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Thank you, I'm glad its something new to think about. That statement only makes sense in relation to the sentence prior. We can come to reasonable con...
December 06, 2024 at 01:02
No moral good is ever about what people simply want. If I desire to murder a person, no one sane would call that 'good'. "Desire" in this case is, "Wh...
December 06, 2024 at 00:57
Too bad, that's the definition of good. What you're really asking is, "How do I know if I ought to do this?" In which you can discuss and debate tryin...
December 05, 2024 at 13:42
If you are genuinely interested in the subject, you may be interested here: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/14044/knowledge-and-induction-wi...
December 05, 2024 at 13:40
A few things to add to this: Reason is simply identifying something logically. A leads to be, or A sometimes leads to B for example. Sufficient reason...
December 05, 2024 at 13:21
It means that the worst case evil scenario is impossible IF we are correct about the Conservation of Mass. Evil and good are relative quantifications....
December 04, 2024 at 14:23
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/15203/in-any-objective-morality-existence-is-inherently-good/p1 This is if you're interested for an argument...
December 03, 2024 at 21:45
I don't have a lot of time to dive into what you're saying, but you might find this post of mine links into yours. https://thephilosophyforum.com/disc...
November 20, 2024 at 01:45
Sorry for the delay Bob, my work and life have recently picked up quite a bit, and I have not had enough time recently to sit down and address your po...
November 09, 2024 at 16:59
I think so, but this is usually handled with the terms empirical and non-empirical. Both experiences of the empirical and non-empirical are real. The ...
November 02, 2024 at 16:51
Understood. But this is a different claim then, "Innate knowledge apart from experience". Its not knowledge. Its instinct and being. We do not have to...
November 01, 2024 at 13:07
How is it not real? Its a real experience. Its our interpretation by noting whether our real experience can be accurately applied beyond the current e...
November 01, 2024 at 12:55
That's nice of Wayfarer, thank you.
October 30, 2024 at 22:06
If reality is 'what is', then isn't anything we experience reality? Again, what it seems you want to say is there is a distinction between the classic...
October 30, 2024 at 22:00
It was more to note the point between apriori as 'without experience' vs aposteriori as 'with experience' and your note that there is a difference bet...
October 27, 2024 at 16:00
Yes I just wanted you to read section 4, but there's no direct link. You can ctrl+F and type the phrase in to find it directly. I'm also not trying to...
October 25, 2024 at 12:59
What helps with productivity is not, "I should be productive". Silence that. What you should be asking yourself is, "What do I want to accomplish in l...
October 24, 2024 at 21:53
I was wondering how to tackle this post as the entirety of apriori, posteriori, analytic, and synthetic distinctions can get messy. Further, apriori k...
October 24, 2024 at 21:49
I don't think we're in disagreement with the idea of apriori, just apriori knowledge. You're using math, but as I'll note, I still don't see that as k...
October 23, 2024 at 14:51
I misunderstood the question then. To tell the age that a house was built, you need verifiable records and trust in their accuracy. No, I'm not saying...
October 22, 2024 at 14:08
It depends on your definition of 'true'. If you mean 'true and false' as logically valid, that's not the same as 'true means what is real'. 'Real' bei...
October 22, 2024 at 13:04
If you understood the essential properties and context of what grue and bleen is, then yes. Notice I say context, because the context of what grue is ...
October 22, 2024 at 12:57
Ha ha, glad you got the reference! It is accurate because it is not contradicted by reality, and that's it. If I can hold a word, phrase, or set of bu...
October 22, 2024 at 12:46
Welcome to the forums! For beginners I don't recommend going to school, use the internet to do that! Here's a 30 minute summary of philosophy. https:/...
October 22, 2024 at 11:45
Accuracy is point 1. 1. Real life effectiveness As long as an identity and its application are effective, or not contradicted by reality, people will ...
October 22, 2024 at 01:58
No, that's not what I imply in my work. There are two types of knowledges, distinctive, and applicable. Distinctive knowledge is the knowledge of iden...
October 21, 2024 at 22:47
More, "This set of concepts most accurately represents what can be known about the world."
October 20, 2024 at 22:57
Ha ha! True, it is! And I greatly appreciate it! I've enjoyed my conversation with you Patterner, you write clearly, intelligently, and I always respe...
October 20, 2024 at 17:18
Correct. We would not be able to fault them. Name creation is simply that, name creation. If you read my paper, I actually cover this with a sheep and...
October 20, 2024 at 15:52
My apologies on the long delay on my reply! I had intended to reply to this another time as I had some other conversations in play, and only remembere...
October 20, 2024 at 15:14
This is part of it, yes. "Privileged" knowledge is really just simple knowledge that has been tested and confirmed so tightly as to be assumed to be '...
October 20, 2024 at 14:29
I think we're going to have to agree to disagree here. I think you're coming at this as a question of 'what we want', then 'what is most likely'. You ...
October 20, 2024 at 14:12
You may be interested in reading this then. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/14044/knowledge-and-induction-within-your-self-context/p1 There'...
October 20, 2024 at 12:46
That still doesn't mean conscious isn't physical. That's like saying, "We don't understand how rain works, so obviously its not of this world and God ...
October 20, 2024 at 12:44
Correct. If reality is not contradicting those identities, then they hold. Meaning we can identify reality in multiple ways as long as reality does no...
October 19, 2024 at 15:38
Because the human mind has the capability for creativity. Creativity often comes about by taking bits and pieces that belong to one thing, and then ap...
October 19, 2024 at 14:32
You know, if you can't treat the people in front of you nicely who are trying to politely disengage from a conversation, maybe you aren't the person w...
October 18, 2024 at 18:23
The images come from similar parts of your brain that process light. Think about this. Your eyes are simply a lens in which light floods through. Your...
October 18, 2024 at 14:04
All people have the ability to discretely experience. That's to take the sea of existence and form identities or 'existences'. So you can look at 1 fi...
October 18, 2024 at 13:58
Ha ha! No, I genuinely respect Chalmers. How do I explain this...human beings form knowledge and outlooks on life from their perspective. This perspec...
October 18, 2024 at 12:19
Oh, I don't agree with it. I just don't have a problem with it. When he defined what it was that was separate from 'physical', I understood what he me...
October 18, 2024 at 05:01
Tim, all I'm feeling over here is hostility and not a discussion. Lets just shelve this one and I'll catch you on another thread.
October 18, 2024 at 04:15
I highly disagree Tim. Without logic, philosophy is simply imagination and emotional exploration. These are elements of philosophy, but the tie that b...
October 17, 2024 at 22:22
I decided to get Chalmer's words himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=yHTiQrrUhUA Check out around 6:40. His notes are: "The hard prob...
October 17, 2024 at 22:16
Democratically elected right? We're talking about the same thing. Ultimately this is the people choosing, through representatives usually. Then I don'...
October 17, 2024 at 16:38
Then they made a mistake obviously. Why it got ruined would be the question here. Was it because they didn't understand the culture they were letting ...
October 17, 2024 at 15:28
Then please explain how it can be moral. This is a lot of assuming. That would be like me saying, "Assuming people have a good reason for stealing you...
October 17, 2024 at 14:18
As I've noted before, I'm not quoting Chalmers. I appreciate the point out to Chalmer's words, but I'm simply noting the underlying support and reason...
October 17, 2024 at 00:22
What we don't know if whether the robot actually has a subjective experience of being a robot. Its does not have to be the consciousness of a human to...
October 15, 2024 at 22:42