I don't get it Agustino. That clip elevated my opinion of Jeb Bush considerably. I am absolutely no fan of George HW, George W or Jeb, as their values...
My approach to difficulties with what 'feminism' means, and whether one agrees with whatever that is, is my usual approach of rejecting the use of 'is...
That putative atheist argument can be viewed in a negative or a positive way, just like how Peter Singer's arguments for animal rights can. Anti Singe...
That corresponds with my understanding of certain sorts of philosophy (eg classical theism, Heidegger) and that's why I see those sorts of philosophy ...
This is in fact one of the key reasons why my impression is the opposite of yours. Staying together to ride out the ups and downs that happen even in ...
The notion of a 'simple' God, and other such words used by classical theists, has led me to the (tentative, as always) view that Thomism is actually a...
That's an interesting claim. It is the exact opposite of my own impression, although I would not seek to elevate my impression to a claim. Perhaps you...
The argument in lines 1-3 doesn't get anybody anywhere. * Some people who believe in God will accept premises 1 and 2, but the argument will make no d...
We don't know any of those things. I'll consider them one by one. Flat? The density parameter has been measured to be very close to 1, but it has to b...
When one says sphere, one can be referring to either the 2D object that is the surface or boundary of the sphere. In 3D Cartesian coordinates, this is...
Finite spacetimes can expand just as well as infinite ones. There is no need for them to expand into anything and no need for anything to be outside i...
Be careful with that. It brings to mind a phrase that chilled me when I read it, and have never forgotten: from Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan: He gave hi...
The expression 'an armed society is a polite society' makes me think of such very polite people as: - Dr No ('No Mr Bond, I expect you to die') - Don ...
There's no incongruity. When they are doing physics, they are working with equations. When they are talking to lay people to try to give them an appro...
No they are not talking about the galaxies but about the equations of the spacetime metric. Referring to galaxies is just a way to give a vague sense ...
That's correct the way lay people think of 'expanding', meaning that the total size of the thing is getting bigger. To get bigger it must be finite. N...
First let me say that this is a topic that really interests me, so although it may look like I'm arguing, I'm actually trying to explore the notion in...
I believe you. And for me*, the greater satisfaction comes from viewing the different phenomena as parts of a whole. It's a lucky thing that there are...
I'll stick my head above the parapet and defend the 'Plastic bag is the universe becoming a container' or 'I am the universe becoming self-aware' epig...
A polite way to put that would be: 'Actually I've changed my position since the OP. You probably haven't noticed because this thread is very long' I s...
No. Because I don't want anybody to have to suffer torture. Further, it would be disgusting and abhorrent to me for such a barbarity as deliberate tor...
@shmik @OglopTo I find that awareness and caution about the background of somebody from a different culture can come up not just for Muslims. I work w...
It seems to me that the analog/digital distinction is not so much about the binary Yes/No nature of digital things, but rather about discrete vs conti...
It sounds reasonable to me. I take 'inherent meaning' to suggest some sort of 'global meaning'. If there is no global meaning there can still be local...
It sounds like you work in something related to IT. I'm interested in what sort of work you find the most rewarding in your chosen field. I expect it ...
I don't like hackers either but I'm sure we can find a bright side. All those people employed by IT security companies have jobs, earn wealth and pay ...
Good point. I'm a little uncomfortable using the word 'valid' about a theory, as it doesn't seem to convey the aspect of provisionality (temporariness...
My knowledge of Popper's works is much less than that of physics, but nevertheless I think you may be mistaken here. Did you mean 'logically impossibl...
Without knowing anything about science, one can be certain from basic logic that one of those statements cannot be correct. Adding my knowledge of phy...
I agree that one can get stuck in an uncomfortable feeling of infinite regress if one insists that science is 'explanation'. I know we all talk about ...
Your first post is this: Your suggestion is to put 'more boots on the ground'. It's fine that you believe that that would work, even though past evide...
Lurking here and there. Why? Is there a post I've missed that explains how Daesh can be surgically removed from the Earth without causing enormous suf...
It occurs to me that even playing atonal music requires agreement on two parameters, and hence is not toally free of constraints - provided it is with...
It occurs to me that an additional necessary condition of something being a story (additional to the conscious teller and conscious listener) is that ...
What are people's views on Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique? As I understand it, there is no home key in that form. At the time (1920s) plenty of pe...
Do you think it is possible that that understanding could ever be achieved? I feel very confident indeed that it is impossible, although I doubt I cou...
Can you explain what that completer expression is, and how it matches up to the definition of intelligibility you gave in your earlier post as being a...
@Wayfarer Do you think it would follow from that definition of intelligibility that nothing can ever be intelligible (in that specific Platonic sense)...
Do you think so? I think 'intelligible' traditionally relates to ordinary speech, not to philosophical discourse, and means that we can make out what ...
I would say that a necessary condition for something being a story is that it have a conscious narrator (story-teller) and at least one consciousness ...
In my view, we are ALWAYS telling each other a story, and there's no 'just' about that. Story-telling is the pinnacle! On the question of intelligibil...
That's a very good point, with an interesting historical context. All the original Jesus followers were Jews. From what I've read on the early years o...
Here's the first part of section IV of the intro to CPR (first edition): To me, that says they are antonyms. I also note that he does not mention expe...
I am unable to form an opinion on whether mathematics is learned synthetically, because I don't know what 'synthetic' means. If I did, I would then kn...
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