A Seagull

P1 is false P2 is meaningless C is nonsense.

Perhaps more precisely it means that all we know of reality comes in the form of measurement, and so if we cannot measure anything as being infinite, ...

No measurement can ever be infinite, ergo there is no infinity in the real world.

Heraclitus is one of my favourite philosophers. His short pithy statements provoke thought, which is perhaps the essential quality of meaningful philo...

In any communication whether spoken or written there is a communicator and a receiver, a writer and a reader, a speaker and a listener. Is that so har...

No I am talking about the work to be 'agreeable' to the reader.

I rather like this, It could set a precedent. It means that one does not have to read the works of philosopher's past in order to philosophise, and no...

Surprise me! (as said by Bob Hope on being asked where he would like to be buried.)

I don't need a proof. There is no evidence beyond warped hearsay. But believe what you want. If it makes you happy to believe in an afterlife, I have ...

Views on an afterlife, beyond those of no afterlife, are all lies.

Mocking someone says as much, if not more, about the mocker as it does about the mocked.

People use the word 'evil' to describe things they don't like, things they don't know how to cope with, things they fear.

And the unconscious is entirely rational. Why wouldn't it be?

Tractatus is best viewed as a poem. It is elegantly written and tells a story, it describes a framework of ideas. But it is not strictly logical nor d...

A clock.

Man created God for his pleasure.

Well that is your choice.

Death is a part of life, just as much as birth.

Thank you for your pessimistic view of the world... happily I can ignore it. If people want to wallow in misery, it is really no business of mine.

Why do you want to define anything? The only purpose of definitions is to facilitate communication as unambiguously as possible.

Thank you for that. However it hardly constitutes a proof. And in any case I totally disagree. To claim that freedom is the freedom to do one's duty d...

Can you prove that?

Duty... pfft!

Then reject morality... no problem. :)

Things are viewed as a 'thing' first and then the existence of the 'thing' is subsequently inferred.

I agree in general with this. But I would generalise 'mathematics' to the class of abstract logical systems, which would include mathematics but allow...

I would say that scientists do metaphysics a lot. To use the concept of an electron to make predictions is science. To claim that an electron exists (...

Well you may consider it to be an important topic in philosophy, but I don't. Important topics in philosophy need to be clearly identified with clear ...

And what do you use it for?

Hmm. The not-rhetorical question becomes, "How would you know?" With Kant, a question with some weight. Well yes , a crucial question.. How does one k...

One or both what? One can only go by what a person has written or said. One can agree or disagree with what they have said. While the understanding of...

That pre-assumes that an object exists. It is the sensation that is primary not the 'object'.

I doubt it :)

Any philosophy that is not linked pragmatically with the real world is indistinguishable from an abstract fantasy. Of course there may be gaps, but th...

What evidence could we have that things really are as they seem when that's all evidence is? Because it allows us to interact effectively with the wor...

Find something that is easier to read, something more meaningful to you. Reading without understanding is pointless.

If going to church doesn't make you a Christian, then why even go to church? The cute chicks of course!

Well yes, Life as a universal value is a good place to start. and the pursuit of happiness... and in the modern world: education... and honesty in spe...

Well I find the words belief, believe extremely useful and meaningful. Your beliefs are what you believe, they are the ideas you hold in your head.

lol

You left out air. and maybe entertainment.

Well what do you want or need values for? Presumably they are a guide to actions. In which case as the world changes and peoples view of the world als...

well you are so far stuck into your own world that discussion is pointless.

Just because you personally believe something, that doesn't make it a universal truth.

From Wikipedia: ' force multiplication or a force multiplier refers to a factor or a combination of factors that gives personnel or weapons (or other ...

Well perhaps there are no truths in moral philosophy. We are talking metaphilosophy here, so is moral philosophy or at least truths in moral philosoph...

well that is up to you. And a 'force multiplier to thought' is meaningful???

OK, but that is a very subjective evaluation of philosophy; can you be more objective?

Presumably then, a true philosophy is one that is in concordance with the facts.

Yes, I eventually realised that!