I do understand and did read it. Its more of a "This is what worked for me," summary then a "This is logically why you should do this." I personally d...
It was a nice little read. It was more of a, "This is how I live my life" sort of paper than really much of an argument for anything. And that's perfe...
Here's a case. You hate yourself. You want to die. Everything in your life is horrible, no one will miss you, and there is no rational reason for you ...
Hi Bob, sorry for the delay on this reply. I've started a new job and been much busier lately. Lets go ahead and wrap this one up as I think we're nea...
Ok, we might be getting closer here. I think I might finally be understanding what you're implying, but as always, correct me where needed. :) "This i...
Logically this is equivalent to noting that subjectivity is defined negatively in relation to objectivity. Objectivity and subjectivity in the general...
I'm not intending to use the term truth, but arguments. I would not use 'mind-dependent' as a description for subjective or objective at all. This lea...
Maybe we're getting closer here Bob. I think you're confusing that a syllogism is itself objective when we're talking about the definitions and concep...
This is a good start. As written, the argument is incomplete. I'll point out why, and then point out how based on the answers, this can end up being a...
I appreciate the good question, its in reference to my Measurable Morality thread. I'm planning on rewriting it to start smaller and be tighter in its...
Probably true. We have some fundamental differences on certain topics, and they may be irreconsilable. No harm in noting that and agreeing to disagree...
No doubt, but you have not done this. And that's my issue. There's a lot of assertions and opinions, and inductions. That's not a solid analysis. If y...
Not a worry and I appreciate the attempt! I may also repeat myself a bit, so feel free at any of these points 'Agree to disagree". A job of philosophy...
Hello again Bob! Its good to see this theory put into one place. I wanted to give others a chance to reply to it before I dug in. I want to focus on w...
I did not ignore both. I had to understand an objective term of 'value' before 'intrinsic value' made any sense. I also had a definition of value that...
Honestly I'm a little peeved that you disregarded my points about values, took a complete tangent to a discussion of being, then put it on me to prove...
I'm glad to see you've enjoyed it! A great assessment. The next step after this is to ask, "What is doing the discrete experiencing?" And the answer i...
You ask me to give you a definition of existence that doesn't devolve into circularity, then when I do, you're saying my definition doesn't fit what y...
No charitableness to it, I did not bother trying to define 'to exist'. As noted earlier I wanted to cover existence and being first, as this needs to ...
And I clearly stated that it was not a formal definition, just an off hand remark because I was trying to define being. So scratch it. You're supposed...
This was not in your initial request. You just asked me to define being, then in the next request, existence. Lets go over those first instead of cont...
I did. I also gave the definition of 'existence' up above. Did you read through the whole thing carefully? If you believe I've committed circularity p...
No, that was not a formal definition. If you wish that, I will. We observe the world in discrete identities. A discrete identity which is confirmed to...
No, I didn't say that being was a slice of being. I said it was a slice of existence. Existence being defined as 'everything' and being as 'a part'. I...
I don't like how I've made some key points about your theory, and this seems to have been ignored and turned back around to me. This is your theory Bo...
Its not Moorean, its incomplete and ill defined. As such its left up to the subject to fill in what value means. Pointing to being does not absolve yo...
I actually prove we can know at least one thing, and then build up a full knowledge theory from there. You might like it as its approach is from the r...
Bob, most philosophers are going to ask, "If good is what we're trying to define, and value it what is good, then what is value?" If you say you can't...
Alright Bob, I've perused this whole thing. This is still one mess of a theory. If I had any suggestions it would be to go step by step in the proper ...
Right, but value without any modifier means nothing. There's monetary value, moral value, emotional value, etc. Just saying 'value' has no reference a...
I have no issue with this. So then value is simply a synonym of worth. I have no issue with this. Now you have to identify worth though. None of my qu...
Not a problem Bob! Lets start with taking your theory and addressing my criticisms with your current definition of value not quite working. Once we ca...
alan1000, this is the second over 6 month old necropost I've seen you resurrect. Is this accidental or on purpose? Check to see how old these are next...
Yes. A better word then 'sense' is 'context'. This makes it fairly straight forward as we understand many words meaning change within different contex...
I would say this isn't quite right. What about this? Externalized expressions convey concepts based on the observable actions of the speaker, while no...
Absolutely! And yes, its great for us to condense these down every once in a while so they don't become reams of papyrus scrolls. :) I'm surprised you...
Cool discussion on rights to start with! I still feel like we're not terribly off from one another. The difference is the lens approach from our diffe...
I wouldn't call it an argument against physicalism, just a fun thought experiment. Physicalism would simply point out that they see different colors b...
I understand what you're stating in a general sense. I think good philosophy should use as many facts and hew as close to current scientific understan...
Here is how I view it in extremely simple terms Ucarr. Philosophy is a hypothesis. Science is its application. Philosophy is concerned with constructi...
That one's on me, I didn't define it ahead of time. I think we're more in a semantics disagreement here than an disagreement of underlying concepts. M...
Always! I was just giving my answer in the most accurate way I could. Since you've already read it, I will answer your question with that in mind. Yes...
I need to define society. A society occurs when there is more than one person involved. If there is no society, there are no other people. Meaning the...
Belief is an assertation of identity. Knowledge is an assertation of identity backed by deductive reasoning. Here's a summary of my knowledge theory I...
All I'm doing is thinking through the consequences of this theory to arrive at what seems most logical. I have no commitment to anything but that. :) ...
No, I'm noting that we can take a group of infinite causes but still ask one more question. What caused that set of infinite causes? My point is that ...
Understandable, but in my example, I am referring to a life as something which is merely alive. Anytime I state 'life' that is what I mean in this the...
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