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I would agree that one can show states of mind without using language, if that's what you mean by "apart from language". However, can one be in a stat...

The candidate is what counts as being "a man". Are you saying that being a man doesn't involve being a composition of things that are not existentiall...

Yeah well, give me an award. I'd rather you directly address what I've said. I mean, quote me in it's entirety, and let me know what you think. Do you...

Ad homs are a sure sign that one doesn't have an argument.

The candidate is what counts as being "a man". Are you saying that being a man doesn't involve being a composition of things that are not existentiall...

First, the concept would need to be one that sets out the elemental constituents of the candidate in question(what counts as being a man in this case)...

Well... Sure. Get thought and belief right, in terms of it's necessary and sufficient conditions in addition to it's elemental constituency, and it be...

I take it that you've never been stupid enough to suddenly be completely surprised?

So, you throw rocks at yourself, unbeknownst to yourself? Nice.

The notion of being a social construct doesn't factor into my own considerations here. To be clear, I understand that senses of terms are called such,...

I'm not sure we're talking towards the same points apo. Give me a bit. This interests me greatly, and our approaches are similar in many ways, despite...

That's actually a very legitimate question, with sound reasons for asking. It is clear that one can hold false belief about all sorts of things and ye...

Nor need it. The rock one throws at your head, when you're looking the other way, really hurts when it strikes you. If that isn't enough evidence that...

So, we agree then on one count at least. Belief does not require language. Doubt, it seems we disagree on. If doubt is belief based, and doubting one'...

Invoking sensibility, conceptual scheme, and/or linguistic frameworks per my earlier questions regarding further discrimination between them. Neither ...

Ah, I see. It's both my friend. Morality as a code of conduct is existentially contingent upon thought and belief about acceptable/unacceptable though...

Aren't there more than one accepted use of the term universal? If what you say is accurate, then Aristotle does not use it in the same way as a nomina...

Fair rendition... Not quite right though. I'm saying that in order to doubt, one must have pre-existing belief that grounds the doubt. As it pertains ...

Yup. I do think. I see nothing here that contradicts what I think either. I'm puzzled by how this qualifies by your lights, as being an appropriate re...

Working from the premiss that at conception we are entirely void of all thought and belief, we learn the necessity of our holding firmly to the notion...

Hey fdrake! I would agree with the notion that many folk promote and/or argue for some sort of ethical/moral system which they themselves do not follo...

On my own view, being universal requires being the single common denominator that a group of things all have in common, aside from all having the same...

On the other hand, if the place on the globe where Edinburgh stands is closer to the north pole than the place where London is, then that would be the...

So, on topic... Russell argued for the idea that the cardinal direction "north of" was a universal. The place on the globe where Edinburgh stands is a...

I see nothing objectionable here, guru. We seem to agree. That's no fun. X-)

The truth of the proposition is not caused by our coming to know it. I agree. It was caused by agreement regarding cardinal directions, the establishm...

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Russel wrote: I'm not sure that I agree with the last statement, particularly the part about "like the terms it relates". It has to do with Russel's u...

Asking 'who sets' the standard presupposes that all standards are set by an agent/us. I would say that some standards are discovered as compared/contr...

The interesting thing about facts is how they relate to truth and/or being true. Are facts the sort of things that can be true? If so, must they be in...

Hm. I would hope that Aristotle would hold a distinction between statements about the way things are and the way things are. Notably... I'm not an Ari...

Lots of folk do not like it when someone with strong religious convictions pray for them. I'm reminded of all the thoughts and prayers that are profes...

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So then, we could take the position that being a universal is determined by how the word is being used. Is there another method of discrimination poss...

Hey Jeep! Nice. I find little to disagree with in that. The relationship(s) that subsist(exist) prior to our awareness in particular. Of course, Russe...

The golden rule mistakenly presupposes that everyone likes being treated the same way. Familial and cultural values show that not everyone agrees with...

I like this... The best philosophical arguments involve being able to call forth every particular example as a result of going to the generalities bei...

Well... One more try. I'm one who uses the term "universal", and it seems that I use it in an unconventional manner. So, I'm actually wondering, after...

The ontological status of universals... Hm. Being a universal. Becoming a universal. Existence of universals. Do universals exist as they are prior to...

You're working from a dubious presupposed dichotomy here. The impact of culture is not separate from thought and belief. They are completely and irrev...

Reasoning is something that humans did long before they knew they were doing it. We named our thinking processes "reasoning". We came to find out that...

Categories of things... i That which provides the necessary and sufficient conditions for an agent's being able to draw mental correlations between 'o...

All in all, even the ones I disagree with, even the ones that have replied to me in a way that could be taken offensively, even all the worst that thi...

Ah... moderators have their days... X-) Nearly everyone can get their panties in a wad when faced with certain situations.

Ockham's razor...

Virgil is a thinking creature. He draws mental correlations between 'objects' of physiological sensory perception and/or his own state of mind(mental ...

Here's the issue that you and Vagabond have neglected to directly address... If Virgil's behaviour is moral, and Virgil has no code of conduct, then e...

There is a definite case of confusion here. Let's see if we can clear it up. It concerns the difference between what it takes for an agent to even be ...

I want to note, however, that you've made a habit of misattribution. Your reports of my claims are false.

In case you haven't taken note, I'm now arguing from several 'sides' of the argument. Attempting to make sense of other perspectives. I find that defi...