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It doesn’t? From the article: ‘When a body is subjected to a force, the second principle of dynamics asserts that its acceleration and speed change. W...

Is that so? In making predictions, doesn’t physics implicitly appeal to causation? Isn’t causation implicit with every use of ‘because’? What Galileo ...

That is hilariously mistaken but neo-darwinist materialism is a different topic so I won’t pursue it here.

:up: Thanks for the clarification. Much nearer to how I understand it also. Because evolutionary biology is not philosophy, per se, and never set out ...

the engineering in this array is truly mind-boggling. :scream:

Seems fine to me. I'm just calling out what I see as the obvious difficulties posed by the idea of 'mental substance' or saying that the world is 'mad...

If one does. I'm saying that 'substance' is a poor choice of words, for the reasons I gave. I'm not denying the reality of the mind.

Leaving aside the fact that the Constitution doesn't disqualify candidates on the basis of them being convicted of a felony (a major oversight in my v...

It's a philosophical point, not an empirical hypothesis, although I grant it might be a difficult distinction.

So, do you think if Trump is convicted in the January 6th Trial, where he's charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstruction of an of...

If indeed there were 'a mental substance', and if 'substance' is taken to mean something that actually exists, then why doesn't science detect that pr...

As one who defends idealism on this forum, I have to take issue with this. I've read (and listened to) quite a bit of Kastrup, and I don't think he sa...

The fact that knowledge of the world comprises the synthesis of ideas and sensations. That it is exceedingly vague. As pointed out by me above, and by...

Not at all, I am perfectly familiar with philosophy of science. See the following. Do you think that could be done from some perspective outside of co...

So you dismiss all the arguments against physicalism in the source article? Or is it more that you think we can safely assume they’re wrong? Or you ha...

I’m not a particularly proactive mod, but I’m very much aware of how hard it is to moderate debates like the Middle East thread, and I take my hat off...

Hey a new word. Don’t much like it, but that might just be my holism.

Hang on, wrong thread.

the truth compels us! :rage: That SEP article also contains a section on the argument from abstract objects, which is also a killer argument in my vie...

That particular essay is attempting to stay within the guidelines of Madhyamaka philosophy - 'middle way'. When asked if the self exists or does not, ...

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That 'mind at large' suggests an objective reality. That is the reification involved. A subtle but important point, discussed extensively in Buddhist ...

Fair point. I wasn't suggesting that such discussions ought to be banned, just from time to time drawing attention to the sign on the door.

On what basis?

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Hey, 20k posts. :party: My wife is right, I definitely spend too much time doing this.

What about logical necessity? How is that 'necessitated by the physical'? What about Hempel's dilemma? If we define "physical" as what is currently un...

fair enough, we'll leave it. As Joshs pointed out, there's an inherent issue in framing it this way. But I will add that you're overlooking the cardin...

Of course. That's the point. Your post sums up the whole issue in a nutshell. Most of the debate that has occurred in this thread consists of people n...

Couldn't let this one go by even if it's one of mine.....

Tied him up in nots :rofl:

Myself, I wonder why this particular forum, which is mainly concerned with philosophy, ought to accomodate never-ending threads on vexatious topics su...

In my case, I fell into an accidental career in information technology when I went back to University to finish my Honours in Comparative Religion, a ...

the idea of the absential resonates strongly with the experience of no-thing-ness that was foundational to my Zen practice. It's linked to the Hindu a...

:up: My thoughts also.

Have you considered the meaning of the term 'irreducible'? It means can't be explained in other terms. If you were to 'explain reason', and considerin...

Speaking of Artificial Intelligence, I put this exchange to ChatGPT just now: Generally speaking, a good recommendation, with the caveat that the inte...

800,000 years ago, hominid species were one of many species, with absolutely zero contribution above and beyond their biological needs. And that was t...

Oh, I’m used to it. I have family in the US and it’s always yesterday when I speak to them. But there’s no metaphysics involved. Only reference frames...

Let's not forget that in Aristotelian philosophy, the final cause of a match is a fire. This is because the lighting of fires is the reason matches ex...

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Speaking of which, New Years resolution: need to go T-Total for a few months. I've handled it for the month of July (Australian winter) for the last f...

I will add, one of the most depressing and disgraceful episodes in recent American political history was the alactrity with which Haley and the others...

All true, and highly lamentable. Although whomever is President cannot grant pardons for the election interference case brought in Georgia. But as I k...

@"Tom Storm" - a follow-up essay, this one questioning Bernardo Kastrup's 'mind-at-large' from a Buddhist perspective. It is dated some months ago but...

Nowadays, we have the marvellous resource of youtube lectures. I listen whilst working out. Great Brian Greene quote, by the way.

Indeed - the trial for the January 6th insurrection was originally scheduled for March 4th. Trump's lawyers are frantically trying to delay it through...

:up: Deacon's is one of those books I should get around to reading, although I know enough about him to be open to his approach. Again, the word 'subs...

That's why I wonder if they will consider the case before the resolution of the January 6th proceedings. It seems completely illogical that they could...

Why should they have? Why would you expect that? Aristotle called humans ‘rational animals’, the implication being that while we’re animals in some re...