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That all depends upon what counts as language and what counts as logical thinking. Language less creatures can correctly attribute/recognize causality...

Belief exists in it's entirety long before language acquisition. Perception does as well. Until those two things are rightly understood in terms of wh...

Language effects belief and perception when language use is a part of them(although I reject it's being a part of physiological sensory perception). L...

When is a deliberate suspension of one's judgment regarding the mental ability and/or personality of the individual listener the best choice, if ever?

The effects of language on belief and perception assumes a causal connection between language acquisition/use and the subsequent belief and perception...

The OP speaks in terms of the effects of language on perception and belief. Knowledge of that includes knowledge of language, perception, and belief i...

When one says "I know" in response to, "What do we do?", saying "I know" is not 'just a word'. Again, we seem to disagree.

What are you talking about again? Tell me all about it... focus my attention... without using language. I think we disagree on that.

The relationship/contrast/comparison between language and concepts is fruitless without also drawing and maintaining the distinction between that whic...

No way. No how. Language does channel our focus. That focus has no affect upon what we're observing. Trees are not at all affected by the fact that we...

Is it wrong for me to think that the term "meaning" better fits in the first? I do draw a distinction between language and meaning and I think Witt re...

Cambridge Letters Has anyone here been fortunate enough to read through this? :brow:

What we have currently is a horribly financially corrupt majority of elected officials.

Oppression of minorities and spreading racism, sexism, and xenophobia are not in the best interest of the overwhelming majority.

Back to trust as it pertains to the American government... There is a commonly held belief that the United States government consists of elected offic...

Calling yourself a democracy or a republic or a representative form of government carries the burden of doing what's best for the overwhelming majorit...

How to best govern a nation consisting of a variety of different sorts of people is philosophy.

Whew! Sorry Un... ... jumps off bandwagon and exits stage left.

Shameful that the federal government has leaders that refuse to do what is expected of every American in order to stop the spread of covid19. Who on e...

Am I now projecting? :razz:

A representative form of government carries along with it the people's expectation for the government to be trustworthy in making decisions that affec...

Assuming an agent with some semblance of what is often called a "mastery" of one's native tongue... When we place trust upon another to tell us about ...

When the same term is used on more than one occasion in the same argument or line of reasoning, that term must always be used in the same sense/accept...

When we trust a self-professed white supremacist to be what they claim, we are trusting the truthfulness of their testimony. That is... we are assumin...

:up: Great subject matter. Wish I had time...

Although I would not call that "delicious", it(the guest speaker's narrative) is dead-fucking-on, nonetheless.

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Anyone who agrees to convert anything necessary for public life to be subsequently dependent upon that gas ought be shot in the head and left for dead...

The evidence you're presenting does not warrant the conclusion you're drawing. The start up cost of moon mining would be astronomical(pun intended). T...

Earlier you mentioned having direct access to your own mental states... One's own personal subjective mental states begin long before one acquires the...

You friends with Newt?

I'm struggling to understand why you would place so much confidence in the ideas your presenting here. Particularly, I'm very hesitant to agree with a...

I wonder what Frankfurt would call that? Some of it is certainly bullshit.

As it now stands... There is no profit to be made by using the moon's resources unless the start up costs are covered. Anyone who expects some immedia...

Laying claim to celestial bodies is announcing that they are your personal property. No one owns the moon. Everyone owns the moon. We should all have ...

First I heard of it... That's the sort of priorities that a mind has when it's sole concern is profit. That said, I agree with you. We ought not be do...

According to whom?

I know plenty of women who are dicks. So... :wink:

What reason do you have to believe that we are?

Only for those looking to be offended. The term "pussy" when used as a slight for someone with cowardice is not referring to female genitalia, it's re...

So, what changes need to be in the US so that both are better places?

In addition... Look at what Trump has done - every time he could get away with it - to each and every individual who did their job when it concerned b...

There is a fair amount of oversight within the constitution... the separation of powers... in addition to all of the different oversight committees wi...

Well, that's perhaps a bit too much of a stretch. :wink: It definitely lets the original speaker know one thing for certain... the connection between ...

In what context does this not imply a lack of courage, which means being scared and/or fearful?

This gets into something that underlies the question in the OP. Here you're invoking "mental state concepts". These are equivalent to our thought and ...

Have you ever used the avatar name bushidobillyclub?

Normally. No technical jargon necessary there. :smile: How does one reflect upon something if they do not first know what that something is to be refl...

Do you agree with this... in principle?

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