Michael

I don't know how you read that into anything I've said.

This is my initial take: I don't think there's anything wrong with the propositional content of Tom's assertion. Rather I think it's the speech act it...

Sure. I was just addressing Ciceronianus' comment: I thought showing him that it can be true would dismiss him of this criticism.

I would say that I lie if I assert something I believe to be false. Regardless, this is the situation: 1. It is raining 2. Tom believes that it is not...

If it's raining then the assertion "it's raining" is true even if the person saying it is lying.

I'm not saying that he believes both, only that he says both. People can assert things that they don't believe. That's why there's nothing wrong with ...

There's one statement about my belief and one statement about the weather. There aren't two belief statements. Why do you keep talking about sincere s...

Then the sentence "it is raining" would mean the same thing as the sentence "I believe that it is raining" and both would be true iff I believe that i...

Requiring a background understanding of the world to engage in successful communication does not entail that words refer to one's beliefs. I need to u...

It makes perfect sense. "It is raining" and "I believe that it is raining" mean different things. The former refers to the weather -- a physical fact ...

Yes, I could still be mistaken. It might be raining but I might believe that it's not raining.

We can look outside. That doesn't follow. We can talk about things even if we can't know if they're true or not. The physical state of affairs outside...

If I only say what I believe and if I believe that it is not raining then I won't say "it is raining".

It's raining if water falls from the clouds. If I'm in some windowless room and so can't see or hear what's happening outside then I might not believe...

I don't know what you're trying to say here. Are you say it's impossible for it to be raining but for me to believe that it's not raining?

No. My belief is that it is not raining. It isn't raining. Therefore my belief is true.

Whether or not it's raining has nothing to do with whether or not I believe that it is raining. I can wrongly believe that it's raining or wrongly bel...

It's true regarding your belief. It's false regarding the weather. As a conjunction it's false. Whereas if it were raining then it would be true regar...

It's false, as I said above. And were it raining it would be true. Either way, there's no logical contradiction. Just an ordinary truth or falsehood.

It's logical in the sense that the sentence contains no contradiction. And given the facts, it's false. But were it raining (unbeknownst to you) then ...

Allegedly, but you still haven't explained why it's absurd. Why is it absurd to truthfully assert that you don't believe P and at the same time to (in...

You're asking about the speaker's motivation, but what's the relevance of that? We're discussing the sentence, not the speaker. Or are you saying that...

I did respond. There are lots of reasons that someone might lie. But what does their reason for lying have to do with the supposed absurdity of the as...

But what is absurd about asserting "it is raining" and "I believe that it is not raining"? You keep saying that it sounds absurd without explaining wh...

Maybe I'm not saying it sincerely. As I've said, people can lie. I'm lying when I utter "it is raining and I believe that it is not raining" but a lie...

My name is Andrew. The Moon is made of cheese. Liquorice is delicious. There are many reasons that one might assert something that they don't believe ...

So could you explain the manner in which he is contradicting himself? If the sentence isn't the contradiction then what is?

Again, I'm not saying "I believe that it is raining and I believe that it is not raining". I'm saying "It is raining and I believe that it is not rain...

It's absurd to believe both at the same time as then one would be holding contradictory beliefs. But why is it absurd to assert both at the same time?...

Again, what does sincerity have to do with it? What it means and whether or not it's true has nothing to do with what the speaker believes.

So why does it sound absurd? Can you show that it actually is absurd? Perhaps the problem here is with your interpretation of the sentence rather than...

But I'm not claiming both at the same time. There is a difference between the sentence "It is raining and I believe that it is not raining" and the se...

It might sound absurd, but that doesn't mean that it is. The onus here is to explain what about it is absurd. The claim I have made is that the meanin...

Why?

As I've already explained, the meaning of a sentence is not the same thing as the belief of the speaker. So why does it matter if "one cannot believe ...

How so?

No it isn't. My name is Michael and water is H2O.

You're conflating the meaning of a sentence with the beliefs of the speaker. They're not the same thing. If I say one thing but believe another then e...

What does sincerity have to do with it? I can say "My name is Andrew" which has a meaning and a truth-value that has nothing to do with whether or not...

How do you remember that? I think I joined 2005/2006.

There's even more to the interview. Suggesting that Epstein was murdered (don't seem able to post just that video). https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/s...

https://twitter.com/axios/status/1290497186489348096

All you do is trust Trump and distrust anyone who says anything critical of him. It's all fake news and Democrat hoaxes and Trump Derangement Syndrome...

But we can't hold him to the same standard as journalists because it's not his job to keep us informed, so we can't assume he's telling the truth.

So you finally admit that we can't trust what Trump and the White House say about what they get up to? Glad we got there in the end.

About things that concern government activity? The President, of course. And you've already made it plainly clear that you don't like it when journali...

The President should be held to a lesser standard than a journalist? The President isn't supposed to inform the country? What planet are you from?

https://www.nytimes.com./2020/07/30/opinion/trump-delay-election-coronavirus.html Steven Calabresi, co-founder of the Federalist Society.

Yes. It could lead to a Constitutional crisis if delayed too long. The Twentieth Amendment defines the date that terms end for the President, the Hous...

So you don't care that Trump is suggesting that the election be delayed?