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There's a valid example. Now explain how it is relevant to my claim. As I've noted, I never claimed that ethics and morals didn't involve facts, only ...

I made some mistakes in my recent response that might be confusing. They will probably show up in the link notifying you of a mention. Go directly to ...

You're welcome. Let me know if you try it and what you think.

Yes, true. Validity and truth are not the same thing. I didn't say, and I don't believe, that metaphysical questions aren't important and don't have v...

I don't think you read my OP very carefully.

Red cabbage, radicchio, beets, olives, little slices of orange, and cilantro. Red wine vinegar and rape seed oil dressing.

Whatever the specific reason that the forum decided to do that, if you look up various definitions of "metaphysics," they include epistemology about h...

This is a philosophical, not a scientific, statement.

To be clear, I excluded "Logic and Philosophy of Math" because 1) They seem different from the rest and 2) I really don't know what to say about them....

You'll find Harvard on a different list, one for schools who's former football players probably won't suffer crippling arthritis or premature dementia...

If you are saying that, for some people, prayer might provide a better, or at least more humane, way to deal with their cancer than science, I agree. ...

I think it's a good example of the kind of distinction I'm claiming is important. I didn't propose it as a way to argue against your point. I ran the ...

When you get here, please make sure you situate your motor vehicle in the open space near Harvard University.

I assumed that. Sorry, by any standard Massachusetts is the state of champions. I can't imagine any changes in Atlanta's team's success will drive you...

Haack says there are a set of "inferences and procedures used by all serious empirical inquirers." You know... methods. Methods of science. The scient...

I like the way you've laid this out. Let me see if I can respond clearly. Here are the steps you lay out: Observe phenomena Identify regularities Gene...

Congratulations.

Although racism or similar sin may be the harshest judgement, based on my observations, the most common reason given for banning is "low quality posts...

For what it's worth, I was a strong supporter of Marco in his original iteration, the name of which I can't remember. You can go back and see how seve...

You have a good attitude toward all this. Welcome to the forum.

I think he was another iteration of Marco, the Man With a Thousand Usernames.

As I always say, there's only one world. All the different ways of talking about it are describing the same thing. Although your description of the di...

Neither, all the way down.

This is a good argument. I had a couple of ideas for a response, but was not satisfied. I'll work on it. I don't think being literate in philosophy is...

Neither. It's philosophy.

You've jumped to a lot of conclusions just based on my acknowledgement that I was uncertain I was correct about what I wrote. I wasn't denying the val...

I've been thinking about this issue and your post set me thinking again. I have not been satisfied with my answers to why philosophy is different than...

DS is our old friend Marco. Banned already. Come on Marco, your presence damages the forum. Why not let us go.

The law of the excluded middle used in a real life situation. Practical philosophy always makes me smile.

Thanks. Fixed it.

I don't know what Wittgenstein said or meant, but I think this approach provides a framework for a valid belief in God. If I have experienced God dire...

So, 1/3 of people eat pork, 1/3 don't, and the other 1/3... Is this the law of the excluded middle again?

I like this a lot. Just to be clear, it seems like you are saying that an engineer needing a manual and help from others is analogous with someone lea...

This sounds like meditative practice. Awareness. Welcome to the forum.

From what I've seen, they're both sort of self-important doinks, although I do agree, a doink with a megaphone is better than a doink with a semi-auto...

I didn't read all of it, but I read about four pages. As I noted in my response, the idea of bare attention is interesting. It's an issue that comes u...

I have good news and I have bad news: Good news - my younger son came over last night and made a purple salad. Red cabbage, radicchio, beets, olives, ...

I had never heard of this book. I found this link to a pdf version on the web: https://users.clas.ufl.edu/burt/KafkaKierkegaardBible/AphorismsFranzKaf...

I came from Delaware, which was then outside the breeding range of Krispy Kreme. The first time I had one was on the way to a Boy Scout Jamboree in Ri...

I have a similar experience with oysters. I grew up on and around the Chesapeake Bay. My family was fond of oysters. I was not. I have a vivid memory ...

Now, now. Don't be tetchy. Or condescending for that matter. If you're not willing to deal with me misunderstanding sometimes, you are not obligated t...

Yes, I am also a beet fan. Boiled or pickled. Hot or cold on salads. I use them for ballast on my hot air balloon. I remember driving with my brother ...

I guess I'm confused. You agree with me that metaphysical positions have no truth value, but then it seems like you say that such a position, e.g. ide...

Do you think God should read philosophy too? He already has to read the Bible, the Koran, the Torah, all those other religious documents, and the Wall...

I think you've opened up the field of sports philosophy with your new insights.

Watching children and thinking of myself when I was one, this starts early. Making up rules for everything. Arguing about how to apply them. Arguing a...

I have no response to this.

In physics, power is energy used per unit time. A watt is one joule/sec.

Because you don't know if it's true, you just think it must be true. You haven't indicated you have any specific scientific knowledge about whether me...

Yes, there is always some interpretation. There are rules and referees and umpires to judge how they apply and if they are being followed. The ump at ...