Janus

Why not?

What is it about its being there that makes it obvious it was created by gods?

That's not obvious to me. What makes it obvious to you I wonder?

The creation of the world by the gods would be a fact if the gods actually created the world.

You mean as in it is a fact that you made an accurate observation (or not)?

Or an actual state of affairs.

I don't know what that means. In any case if they were claiming to know what you or others feel then I would ask the same question of them that I did ...

You can read what people are saying; I don't know what gives you so much confidence that you know what they're feeling.

So in a triage situation you would let a charity worker die if she was in worse condition than a rapist and you were only able to give medical aid to ...

I didn't consider that question to be a serious one. If I were a virologist, epidemiologist or immunologist don't you think I would have said so? And ...

Yes I did, so I can only conclude that you just don't want to hear the answers I gave.

There you go forming opinions without evidence; the mark of a true scientist! Only those trained in the appropriate disciplines, with years of experie...

It's amazing: I had a good friend who said exactly all the same things you said. He thought, and probably still thinks, he was doing real scientific r...

You seem to be referring to the role of intuition or imagination on the genesis of theories. I have no argument with that, Science is also a creative ...

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I can only speak for myself. Feeling indignant is far more annoying than it is orgasmic; in fact it is not orgasmic at all. If I ever get to the point...

Not only that, but there is an ambiguity to the word 'fact'. There is a common usage shown in the sentence 'The encyclopaedia is a compendium of facts...

You're either deluded or a troll, and I don't think anything I can say will change that so...it's been fun...but I'm done.

I find it baseless to say that almost everyone who is interested in thinking about things critically are (because they are the people under considerat...

The point though is, that you, like anyone else, have only encountered the tiniest portion of humanity, so such generalizations are without empirical ...

Why should the standard be any different? To state that most people are X or Y is simply a facile claim that carries no rational force.

So, you are presenting rhetoric not reasoned argument?

So, you have experienced "almost everyone"?

So you have encountered "virtually everyone" have you?

Always consider the possibility that if you are unable to be convinced by rational arguments that you might not be as rational and objective as you th...

I think for Kant, contra Spinoza, intuition is not a source of knowledge, and a priori logic tells us only about what must be the case regarding human...

You need to familiarize yourself with the concepts. So-called "hard detreminism" is a physicalist view. Of course not all physicalists are hard determ...

Meaning is association. Use is established by habitual association. It's "chicken and egg" though, since habitual association is also established by u...

Maybe that's why Lin Chi reportedly said " If you meet the Buddha, kill him" or why it was Huineng (if memory serves) who referred to zen as a "specia...

So, I take it you don't enjoy your life at all, or at least not very much? Well, sounds like you enjoy righteous indignation at least. It's an acquire...

I don't say people can attribute whether they want; well actually they can, but we don't have to take them seriously. Obviously all we know of what he...

Since Gautama wrote nothing, how many of his earliest attributed "sayings" are already misattributions?

I'm curious as to what you think it would be to "really know" something; how would it differ from what is generally considered to be knowing something...

How do you know the evidence is overwhelming if you are not a structural engineer? If the evidence is so overwhelming then why is the truth not acknow...

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For a hard determinist there are no non-physical events, and that's why it is logically incompatible with any notion of self-actuated freedom. The oth...

What qualifies you to judge in this matter? Are you a structural engineer? If the evidence were so overwhelming it would be obvious to all structural ...

You, who know nothing about virology, immunology or epidemiology would say "unnecesarily"? On the basis of anecdotes that may or may not be accurate? ...

So your argument is based on supposed information that is not available? Sounds sensible!

Your argument is based on just one case then, not even confirmed to have been caused by the vaccine?

They occur in about 1 in a hundred thousand with Astra Zeneca. I haven't heard of blood-clotting occurring with other vaccines.In contrast I have read...

What death and debilitation?

What would be the grounds for such a debate?

OK, perhaps I have misunderstood you: I had thought you were claiming that the belief in the freely determining capacity of reason is compatible with ...

I'm not saying we are morally obliged to follow government policy in view of our ignorance; I'm saying we are epistemically obliged to follow it since...

Excellent! :rofl:

I think this is irrelevant, since none of us here are experts qualified to judge the merits of whatever significant controversies over the safety and ...

If reason is merely a part of the determinant nexus of events, that is if it is fully determined by other non-rational physical events, then it is not...

I am sympathetic to this kind of "compatibilism" it seems you are referring to. It starts with Spinoza; with the idea that explanations in terms of ex...

I think that's nonsense for the simple reason that beliefs are not strictly determined by logic.Logic alone tells us nothing about the world. There is...