Michael

The set of all that physically exists isn’t contradictory (at least with respect to the power set), which is what that argument shows.

Where’s the contradiction here? Your response before was just to say that if physicalism is true then there are no sets.

"He was legally allowed to do it, therefore there is no national security issue". That's a fallacious inference. And he had no legal right to retain t...

So you're saying that if mathematical anti-realism is true then there is no set of all that exists, because there are no sets? And so your very argume...

I'm aware. What is the relevance of that? I'm not saying that the set physically exists. I'm only saying that the power set doesn't prove that some th...

Perhaps a clearer example: 1. Physicalism is true (assumption) 2. The set of all that physically exists is {apple, pear, ...} 3. The power set of this...

I think there's a difference between saying "there is a set of all that exists" and saying "the set of all that exists, exists". The mathematical anti...

I don't understand how this addresses my argument. Can you specify which step you disagree with? 1. Physicalism is true (assumption) 2. Everything tha...

From the argument here: a. The meaning of the sentence at T1 is the meaning of the sentence at T2 b. The truth value of the sentence at T1 is the not ...

But if I were to take a shot at it, I would say that the “Great Fact” that true sentences refer to is the world. Just as “the kettle is black” and “th...

And how does this account for the truth value of a sentence changing? Truth values don’t change apropos of nothing. The truth value of some sentences ...

Then why did the truth value change if the meaning didn’t? It seems to me to be a contradiction to argue both that a) the truth of a sentence is deter...

Then it is exactly as I said: 1. The meaning of the sentence didn't change at T2 but its truth value did. 2. If the truth value of a sentence can chan...

Because you're rejecting my claim that the sentence "the kettle is black" means the same thing at T1 and at T2. If it's not me painting the kettle red...

Are you saying that me painting the kettle red changes the meaning of the sentence "the kettle is black"? That's an absurd claim.

Which doesn't refute my point. We agree to fix the meaning of the sentence "the kettle is red" such that it is unambiguously false at T1. I paint the ...

You agreed above that we can decide what words mean. So, for the sake of this example, we decide that the screw in the drawer is not part of the kettl...

I wonder if this is inconsistent with the redundancy theory.

I'll have you know that chicken tikka masala is amazeballs.

Yes. For the sake of argument we have fixed the referent of the phrase "the kettle" (and "black", and "red") such that the truth value of "the kettle ...

The sentence "the kettle is black" is true at T1. I paint the kettle red at T2. The sentence "the kettle is black" is false at T2. The meaning of the ...

But it's still the case that whichever matter we decide 'counts' as being the kettle must exist for the sentence "the kettle exists" to be true.

The "sure" was actually a response to the rest of your comment. Sorry for not being clear. That's for us to decide. I really don't understand the poin...

Did I? Where? If I did then it was a mistake.

I agree with that. My recent comments are a response to @"Tate" saying that "truth is a matter of comparing a statement to another statement". A sente...

Possibly, it's ambiguous. But if there are no particles, just the sentence "the kettle is black", then is it true? Either. But if there were neither, ...

I've not said anything about some hidden value. The truth of "the kettle is black" depends on both the meaning of the sentence "the kettle is black" a...

The act of naming is linguistic, but the thing named is not linguistic. A kettle is not a word. A kettle being black is not a sentence.

You tell me. You were the one who decided to mention me when you said "it's as if @Michael would have us say, that the kettle is boiling is not a fact...

I think I made my point quite clear here.

Huh? I don't want that. So I'm asking you why you (wrongly) think that I do.

Why would you think I want that?

To make my point clearer, assume physicalism and mathematical anti-realism. Everything that exists is a physical object. Therefore, the set of all tha...

I also might paint my life, but it doesn't follow from this that painting is "embedded" in breakfast and waking. You really need to be more explicit w...

This is why I think you need to clarify your argument. Is the set of all that exists the set of all that realist-exists or the set of all that antirea...

I didn't say that. I get "outside of language" most of the day. When I wake up and eat breakfast I don't narrate my life.

Sure, as I said, the truth of a sentence depends on both the meaning of the sentence and on non-linguistic features of the world. If the meaning is am...

And why do statements have the truth value they do? Why is it “the kettle is black” which is true and not “the kettle is red”? Some non-linguistic fea...

Not entirely dependent. “The kettle is black” is not true by definition. The truth of “the kettle is black” is determined by both the meaning of “the ...

Yes

What’s the mystery about it? That last sentence often refers to some non-linguistic thing in the world. They’re the things we see and feel and eat. Be...

Most of the time I live my life without saying anything. There's more to the world than just language. Those other things in the world are often what ...

As far as I understand it, the deflationary view is that truth isn't a property, or if it is then it isn't a substantial property. The sentence "'snow...

The subjective quality of visual (and other) experiences is private, but not "incoherent, unintelligible".

Yes. On the old forum there was a blind poster named Maya. I think a few people tried to explain sight and colour to her but she said that she couldn'...

Can you describe sight and colour to a man born blind?

Can you describe sight and colour to a man born blind?

U.S. reveals more classified records may be missing in Trump probe

The "existence" of mathematical objects in mathematical anti-realism is different to the "existence" of mathematical objects in mathematical realism. ...

Of course. His accusations of investigations into him being politically motivated are him projecting his own corruption. Eric Trump inadvertently made...