A belief that the world existed long before oneself is most certainly a linguistic one. That belief is the result of holding two very complex notions ...
If all belief consists entirely of mental correlations between different things, then we cannot observe them in any reasonable sense of the term "obse...
Our looking for something shows that we believe that something is there to be found. Here, Witt offers a candidate that is statable, for it is a belie...
Perhaps Sam. That would seem to be incommensurate with his talk of hinge propositions... wouldn't it? Clearly he did not finish that part of his proje...
I'm in agreement with the thrust of Sam's thoughts here, or at least what I think they are based upon what's been said by him, and my own reading and/...
A bit on "truth-telling"... There's an underlying element of 'truth seeking' for it's own sake that I find is crucial when considering whether or not ...
I am happy to see that you and I agree(for the most part anyway?) regarding the crucial importance of forming, having, and/or holding true belief. I n...
I'm still standing in awe of the tremendous amount of complex clarity regarding those first two posts. Even the bits like 2 and it's caveats retain va...
That's not true at all. A person who carefully arrives at whatever belief they hold strongly will be able to satisfy the above criterion, regardless o...
Could be. Sure. But... I've not contradicted myself. There have been no tough questions that I've avoided because they are tough. I've certainly not c...
There are any number of different reasons that an interlocutor does not answer a question. For my part, I wanted to build upon our agreements first. T...
No. You did not. My statement was... See there where it says two different explanations for the same events? You asked a question about how we know th...
Yes and yes. I do. Would you care to explain how you think that that applies here? I'm not using logic to discriminate between true and false claims w...
That last claim is false. Logic presupposes truth, thus - all by itself - it is missing the ability to discriminate between true and false statements....
Yeah. I can see that. However, it could also be the case that the reader/listener was looking for some confirmation that you were willing to do those ...
I'm not saying that your interpretation would be mistaken regardless of who used those terms. I'm saying it is mistaken because not everyone uses them...
Current conflict... Many people have been encouraged to feel hostile and angry about the economic shutdown and other consequence of covid19 such as th...
Report of what's happened and/or is currently happening... Some guys poke and prod others and/or their beliefs in a deliberate intentional I'm-just-be...
We are all teachers. We are all students. We are all susceptible to believing falsehoods that have been passed down from generation to generation. Aca...
While that could be what someone means when saying precisely what Un said... I can assure you that that's not an accurate report of Un's thought and b...
All logic consists(in part) of premisses. All premisses are statements/propositions/claims/assertions/expressions of thought and belief. Henceforth, I...
I wanted to have a bit of discussion about some concern(s) that you've repeatedly expressed, but I'd like to take them one at a time. Ok? First up... ...
Spot on. No need to openly admit fallibility in a discussion where everyone already knows it, and shows that much as well... with comments precisely l...
Perfect! Do we agree that there are some conflicts involving people who will not change their mind, regardless of what they are presented with? :smile...
I'm compelled to make a better attempt at building a bridge of mutual understanding. Please know that my participation here is all about one thing... ...
This pandemic has shown some of the inevitable problems that globalization brought to bear in terms of the sheer power that foreigners have over every...
Such is the risk one takes in executing tremendous power over common people, being forced to care about their lives and/or livelihoods. When faced wit...
Defer all debt, until we have made it as safe as we can. Treat all debt like it's been in a time warp... a wrinkle in time. In the meantime, until we'...
The current - real life - conflict is about whether or not common everyday people ought be forced to choose between the health and safety of themselve...
I like Un's invoking identity... I'm going to take it a step further in line with the OP. Identify the mutually exclusive statements of opinion and yo...
So, back to the subject matter at hand... In the beginning of this thread, I asked if there was a universally applicable method for knowing which comp...
You're right. That's an assumption, and probably not a safe assumption. Best to get open public agreement prior to anything else... Especially here in...
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