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So, I just checked the news and it seems that now the Democrats are in the House, they are able to give Mueller all the necessary tools he might have ...

Maybe I should rephrase the issue, as I am working on how to conceptualize possible worlds that are defined through counterfactuals that only exist in...

For ostensive terms, this issue disappears if you assume something lacking in Kipke's Naming and Necessity. Namely, a form of counterfactual definitiv...

No, take your time. I started a separate thread on See: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/4876/the-philosophical-self

Yes, very confusing. I wonder what can that possibly mean, or do we just have to remain silent about the philosophical self?

Do you disagree with what @"Pussycat" has stated in the previous responses?

So awesome that weed is now legal in California. So convenient ordering online and getting it delivered the next day.

This quote has been of my interest recently. Does it imply a form of solipsism?

More like, "If Santa Claus existed then..." Or more instantiating: You, could have a daughter, either through biological means or adoption; but, Santa...

Sort of harping on what @"StreetlightX", has said... If we don't address the issue exclusively through the first person perspective, then the issue do...

Yeah, I don't know how to proceed with this factoid in mind. It seems like a glaring example, that is brushed aside, of not being able to specify a re...

Yes, do you know in which lectures he proceeds to talk about empty names and fictional entities like Santa Claus. As far as I can understand, Kripke e...

What would Kripke's say about empty names? Anyone?

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We must be careful not to give them any ideas. The pig in my avatar told me that its friends on the animal farm are considering an uprising.

A conspiracy?

Two wrongs don't make a right. Even if the chicken was a Nazi, then we must still show compassion towards it. I digress now.

If we are to take a resolute reading of Wittgenstein, then we must begin talking senselessly and nonsensically. Who wants to start?

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Yes, I suppose it would be unethical.

Yes, I am wallowing ehem, I mean wondering if some predator chased a chicken in a field, would it be able to sustain flight or would eventually be cau...

Yes, it is clearly struggling with flight. But, it IS flying...

The first chicken in this video is definitive proof that chickens can fly... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRpgnMDr7Ms

Poor chickens. You just have to train them and they could fly around. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT89-oG_BNM

But, if a chicken really wanted to it could fly... I mean, just as an experiment keep on chasing it and make it fly.

Hmm, we must listen to Elon Musk. He is our one and only savior.

Thanks for the reality check. Pence as president? wow...

Pray that Mueller delivers this year.

Shit is hitting the fan.

Nice conversation you guys got going here. Enjoying it. Cheers.

Hmm, I see that the discussion is progressing nicely. Had the Dodo been able to fly, I think it would have been able to escape extinction.

Yes. The internal monologue that people have takes place from "within the head", where hallucinations are percieved by a schizophrenic as originating ...

How so? Isn't the designator for "Jesus", the definite description that he is/was the "Son of God"? And this designates rigidly...

Yeah, if we can ever redefine "schizophrenia" being a "condition" instead of a "disorder or illness", then I suspect the abnormally high suicide rates...

This goes to my topic raised a while about quantification of entities in possible worlds along with how we talk about them as either de re or de dicto...

You might find it a curious case of Jesus exists in all possible worlds, having the definite description of being the Son of God, further being of gre...

Sounds like you had a scary experience reading a book by Borges. Have you seen, Through a Glass Darkly by Ingmar Bergman? I was captivated seeing it f...

It's important to highlight that causal chains are derived from verified or the standard convention of definite descriptions. Baptism can only occur i...

I designated him leader when starting the thread. He obliged, and here we are approaching page 52 of a quality thread. I don't mean to sound rude but ...

Well, Banno is still the leader of this reading group and perhaps the most competent person to be it. So, I'm content with how he is doing. Perhaps a ...

Oh, Lawd. All this confusion about definite descriptions... I've always thought that definite descriptions like Jesus being the Son of God are what en...

Yes, I suppose so. What are your thoughts about it?

But, you do agree that in some cases where ambiguity arises about the object of interest, that a definite description can attain the status of a rigid...

So, we haven't really covered the necessity part of Kripke's book. Or did I sleep through it?

I'm quite amazed that we haven't had to resort to interpretations or companions for this reading group.

Yes, I see now. I wonder if there was a period in time when chickens could fly or we're they like the evolutionary equivalent of what mules are to hor...

The idea would never appeal to materialists or physicalists. I'm naturally inclined to believe that the mind is something more than matter at play. Pe...

Yes, I wonder about the evolutionary history of chickens. Why did nature make them incapable of flying for prolonged periods of time...

I think that if you starved a chicken and made it very lean, or fed it proteins and trained it, then it could fly if it wanted to badly enough. Though...

Hmm, deep questions. It seems to me to be another issue about how we use language and the inherent ambiguity of how we use certain terms too.