Michael

I've addressed this. The claim is that objects just are things which are recognised as such. Therefore there cannot be unknown objects. Sapientia clai...

This is what I'm questioning. How can the realist use ordinary claims to justify their metaphysics? Their very premise is that the fact-of-the-matter ...

And the claim is that objects just are things which are recognised as such. Therefore every object is necessarily recognised. Sapientia's counter to t...

I'm not ignoring the argument. I'm pointing out that the argument begs the question. I asked how ordinary language use and logic can show that there c...

You're just repeating the claim that objects might exist that we don't know about. You haven't explained how ordinary language use or logic have shown...

How can language use and logic be used to show that there can exist objects which haven't been recognised as such by a subject? It seems to me that th...

When a post is flagged a reason should be given. I don't know why most (any?) of them have been reported. Might just be miss-clicks, but then forcing ...

The Dune series has a running theme about the dangers of hero worship.

If I were Darwin, using breeding as an analogy to explain evolution, would I have to commit to there being a Great Breeder in the Sky? And how is posi...

I did answer your question. But your question is like asking "would an equation more naturally give a negative integer or a positive integer?". The on...

That depends on the underlying procedure. If it's one with an algorithm that generates more contemporary stuff than historic stuff then it's more like...

But the "look of history" is also given in a computer game like No Man's Sky. You see something move towards your character, you turn your character a...

You seem to be suggesting that a history is only real if it satisfies realist metaphysics. But that's wrong. A real history is whatever history actual...

You might as well ask how the rules that govern how the material world behaves under metaphysical realism can exist without having been written. It's ...

I didn't mean to suggest that a real world would have a fake history. I meant to suggest that (in this hypothetical world) the bones we see when we di...

This is what I'm questioning. Is it necessary that a real world incorporates a global history? Or is it metaphysically possible for a real world to be...

I don't think it needs to have been "written" by anyone. Who wrote the rule that says when two particles meet they interact in this sort of way? Unles...

Are you getting this page (ignore the URL, obviously)? https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/202321188/test__1_.jpg

I vote for Anscombe.

Stop using IE 6.

I believe nominalism claims that those things which particulars have in common are not independent of those particulars. There is no such thing as rou...

Bloody Chrome update removing the backspace button as a return shortcut, grumble grumble.

If the government is willing to kill thousands of its own people then it's willing to censor a philosophy forum. I've said too much. I mean, yes, it w...

I believe it's the eyes that are windows to the soul.

When was it 159.203.90.37? A few days ago or when Paul was owner?

Are you looking for forums.philosphyforums.com or philosophyforums.com? The latter is recognised.

MI6, actually.

The real problem is trying to shoot an autistic guy playing with a toy truck.

If you're going to name someone as a great example poster, at least pick Postmodern Beatnik.

Work parties would be pretty lonely.

I don't think he's suggesting that all companies should have free reign. Already there are different legal requirements depending on whether you're a ...

I'm sure Hanover is aware of the law. What he's questioning is the sensibility of the law. It's not about unfair dismissal. It's about whether or not ...

I think the US liberals are to the right of UK conservatives.

Nah, US-rule is stupider than Brussels-rule. It's a fact that doesn't need justifying.

I know one of the long term effects. We won't be in the EU. ;)

You can always post here. We're not a "PF is down" chat room, after all. ;)

I think he's questioning that if I'm not entitled to a minimum wage and other benefits when I work for myself then why should I be entitled to a minim...

If only there were another philosophy forum, eh? ;)

Theresa May, an unelected Prime Minister – just like every other Prime Minister. :-|

Looks like it: http://20.theladbiblegroup.com/s3/content/491846a25782f0a401b237ab72bb0ffe.png

MPs represent their constituency, not the country as a whole, and the Scottish Parliament represents Scotland, not the UK.

I hear lots of people in American are playing this Pokémon Go game. Sounds kinda fun. Shame I don't own a smartphone.

I spent six months in Thailand a few years ago. Nice food and weather. Cheap beer. :)

It was the Vote Leave campaign that made the false claim about the NHS. And it isn't just allegedly: http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/1019912/str...

I wasn't focusing on him. The NHS funding, for example, had nothing to do with UKIP.

He's not saying that a good and decent man cannot be a leader. He's saying that this good and decent man isn't a leader,

I wonder, given the lies and misinformation from the Leave campaign, e.g. over NHS funding and a reduction of immigration – things which were no doubt...

Yes, and I said at the start that I don't value democratic principles over economic prosperity. Democracy is a useful tool but it's by no means perfec...

As in every counting area in Scotland favoured Remain.

Nicola Sturgeon says MSPs at Holyrood could veto Brexit @"Sapientia", looks like my hope is, at least tentatively, being explored. I wonder how you fe...