T_Clark

This is a realist argument. You're using a realist argument to help PossibleAaran defend realism.

I think you're buying into PossibleAaran's way of looking at this. You're trying to refute his argument from inside. The real problem with his argumen...

A lot of people are not what you call a realist. There are a lot of world views out there that you, and maybe I, would consider odd. It's always surpr...

I find that I almost always agree with myself, although I am a believer in Emerson's sentiment about consistency. I revised my post to correct a quota...

There's lots of evidence of transubstantiation, it's just not evidence you believe. Your begging the question a bit. You've assumed that scientific ru...

Edit - Quoting error. Here's what I was trying to respond to This is probably the only time you have taken one of my posts seriously. Seems a bit self...

He may have been married back in Old Testament times. He was cranky, vindictive, and mean. They must have broken up after she found out Mary was havin...

Your views show a lack of empathy and an understanding of human psychology and the procedures of reason. Oh, yes, and also of the nature of reality.

Geez, give me a link would you. Do you expect me to remember what I wrote hours ago? I assume you mean this: Now what's the question? Is it "What does...

Lots wrong here. No, children are not born with realism. They are taught it. They learn it. Parents don't say "cogito ergo sum." They say "oopsie, bab...

Do you expect an answer? I don't know. I don't know what you mean.

Transubstantiation is no harder to believe than that light is a wave and particle at the same time. That there are a practically infinite number of pa...

That's definitely a metaphysical question.

I came late to this discussion, so I don't really know how to catch up, so I'll start out laying out my general understanding. Maturity doesn't have m...

I qualified that in a post I sent out a minute ago - "Does God exist?" is metaphysical and is also a matter of fact - the answer is yes or no.

I don't think I understand what you mean. Genetic change in organisms over time was never a metaphysical issue. Evolution is a phenomenon, an event. I...

Facts don't have metaphysical implications. The questions, "are there facts?" are "what does it take to make something a fact?" have metaphysical impl...

That was a mistake. I accidentally copied "scientism" into my post. What I was trying to do was look it up on the web.

Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is not metaphysics. Evolution is a fact in the world. The theory that natural selection is the prima...

I don't "express uncertainty that science is always the best way." I am as certain as I am of anything that science is not always the best way. As I'v...

Which is begging the question. Who says being in the world is primary (other than Heidegger)? Are you saying that our experiences are objective? I'm n...

I have never understood the idea that causation does not exist. Causation is a deeply commonsensical idea. Sure, we can mistake correlation for causat...

By the logic you've previously expressed you mean the law of the excluded middle, correct? Well that's easy. The law of the excluded middle only appli...

I'm going to think about his some more. I'm not expressing myself clearly enough and I'm trying to think of another angle.

"Objective reality" is a name we give to a set of perceptions, observations, ideas. Do countries exist? Do minds exist? Does the stratosphere exist? D...

I think that views of the world are not right or wrong, they are more or less useful in a particular situation. I like science and I've always been go...

Since we can't step outside of our perceptions, there's no reason to suppose we're inside an objective reality. It's merely a philosophical exercise i...

I don't know what a "characteristic scale" is.

I have seen it at my job. I have seen it on my children's sports teams. A good manager, a good coach, takes a work group, team, and makes it more than...

This shows a complete misunderstanding of people and their capabilities. There are people, maybe you are one, who can take charge of their own lives a...

A good coach, manager, knows that the best team comes from bringing everyone along. Improving everyone. Maybe that's not true for professional or high...

There was a facinating discussion a few months ago - On the transition from non-life to life. For me, it really came alive when Apokrisis got involved...

I hate marmite, they destroy my garden every year. Oh, wait, that's marmots. You only responded to part of my argument. I also said: That is the most ...

If you say "T Clark is an idiot" or if you say "In my opinion, T Clark is an idiot," you've said the same thing. If you remember, the context in which...

It seems to me that the evil demon hypothesis or one where reality is just a program running on a computer are metaphysically equivalent to realism as...

Is this an acceptable inference - To the best of my memory, every time I saw something and then closed my eyes, one of two things happened when I open...

Aren't you and @"Wayfarer" mixing up two different types of skepticism? When Descartes says "cogito ergo sum" he is talking about facts. Do I exist? D...

Yes - When I say large "S" skepticism I mean what you described. When something new comes along, I generally check it out on my plaus-o-meter. If the ...

I agree.

That's T Clarky to you. I'll reiterate - I don't think there's any value, on this forum at least, in attacking someone as opposed to their ideas or be...

I think it would be a loss to this forum if you left. @"Bitter Crank" said something similar in a previous post. There is really no one else who bring...

Why does it make a difference if the accusation is false or not? What value is there in accusing someone of anything on the forum? The rule is "attack...

I trust your judgment and I think you'll be a good moderator. You also like to get in the ring and knock some blocks off. I expect it to be fun to see...

Buxtebuddah may be the proverbial black kettle, but that's really irrelevant to his points. It is reasonable to expect better behavior from moderators...

I think it would be good if you became a moderator. It might not work, but it would be interesting. You can be intemporate, but the same can be said f...

If nominated I will not run, if elected I will not serve.

I've said this before - TL is passionate but also evenhanded and principled. I am really curious how she will handle being a moderator. Edit - I have ...

Interesting and well written. Small "s" skepticism is a mode of thinking I use all the time if I have to evaluate a claim. 1) Do I believe it? Is it p...

Are you saying that everything I say, fact or opinion, is the result of underlying biological and neurological factors? We can discuss that, but I don...

Yes. It's one of the poems that feel good to say out loud.