Michael

On rigid designators, what does it mean for an object in one possible world to be the same object as an object in a different possible world? Is it si...

From here you said: So given that I say "I know that in a few billion years the Sun will expand and consume the Earth" what is the "knowing how" (comp...

You're going to have to elaborate. Otherwise it seems that you're just saying that knowing that p is equivalent to knowing how to write "I know that p...

I know that in a few billion years the Sun will expand and consume the Earth. Not really sure how to make use of this information, but I know it all t...

I'm not sure if verification is necessary. It seems like a very strict requirement. If a stranger tells me that their name is John, do I have to verif...

Which is what? Does the transgender man believe himself to be a fish? I need an actual example of a delusion. Not every transgender person has gender ...

So what does the transgender man falsely believe himself to be? No, it isn't. Transgender people don't just "wake up one day wanting different body pa...

What delusion? It's also not something that actually happens. This is a ridiculous strawman.

The result of genital surgery. Androids aren't people, they're machines. So there's no "should" or "shouldn't". We can do whatever we like. We could m...

What are you talking about? You claimed that sex parts dictate which bathroom one can use such that people with a penis use one bathroom and people wi...

No, I'm not. I am simply acknowledging the fact that some transgender people have genital surgery. According to this, 25-50% of transgender men have g...

And what about trans people who have had genital surgery?

Because that’s what we were both discussing. You said "we separate bathrooms by sex because it is an area where we uncover our sex parts." I just want...

No, I’m not. It’s a very simple question, Harry. If you are in charge of deciding who is allowed to use which bathroom, then would you require that tr...

I’m not. You claimed that the reason we have separate bathrooms for men and women is because men and women have different sex organs. And it is a simp...

I’m not the one claiming that we ought divide bathrooms by sex organs; you are. I’m simply pointing out that if we divide bathrooms by sex organs then...

I have no idea what you mean here. I’m simply pointing out the fact that it is safer for everyone if trans people are allowed to use their preferred b...

The evidence shows otherwise. Yet again with the equivocation. The claim is that no bathroom should be exclusive to a single biological sex. If bathro...

I’m saying that: a) cisgender women are not put at risk by trans-inclusive bathroom policies, and b) trans people are put at risk of abuse when forced...

No link between trans-inclusive policies and bathroom safety, study finds

I wish to allow transgender women to use the women’s bathroom and transgender men to use the men’s bathroom. I don’t play it down. I just also acknowl...

I’m not playing down women’s experiences. I’m simply explaining that “women’s experiences” is not reducible to “the experience of humans with an XX ka...

And yet the poll you linked to says that 51% of men oppose trans men using the men's toilets (with only 33% in support). So evidently most men do care...

And these societal differences have nothing to do with biology. Gender is distinct from sex. Ah, so public opinion changed between 2022 and 2024. It's...

When including transwomen who have had gender-affirming surgery, 45% of women say that transwomen should be allowed to use the women's bathroom compar...

These societal differences are distinct from any biological differences, so clearly gender is distinct from sex. And people can identify as belonging ...

Disagree with me on what?

I'm not dismissing it. But as it may interest you: https://ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/images/Trans20facilities20men20v20women-01.fo...

I am questioning the claim that certain bathrooms ought be exclusive to biological women. So you deny the reality that gender is distinct from sex?

I'm not dismissing it. Again with the equivocation. Nobody is claiming that a biological man can become a biological woman or that a biological woman ...

Harry Hindu is the one who said "we separate bathrooms by sex because it is an area where we uncover our sex parts" and so I am simply addressing the ...

I’m not conflating gender with biology. I am simply pointing out that if we separate bathrooms according on one’s sex organs, as you say we should, th...

Well, yes. The Bugis society recognizes five genders, and has so for at least 600 years. Why? There's no singularly correct way for society and cultur...

What I mean is that tuxedos being “men’s clothes” and dresses being “women’s clothes” is entirely a social and cultural construct and has nothing to d...

Which is why I said it makes sense to let trans women who have had bottom surgery use the women’s bathroom and trans men who have had bottom surgery u...

Yep. It’s interesting to consider how and why the social and cultural differences between men and women have developed over time. I suspect things wer...

It does say as much: So I suppose there's likely a sort of feedback loop across the centuries, with any initial social and cultural differences betwee...

Presumably because of their prevalence. If some trait is typical of 98% of biological men but only 2% of biological women then it’s an example of a se...

I explained it very clearly above. There are sex differences in psychology. These differences drive the development of gender expression and gender ro...

So their delusion is in thinking that the English noun "woman" doesn't just mean "an adult human with an XX karyotype, ovaries, and a vagina"? Well, t...

Your phrasing equivocates. You call the transgender woman a "man", suggesting that by "man" you are referring to biological sex, and so presumably by ...

Sure, but that’s a reason to better regulate the treatment; it’s not a reason to dismiss the treatment as an option entirely.

That’s usually where it starts. But it’s naive to presuppose that all cases of gender dysphoria and the like can be treated merely by psychotherapy an...

That’s true about all children’s medical issues, and is why doctors, parents, and (when relevant) psychiatrists are also involved in the decision maki...

This is where there is some difficulty. On the one hand, children are likely too young to make such drastic medical decisions, but on the other hand t...

They’re not.

The specific case I had in mind were those who have had bottom surgery. It seems bizarre to say that trans men with an artificial penis ought use the ...

Let them use the women’s changing room. They shouldn’t be required to use the men’s changing room.

And I’m sure trans women who have surgically transitioned feel the same.

I would have thought that anywhere that has children being undressed would have private cubicles. That’s how it was the last time I went swimming (yea...