T_Clark

Yes, "objective" and "omniscient" are different words with different definitions, which is trivial, which may be what you are saying. On the other han...

P (Tails and Monday) and P (Heads and Monday) are mutually exclusive. Also, P (Tails and Monday) and P (Tails and Tuesday) are not independent. So you...

The fact you call it "silly" doesn't make it wrong. You've provided nothing to show that it is.

In my view, questions about metaphysical things such as free will are not matters of fact. They do not have yes or no answers. They, as R.G. Collingwo...

I think my response to your comment answered that question. Is that what objectivity means - experiences which are consistent with other experiences? ...

In my opinion, "objective" and "omniscient" are pretty much synonymous.

Do you mean this link? https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/. How is that different from any other list of fallacies?

I don't think an objective way of seeing things exists. The problem is that science pretends to be one.

Wikipedia has a list of LFs. I assume SE does also. I just threw Plato in. According to Wikipedia, Aristotle was the first to systematize fallacies, s...

I wouldn't say "speculation," I'd say preference. My view is not a majority view. I don't see it that way. I think philosophical and scientific issues...

The differences are: Most discussions where logical fallacies are referenced fall apart into arguments about 1) what that particular fallacy "really" ...

I don't think science is any closer to objectivity or truth than lots of other ways of seeing things. In fact, it's further away than some because it ...

We don't need to get too deeply into this, but it's something that's had a big effect on my understanding of the way things work. I've discussed it el...

Although, as I said in a previous post, I have downloaded a spoken word version, I've never actually heard the Tao te Ching anywhere but in my head. I...

I think of "objective" as how someone completely outside the system, i.e. God, sees things. That's not a definition, but it helps me think about it. A...

None of the most important philosophical issues can be "solved." Dualism vs. materialism, free will vs. determinism, or whatever, are not a matters of...

Well, when I said "love" I meant his music, not his body.

I never liked the Eagles much, but I really love Don Henley solo.

One of the first things I noticed when I flew west of the Mississippi for the first time is how dry everything is out there. I've been to Phoenix once...

As an American taxpayer, I'm willing to help pay if it might mean an end to the danger North Korea poses. Probably the best money ever spent.

Don Henley or the Eagles, can't remember the song.

I'm sure they're only trying to help you embiggen yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GibocTxjmw

Sorry. I wasn't being annoyed. I was trying to be funny. So, it was me who failed, not you.

The first 15 seasons of The Simpsons were as good as anything that has ever been on television. I rarely laugh out loud at anything, and I laughed out...

Do you realize how condescending that sounds? I'm sure the people you are trying to explain things to pick up on that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTobQrWY1Ik

Yes, we are all intellectual superheros. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2kenVSIV8U

I'm an engineer. Most of what I do is explain things. My audience usually includes other technical people, people who are familiar with technical issu...

Basketball is exactly like cricket except for the wickets; innings; bats; runs; stumps; bails, and deep, horrible, unfathomable boredom.

Seems like you're asking two questions. 1) Can we make up for bad behavior? There have been discussions on the forum before about asking forgiveness. ...

My favorite: If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand. If you want to get rid of something, you must first allow it to flour...

Another of my favorites, and exactly, completely right. It has meant a lot to me personally. Getting older, it means more and more as years pass. I'm ...

After I'd read it a few times, this became my favorite verse. I think it summarizes everything, especially, for me, the ontological aspect. Where Mitc...

I think that's what I was talking about when I said there was a contradiction. What is the relationship between the Tao Te Ching and the I Ching?

There is a free recorded version of the Tao Te Ching on Librivox.org. They have thousands of free recorded books. I'm listening to William James "Prag...

I'm not sure what this means. How would an emotion be educational? Why should it be? Is the fact that the physiological explanation does not address e...

I never knew Le Guin had a translation. I've been reading science fiction for 55 years, but I never read much of hers. Too gentle and lyrical for me. ...

We are not talking about food, we are talking about Velveeta.

I'm glad you started this thread. I love the Tao Te Ching. I've read several versions, and like Mitchell's best. I've read that some think his version...

Ad hominem!!! :irony: I wasn't making a personal accusation, I was making a general point about so-called logical fallacies. I don't understand why it...

But really, it fits right in with the other Meat and 3 food - hockey puck hamburger "steak;" powdered mashed potatoes; canned banana pudding; dry, tas...

Then don’t be lazy. Spell it out. Even if you understand it, one or all of the participants probably don’t.

This is good example of another major problem with logical fallacies. People get into arguments about whether a particular fallacy is being applied co...

Yes, it does make a difference. The main problem with LFs is that people use them without really understanding what they mean, their logical basis, or...

Can you express your logical disagreement in plain language? If so, why do you need to use the term? If not, how can your use of the term be meaningfu...

You are guilty of the Bit Size Fallacy. Small bits drill more easily through any solid. They would also be less intrusive and probably less likely to ...

It's all a bunch of bullshit, which may be an example of the Bullshit Fallacy.

Given the popularity of the use of the term "logical fallacy" I think a lot of people would disagree with me.

My first thought when I saw your new icon was trepanation. My second was that the bit seemed a bit large.