Alright, I warned you. :) Is this statement analytic or synthetic? "Unicorns are horses with horns on their head" Lets say you say yes. Now imagine th...
And I agree with this. We can objectively map physical processes to behavior, and even map physical processes to someone's claimed subjective experien...
That's fair. The only potential problem I see is how to justify eating or using animals for materials or labor. Beyond animals, there's now also the q...
But where is the evidence that its not? I don't mind the declaration, but there has to be evidence. If my brain bleeds do I not have a stroke? If I'm ...
How does it contradict it Bob? I missed or misunderstood what you were saying then. Ok, noting that moral judgements are true, and the definition of t...
There may be a difference in definition between what we're intending. "Physics" is one aspect of the physical world. Language is another. It is the co...
No, I'm not contrasting what I stated earlier. I agree. It is impossible to objectively capture subjective experience. And all of these are physical t...
In classical rhetoric and logic, begging the question or assuming the conclusion (Latin: pet?ti? principi?) is an informal fallacy that occurs when an...
Seems fine to me. Since this is based off of Kant, it might help to contrast your reasoning with why Kant chose rational minds. I explored Kant years ...
The reason they decide they should do something then is because they want to. Which is fine. That would be a subjective morality. 'Should' means there...
Of course its a physical thing. You're conscious right? Are you a physical thing? I honestly find it bizarre that people think otherwise, and I don't ...
Written this way, I can accept that as well. For example, why does oxygen and hydrogen make water? Why is there existence at all? These are hard probl...
My apologies then, I misunderstood or misread your intentions. I'll give it another read. A non-simulated world is a set of objects in space. But if t...
My advice is to drop the terminology entirely. Some words and concepts become so overloaded by debate, nitpicks, and lack of consensus that they're im...
One can do anything. But should they? Once again though, we're really not talking about what a person can or should do yet. We're talking about the si...
Thanks for the answers Bob! I think you tightened up the argument a bit, I'll point out the remaining issues I see. I understand from your point of vi...
As I noted, I was a bit uncertain as to my claim. Thank you for the correction. Fantastic article, thank you for the reference! They noted there was n...
Ah, here it is Bob! I almost missed it. We've already discussed at length on the meta-ethical considerations, but I will dismiss them here. No disagre...
I agree with you. The primary reason, at least in America, why I can see this not being implemented is the long abstinence policy and sexual shame we ...
You may have misunderstood that point within the full context of what I was communicating, or I was unclear. It is not that we cannot communicate our ...
Yes, definitely. The hard problem does not exist for our own selves. For we are the experiencers of that particular locus of matter called the brain. ...
The point of the hard problem is to demonstrate the limits of what we can know about consciousness and sentience in others besides their behavior. Lik...
I appreciate the citation to get the point home, but I think the rock analogy is also useful as well. We know about consciousness through our own beha...
Sure. What I meant is that without defining what a non-simulated world is, but only defining a simulated world, its turned out like: A. Its given that...
The hard problem of consciousness is largely misunderstood by many people. Its not that mechanics lead to consciousness. We know that. Its uncontrover...
The primary goal of any philosophical discussion is to be in agreement on clearly defined concepts, or definitions. A dictionary is a fantastic way to...
It appears we're veering into a discussion of knowledge opposed to the OP about a logically necessary first cause. I've written an extensive knowledge...
Interesting, do you mean how we interpret the world is all mental? I don't think anyone would disagree with that. But the world beyond our interpretat...
Its a very good question. What I like to consider is first a floor, or minimum standard for a decent human life. What does that entail within a societ...
I appreciate the read and hope it was enjoyable. We're stating practically the same thing. In the most technical sense, there is nothing prior to the ...
Because that is the nature of 'should' vs 'an action or statement'. I can claim, "One should not torture babies." If you then ask "Why?" there's a rea...
Not a problem! I greatly respect your work and try to give it its full due. I have noted in the past that it is something I greatly appreciate you hav...
First, as I requested, please stop using the term normative so that this stays simple and clear. We're not talking about any claim, but "moral claims"...
It all depends on how you define freedom. Freedom can simply mean, "To be free to follow one's intentions without hinderance". Of course what creates ...
I reviewed this and MAN is this long. A lot of these points address several details that honestly lead up to the summary at the end. I think the issue...
Great! I've really wanted to bounce this idea off of someone else for some time. Whether it works or not, this will be fun. I would say that's a reaso...
I thought I understood what you meant by objective and subjective, so let me clarify it as I've understood it from our past conversations. I assumed t...
It is perfectly fine that what I describe fits normative and metaethical within your head. I do this often in philosophy, translating terminology into...
My apologies! I reskimmed and missed it. Your argument is dense, so I did not retain it after I had finished reading your OP the first time. That's on...
Bob, this has nothing to do with the argument. I'm not conflating anything. When the author is not using vocabulary that you then introduce, then you ...
After reading I think this all comes down to the terms subjective and objective. Now that I've seen your definition, its necessary they be included in...
Certainly, let me see if I can break it into a simple and clear logic statement Bob. 1. Good is what "should" be. 2. If something 'should' be, there i...
Yes, it does depend on how many people are saved, and a host of other factors. How many get sick? Does this sow distrust and chaos in society? There a...
This is true. A word without any meaning is simply a noise. Once meaning is applied to a word, then communicated to others it becomes part of a shared...
Lets approach this as an engineer would. What do you mean by "better"? Do we want a language to be terse or verbose? The former is easy to learn but l...
Absolutely. You do not need an inner monologue to conclude this. First, there are many words that have multiple meanings through definition alone. The...
First, I love original attempts at proof of God arguments! Well done. Lets see if it holds. 1. Any simulation of a world either operates mechanically ...
Hello Bob, I'm happy to explore morality with you on multiple fronts here, as its a very deep topic and requires a lot of consideration from all possi...
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