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In: Meinong's Jungle  — view comment
...if the stuff in Meinongs Jungle aren't really empty names, then what are they?
January 27, 2019 at 02:23
In: Meinong's Jungle  — view comment
Then what does it mean to say that stuff in Meinongs Jungle are actually empty names?
January 27, 2019 at 01:51
In: Meinong's Jungle  — view comment
Aren't they empty names?
January 27, 2019 at 01:44
In: Meinong's Jungle  — view comment
So, what's a characteristic of entities that reside in Meinongs Jungle? That they have no reference to real world things?
January 27, 2019 at 01:23
In: Meinong's Jungle  — view comment
Am I really Wallows? Is Pegasus only a word?
January 27, 2019 at 01:12
In: Meinong's Jungle  — view comment
Yes, what are they?
January 27, 2019 at 00:42
In: Meinong's Jungle  — view comment
Yes. What does the name "Pegasus" or Wallows represent then?
January 27, 2019 at 00:32
In: Meinong's Jungle  — view comment
How do you call something that is either real or existing but not both, such as Pegasus?
January 27, 2019 at 00:20
In: Meinong's Jungle  — view comment
Yes, then what do you call that? The property of being an empty name?
January 27, 2019 at 00:11
In: Meinong's Jungle  — view comment
So, Pegasus or Wallows exists but doesn't. Is there some term for this fluxual state of existence?
January 26, 2019 at 23:34
In: Meinong's Jungle  — view comment
Why is that? I like Meinongianism.
January 26, 2019 at 02:34
In: Is Objectivism a good or bad philosophy? Why?  — view comment
There are some relevant topics on our website: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/3951/is-ayn-rand-a-philosopher/p1 https://thephilosophyforum....
January 25, 2019 at 02:51
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
@"S", the balloon popper. /uploads/resized/files/n6/lbailwabsy3vkxwa.jpg
January 25, 2019 at 02:23
In: Meinong's Jungle  — view comment
Well, it seems you boiled down the issue of 'truth' being accessible to only the correspondence theory. Which theory meshes with "saying true things a...
January 25, 2019 at 01:29
In: Meinong's Jungle  — view comment
It's called "logicomix". I can't do a specific Google search for the clip I presented. Here's some more: http://existentialcomics.com/philosopher/Ludw...
January 25, 2019 at 01:23
In: Ongoing Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus reading group.  — view comment
I overslept and missed the lecture. Where are we in the text, @"Fooloso4"?
January 25, 2019 at 01:21
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
I sense a disturbance in the force. Who farted?
January 24, 2019 at 10:14
In: Naming and Necessity, reading group?  — view comment
That's fine. Given that this thread is concluding, do you want to recap on the things you have learned from Kripke's Naming and Necessity?
January 24, 2019 at 05:28
In: Naming and Necessity, reading group?  — view comment
What do you mean taken a step or two backward?
January 24, 2019 at 04:54
In: Naming and Necessity, reading group?  — view comment
Meh
January 24, 2019 at 04:50
In: Ongoing Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus reading group.  — view comment
@"Fooloso4" I think I got sidetracked with the whole Rhino and induction thing. Let me know where we left off. Sorry and thanks.
January 24, 2019 at 02:26
In: Ongoing Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus reading group.  — view comment
I have my contention with this due to Wittgenstein explicitly stating in proposition 5.1361: Although he does change his views later in the Investigat...
January 24, 2019 at 02:16
In: Ongoing Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus reading group.  — view comment
I'm a little slow, please bear with me. Here is a good paper on the issue of there being a rhino in the room.
January 24, 2019 at 01:46
In: Pragmatism and Wittgenstein  — view comment
I just found this article really elucidating on the magnitude of Ramsey's pragmatic approach to philosophical issues having influenced Wittgenstein's ...
January 24, 2019 at 01:09
In: Meinong's Jungle  — view comment
I don't see how any of this discussion relates to the OP. Can you guys clarify?
January 24, 2019 at 00:59
In: Ongoing Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus reading group.  — view comment
So, with the above in mind, does Wittgenstein ever make the claim that, logic and the world, are one and the same? Or is there some distinction drawn ...
January 24, 2019 at 00:57
In: Ongoing Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus reading group.  — view comment
Well, according to this website, answers the question about why Wittgenstein denied Russell's empirical claim that "there is no rhinoceros in the room...
January 24, 2019 at 00:54
In: Is it true that ''Religion Poisons Everything''?  — view comment
Pragmatically speaking, if it serves them some utility and doesn't harm others, then whatever floats their boat.
January 23, 2019 at 23:55
In: Is it true that ''Religion Poisons Everything''?  — view comment
You mean you're entitled to your opinion? I guess that works too.
January 23, 2019 at 23:53
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
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January 23, 2019 at 23:34
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Well then. Back to eggs then.
January 23, 2019 at 22:55
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
A pity. Not even a birthday?
January 23, 2019 at 22:50
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
I don't observe pagan holidays. :grin:
January 23, 2019 at 22:22
In: Meinong's Jungle  — view comment
What do you think @"Banno"?
January 23, 2019 at 22:08
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Yes, spam and eggs please.
January 23, 2019 at 22:01
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Six of one half dozen of the other.
January 23, 2019 at 21:50
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Eggs.
January 23, 2019 at 21:36
In: Ongoing Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus reading group.  — view comment
What does W mean by the following? 6.37 There is no compulsion making one thing happen because another has happened. The only necessity that exists is...
January 23, 2019 at 21:24
In: Ongoing Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus reading group.  — view comment
See: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/249463
January 23, 2019 at 20:54
In: Meinong's Jungle  — view comment
Into the jungle, @"Nils Loc"!
January 23, 2019 at 20:37
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
:blush:
January 23, 2019 at 20:31
In: Ongoing Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus reading group.  — view comment
Well, I don't think there are any issues anymore. So, let's wait to hear from @"Fooloso4"...
January 23, 2019 at 20:23
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Wallowing moderately intensifies.
January 23, 2019 at 20:15
In: Ongoing Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus reading group.  — view comment
What do you think about Wittgenstein's answer to Hume's problem of induction in the Tractatus?
January 23, 2019 at 20:00
In: Ongoing Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus reading group.  — view comment
I never said anything against Fooloso4. I even said in my previous comments that I think he is right. Anyway, I hope Fooloso4 might be able to contrib...
January 23, 2019 at 19:29
In: Meinong's Jungle  — view comment
Well, even Wittgenstein maintained that there might be a rhinoceros in the room. /uploads/resized/files/1k/1vlvkzjd9jt0z5vq.gif
January 23, 2019 at 19:14
In: Ongoing Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus reading group.  — view comment
What are your thoughts about the following propositions? 6.362 What can be described can happen too: and what the law of causality is meant to exclude...
January 23, 2019 at 19:12
In: Meinong's Jungle  — view comment
Yes, it's puzzling what goes on in Meinong's jungle.
January 23, 2019 at 18:38
In: Meinong's Jungle  — view comment
Like Plato's beard?
January 23, 2019 at 18:26
In: Ongoing Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus reading group.  — view comment
What do you disagree with?
January 23, 2019 at 17:58
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