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Making perfect sense Un. You've laid much the same groundwork for my own rejection of the objective/subjective dichotomy. A.J. Ayer put it like this:W...

As Srap has said about the slingshot argument and Gettier's paper... It's a sleight of hand.

I'm fairly certain that this is close to what TGW has been arguing. Being verifiable/falsifiable is not equivalent to being true/false.

A statement's being true/false depends upon certain states of affairs obtaining, if by that we mean what was said to be so was, and/or what was said t...

TGW I just want to say that both of the following can be the case simultaneously:One can have no criterion for what would convince them, and still be ...

The problem, of course, is that calling something back into presence is not the only reason to 'call'...

Seems to me that much of what's problematic revolves around one particular social construct... moral/ethical thought/belief. To be clear, my notion of...

Not sure I follow you Un... What I'm getting at, I suppose, is that the notion of social construct is far too vague to be useful. At least, it seems t...

That which is existentially contingent upon language, and that which is not. Isn't that a central consideration? If something is not existentially con...

Hey Sand... Just for shits and giggles, define "Deep State" for me, wouldja?

There has long since been ongoing investigations into well-known Russian operatives. All of that is very well-documented, replete with clear video. Th...

How is meaning first attributed? The correct answer to that question gleans much. What counts as a correct answer to that question? To what do we turn...

Hey apo... I'm not much on 'isms'. That said, on a whole, I reject many a common but inadequate dichotomy. I'm not sure what you're getting at and/or ...

Yeah, I don't know. There's seems to be quite a conflation going on here between truth and meaning. The two are joined at the hip, but... Indeed, ther...

Arguing about the notion of fact is pointless. I find it much better to grant the notion - whatever it may be - and then put it to the test by virtue ...

That's quite a bit of material... It deserves more attentiveness than life permits at the moment. I'll read it a bit more carefully next time around a...

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Emotions do not perceive.

By the way, I've little to no respect for the Clintons.

Well, Hillary lovers surely relish the idea... The evidence I've mentioned, however, has nothing to do with Clinton or her supporters. It stands on it...

It took me a while to figure out that you're one helluva devil's advocate. X-)

I invite the reader to - just for arguments' sake - imagine that what I've said above is true. All of it is verifiable/falsifiable, and will be in due...

You know Sand... I admire much of what you write here. Just so ya know. You help me to be a better philosopher as well.

If you choose to not believe my reporting, that's on you. Strictly speaking, you've every right to point out that I have offered no concrete evidence ...

Time will tell media puppet...

I do not need to provide a link in order for that to have happened. It did. Your belief isn't necessary. His actions prove he did so. Your belief isn'...

Hey Un!... I'd like to talk about the following snippet taken from the OP. I've skimmed over the thread looking for others to address my concerns, but...

What more proof do ya need? We know - verbatim - the Russian operative objective. We know that as a direct result from past investigations(some decade...

Seems that you've misunderstood a few key points. I'll try clearing up what I can. Regarding whether or not meaningful thought/belief can form in uter...

For me, it's a nice confirmation of sorts. ;)

I would think that this is agreeable. Could you unpack "determinate negation"? Indeed! Yup. Do we not experience discourse?

No, it doesn't. Rather, it is drawing a distinction between mental correlations that are meaningful to the agent, and those that are not. Amongst othe...

I do not find it to be a case of either/or. Beliefs can be both emotive and a product of the understanding. I would say that some beliefs are emotive ...

Well, I would certainly agree with the idea that some instances of fear are socially constructed, but with just as much certainty, I would say that no...

Here again... It seems apparent that there is a need in this world of ours to be able to effectively discriminate between competing viewpoints and/or ...

To the above, I wrote... My participation on this forum serves as more than adequate evidence to warrant the reader's conclusion(s) that I know how to...

Any interested reader can easily browse through another author's comments on this forum, and after doing so can draw their own conclusions regarding w...

We've come full circle... If defining them proves you wrong, then anyone capable of copying a dictionary could prove you wrong. We both know I can. Yo...

My participation on this forum serves as more than adequate evidence to warrant the reader's conclusion(s) that I know how to use a dictionary. Conclu...

You're not making any sense. I didn't write what you've just quoted me as having said. Edited to add.. Originally the post directly above this one quo...

My participation on this forum serves as more than adequate evidence to warrant the reader's conclusion(s) that I know how to use a dictionary. Conclu...

Hmmm. Sounds interesting. I've not heard of it, but that doesn't surprise me. The notion of "constructed emotion" seems amenable and/or agreeable to m...

Yes, mcdoodle... There's still much to be said regarding emotion and it's role in one's thought/belief system.

It doesn't follow from the fact that I haven't defined a term that I do not understand it.

While I personally avoid the objective/subjective dichotomy, I think I would agree with the general sentiment here. However, changing one's attitude r...

It does not follow from the fact of someone providing a definition of a term that s/he understands the term.

Any interested reader who should care enough can easily browse through another author's comments on this forum, and after doing so can draw their own ...

Some folk are prone to focus upon the person/author and not the content of the writing.

I cannot prove you wrong by virtue of defining them. The irony... :-}

With the overwhelming amount of information available, it is increasingly important to have a clue about what counts as evidence, what counts as being...