Not so fast, bucko! So is your philosophy based on what is the most likely/logical argument, or the one most like NOT to be depressing to you. Me, I g...
. "I have a question for them, but also for everyone else here: Do you believe that we are just "chemistry"? If that is so, why don't they teach, in c...
I understand and respect those other opinions. But how then do holists avoid dualism? It's rather humbling and depressing when even our loftiest thoug...
you said “One thing though. SInce we are currently not progressing towards a better future (misuse of technology is destroying the biosphere which is ...
So - you’ve picked two areas that are currently on the decline - the biosphere and social Inequality - and then suggest we need a post-scientific view...
I can’t find that quote, but his video on chemistry is called “the Hidden chemistry of everything” so that sums up his stance. Sure, we are a bag of c...
again with the science skepticism. My own attempts to discuss this have been basically dismissed, or just met with a shrug. But how important is this ...
Why is science not a "thing"? Of course it's a thing. It's a human activity, yes. It's as much a thing as philosophy or art is a thing. It's just the ...
No. Atheists have heard all the arguments, all their lives. They have no reason to believe there's a god without evidence, and yet no atheist says tha...
1) "Real" is a loaded term that usually is defined as anything that science says is real. Thanks for your response, sorry for the delay in mine. I'd l...
yes I think I got that quote from somewhere else. My apologies I know etymology is important to how we’ve developed our concept of nature and “physica...
perfect. I’ll read through that whole thread. Thanks. My first question is regarding your comment “There was an implicit conviction of a relationship ...
absolutely and thanks for taking the time to discuss! Yes your argument was very interesting and I appreciate you’re taking the time to lay out the la...
I'm truly baffled by this reasoning, even though it's accepted in philosophical circles. I'm going to bed and would love to take this further - I ackn...
Ok I did and yes I understand. But I apply my same test - if there was such constantly divergent word meanings as this implies, it seems like discours...
How about if one person thinks W means "punch" while another thinks it means "apple." It would change the result of the second person asking for the f...
Unfortunately I have a rebuttal. I know I'm an amateur, but hear me out. Please rip me to shreds if (when?) you disagree. Could someone think grey, wh...
I can attest that that scenario gives me no comfort at all. Because my consciousness won't be part of it, and if go on to another form of life, I won'...
Agent Smith's definition of language skepticism makes it sound like it's a stronger beef with language. "....language is (too) flawed to perform the t...
Is that along the lines of Wittgenstein writing (I believe) that philosophy's main role was to clear up language. Correct? I do understand that and ha...
yup them doctors know a thang or two...they're BOOK-LEARNED! Hey of course scientists can be equally dismissive of philosophy. Equally wrong. Bringing...
I am talking to Joshs, but we're talking about science and not philosophy of language....ahem. And he had some trouble with language - which could be ...
ok.....it's not something I totally understand. Can you recommend a thinker...Frege? Wittgenstein? How does it apply to science specifically? And did ...
“You begin with an assumption about what science does: it tries to represent how things are in a world at least partially independent of our concepts ...
Not to be a Polyanna but this seems like a very limited and close-minded viewpoint. Do you not acknowledge the incredible stuff in neuroscience these ...
and in a sense you could argue philosophy has always tried to be science. I’m sure you know of the many example of philosophers who tried to make thei...
“So the science we perform is influenced by the society in which it is done, for good and for bad.” As is philosophy, social sciences, psychology, pol...
“Science's ultimate goal is to figure out, as some say, the true nature of reality. However, it can't - its mainstay, hypotheses/theories, are only in...
That's not what she's saying. She's sayng the antivax movement is one visible aspect of the anti-science sentiment sweeping populist circles. She talk...
“Science is always undertaken from a definite point of view, a new book concedes. But it enlarges our knowledge of the world through the interplay of ...
BTW I feel like we’re talking past each other, not really engaging. Can you (or anyone here) take a quick look at this? It expresses my thoughts far b...
That’s how I interpreted it and how it was taught. That’s the party line. It seems simplistic and negates any possibility of science ever being open-m...
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