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The conceit of this attitude is that we are able to be sufficiently detached from our own human nature to declare that our science reveals something c...

I have responded further in this thread

Right! Hence my remark in the other thread that numbers (etc) are constitutive of thought. That is exactly what I meant! And as I can see you are lear...

Agree.

Which is the point I’m making! You only know what experience is, because you’re a subject of experience yourself.

And also please consider why I’m making this point in regard to the topic of this thread. A web definition of eliminative materialism - Eliminative ma...

Oceans, molecules and galaxies are all objects of scientific analysis. But If an experience is an object, then what kind of object is it? If you tried...

if experience is an object, please send me one. Wrap it up and ship it. If you can’t, why can’t you?

:cheer:

In which case, I would agree with you. As I've said, we refer to mathematical judgement to determine what is an objective claim. And I'm saying that t...

Not in the least. Just prior to that, I say: Which means we're basically in agreement. That's what I'm trying to do. Sentient beings are subjects of e...

This is a kind of urban legend/myth, but it's also an effective parable.

Many traditionalist philosophies start with the assumption that the ordinary people (the hoi polloi) don't know what is good for them, are venal, weak...

Or, alternatively, there is no real 'IIya Shambat'. It may not be satisfying, but it's certainly more parsimonious!

if you were smart you wouldn't write inane comments.

I think he’s an atheist troll.

although, I can't resist adding, that from a Christian viewpoint, the gnostics were fakes to begin with. So someone who calls himself a 'gnostic Chris...

Don't worry mate, you'll never hear from me again.

Agree. Remarkable intellect, and a long-lived one; didn't start her public career until she was in her 50's and then published for half a century! Tha...

I googled those names you mentioned. 'Russia-gate' comes up a lot. That says something. No, actually - says a lot.

Gnostics are dualists, seeing ‘this fallen world’ as a trap, and all matter evil and a source of misery, the only escape from which is gained by ascet...

That's not an objection; if it weren't true, we could neither communicate nor collaborate. People play blindfold chess! The definition of 'object' is:...

Certainly - but I still say it's a metaphorical sense of 'object'. It's not an actual object, because 'experience' by its very nature is inseparable f...

Just bear in mind, in 10 or 20 years, when your children or grandchildren asked you (if we’ve survived that long) how it call came to ruin, you can te...

I'm saying that experiences are not objects of awareness, because that implies a split between awareness, on the one hand, and experience, on the othe...

FYI those comments were directed at ILS. And, I'm absolutely fine with being disagreed with, that's why we come here after all. I really hate to sound...

Aside from the misprints and running together of words, which make these passages hard to read, I find them all perfectly consistent with what I under...

as noted above I read her Evolution as a Religion about ten years ago. Didn’t read another of her books but a number of online essays. As I commented ...

So what would be your interpretation of (2) and (3) above? In particular, what do you think ‘the positivity of sciences’ is a reference to? Dermot Mor...

Marvellous anecdote!

Dermot Moran's book on it. I find this summary illuminating: From your very brief comments, I don't think you're seeing the point at all. Husserl was ...

I think as a point of mainstream Christian doctrine, Jesus Christ is said to be both fully human and fully divine. That is called the 'hypostatic unio...

But they are invaluable in telling you what you miss out when you do so.

This is the key paragraph: Which describes the origin of modern scientific materialism. If you recall the thread on the Blind Spot it is no co-inciden...

These are all deep and difficult questions and open to very different kinds of answers. There's a political reading of Plato, which concentrates on th...

I'm not saying numbers are metaphors, I'm saying the use of the word 'object' is a metaphor! I myself am a strong (and practically lone) advocate for ...

thanks! Looks very much on point, will find time to read it. //interestingly, I've encountered work by his daughter, Cordellia Fine.//

I'm interested in the sense in which logical necessity can be said to apply to objects. And actually, since writing my response above, I've started to...

Oh no, I only ever settle for totally unbiased in all ways. I'm an expert at spotting them.

I think that’s a sound paraphrase. Perhaps a question that could be asked is this: is there anything known to science which conforms to this descripti...

No, that doesn't fly. Objectivity is basic, in areas which it is applicable, like journalism, history, jurisprudence, and many more. For instance, you...

Right. One question you could ask is can you ever really perceive experience? I don't think you do. I don't perceive the experiences I have - I underg...

thanks! Actually after your recommendation previously I started reading up on Strauss, although he seems a formidable writer and not someone to tackle...

The term "fake news" is overwhelmingly associated with the election of Donald J Trump, who popularised the term by smearing the media on every availab...

CHC did start one other thread, on the topic of 'necessary being', where I think many of the questions you raise here might be suitably addressed. How...

One obvious question is whether there are any actual objects to which this this applies. Take your example of the Euclidean triangle - it can be demon...

And, for that matter, what constitutes 'the crisis in European sciences' that Husserl is writing about?

What do you think was behind Husserl’s contention that ‘Galileo was at once a discovering and concealing genius?’ What exactly was ‘concealed’ by Gali...

It’s also because Greek culture at that time was partially literate - not everyone was able to read and write. The Buddha never wrote either. Speaking...