Without noncircular definitions, how would you expect words to be able to describe reality? And, if they can't, then maybe you need to be a bit more m...
That's right, but specifically what else do you think that there is, other than abstract facts? What do you think that there is with objective-existen...
You keep repeating that "no evidence" assertion like a parrot. Evidence needn't be proof. Evidence is an individual matter (Someone's reason to believ...
. . You asked me a question about religion. Oh, alright, so you’re saying that you didn’t ask to find out something, but instead were just asking in o...
No one's saying that you should believe what you don't know of any reason to believe (...whether it be evidence, or justification for faith). Many The...
Faith consists of trust without or aside-from evidence ("outward-sign", as Merriam-Webster, in their definition #1, concisely stated what we all mean ...
...if you think that an imagined "state of affairs" is a state of affairs. Your fallacy results from your calling it a "state of affairs" when it's on...
. An excusable error. Don’t feel bad. . Science is about “investigation in search of new information” about this physical universe and the interaction...
It might not be an exaggeration to attribute our experience-stories entirely to our own will, meaning that we have no to blame but ourselves. ...inste...
I think the Gnostic notion is that the demiurge was acting without God's authorization, and screwed up. I think Schope would agree. But regret doesn't...
Exactly. Quite so. Defnitely. As I said, this life is temporary, as is a finite sequence of a vary great many temporary lives. Life is a blip in timel...
What if there isn't really "stuff"? Physicist Michael Faraday suggested that there isn't. He suggested that this physical universe consists entirely m...
. I said that the propositions, and the things that they’re about are hypothetical. In that sense, the story itself is hypothetical. I didn’t say that...
"Whatever silly nonsense..."? But if you don't know the specifics of my impressions on such matters, then how can you know that they're "silly nonsens...
You, not I, posit a magical being. The magical being is your God. Maybe you define as "magical" all that isn't physical. Then presumably the word "whi...
As I've said, the only word for that statement is "hillarious". It's a really silly thing to say, given that science can, and is intended to, only stu...
The notion of provable assertions about the nature and character of overall Reality is hilarious. It shows the incredible pretentiousness of Aggressiv...
The "magical being" that you refer to is your God. So you attribute belief in your God to others, and criticize a belief that is posited only by you a...
Scientists are specially-qualified to study and describe the physical universe and the relations among its constituent parts. That's all. Philosophers...
A raisin is a grape that has been dried. It would be redundant to speak of a raisin that has been dried, because all raisins have been dried. But it's...
As I mentioned in my previous reply to that passage, I don't think we mean different things by "hypothetical". But yes, the meaning of "actual" is wha...
Galileo didn't try to apply science outside its legitimate range of applicability. He studied and advanced physics. In fact, Galileo famously clarifie...
When someone tries to apply science to religious questions, or even metaphysical questions, that person is trying to apply science outside its legitim...
...and there is a door-to-door-promotion denomination that has asserted that God exists physically. But, if your objections only apply to religions th...
...the phyisical world. A nonsensical statement on the face of it. There's no such thing as a "scientific case" in physics for a position on a matter ...
. One accepted definition that I like is: “being the antecedent of an implication.” . That isn’t nonstandard. . Another well-accepted definition that ...
. No, I defined a fact as a state-of-affairs or a relation among things, and I defined “proposition” in terms of fact. . Yes, by the definition of “pr...
. The meaningful definition of the actual physical universe is: The physical universe in which the speaker resides. . . The suggestion that the physic...
. I think there’s room for different definitions about that. . Given the definition of the positive integers by repeated addition of the multiplicativ...
They certainly fit my definition of things, because they're describable and can be referred to. But any putative "fact" that doesn't obtain isn't a fa...
Here is an attempt at a summary of the approaches that I know of: 1. A proposition is a statement, and a fact is what makes a proposition true. (...bu...
If the king of France has hair, then "The king of France is bald" isn't a fact. Here's what I could find about the Principle of Bipolarity: I don't un...
But it's tautologically-invevitable that if a proposition is true it's not untrue. Consistency is tautologically-inevitable. That consistency is the o...
Other than my girlfriend, I practically never talk to anyone, except for the minimal business-talk needed in daily life. There just aren't conversatio...
No sh*t? :D It's the religious belief that you were espousing. Whether you're serious about what you say is a whole other matter, which, of course, de...
I don't believe that he said that he hates people--merely that he tends to avoid people. But you exemplify the familiar and dismal fact that there are...
. Yes, but Eternity doesn’t mean an infinite amount of time—It means timelessness. . But yes, there is Eternity, timelessness, for us, at the end-of-l...
That's Hanover's religious belief, but I don't agree with it. Hanover believes uncritically in the doctrine of a completely omnipotent God. Presumably...
Yes, "purports" (in a definition of "proposition) is a better word than "alleged", because it doen't require talking about an action of a speaker. Mic...
That's redundant. A supposed "state-of-affairs" that doesn't obtain isn't a state of affairs. My own wording used to be "An aspect of how things are."...
Some people speak of facts "obtaining" or being true. When someone says that, they're using "fact" to mean "proposition" or an alleged fact.. I prefer...
A proposition. I guess there could be and are different systems of definitions about these things, but I suggest these: 1. Things are what are describ...
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