T_Clark

I'll tell Woody you said so.

The last line of "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" by James Joyce: Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of expe...

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Apropos the subject of waffles and this particular discussion, here is the Waffle House philosophy: Waffle House's philosophy is to aim “to deliver a ...

Woody Allen has a joke: I took a course in speed reading. Now I can read "War and Peace" in 20 minutes. It involves Russia.

Are you familiar with Christopher Lasch. He was a very good writer on social and political philosophy. He came at social issues from a psychoanalytic ...

I have found that reading a book on Kindle has made a big difference in the depth of my reading. Being able to get the definition of a word or name or...

I also spent vast amounts of time in the library. I grew up in southern Delaware and then we moved to southern Virginia. I spent some summers on the E...

It isn't related to climate change. It is the result of cyclical changes to the tilt of the earth. I just found a unit error in some of the webpages I...

You were more advanced than I was. When I was 13, I was searching the library for adult books with sex in them. That and science fiction.

There was a joke at the engineering company I used to work for - an expert is someone who knows five things about a subject. There is truth in that. W...

It's moving north everywhere. The Antarctic Circle is also moving North, but at a rate of 9 miles per year. I don't know why the rates of movement are...

Definition of "atheism" - A philosophical system for explaining to people who don’t believe in God why you don’t either.

This is the creepiest anti-religion thread I’ve seen on the forum.

Forgot to add the commentaries on Verse 21: Ellen Marie Chen General Comment: For effective contrast, this chapter is best read together with chapter ...

Verse 21 I like this verse. It feels really different from the others we’ve discussed. It plays around with some of the contradictions that have been ...

I think Damon and I have resolved any misunderstanding there was.

Agreed.

I wasn't commenting on the content of what @"Daemon" said. I used it as a positive example of why it is important for us to make sure people understan...

As I think I've made clear, the purpose of this thread is not to explain consciousness.

I never doubted you had used the word correctly. That doesn't change the fact that this usage is not one most people are familiar with. Instead of "no...

Do you feel that an apple can be explained logically? Consciousness is a phenomenon, it's behavior. I really don't know what you're trying to say. I t...

I did not find this: in any of the dictionaries I looked in. I'm reasonably well-read but I had never heard the word used in that way. I wouldn't have...

Sorry for the distraction.

Everything you've written makes sense to me. I don't know enough to be able to say whether or not it's correct, but it's the kind of answer I would ex...

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I just jumped in because @"Banno" is a pain in the butt. He just needs to be metaphorically smacked every so often. I am not aware of any sexist meani...

Sorry I didn't respond sooner. Your post slipped through my net. I really like the metaphor. Not so much the sentiment.

From "Devil Behind the Wheel" by Chris Knight. Wonderful singer and songwriter. Behind the wheel, the devil got behind the wheel Straight downhill My ...

Currently, the Arctic Circle is actually moving north from Iceland at a rate of about 48 feet per year.

That's just a case of the pot calling the kettle a black waffle.

As I said, I've never had much respect for the convoluted thought processes of our western great philosophers. I was shocked when someone I care about...

Yeah, but he didn't save me. He just picked me up and gave me a ride.

Ironically, perhaps, you've used a somewhat non-standard definition for "ostensively." You've addressed any possible misunderstanding by specifically ...

I've found it very interesting and helpful and I've had fun. Others have indicated that they feel the same way. That's all I ever ask.

No. The purpose of this thread is not necessarily to agree on definitions. It's to get them all out on the table so we can use and discuss them more i...

Clearly this is true. Thanks for the information.

You don't have to redefine it, just agree on what definition you are going to use.

Have you read the OP? Maybe you should.

I don't think that's true. Although failure to agree on definitions is a particular problem here on the forum, it is also a broader problem for discus...

I don't disagree and I generally don't think there is a hard problem of consciousness, but I can't deny seeing the movie in my head. You calling that ...

That's what this whole thread is about.

I think @"Possibility" would disagree with this.

I disagree. I has to be consistent with the word's common usage now and it's particular usage in a particular context and a particular conversation.

Agreed, but for the purposes of a philosophical discussion, or any specific discussion, it is more important that we agree on a definition than that t...

By "substance dualism" do you mean that matter and consciousness are fundamentally different substances? If so, that is a common belief. Chalmers in t...

Agreed, ambiguity is an inherent characteristic of language. That just means we have to try harder to agree in advance what words mean. Failure to do ...

I don't think anyone posting on this thread disagrees with this. If they do, I hope they'll speak up.

It is clear to me from discussions on the thread that this isn't true. Actually, it's a broader topic than just this particular word. Discussions on t...

I'd like to believe that. It would make my philosophical and psychological position on this question easier to defend. The problem is that I do recogn...