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What of it? Would you like to discuss how convention has taken it to task? There's been several takes on it. Some say it's meaningless. Some say it's ...

The existentially part...

Some true belief exists prior to language.

Propositional truth is existentially dependent upon propositions. Propositions are existentially dependent upon language. Propositional truth is exist...

Coherency is not necessary for the presupposition of truth inherently within all thought and belief formation. It is necessary, but insufficient for p...

I disagree with both; with each upon different but equally compelling ground.

Funny that... A guy thinks, believes, asserts, and/or otherwise expresses the following proposition... "Being is unintelligible" ... and yet he still ...

No. It cannot. No. It cannot. Existence is not existentially dependent upon language. Heiddy's notions of "Dasein" and "Being-in-the-world" are. Heidd...

I took Rebecca to be pointing out the incoherency and other issues in the prevalent narrative, not as an attack, per se, on transgender people, but ra...

When a creature has a self-conception, statements of thought and belief are a part of their self-expression. Self-conception is existentially dependen...

Witt was looking for hinge propositions as the baseline of thought/belief systems. Propositions are existentially dependent upon language. Some though...

Collingwood was setting out what must be presupposed in order to begin inquiry. Inquiry is existentially dependent upon language. Language upon non-li...

If all expression of thought and belief counts as self-expression, then it would follow that no there is not - at least amongst thinking/believing cre...

I've just negated the idea that only propositions are true.

Upon what? I mean, what part would you like to see better explained, or in more detail? What would an elaboration need to include in order for it to b...

They hold that truth and meaning are existentially dependent upon language.

How's that? :halo:

That creature's thought, belief, and/or inference consists of correlations drawn between it's own behaviour(touching fire) and the discomfort that fol...

A language-less creature can touch fire. Touching fire causes discomfort. Some language-less creatures can touch fire, feel discomfort, and attribute ...

p1 That which exists prior to something else cannot be existentially dependent upon it p2 That which exists prior to something else cannot consist of ...

Alright, let's see what we can do with it... p1 That which exists prior to something else cannot be existentially dependent upon it p2 That which exis...

Her and Sanders...

Everything ever thought, believed, spoken, and/or written... What good is a philosophical position if it isn't applicable in everyday life? :razz:

I'm inclined to disagree with Witt about metaphysical language schemes/constructs. He draws a conclusion that's afflicted in the very same way that "A...

This reminds me of what Kant called a priori. That which is necessarily presupposed by experience itself.

I do not believe that it is deliberate. It's very annoying none-the-less.

A theory to test whether or not free will exists cannot be built upon language use that already assumes precisely what needs argued for. If someone is...

To this... ...came this... ...to which I replied as such... ...and was then a bit astonished at this... ...which seems to miss the point entirely.

Attitudes towards statements of thought are where certainty and uncertainty reside. Attitudes. Thoughts aren't the sort of thing that can be certain o...

Should people be allowed to laugh at religion? Sure. People should also be allowed to laugh at science. Seems to me that if one has a good grasp upon ...

Sure. Choose them wisely. :wink: Learning how to come to more acceptable terms with the same past events is a new experience.

One can object to whatever they wish. Doesn't make the objection worth listening and/or assenting to.

You argue for free will and then claim one cannot change the way they feel. That is to say that the will is not free to change one's own emotions.

You're arriving at self-contradiction...

It does not follow from the fact that the will is influenced, that one cannot acquire knowledge of those influences and then choose better ones... Tha...

Do not confuse language with thought and belief. Complex thought and belief requires language. As do complex emotions. There are no jealous infants, n...

Choose whatever words you wish. The human will is not free from influence.

Well... Not just "because of words". That's much too simple a description. But yeah, pretty much, in overly simple terms.

Nah. It was a bit confusing. "Former" and "latter" refer to temporal sequence. Self-referential claims ought be improved. :wink:

Language itself includes users. I mean empty as in nonexistent. Words themselves includes usage and all that that entails. Yes, I am claiming that mos...

"The latter" refers to "something else". "The former" refers to "something". When something is existentially dependent upon something else, the latter...

I have it right. Not sure how you've arrived at the opposite of what was claimed...

I don't think attempting to draw a sharp distinction between reason(language use) and emotion will lead one to understanding how one gets to a point w...

p1 When something is existentially dependent upon something else, the latter always exists prior to the former p2 All thinking about thought and belie...

Your use of "seems legit" reminds me of apokrisis... :wink:

Well, on my view some belief is virtually indistinguishable from learning. Particularly, rudimentary(nonlinguistic) belief such as the attribution/rec...

All language acquisition requires learning All learning requires thought and belief All language acquisition requires thought and belief All language ...

Still believe that language use doesn't affect/effect subsequent thought?

The Great Mustache does... from the grave.

Think what you want. Still believe that language use doesn't affect/effect subsequent thought? :wink: