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Yeah. There's an interesting correlation... :smirk:

Fractals are prior to any mathematical story.

:rofl:

A model of our invention is not something that causality can be. I would warn here against conflating a report(conception if you prefer) of something ...

The superposition of states is rubbish. It does not follow from the fact that an electron is always found within a predictable range of probable locat...

Here's my take... When observable entities are smaller than a planck length and the act of observing them includes shining light on them then the obse...

Yup. Not sure about my memory, but it seems to me that some of our very first conversations were on this topic. Do you recall?

It's much more than just asserting a novel distinction, although I am prone to do just that. This is a bit different... To conclude that quantum mecha...

Math doesn't do anything observable. It's a tool of measurement. Quantum mechanics is math. Quantum mechanics is understood if someone understands the...

There's when you went wrong.

Not interested. I don't even know what you meant. Clearly we can be wrong when we attribute causality. We can also be right.

Which did I write?

Do you mean "after the effect"? Some events are causes. Causal events influence subsequent events. They are called "causal chains of events" because o...

Thanks. In general, I find that we agree on much more than we disagree. However, regarding this particular topic of belief that is not existentially d...

A bit on reflective thought... I find that reflective thought can be both, prior to thinking about one's own thought and belief and after. The content...

At the language less level there is no difference. At the rudimentary level there is no difference. They both consist of the exact same things - corre...

Claiming that you are not at all familiar with a type of apple is a performative contradiction. You are obviously familiar with it enough to categoriz...

The definition, as it was written, led to the conclusion that a vehicle trusts it's parts and the people who maintain/built them. That is prima facie ...

The dog can sit on the treat intentionally as a means of gathering resources without ever needing to consider the other dogs' mental ongoings...

Not really. I think that you're making it more complex than it need be. Drawing correlations is thought and belief formation. Being well grounded, on ...

All thought and belief consists of mental correlations drawn between different things.

That conversation hinges upon what counts as deception. I would deny that the dog deliberately sets out to trick another dog.

Are you asking me to use my own philosophical position to offer an alternative account of the dog's behaviour? "The nature by which well-grounded-ness...

No. If the extrapolation is valid, then it follows from it's premisses. That does not make it true. The definition has consequences that are unaccepta...

On the ground that any and sensible notions of trust must include - in some fundamental sense - what our everyday notions of trust include. The same g...

All belief presupposes it's own correspondence somewhere along the line. Positing belief at the genotype level is to posit belief that is inherently i...

No. It cannot be done. Nor does it need to be. The question doesn't help. We're looking to take proper account of something that is not existentially ...

From earlier because it is relevant here... This seems to be the basis for the belief that approach. It certainly lends support to the method, regardl...

Yes, all of what language acquisition requires in order to begin happening exists prior to and/or emerges simultaneously with language acquisition its...

That's too bad. I'm not sure which posts I've altered after you replied to an extent that would've changed anything you may have gleaned from it. I ce...

This presupposes that you believe that I'm not speaking sincerely. That's too bad. I am many things, but dishonest ain't wunuvem. Tactless??? Sure. Ha...

What makes it new?

That was a crosspost from my seat. I'll leave my latest post untouched. Thank you for the time and attention.

Time for a new thread... I've enjoyed this one for the most part. Unfortunately though, I am left with the faint impression that I've done it yet agai...

Innate beliefs, learned beliefs, metacognitive beliefs, unreflective beliefs... The number of different kinds of belief is growing quickly. Remove all...

Oh no. Pardon my spaciness... Upon perusing the thread... I just found that that question had went otherwise unanswered. It deserved to be answered.

The following bears repeating...

Prior to sensibly discussing unreflective belief, we must first have some clue what that is. I'm offering a method, which if followed, provides the st...

I'm waiting on your criteria.

What makes a "learned belief" different than other kinds of belief? More importantly what makes them similar enough to still qualify as belief? What a...

Explain what? Tautological is a derogatory charge meant to be applied when discussing purely inductive reasoning(arguing by definitional fiat). The me...

Very intrigued, but relaxed. A piqued interest. A conversation long waiting to happen. Seated. :wink:

Innate beliefs are a kind of belief that you're proposing/asserting exist. What makes them belief? What is the criterion which, when met by a candidat...

Re-read that post, if you will. Everything you need to know in order to agree or disagree is there.

Here's something that looks quite promising... "Un-reflective belief"... I believe that there is such a thing. I'll go first. As always, we look to se...

This presupposes that belief cannot begin well-grounded. That was a very helpful... and thus good... question, by the way! Cheers!

I realize that there are significant differences in our taxonomies/frameworks. I'm trying to write in such a way as to avoid using terms that you defi...

To add a bit to this... This topic(thought and belief) is my forte, my life's work(in philosophy) as it were. Roughly put, I've found considerable rea...

This notion of "unreflective awareness" allows and/or must admit of a creature being aware of something that it's never thought about.

Just read your most recent reply to me... I think we're making progress, which is saying something. It's not so much that we're in agreement, but rath...