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Oh, I see. If I say something about an external world in any of my premisses, then I beg the question, but if I don't then I cannot derive anything ab...
October 27, 2017 at 16:09
Just like it says...
October 27, 2017 at 16:04
4 doesn't say that
October 27, 2017 at 16:02
That's not what I said. You employed the key term "same" in a well known historical manner as a means of justifying your assertions that no one, not e...
October 27, 2017 at 16:01
Which conclusion is assumed in 4?
October 27, 2017 at 15:52
Everything is a goat. Harry has created a set of all sets...
October 27, 2017 at 06:39
So true premisses beg the question? :-}
October 27, 2017 at 06:37
On my view the notion of codependence becomes quite a bit more nuanced when comparing the effect/affect that one individual's suffering has upon the g...
October 27, 2017 at 06:35
Offering an answer that doesn't address the substance of the questions is not acceptable. Misusing and/or abusing the historical notion of category mi...
October 27, 2017 at 05:58
Are you denying that 4 is true? :-}
October 27, 2017 at 05:13
Well done Banno... (Y)
October 26, 2017 at 07:51
Seems like common sense to me. That which is real has an affect/effect.
October 26, 2017 at 07:36
Sam, pardon the criticism, but I'm quite curious about something. How does it make sense to put explanations in terms of likelihood of being true? I m...
October 26, 2017 at 07:33
Worth repeating...
October 26, 2017 at 07:23
What if there was no attack? Then what? That's just plain false. Who needs evidence when good old-fashioned common sense does the trick just fine? Thi...
October 26, 2017 at 06:55
No problem. I didn't suggest anything of the sort Un. The analogy is a gross oversimplification. Humans are not equivalent to neurons in the way that ...
October 26, 2017 at 06:32
I find the exchanges between Un and Meta quite curious. Un has put forth some 'food for thought' so to speak, by suggesting to look at something a bit...
October 25, 2017 at 06:40
As mentioned earlier, I don't think that the causal relationship and/or the existential contingency between an individual and society is as clear-cut ...
October 25, 2017 at 05:36
We miss you Chris
October 24, 2017 at 09:48
As people we are born into a societal/familial/cultural/historical 'structure' not of our own choosing. As creatures who've learned to use a language ...
October 24, 2017 at 05:02
This is definitely taking it to an extreme. However, there's quite a bit to be gleaned from an examination of extremes, I think. I'll mention, but onl...
October 24, 2017 at 04:41
No worries Crampster... No need for apologies. Doesn't seem like you've done anything blameworthy from where I sit. I suggest that you focus upon the ...
October 24, 2017 at 04:10
People disagree all the time about things that happen. That doesn't make the observed event subjective simply because people do not agree upon what ha...
October 23, 2017 at 01:12
So, by virtue of attributing truth to a subject it is subjective, and by virtue of attributing truth to the world it is objective?
October 22, 2017 at 05:24
All melancholy emerges from the attribution of meaning; how one connects things in their thought/belief. That's it in a nutshell.
October 21, 2017 at 06:59
Hey Un! Interesting topic. It comes as no surprise that talking to someone diagnosed with mental illness can and/or does result in effectively curing ...
October 21, 2017 at 06:40
I'm just trying to inform you that any and all attempts to categorize everything as either objective or subjective is doomed to fail. Perhaps a differ...
October 21, 2017 at 03:33
I don't want you to take me the wrong way here. I'm not so much as disagreeing with what I think that you're trying to do. Rather, I'm attempting to s...
October 20, 2017 at 07:30
I think I'm following you. Sure, different people hold different reasons for choosing one ontological commitment over another, or as you imply, choose...
October 20, 2017 at 07:24
"Round" is a word.
October 20, 2017 at 05:55
So, what's being said is not talk?
October 20, 2017 at 05:52
Shedding just a bit of light upon the nutshell mentioned above... Those who govern 'write' the rules that largely create both, the individual socio-ec...
October 19, 2017 at 07:13
What went wrong? In a nutshell: very powerful immoral actors. Regarding how America arrived at Trump holding the office of the presidency: that's quit...
October 19, 2017 at 07:05
That's pretty well said...
October 18, 2017 at 04:06
Does winning this auction require recognition from convention/professionals. Accepting the justificatory burden that comes along with one's bid? Convi...
October 17, 2017 at 05:46
I probably missed something. Although I just re-read the thread to check for myself... What counts as winning again? :-|
October 17, 2017 at 05:13
We can talk about objects. We can talk about ourselves. We can say true/false things about both. All talk comes through a subject. All true/false thin...
October 17, 2017 at 04:59
The content of the talk consists of what exactly, if not the talk itself? Meaning of the utterance? The 'object' of thought? The subject matter? What'...
October 17, 2017 at 04:07
Glad to be of help... X-)
October 17, 2017 at 04:04
1. All thought/belief consists of mental correlation(s) drawn between 'objects' of physiological sensory perception and/or the agent itself(it's own s...
October 17, 2017 at 03:59
It is utterly impossible to make a mistake on purpose. It's likewise utterly impossible to knowingly believe a falsehood. However, making a mistake is...
October 17, 2017 at 03:16
Godel?
October 17, 2017 at 02:53
Well, leave aside the fact that great wealth and American as well as much of international law can correct many if not most personal mistakes... Succe...
October 17, 2017 at 02:50
Since the idea has gotten your full attention Sam, you may be interested in researching how different people actually acted during the event of actual...
October 17, 2017 at 01:59
Yeah, I dunno Sam. There's something odd about the notion that different folk saw different things all pertaining to religious belief, depending on th...
October 17, 2017 at 01:53
Fair enough. Implication isn't always good enough. :D
October 16, 2017 at 15:59
I think that this skirts around something that hasn't been given due attention. All philosophical positions consist entirely in/of thought/belief. The...
October 16, 2017 at 04:56
All talk is linked to a subject. If being linked to a subject makes something subjective, then there is no such thing as an objective statement. Talk ...
October 16, 2017 at 04:02
If all claims are equally subjective and equally objective, then what is added to our understanding by virtue of using the objective/subjective dichot...
October 15, 2017 at 22:45
If that were the case then all thoughts about the object would be equally objective and subjective. :s There is no contradiction. The first statement ...
October 15, 2017 at 21:49