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In your rendering of my contentions here, you've placed far too much importance on the notions of intentional, intensional, and extensional. One in my...
February 04, 2022 at 02:29
That is a barn, therefore there is at least one barn on that land. That is a sheep, therefore there is at least one sheep in that field. That clock is...
February 03, 2022 at 16:00
That barn facade is a barn, therefore there is at least one barn on that land. That sheet hanging from a clothesline is a sheep, therefore there is at...
February 03, 2022 at 05:06
There's a certain bit of irony here. I could say "pots and kettles" too... Need I remind you of the absolute mess you made of the notion during the de...
February 03, 2022 at 04:17
That's not at all convincing to an astute audience. Gratuitous assertions such as these may convince some, but not I. We'll see if I'm wrong. That has...
February 03, 2022 at 03:52
To which contention are you referring?
February 03, 2022 at 03:41
(That broken clock is working) has been proposed as the belief from the beginning. Any change was for elucidation only, not as a way to avoid valid ob...
February 02, 2022 at 16:10
I think that it would be helpful to show how the objection is inapplicable to what I'm arguing here. Your example is one of switching referents. Mine ...
February 02, 2022 at 15:44
Belief that that barn facade was a barn. Belief that that sheet hanging from a clothesline was a sheep. Belief that that man dressed in a sheep suit w...
February 02, 2022 at 06:36
Here I'm extending this to barn facades and sheets in fields that resemble sheep...
February 02, 2022 at 06:25
Could you apply this to (Jack believed that a broken clock was working)? I'm curious to see exactly how it is the same...
February 02, 2022 at 05:24
Your notion of what counts as being within the scope of our belief includes only what we would assent to if asked. Jack would assent to once believing...
February 02, 2022 at 05:07
At least not while he believed that the broken clock was working. I would agree if what counts as being within the scope of our belief are only what w...
February 02, 2022 at 04:43
Well, yes and no. While believing that that broken clock was working, it would be impossible. However, after becoming aware of the fact that he believ...
February 02, 2022 at 03:13
There are some interesting aspects to some of your objections. However, we seem to be having difficulty focusing upon what I think is of importance. T...
February 02, 2022 at 02:29
The example is akin to believing that a facade is a barn, or a sheet is a sheep. These could all be broken down into two propositions as Moore did wit...
February 01, 2022 at 15:59
I'm going to postpone any further replies to you for now. You seem to be taking things personally. Mea culpa on a few of those things you said in the ...
February 01, 2022 at 15:54
We're all stubborn around here. :smile: I understand that and most of what others are objecting to. The rendering of the belief as (a broken clock is ...
February 01, 2022 at 15:49
We're in agreement there. I've never argued otherwise. The content of belief is what the debate is about. Jack believes(or believed) that a broken clo...
February 01, 2022 at 02:53
Jack believed that a broken clock was working. So, Banno, I'm wondering what you think of this? It seems to be not at all problematic for being render...
February 01, 2022 at 02:46
Jack believes that a broken clock is working.
February 01, 2022 at 02:40
You're either forgetful or dishonest. You have been levying charges against the claim. That's not something one does unless the claim is problematic, ...
February 01, 2022 at 02:34
Jack cannot believe both simultaneously, that the clock is broken, and that a broken clock is working. There is no possibility of misunderstanding wha...
February 01, 2022 at 02:30
No. Not in other words 'qualia is ineffable'. What qualia? :worry:
February 01, 2022 at 02:09
Indeed. That is at issue. I'm waiting for a valid objection. Rather than propose something I've not, would it not just be easier to answer the questio...
February 01, 2022 at 02:02
Which clock does he think is not broken? The broken one. Clearly, he does believe something about a broken clock. He believes that the broken clock is...
February 01, 2022 at 01:50
:smile:
February 01, 2022 at 01:49
We're not discussing knowledge. What's your view wrt belief? Do you agree that in the Russell and Gettier cases that the belief was properly accounted...
January 31, 2022 at 16:04
I got it then. You agreed with what I wrote, changed that, and then denounced the change. If you wish to see how they could be rendered similarly... I...
January 31, 2022 at 15:45
A broken clock.
January 31, 2022 at 15:38
:up: So, is it safe to say that - on your view - the content of Jack's belief is equivalent to Jack's belief and that Jack's belief is about something...
January 31, 2022 at 04:57
Mea culpa! :blush: Jack's belief is that the clock is working. I just saw the answer a few replies back... Okay, so then we have... Jack's belief is t...
January 31, 2022 at 03:06
According to your answers in the last reply... The content of Jack's belief is "That clock is working". Jack's belief is about a clock he does not rea...
January 31, 2022 at 02:30
So, the charges of ambiguity ring ironic as well...
January 31, 2022 at 01:27
Jack's belief is... Jack's belief is about... The content of Jack's belief is... Please, to avoid any possible misunderstandings. Fill in the blanks.
January 31, 2022 at 00:54
No. I repeated what neomac said and you seemed to agree with. Evidently I was wrong, and you do not agree with neo's rendering either. So, I am asking...
January 31, 2022 at 00:47
So then, Are you saying that Jack believes of a broken clock that it is working, and that the content of Jack's belief is "That clock is working"? Gra...
January 31, 2022 at 00:05
I write something that you agree with. You change what I write. You disagree with and denounce the change, not what I wrote. Evidently, you cannot see...
January 30, 2022 at 23:05
Great job of denouncing shit that I've not written. The irony of the earlier sophism attribution.
January 30, 2022 at 22:14
That does not answer the question I asked. The discussion is all about what counts as the content of some belief or another. So, again... If we say th...
January 30, 2022 at 22:11
Interesting how different your account of my position is from what I've argued here.
January 30, 2022 at 21:57
What's your view regarding Russell's clock, Gettier's cases, and Moore's paradox?
January 30, 2022 at 21:55
Great job denouncing shit that I've not said.
January 30, 2022 at 21:51
Plato is perhaps best attributed with the original conception of JTB. Nonetheless, JTB presupposes belief as propositional attitude, as you yourself h...
January 30, 2022 at 21:26
Gettier. Russell. Moore. Both Gettier cases, Russell's clock, and Moore's paradox all directly involve and/or include false belief, but none of the th...
January 30, 2022 at 19:41
Mary's room is based upon the dubious presupposition that we can learn anything about seeing red without seeing red. Qualia is neither ineffable, nor ...
January 30, 2022 at 18:15
Earlier you mentioned that one interpretation of believing that a broken clock is working would lead to what seems to be Jack holding self-contradicto...
January 30, 2022 at 16:46
An all too common error; the conflation of meaning and causality. The former requires being meaningful to something or someone, whereas the latter doe...
January 30, 2022 at 16:39