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It follows that your emotions, thoughts, and inner world are not you.

Free Will does no acting. One may logically decide to step out in front of a train. They may plan to do so. They desire the effect. They want certain ...

Logic does not always determine how one reacts in such circumstances. It's not like everyone has pondered what to do at the time based upon some logic...

I'm objecting to the very notion. Speculative philosophy requires common language. One cannot acquire common language without conceptions.

The basis upon which the speculation happens cannot happen in a vacuum.

Correlations drawn between different things.

The idea of rejecting the distinction between direct and indirect perception interests me, but then again, I don't use "indirect perception" in such a...

Requires consciousness be something that it is possible for an electron to have. What ground/justification is there for holding such a belief?

Poetic flowery language. While that's certainly useful, it's not usually a good way to do philosophy. It's all about the relationship between the thre...

Evidence to disprove a theory that claims everything is conscious? I think that the standard for what counts as something being conscious takes center...

...in brains... That was left out. The biological machinery evolved. That's too important to neglect. Certain brain structures (and other biological s...

Interesting conversation. I've been looking for just such a discussion. Care if I join? More questions than anything, really... for now.

Thanks for the reply. That assertion/statement/proposition is stated in such a way that most would agree with it... as written. Many people, from all ...

Could you plug it in? I'm not sure what to do with that! :smile:

Logic, on my view, is an accounting practice. Hence, it is existentially dependent upon something to take account of, as well as a practitioner. Neces...

After a quick look... it seems I've perhaps made a mistake regarding Shannon's Information. For some reason or other, I had the impression that it sit...

Well, if our aim was to acquire knowledge of all of the necessary preconditions pertaining to the emergence of apple pies, then we would have to focus...

Good. Sorry for the disappointment I was part of. I've always liked you Jeep. :smile: Hope you're well. You seem so. Moderator now too! >>>>insert sha...

Very astute! I'm impressed. Some things emerge simultaneously. Meaning, truth, and some of the simplest thought(s) seem to me to do exactly that. Some...

Reeks of anthropomorphism...

We work from starkly different criteria regarding what counts as a 'somewhat similar methodology'. One takes note of time. The other denounces the pra...

There's many an interesting avenue packed up in that post. Thanks. I'm currently absorbing it. :up:

Apple trees existed prior to apple pies. Insert p1. Hence, apple trees cannot be existentially dependent upon apple pies.

Apple pies are existentially dependent upon having the elements combined by some capable agent. However, not all complex entities are.

:brow: I get the feeling that you're somehow offended? Not sure why or how, but not the aim here. I'm just more interested in a notion of mind that is...

I think that philosophy proper has gotten human thought and belief wrong. Hence, there are no conceptions/notions thereof that are amenable to evoluti...

It is. :brow:

Hey Jeep! Nice summary. Causal. I'm not really all that interested in speculating on the origin of the universe. As you may know, I do have a strong m...

Thanks for the kind words. I'm not necessarily looking for any particular answers. I'm more interested in the scope of rightful application, the conse...

Three years later... another attempt to generate interest...

Indeed. It gets very interesting when one who has been ignorant of their own false belief becomes aware of exactly what they once believed. Farmers mi...

Well... not all, but definitely, demonstrably, provably... Some... many... but not all.

How do you square that sentiment with Trump's history of punishing others without honoring their right to redress?

Nice decision... Biden campaign has a user account on Trump's platform. Watch Trump take away the free speech of others... Very effective move. Just s...

Short life... this 'reality' referenced above. Sometimes to some people. Never every time concerning all people. Reality includes all people during al...

The term "it" refers to the broken clock. Sometimes we believe that a broken clock is not broken. That rendering best matches what I'm claiming, but a...

From the SEP... You're not helping.

The SEP article on propositional attitude reports places the practice under scrutiny as well, although Kripke and Frege take different issue than I. D...

Suit yourself. Ignoring the negation does not make it go away.

That's never true with your threads! :cool:

The above negates your rendering.

I'm not offering an example of beliefs that are not propositional. Language less belief does that. This example shows the inherent inadequacy regardin...

You're having a lend.

Maybe a different tack... False belief cannot be true S's belief is false "That clock is working" can be true "That clock is working" cannot be S's be...

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No. I'm wondering why you keep changing the example. P1. Sometimes we believe that a broken clock is working. The propositional content here is "a bro...

True, but p2 sets out a propositional attitude. Does it not? If one believes that there is a tree in the yard, and we adhere to the conventional propo...

How is it invalid?

p1 Sometimes we believe that a broken clock is working p2 We never believe that "a broken clock is working" is true C Not all belief is equivalent to ...

This discussion is about conventional belief ascription practices, particularly regarding propositional attitude reports. I'm claiming that we sometim...