T_Clark

I'm 69 and I have some strong beliefs. Actually, it's more accurate to say I have a strong system of beliefs. All my beliefs are connected to each oth...

Well put.

We are not responsible for what's in our minds, only for what we let out. And that's a good thing, for me at least. Being aware of what is going on in...

This seems like typical Banno snarky insulting bullshit, which is much more common than any search for clarity. So, in the interests of clarity, am I ...

I took French in high school and one year of German in college decades and decades ago. When my brother and I went to Europe a few years ago, I studie...

Is there evidence for this? If so, can you reference it. As @"jamalrob" noted, the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is not accepted by linguists or psychologist...

Absolutely, positively, completely, indubitably no. As I noted previously, science is different from philosophy, with the exception, I guess, of logic...

Reading through all the responses on this thread, it strikes me there are people who don't think a philosophical idea can be profound or important unl...

Come on, Banno. Do you really claim that this is the way philosophy works here on the forum, or in philosophy in general, for that matter. Or for you,...

One problem with your description is that I don't have a strong ability to visualize complex objects. Clarity could be provided by an illustration.

A couple of thoughts. First - I'm not so much bothered by terms being "fossilized" as I am by the fact that they have taken on so many different meani...

Why would I go to the trouble of doing that? There are so many other good books out there - philosophy, non-fiction, poetry, fiction - why would I spe...

Unh hunh. Is too.

"The Sound and the Fury" didn't do anything for me, but I loved "As I Lay Dying." It's funny, my brother, who doesn't like to read, somehow got ahold ...

Since P and ~P are mutually exclusive, what difference does it make whether the disjunction is inclusive or exclusive?

Thanks. I'll take a look.

Yes, please. How about some follow up on what he was discussing in the audio to start.

I know that. I agree. I was being amusing.

I really enjoyed the Chomsky audio. I've been thinking I should put some effort into his work. I guess if Chomsky and Popper agree with us, we must be...

I am a deep skeptic about most philosophy, especially western. You are much, much, much too kind to and understanding of most philosophers. Science ha...

Those of us who have been around young children know that they come out of their mother's anything but blank. They are who they are and always will be...

My level of understanding comes from reading summaries of a few scientific papers and then "The Language Instinct." My intent was not to make a strong...

As an aside, I've read of some scientific papers recently that indicate that children have at least a preliminary understanding of number from a very ...

I am a skeptic when it comes to western philosophy. I keep asking myself "What the fuck are these people talking about?" Much of it just seems like, a...

I'm not a geezer. I'm a cantankerous, old, asshole. BC can speak for himself.

As William Shakespeare wrote "The first thing we do, let's kill all the kangaroos." On the other hand, Randy Newman wrote "We'll save Australia. Would...

Of course, it doesn't matter because both materialism and idealism are metaphysical positions and, therefore, are neither true nor false, but, rather,...

Wu wei, no action or action without action, doesn't mean doing nothing. It means acting spontaneously from your true nature, your heart. One of the pr...

What subject does your thesis cover; philosophy, cognitive science, psychology, neurology? Whatever the subject, you should make sure you get the scie...

Yes, the liar's paradox statement is shorthand for the overall argument. This question was aimed at @"TonesInDeepFreeze", who seems to understand this...

In the post you quoted, I said that my preliminary vote for who is most obsessed with goats would go to @"Hanover". It's good to see he has some compe...

The Russell paradox is basically the same thing using sets instead of sentences.

As you probably know, there is a relatively small group of people who consider themselves anti-natalists. They propose achieving the goal of negative ...

As far as I have seen, which, admittedly isn't far, the inconsistencies in math are analogous to "This sentence is not true." The proof of Godel's fir...

This whole discussion started from the question of whether the liars paradox has any implications for the design of bridges, i.e. if the paradox under...

So, since I have heard the sound of a horse pulling a wagon before, the sound of a horse pulling a wagon would resemble a horse pulling a wagon to me....

I'm ok with that. As I said before, this is not my area of expertise. It feels good that Wittgenstein agrees with me, even if Turing and you do not.

You recognize the way ice feels on your fingers because you've felt ice with your fingers before. You recognize thunder because you've heard thunder b...

What would it mean for the sound of a horse pulling a wagon to resemble a horse pulling a wagon? You've run a bait and switch. It's not a question of ...

This is a really interesting discussion.

This from the article's author: All the above means that if mathematics is a human invention, then any contradictions and paradoxes there are (within ...

Yes. Wittgenstein and I agree. Wittgenstein and I both think that mathematical inconsistencies are meaningless. I think. Maybe. I think that's what th...

I think what Wittgenstein was saying is that the trivial inconsistencies associated with the paradoxes don't matter. Are meaningless. There's a good c...

As you note, this is not exactly an argument for natalism or against anti-natalism. Our anti-natalist friends will not be convinced in the slightest. ...

To me, that's like saying the sentence "This sentence is not true" may slip it's leash, escape, and undermine the usefulness of the English language.

From my limited perspective, it seems like the kinds of inconsistencies we are talking about are trivial and, really, meaningless. As I noted previous...

I'm not sure what you're saying in relation to my post. Are you disagreeing?

Yes, I think I misunderstood you. I thought you were putting Sparta's way forward as an example of loyalty to traditional ways of life and duty to cou...

I read your post yesterday and have been thinking about it since then. I am far from an expert on computer programming or mathematics, but it seems to...

This is an interesting article. I also followed some of the links. To be honest, it starts about level with the bottom of my nose and quickly goes ove...