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I see. Isn't refusing to make an action that would prevent starvation a choice however? If I was starving and a pie was in front of me, the act of not...
August 18, 2024 at 12:40
Hey Bob! Its been a while, glad to see you again. There are a few clarifications I feel you need to give to address this. 1. What is bad? What is bad ...
August 17, 2024 at 20:05
Yes, shameless plug, but a relevant one! https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/14044/knowledge-and-induction-within-your-self-context/p1 If you ha...
August 17, 2024 at 18:10
Then I misunderstood your argument, my apologies. True. My point is that there doesn't seem to be anything that necessarily points to a creator as a s...
August 17, 2024 at 18:02
What? No, I frame it in MY argument. If my argument is illogical, point it out. But you don't get to insist I use words, phrases, or OTHER people's ar...
August 17, 2024 at 04:06
Statistics are based on causality. Without causality, there is no reason and no limitations. What you might be confusing with anti-causality is 'limit...
August 16, 2024 at 16:00
If you're going on the fact of an intelligent designer, we need a base line of what 'intelligent' means. Can a dog create anything more complex then a...
August 16, 2024 at 14:56
This is another good point.
August 16, 2024 at 14:48
The teleological argument for God is by far the best of the core 3, but it suffers from a crippling counter point. Essentially, you are saying people ...
August 15, 2024 at 21:13
If I note you made a clear appeal to authority, ask you to give some actual examples because its an innocent enough mistake to make, then you double d...
August 14, 2024 at 00:47
No, we're talking about hallucinatory as the more likely inductive possibility. You obviously did not read our full conversation over the life of this...
August 13, 2024 at 01:36
You didn't post any data, only that some scientist had written a book. You appealing to that without indicating what the argument or evidence is, is t...
August 12, 2024 at 14:12
No, that's an appeal to authority fallacy. Lets see what actual argument he gives and the evidence he provides for it. Its not a conviction, its a con...
August 11, 2024 at 22:50
You don't. But they aren't exclusive either. Prior to destruction, it is set in place that your replacement is similar to what comes before. Because e...
August 11, 2024 at 13:57
Right, we all get that. Where is your evidence that people's perceptions that they are real, means they are real? We've already given plenty of points...
August 11, 2024 at 11:56
The link was just a link to their book. I can find at least one person in a professional setting who will go to bat for anything. The only thing that ...
August 11, 2024 at 11:39
It is more than that. Your claim is objectively not a strong inductive argument, and you have objectively failed to present a good and cogent argument...
August 10, 2024 at 21:18
I'm scratching my head here TreatId. This is not induction. Induction is the belief that the next card which is drawn will be the jack of spades. The ...
August 10, 2024 at 21:16
Again, no one, and I mean no one, is saying that NDE's aren't real. This is the part you seem to keep glossing over. If a bunch of people have a hallu...
August 10, 2024 at 21:09
My apologies for the delay! I'm back and settled. You speak well and seem to understand the notion, so I'll only comment on a few points. Well stated....
August 10, 2024 at 20:39
Sam, I'm reading your future posts to others after our discussion ended, and an observation is that you don't address the criticisms people are levyin...
August 10, 2024 at 20:21
I've been busy this week and out of town. I saw the responses and will reply when I return.
July 26, 2024 at 22:29
Certainly, there can be a lot of confusion around deduction vs induction as a context that often gets mistakenly applied to it is "truth". But deducti...
July 21, 2024 at 16:03
That's not what I said. Maybe it is true that David Copperfield really levitated that day. Its a given that what we subjectively experience may, or ma...
July 18, 2024 at 12:46
No, there has been subjective testimony in an uncontrolled setting. Objectively, that testimony has occurred. That does not mean that the perception o...
July 17, 2024 at 19:21
We have to prove this every time we make an argument. The proof is in the argument, not our past accomplishments. Very true. But you have to give an i...
July 17, 2024 at 18:40
I think at its most basic, justification is simply, "An answer to why I make my choice/conclusion". Justification can be deductive or inductive. In ge...
July 15, 2024 at 21:21
What is the definition of a universal that you're using?
July 15, 2024 at 21:11
I wouldn't call this a riddle. This is a logic problem. They can be pretty fun to do, but there are countless online. https://www.brainzilla.com/logic...
July 15, 2024 at 21:11
That is a very nice compliment and I am humbled to see it. You have a keen and curious mind, and you've given me plenty to think on as well. Yes. I've...
July 14, 2024 at 14:17
This is not a forum exclusive to collegiates, this is a general public forum. I have no issue with being corrected or told new things. While he may ha...
July 13, 2024 at 15:14
If the long reply made you feel better, that's fine. You can't argue against how you come across to other people on a forum. Hopefully we'll have a be...
July 13, 2024 at 14:22
You do me or no one else favors here. We're having a discussion, and if you want to make a point, link or note your point. "Look at a textbook" is dis...
July 13, 2024 at 00:25
If he is using the term of implication to mean, "could lead to", then that's fine. I've already written on that on the first page. I did not catch tha...
July 12, 2024 at 23:02
If you're not going to bother answering like I did, I'm going to hand wave you away. Don't be a troll. Show it.
July 12, 2024 at 21:56
Please demonstrate your claim.
July 12, 2024 at 21:47
https://people.cs.rutgers.edu/~elgammal/classes/cs205/implication.pdf "Different forms for implications p implies q is equivalent to If p then q q if ...
July 12, 2024 at 21:37
You misunderstand. A -> B is not implication as we may use it in English. In other words, "It being cloudy implies that it will rain soon," is not the...
July 12, 2024 at 21:29
I did not mean it to be condescending. I am a person who has learned over time that you can never assume anything about other people. So I talk to the...
July 12, 2024 at 13:37
Often times in logic or arguments, the solution is clear. What often happens is we use language with poor definitions. Thus people make assumptions or...
July 12, 2024 at 12:42
This is simply a language issue. What does 'impliciation' mean? That's why I went over all the different possibilities. In the end implication must me...
July 12, 2024 at 04:54
It was a bit of headox with a sentence like this: "If Carr is out, then we know this: "If Allen is out, then Brown is in", because there has to be som...
July 12, 2024 at 04:51
We have to be careful by what is meant by 'implies' In logic, the word, necessarily is used more often in these examples. "Necessarily leads to B" So ...
July 11, 2024 at 19:58
This is very important. Actual recorded death is not near death. Near death experiences cannot be used as an example for consciousness existing outsid...
July 10, 2024 at 23:56
Bob's chances of getting it right are 1 out of infinity. Its your thought experiment, that's a limitation you decide. 1 out of infinity still.
July 10, 2024 at 11:51
Yes, due to age and experience. And again, you didn't win. My mother makes six figures and is often praised for her work. Both myself and my sister de...
July 07, 2024 at 18:13
Rationalizations, but not rational arguments. You've likely diminished your intelligence, so have a lower awareness. That impacts your personal intera...
July 07, 2024 at 17:18
Isn't that an emotional response? Rationally you know alcohol causes long term bodily and brain damage. The brain damage is especially at the emotiona...
July 07, 2024 at 17:00
But why do the voters want those people? There are a few reasons. 1. News organizations are owned by people with wealthy interests. So subjects are mo...
July 07, 2024 at 14:50
A democracy is not about the illusion of representation. As I cited a little above: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746 "A proposed p...
July 07, 2024 at 14:04