No worry TVCL, I understand completely. When I start my own explorations into ideas, I quickly branch out into the end. You have a similar thought pro...
Yes. That is what the points continue to show. Each point follows, and eventually does define what a God is within the framework of logical understand...
I understand the sentiment. Our social bonding is a double edged sword. Social bonding allows us to create societies...but also exclude others. Your u...
I think for this section, we'll need a good definition between knowledge, and belief. If I have a belief that happens to align with the truth, is it k...
See Hippy, I never make a biblical argument even once. There is no faith in the argument. You haven't read the actual argument. This is what I keep ha...
No Hippy, you have to demonstrate how your argument applies to my argument. Not just say, "There's no way, we can even talk about anything". Have you ...
Again Hippy, you didn't actually read the argument. Coming into my thread, refusing to read the argument, and lambasting everyone who dares to is kind...
Hi Marco. For something to be scientific, it must be "falsifiable". Its a tricky subject, but essentially there needs to be the possibility that a God...
I believe there is an honorable way to die. If a grenade is thrown into a group of 100 people, including babies and innocent people, one person could ...
If you refer to some other sentence P, then there is the assumption that P can be either true, or false. For it to have that possibility, it must make...
That is fair. I don't think you can. A country has to want to liberate itself first. That requires a deep seeded belief in people. The only thing keep...
I don't think we should wish ill on people, just because they're from another country. Honestly, China and Russia are threats through propoganda. The ...
The liars sentence really doesn't work. If I say, "This sentence is false." What do I mean? That's not even proper English. Its like saying, "This sen...
lol Hippy, you seem insistent to come back to this eh? No. I am not claiming this is simply a card game. While the end result has a flaw, I declare an...
Cantor justifies my initial infinite to 1 probability. https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-measure-infinities-find-theyre-equal-20170912/ Ba...
Yes. The core is about causality, and causality assumes sequential time. You can view causality as a "Prior necessary condition for the current state ...
If Russia were found to be stealing our mailboxes and destroying our mail sorting machines, there wouldn't be a Republican in office who wouldn't decl...
Thanks for another great post TVCL. I think a little clarification is needed here. If reason is not a necessary factor in knowledge, how do we separat...
First, how about reading and addressing my explanation first? You are talking about things that I am not posting. I never said those rules were wrong....
An understandable way of looking at things. But if I decided to, and classified it as in the argument, does it work? Heh, yes. And that is the nature ...
Fantastic Escharmon, you nailed it! This is EXACTLY it. Nice job! Yes, Hume can argue that we cannot determine if causality exists. But if does nothin...
For topics such as this, I find it useful to define what definition of free will would be acceptable to you. Do you define free will as being from cau...
Thank you Gnomon, a nice read and contribution. What you are doing is looking at the world today, and building back to its origin. Which honestly, is ...
Very nice follow up BrianW. I wondered if someone would consider multiple first causes! Fantastic! This is an axiom. All good arguments must start wit...
I honestly find them to be useless and outdated words. I have never used them, nor ever had need to use them in constructing a philosophical paper, or...
I embrace the terror. That might seem strange, but hear me out. I believe the realization of one's mortality is one of the most important steps to per...
That is a basic hypotheses that does not cover the reality of reincarnation. That is like saying, "There are children that are happy. It is false if I...
I think we are largely in agreement. Yes, the greater number of people you test your own personal knowledge claims against, the more challenges arrive...
Do not post false apologies; actually address the point. I never said anything against these logic proofs in the application of science. We're on the ...
Well if a crying smiley face is the best you can reply with, then you're letting us all know you're not interested in a civil and intelligent discussi...
If you're trying to mock my post, I revealed the flaw on page 3 between 3017amen and myself. It was a fun and good discussion. Not everyone enjoys tac...
I think you do not have a clear grasp of what falsifiable means. Falsifiable does not mean you prove something false. Falsifiable is when we can inven...
An honest question. No, science does not, because each of those statements are hyptheses which have falsification, and have not been proven false. Let...
If that is your passion, that is fine. Work on become a neuroscientist or AI developer. There are people who are trying to mimic the brain with the ul...
Hi Wayfarer, Honestly, I do not know Stephenson's research, nor am I qualified to judge it. Were there falsifiables in his research? That is truly all...
If something is certain, then it is a 100% probability. Having a probability less than that means it is uncertain, and not inevitable. I am still unce...
The methodology was logic. There are certain things we have to assume as norms to have conversations. Imagine if every time I wanted a logical convers...
That's not how a hypothesis works. Here is the definition of falsifiability. "Criterion of falsifiability, in the philosophy of science, a standard of...
Let me clarify what that sentence meant in context. 3017Amen was worried about the consequences of the conclusion as an argument as to why I should no...
Hello BrianW! I answer all of these questions within the points of the argument. The argument is unique, and does not fall prey to the common trapping...
Please continue! The pages I linked you at one time numbered past one hundred, filled with my own thoughts as I went. Sometimes it is the best way to ...
I think this is a situation outside of the current argument. The argument is only concerned within its own scope. Any scope outside of it is irrelevan...
Perhaps at this point I should just reveal the flaw, because I think you understand the main tenants of the argument to get to this point. I I think y...
What else am I to think about besides logical necessity? How can we go forward in the world without this reason? But more importantly, how do you draw...
Have you first defined meaning? Lets go with this. You're defining "Meaning" as "Impact in some later life". So when you get to that later life...is t...
I was quite certain that the argument was about possible first causes, and a God being one of them. I don't believe I ever stated God as a necessary f...
The rest of the argument that flows from there. After the establishment of the definition of a God, just continue the rest of the argument. No worry a...
Cool beans then. =) The only way I define a God is a first cause that has the minimum capability to design our specific universe. This is a possible f...
Hello Echarmion, great contribution! I don't quite agree with this. What I'm trying to ascertain is what is logically possible, and impossible when th...
I did not write this clearly enough, my apologies. My example was to show that the first cause of our universe might have been the big bang, or might ...
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