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I’m not offering a syllogism. I’m using something like Tarski’s T schema. “Electrons objectively, mind independently, are negatively charged particles...
November 25, 2023 at 15:57
Asking why it’s wrong to harm people is like asking why electrons are negatively charged. There is no answer; some things are simply fundamental, brut...
November 25, 2023 at 12:27
I'm simply questioning the assertion that if one cannot derive an ought from an is then any claim of obligation is false. Perhaps "you ought not harm ...
November 25, 2023 at 10:42
Why are electrons negatively charged? I don't think there's a meaningful answer to the question. Some things are simply fundamental, brute facts about...
November 25, 2023 at 09:31
I'm not stating the former proposition; I'm stating the latter. One actually, absolutely, really, categorically, objectively, super duper, ought not h...
November 25, 2023 at 09:26
Yeah, sorry, got mixed up with another discussion. I meant Bob Ross. That's fine, but there can be a big difference between the various ways that such...
November 25, 2023 at 09:20
I don't understand the distinction between something I ought to do and something I actually ought to do. But fine, using your language: A moral realis...
November 24, 2023 at 20:44
The realist will claim that that one ought not murder is a fact about reality, much like that an electron is a negatively charged particle is a fact a...
November 24, 2023 at 20:40
Trying to make sense of and justify the many things we simply take for granted.
November 24, 2023 at 18:47
Let's keep it simple. Electrons are negatively charged particles. How do I verify (or falsify) this? One ought not murder. How do I verify (or falsify...
November 24, 2023 at 17:59
What would it mean for a fact to be moral? Do these two propositions mean different things? 1. one morally ought not harm another 2. one non-morally o...
November 24, 2023 at 16:40
There are, broadly speaking, two types of derivation. The first is to derive from a single premise: a) Premise: This is a red car Conclusion: Therefor...
November 24, 2023 at 13:50
Moral realists reject 1 and/or 2. To prove moral realism wrong you must prove 1 and 2 true. You haven't done so, only asserted them. Although it would...
November 24, 2023 at 09:30
Yes, there is a fundamental disagreement. My take is that truth is a "property" of expressions, i.e. speech, writing, thought, etc. As such, as you sa...
November 24, 2023 at 09:21
Your use of the term "moral realism" seems equivalent to what most philosophers mean by moral cognitivism, and your use of the term "moral antirealism...
November 24, 2023 at 09:03
A moral realist might claim that the statement "one ought not harm another" is made true by the mind-independent fact that one ought not harm another ...
November 24, 2023 at 00:36
Not in the Platonic sense. Numbers don't exist. Rather, when we say that there are infinitely many numbers we are just saying that we can (in principl...
November 23, 2023 at 23:30
Statements are true, states of affairs obtain. A statement is true if it describes a state of affairs that obtains, and false if it describes a state ...
November 23, 2023 at 23:25
I dispute this. There may be infinitely many facts, but it does not follow that there are infinitely many true statements. Some facts just aren’t talk...
November 23, 2023 at 18:53
Let’s take a simple example: one ought not harm another. Broadly speaking there are three different approaches. 1. The moral nihilist will argue that ...
November 23, 2023 at 18:20
I vote to name him Fred.
November 18, 2023 at 14:32
Special counsel investigating Joe Biden’s handling of classified material is not expected to bring charges
November 16, 2023 at 23:19
Question the implicit assertion that if something isn't a tangible object found in the universe and can't be measured scientifically then it doesn't e...
November 16, 2023 at 16:09
Hah, Jack Smith even quoted this in a recent court filing. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.40232/gov.uscourts.cadc.40232.120...
November 15, 2023 at 12:23
Why would anyone attend a political rally? It's so weird. Just watch whatever they have to say on TV. It's much more comfortable.
November 15, 2023 at 11:22
There's not really much substance there. What actual domestic things did Blair do wrong? Were they so wrong that they outweighed the good things he di...
November 15, 2023 at 11:08
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premiership_of_Tony_Blair If Starmer can do something similar then great. But either way I expect him and Labour to...
November 15, 2023 at 10:51
Didn't follow politics back then, mostly because I was too young for most of it. Weren't domestic issues pretty good under him?
November 15, 2023 at 10:38
Showing how disastrous the Tories have been that they're polling so far behind.
November 15, 2023 at 10:35
Putting that into https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/ /uploads/resized/files/sq/23mhieot4r979c5y.png Crazy that Lib Dems' 9% gets them 29 seats and R...
November 15, 2023 at 10:31
https://twitter.com/politlcsuk/status/1724544450389504093?s=46&t=UFsILMqJy_tsEXSBdW2bmg
November 15, 2023 at 10:27
The irony of someone trying to argue that words have no power to influence.
November 15, 2023 at 09:11
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-shares-creepy-fantasy-about-citizens-arrest-of-judge-engoron-ag-letitia-james https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...
November 14, 2023 at 18:32
He literally is. Exactly. He’s saying that because he is being indicted then if he wins the election then he will indict his opponents if he sees that...
November 12, 2023 at 17:49
"A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles ... found in the Constitution." He's li...
November 12, 2023 at 17:22
No it's not. He wasn't just explaining that. He was also saying that he will weaponize it in the future. And whereas he is being indicted because ther...
November 12, 2023 at 17:17
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1723029594368794640 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/109449803240069864 https://thehill.com/homenews/...
November 12, 2023 at 17:05
Not if you use code-splitting. On the initial page load it just pulls down something like "index.js" and then runs the code in that. When you click th...
October 31, 2023 at 09:25
Well that addresses my initial skepticism that the lawsuit would succeed.
October 31, 2023 at 09:09
I think you misunderstand what an SPA is. Think of a website as a book. In traditional MPAs (multi-page apps), you ask the website to give you a page....
October 30, 2023 at 17:32
@"Jamal" Plush Content Ltd financial statement Feb 2023 They have 1 employee and £1,745.42 in the bank.
October 30, 2023 at 16:50
SPAs don't require Ajax.
October 30, 2023 at 13:21
You might prefer Svelte.
October 30, 2023 at 11:53
Code splitting is easy so this isn’t a problem.
October 30, 2023 at 08:55
As someone who sucks at styling, Tailwind is a godsend. Perfect for component based frontends like React. I can see it being a pain in the ass if you ...
October 29, 2023 at 11:30
That strikes me as an overestimate. I've built business CRMs used by a FTSE 100 company in a few months. Although I guess if you were just doing it in...
October 29, 2023 at 11:10
I used to think that. I always thought that HTML should just be done in HTML, not JavaScript. But then I actually tried React and Vue and quite like i...
October 29, 2023 at 11:05
I've recently been using a Laravel backend with Inertia, React, and Tailwind for the frontend. Works really well.
October 29, 2023 at 11:00
Ex-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows granted immunity, tells special counsel he warned Trump about 2020 claims: Sources
October 24, 2023 at 21:39