No, I'm noting that a nation run largely by its people are free to decide their immigration policy. If they feel they don't have enough immigrants, th...
We're really not that far off from one another. Please don't take my disagreement as hostile. :) The reason why we don't know how is because we cannot...
Yes, that's correct. Also correct. Because we go by behavior. Lets say I eat a poison apple and get sick. My eyes glaze over, my pulse races, and I st...
None of this has anything to do with the topic of immigration. Because each nation can determine their own immigration policy. If England doesn't want...
And I'll note again, the only reason we cannot figure out how physical processes give rise to the subjective experiences of the mind is because we hav...
Didn't you and I already address this on your first response to me? My point was that the heart of why this was is because we cannot know what its lik...
I wouldn't say its plausible that the sense of self is the same across species. Even among humans, its known that people have different sense of selve...
Isn't the physics of a note an air vibration against a metal Tuba? Have we not made Bach's first symphony over the radio, which is essentially a physi...
That is because we are different people. Ucarr, I feel very little similarity in myself to other people. I know objectively that I am. But my feelings...
Thank you, this is a good answer. That's a theory, which is fine. If the brain is aware of itself, and the brain is matter and energy, then matter and...
Looking at the replies I'm receiving, I apparently don't understand the question either. This is my independent view and personal beliefs. Illegal imm...
Yes, I understood that was how you believed I was approaching this. But that doesn't answer how you are approaching this. If it is not a soul, what is...
You sidestepped my answer and question. If you disagree with them, point out why please. I plainly entered into the discussion as one of those democra...
But its not. A bat can't speak for one thing. Its brain is also of a different type and size from a human being. It cannot have the same experience. B...
If I don't see it, try to show me. What is the different kind of approach you wish to propose? Otherwise this is retreating into your own mind, and I ...
That's what the laws of a nation are for, especially a democratic one. We decide as a whole, not as an individual. If we're all so noble, we'll create...
You deny entry when the immigrant does not meet the countries established laws for entry. I don't think its any more complicated then that. If you wan...
I really don't feel that you and I are that different in our intention here. Its been a while, but I've noted before that I am very open to a non-phys...
Yes, and that extra ingredient is the inability to objectively grasp other subjective experiences. Again, this does not mean there is some actual esse...
Correct, I was not quoting Chalmers. And its not an incorrect interpretation of the problem either, set for a layman's understanding. At the core of t...
Correct. I'm noting it in a way that avoids the standard confusion of, "So we don't know if the brain causes consciousness? Its the subjective point t...
Correct. Never say never! Yes, this seems impossible today. But science is full of 'making the impossible possible'. Did we conceive that cell phones ...
I only put that because perhaps one day we will actually be able to know what its like to be someone else. But with the knowledge we have today, this ...
Lets break this down. First, remember at this point that there is a difference between having the idea of what a 'thing in itself' is, and whether its...
First, lets clarify what 'the hard problem is'. Is it that we're conscious? No. Is it that the brain causes consciousness? No. The idea that conscious...
Agreed. But what exactly are we proving? All we can prove is that there is something mind-independent. That's it. And we can only prove there is somet...
Huh, never knew about the guy. I think I have a much better argument then his here. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/12098/a-first-cause-is-l...
No, we don't know what it is. We don't know if its an object, if its physical, if it many things, or something beyond our imagination or comprehension...
Right, you are describing something that exists with prior reason. Why does the crater exist? Because a meteor landed there two days ago. Exists is to...
No, because the initial point is that existence vs nothing is good. So inherently there is some good to existence. When breaking existence down into '...
Nice post. You may be interested in reading my posts here: In any objective morality, existence is good https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/1520...
The intention was not to evade. The intention was to point out there if there is no reason for something infinite to exist, there can equally be no re...
Why should it not? Its uncaused. Something uncaused has no reason for being. Which also means it has no reason for NOT being. Think about the previous...
What caused the material to exist since the beginning of time? If there is no prior cause, then it is uncaused. Something that is uncaused has no prio...
I see, I think this is where a major difference is. Its because it is an abstract. There is nothing to observe. There is nothing to verify. It is a pu...
Love is an acceptance of another person's pros and cons. Despite knowing the imperfection of a person, you wish that they continue to live their best ...
No worry, I just got back a few days ago myself! Correct. That is an innate ability. But creating the symbol of '1' and base ten arithmetic are aposte...
Welcome to the forum! I hope you aren't too intimidated by the replies here. People just get to the point, and its not personal. :) Do you know that f...
I really liked the term a priori when I first entered into philosophy, but I found it had problems over time. I do not believe 1+1=2 is apriori for ex...
Ha ha! I don't think its too strange. While we could look at it as 'paternalistic', we can also look at it as 'serving a community'. I viewed it as a ...
Correct. A 'thing in itself' is a logical limit. If we observe some 'thing', there has to be something to observe. But if we are observing it, we real...
Because people mistakenly think that language represents reality. When the real key is we have to prove our language represents reality. That's a lot ...
Nice post Bob. This is essentially the question, "What is knowledge?" I wouldn't call it a paradox per say, just incomplete. If you recall from my kno...
I understand possibly more than you think. I grew up to a very different drummer. I had my own way of doing things and generally never favored group c...
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