be aware of what we are using and the influence it has o...

The willingness to accept the "lack of conceptual coherence between frameworks" is exactly "the ability to hold two seemingly conflicting ideas in our...

Yes, I pulled the old switcheroo. I started out with "classical" as you did. Then I switched it to "fundamental" because that supported my rhetorical ...

Yes, one of humanity's great philosophical systems, which has been studied by millions and profoundly influential for 2,500 years, is based on resentm...

This is something I've thought a lot about, but haven't really done my homework on, so I'm stepping out a bit on thin ice based on 1) What little I ha...

I don't believe we have a purpose and I don't see how having a purpose would necessarily be relevant to how we treat others. This basically a restatem...

You say it's a fundamental metaphysical question, then go on to show how it's not. What you describe is the use of God as a metaphor for "he absolute ...

First - I have trouble including existence of a personal God in metaphysics. The statement "God exists" is, assumedly, a true or false question. Metap...

Is bitcoin mining payment for services, by which I mean, is the mining part of the work required to make the system run which is paid for by the syste...

This has been a really interesting and helpful discussion for me. I've gotten what I need out of it and I'm happy to see it go wherever anyone wants t...

Ok, although I'm not sure the distinction is an important one. To be clear, those are Collingwood's words. I do agree with them. Again, the distinctio...

I think you know this is a position I am attracted to. It's something I use all the time. In this particular situation, I was using it as an example.

As I told Wayfarer, I gave this as an example of a metaphysical statement, not necessarily as one I endorse. Again, this was an example I provided, no...

As I've noted several times in this thread, the problem with the word "metaphysics" is that it is not restrictive enough. It means different things to...

I was using the statement as an example of a metaphysical statement, not necessarily one I endorse.

Here are some: There is an objective reality independent of human thought. Alternatively, existence is inseparable from human interaction. Physical la...

Metaphysical. Although I think it's funny, I am completely serious. Generally I agree, although I don't understand the distinction you are making by c...

I am not sophisticated with how banking, finance, and currencies work, but here's how it seems to me. The value of the US dollar can fluctuate based o...

I was going to say "But then all of what we call 'reality' is just an 'observer's account.' But then you wrote: I guess it's no surprise we agree n th...

And that's one of the reasons you have Sisyphus as your icon.

Interesting. Do you have an example you like?

My response was perfectly serious. I admit it was playful, metaphorical, but I don't see how it was disrespectful of your response.

Yeah, but it's not that simple. If you want to talk about quantum mechanics and creation from nothing, they'll tell you the quantum vacuum isn't nothi...

I don't think posting on the forum is a waste of time and I don't remember ever saying it was.

I don't propose to change the world, just some words. And I don't need to change them for anyone other than myself. For me, metaphysics is the set of ...

Yes, and this is why I need a new word.

I feel very at home with Collingwood.

"Right-wing political aim" seems like a stretch.

It is my understanding of quantum mechanics, that matter and energy are continually being created and destroyed from nothing and to nothing in the qua...

There's already a term for meta-metaphysics. It's "metaphysics." As I noted in a recent post, it's metaphysics all the way down.

I don't think I am searching for "something beyond." I'm looking for the most mundane, scotch tape, macaroni and cheese thing there is. Metaphysics is...

As far as I can see, all the digital currencies are just pyramid schemes. The coins have no intrinsic value, so when the bottom drops out, and it will...

Metaphysics, in Collingwood's sense, is very important to me. It is central to my understanding of the nature of reality and our relationship to it. I...

As I said, I understand the point you are trying to make.

For the reason I described - I thought my point was not central to your argument and I didn't want to send your discussion off on a tangent. Here are ...

By that standard, Ptolemaic astronomy isn't wrong, it's just less precise than Kepler. Which is ok with me. I understand what you're trying to say.

A quibble.

I know what causation means. I am familiar with pool tables. I don't think that's a good model for how the world, or causation, works. No need to go a...

I agree. The failure to do as you specify is the cause of many, most?, of the misunderstandings and disagreements here on the forum. Discussions often...

No. The relevance of precision in this case is that precise measurement of Mercury's orbit showed that Newton's theory was not imprecise but wrong.

I don't follow the logic of your discussion, but that doesn't matter, since I don't see why this is true.

So, what you're saying is that I am a brilliant, towering genius. Thank you. Thank you very much.

My only problem with the term was that I couldn't get people to use it the way I want them to.

As I noted in my previous post, I've solved the "metaphysics" problem once and for all, at least for myself. It's taken years, but I've finally figure...

I don't think that's true, unless I misunderstand what you mean by "technical." Collingwood's definition fits the bill: Metaphysics is the attempt to ...

. Whatever is between Praxis and you, you lose your moral and rhetorical standing and any claim to sympathy when you compare it to Hitler and the Jews...

Good poem - "Reason." Good poet - Carl Dennis. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/617803

Good poem - "Reason." Good poet - Carl Dennis. I hope I never speak ill of you, Dependable homely friend who prods me gently To turn to the hour that’...