I think it is very relevant to the topic at hand. @"Dfpolis" is arguing that naturalism is incoherent; that seems to be the central claim of his argum...
I think it's perfectly possible to produce coherent metaphysical explanations in terms of naturalism; are you saying it's not? Or are you just saying ...
I'm not saying there is no poetry in science, no metaphysics in science, no science in metaphysics, no poetry in metaphysics, or no science or metaphy...
Due to my own lack of time, I'll just give a very simple answer to start, which hopefully may suffice to answer your question. Whitehead distinguishes...
It puzzles me as to why you seem to have such a passion for mischaracterizing what I have said. I distinguish science from metaphysics and each of the...
What you say here seems indeed plausible; I find no reason to doubt that video games are as worthy as other forms of entertainment, and that the mediu...
I should have been more specific; I was agreeing to this: I don't have any personal experience with video games such as to be able to agree with the r...
God as far as I am aware, does not figure in Peirce's metaphysics, and Whitehead's conception of God is naturalistic; God is conceived by him as the f...
I believe you know what it means: I've outlined it well enough, I think. But just in case I haven't; Poetry; does not need to be logically consistent ...
I do agree with most of what you say above, apart from the seeming implication (by equating the two terms) that metaphysics must be supernaturalist in...
It's complete nonsense to say that I want to . Obviously rational thinking is not rational thinking at all if it is not governed by norms that codify ...
This would true be if the "meta story" is purported to be the literal one metaphysical truth about reality. If however it is, more modestly, purported...
You might be right, but, if so, I can't for the life of me think of what it is that I complain about. Hopefully you'll be able to point it out for me....
I think this is true only to a small extent, and in extremis. What you say about peer-reviewed science journals may be true to a degree, and would see...
As Peirce suggests in the quoted passage, you cannot separate truth from belief and doubt. We can entertain the idea of Absolute Truths that have no d...
I think what Peirce had in mind is that the only possibility of certainty is the absence of any reason to doubt. We can entertain the idea of 'eternal...
This morning I came across this passage, which seems relevant to what you are asking about, quoted from C S Peirce in John Deely's The Red Book: "All ...
Reading books may contribute to re-forming your character, your intelligence, knowledge and understanding, emotional and ethical responses, and your c...
If you like. I still agree with what much of what you say, and find it very insightful. I think it's just on this final point about metaphysics that w...
That is so broad as to be meaningless. No, I say art is distinct from science, not against it, or radically separate from it, or that there is no scie...
Look, what's the point of confining metaphysics to science? You want to restrict its provenance? Science might be metaphysical speculation 'chased out...
I haven't anywhere said that faith is "important as an act of measurement"; I don't even know what that means. Forget about "measurement"! What I have...
I don't know how many times I have to tell you I am not speaking about metaphysical theories. An undecidable "theory" is not really a theory. Metaphys...
Rational coherence is simply a matter of avoiding inconsistencies or contradictions in your system. How would we go about testing "empirical correspon...
I haven't see any convincing argument, or even any argument at all, to support your contention that there ever has been or is ever likely to be, or ev...
Different metaphysical ideas are associated with the various religions, and they form integral parts of religious faiths. Anglican ministers may not n...
All the various sects of religions have their "communal purpose(s)", though. I don't think you could make a plausible case for choosing between them a...
In science certainly, but in theology? Science, most notably physics, and theology would seem to be at the two opposite extreme ends of the spectrum. ...
Because @"Banno" spoke about the difference between being hungry and believing you are hungry, and you responded by stating that saying you are hungry...
Yes, but being hungry and saying you are hungry are not the same. And even when you say you are hungry, the introduction of the notion of belief is a ...
Of course, I agree that all investigations are necessarily carried out in an always already social or communal context. But there is not just one sing...
I agree with you; I don't personally hold out any hopes of an afterlife; I never really have found the idea at all convincing or even really that impo...
These black and white alternatives are representative of the black and white alternatives many see in the context of the question about afterlife. If ...
Ideas aren't actually physical objects by definition, but who's to say they are not physical processes? Obviously ideas have semantic content, which i...
But, we don't need 'innate ideas" (whatever 'having innate ideas' could even really mean) to explain our ability to grasp mathematical ideas; all we n...
IF I understand this right, I think I agree with it. The underlying themes would be what is subconsciously determinative of my being and doing? What I...
Of course, the "god-like mind" would not need to measure every difference that makes no difference. But such a mind would need to take account of ever...
I can't see why a philosophical naturalist would have any problem thinking that nature is fundamentally structured in a mathematical way, or that inte...
Yes, the so-called "view from nowhere" is really better named "the view from nowhere in particular", or "the view from everywhere". This renaming elim...
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