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What else could politics be if not doing what ought be done?

Trump's close relatives held a meeting with the explicit intent of doing just that. Do you really believe that Trump knew nothing? :meh:

No. I'm drawing a distinction between kinds of conception... as one must if they are to understand Spinoza.

Thanks. Have to look into that a bit further. I'll get back with you. :smile:

Follow me?

What more could I ask? Those answers do not - cannot - exhaust the following question: What happened?

Which event? :brow: I suppose the questions are fine after we agree upon what happened.

No. The point is that substance conceiving through itself is not a mode of substance.

Great to see ya around here! :wink: I've missed ya.

Exactly. If we never focus upon race, it's much easier to avoid directly addressing the accumulated advantages of systemic racism. Colour-blindness ca...

As the problems of race come into view there are those who - for whatever reason - talk about 'colour-blindness' as if that does anything at all to he...

Substance is in itself and conceives through itself(according to Spinoza's own definitions). Conception is a mode of substance. There is no self-contr...

III. By substance, I mean that which is in itself, and is conceived through itself: in other words, that of which a conception can be formed independe...

I'm saying that your charge of "by definition" does not follow from Spinoza's.

Duly noted.

Rubbish. That's a problem with your definition, not Spinoza's. As I said earlier... you're just denying Spinoza's definitions. The problem here - of c...

The OP doesn't help. The contentious definitions are above. Can you make the case again, here and now? Which definitions are self-contradictory?

I'm just trying to figure out what on earth you mean by "incoherent".

Incoherence is judged solely and exclusively by self-contradiction. Coherent arguments are not self contradictory. Are you charging Spinoza with self-...

You don't seem to know what you're talking about. Are you charging Spinoza with incoherence?

That's another matter altogether. The standard for being true is not the same as being incoherent. Which are you focusing on?

Invoking the term "semantics" is quibbling with words. Whether or not Spinoza is guilty of incoherence is nothing but semantics. To be clear... his.

The difference is a designer.

In order to do this you must first accept the terms. You're attempting to deny them.

Atheism is crucial to all viewpoints using the terms God, no god, creator, no creator, etc. and vice-versa. I'm agnostic about the origens of the univ...

Maybe we agree. Not sure. "Redness" is rejected on my view.

What's the difference between experiencing color and seeing/sensing/detecting/perceiving it? Seems to me that we all see it by virtue of having what i...

I appreciate the attempt to talk about the more important matters here. I was just thinking about the oddity of Trump's behaviour and policies towards...

Thought begins as simply as possible and grows in it's complexity. Knowledge is accrued. We all stand upon the shoulders of all the greats before us. ...

You're missing the point. Novelty of thought happens. So, to say that there is no such thing is just plain false. Now, in your defense, sorta, I under...

Agree with the rejection of using "what it's like"...

Physicalism is inadequate. Thus, physical causality is incomplete. It's the same problem of the inherent inadequacy of the basis of the line of though...

It's a problem created by the framework itself.

Which makes it incomplete. Not fallacious.

No. Leaves the event itself untouched.

That is the epitome of being intolerant.

Whenever a creature draws a correlation between different things for the first time... it's novel. Whenever a plurality of individuals draws the same ...

The obvious flaw with the claim that there are no novel thoughts is that throughout history there have been. That's more than adequate ground to rejec...

Thanks. Just piddling...

The point of this rhyme began about truth A word we've not yet had to speak 'Cause when describing belief of the wordless It misleads to get in that d...

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:smile: Noice.

:smile: But the dog doesn't read books oh no it cannot For like cats a dog has no words It's reading what's happening what's going on To impune propos...

On what ground can it be doubted?

Wrong and worthy of it's own thread.

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There's a common prayer called the serenity prayer. Chock full of wisdom, regardless of it's source.

Much can be said against.

Much can be said for contentment.

Explain the criticism Banno. It's unacceptable. Textbook problem. Salva veritate. Leibniz. Not to mention, it's not allowed in substitution to begin w...