Janus

The inventive harmonies in Jazz also have their roots in 19th century classical music and even earlier like late Beethoven, though, not in blues.

Was around long, long before the 20th century, so not paradigmatic movement of the 20th C. Jazz maybe.

Depends on what you mean by "conflict of interest". All the data so far seem show the vaccines to be safe and effective for the most part. Long term i...

Certainly. How is what constitutes good science to be assessed by the layperson, though, if not by using the majority consensus as the yardstick in an...

When people believe experts and authorities in various fields it is because they trust that those expert's expertise has been rigorously tested and de...

There cannot be demonstrated to be any such higher knowledge, though. Even the person who purportedly has such knowledge cannot be sure (as opposed to...

I'd say this is far stranger. Firstly what could being autonomous in how one knows/ believes one knows things even mean? Are you suggesting the enligh...

That's not the point. I haven't argued against people being sublimely confident and perfectly convinced. They would feel no need for demonstration to ...

You make some good points Isaac. As you probably know, I've been wrestling with the decision whether or not to be vaccinated myself. I'm 67 and have n...

The only basis for my argument is majority consensus among the experts. You may be able to (I doubt it given your background is in psychology), but I ...

So what if I might call some colour red one day orange on another? All that indicates is that on the borderline cases there is no clear boundary, or t...

Do you deny that some animals see different colours? What explanation could there be for seeing different colours other than that there are different ...

We distinguish red from orange by seeing one thing as red and the other orange; which just means that we associate the term 'red' with one and 'orange...

I don't know if it is a general loss. I don't know to what degree the average person in ancient and medieval times was suffused with feelings of the m...

You're not paying attention. I already said I am not making any claim beyond what is the case in the context of seeing colours. IF we see different co...

Your car accident analogy doesn't work. If the virus is circulating through the community then everyone has an equal chance, statistically speaking, o...

If vaccination is roughly 90% efficacious at preventing hospitalization compared to lack of vaccination then it would be far less likely for the unvac...

If we see them as different then from the point of view of seeing there just is a difference, otherwise how could it be that we see them as different?...

I'm sorry to have to say it, but this is simplistic. Firstly the vaccinated are far less likely to spread infection, even though it is acknowledged to...

I don't think it's that hard to discern; I'd say it's a sense of profound mystery, awe and the reverence that goes with that is what has been lost. It...

I'm only talking about what we see not some purported reality beyond that. I used the word continuum to refer to the fact that there are many many gra...

There is no single word for the perceptual difference. But the term for the difference would be "the difference between red and orange". The fact that...

No I don't agree it is a theory; it is a name for a perceptible difference, a distinction. Theories are imagined purportedly plausible explanations fo...

I agree. Experiencing a sense of the numinous may also happen with the arts; for my taste painting, music and poetry in particular. My view is that it...

No problem. It's good to see someone who's open enough to change their mind when it's warranted. :up:

From the paper: "Interpretation Our report of myocarditis after BNT162b2 vaccination may be possibly considered as an adverse reaction following immun...

Right, probably not deep in the sense of complexly elaborated thought, but perhaps in the sense that the bottom cannot be reached, or the depths of th...

The point was only that what might seem shallow to you could seem, and obviously has seemed across time and cultures, deep to many others. The idea is...

I'm not saying the vaccine is the less good choice. I haven't seen any what I count as good reasons to think that there will be long term consequences...

Long term safety certainly has not been established. That said, I have no doubt many therapeutics are approved prior to long term safety being establi...

Unless you accept the Hermetic principle of "as above, so below"; the idea that the microcosm inevitably reflects the macrocosm, in which case you wou...

You could learn about the various ways that people in different cultures have imagined deity and deities. You could learn about how the ways deities h...

If the official data can be trusted the pharmaceutical companies and (hopefully) independent research facilities (such as Oxford University) have prod...

I have no theory in mind, so I am not applying a theory. I'm not claiming that it is orange or red just that it looks or seems orange or red to me. As...

Orange is a sensation, a feeling, just as red is. When I look at something and it feels or seems or looks orange to me I say it is orange. There is no...

If the vaccines are 90% effective as claimed, and 100% of your population is vaccinated then 100% of the people in hospital and ICU will be vaccinated...

Right, and that's exactly all I've been saying; that such knowledge is not demonstrable, even to oneself.. no matter how sublimely confident and perfe...

There are laws we have to obey or face the consequences, of course. But the state doesn penetrate into every corner of our lives; at least not where I...

It's not theoretical (for me at least). I would say it's red rather rather than orange if it seems to be red rather than orange. It's just a seeming o...

All ideas may be "the same old stew reheated"; but so what? You choose the idea and opinions out of the suite of those culturally available to you tha...

I don't see why you say that. As I see it all it requires is not being concerned about the opinions of others and making up your own mind. I disagree....

I don't think that's right. What I call 'red' at the two extremes of the range some may call 'orange' or 'mauve'. That would just be personal percepti...

Fair enough, Banno, apologies for my misunderstanding and overreaction.

I don't agree. For me 'red' is just a word we use to refer to a certain colour or range of colours that are commonly observed. Indeed there may be and...

I'm only interested in hearing and responding to your arguments, Banno.

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I have to admit that, although the Tractatus has been on my shelves for nearly thirty years, I've never read it right through. I've started a couple t...

That the content of beliefs may be propositional (in the restricted sense that they can in principle be propositionally expressed) does not seem to en...

There is a difference between observational and theoretical claims in science. There are no simple observable confirmations that can be made with theo...

Is the animal's world inside language? Is even the human world entirely within the bounds of language? If so, how does that work?