Shawn

Science says. There is no welfare. It's every man for himself. So says Darwin! Philosophy made me cynical. I digress. No hemlock?

So, take the following from SEP: "On the standard semantics for quantification, the interpretation of (3*) requires that we be able to say when an ind...

Somewhat helpful in case anyone is interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC2rua5HerM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3tkHSGecPA&t=26s

Anyway, how do you evaluate a propositional attitude that is de re, contra a descriptive proposition like de dicto?

Sorry, I meant to imply that de re is a phenomenological report or propositional attitude dependent on subjectivity. Whereas a de dicto is descriptive...

Let's complicate matters and say that Ralph is a schizophrenic. In his mind (de re) he is right. In fact (de facto), he is wrong (de dicto). How can t...

Yeah, again "the actual situation", can be interchangeable with "the actual world". Counterfactuals are existentially dependent on the actual world fo...

It's interesting to note, that de dicto assertions don't have sense; but only reference if we are to evaluate the validity of any de dicto claim. Wher...

There it is, "in the real world" to quote from you. De re just doesn't obtain without placing one's self into the actual situation, and that simply ca...

I had something like this in mind: ========== I played the lottery. (Framing condition) I didn't win the lottery. (Fact) I won the lottery in a possib...

Is that a counterfactual?

Thanks that makes better sense. As a separate question in regards to counterfactuals... Do you think we can only speak about counterfactuals de dicto ...

Here is the wiki entry on it in regards to thought: There are two possible interpretations of the sentence "Peter believes someone is out to get him"....

Well, those are just examples to illustrate the de re and de dicto distinction. Maybe you have a better example in mind? I can't think up any.

Sorry. I think I read in too deeply into the SEP entry. I don't think I'll elaborate on nonsense. Sorry again. It's not clear to me. Care to take a sh...

Tiff for president!

Perhaps I should mention in all this that I am on disability. I never cared about money and live on what subsistence from the government provides. I f...

Any thoughts?

What do you mean?

Yeah, there's a fine line between sanity and insanity. Most people who know they have an illness ( it can be even a common cold ) take precautions to ...

Depends. On average I'm pretty normal. Nobody is psychotic 24/7 all year round. If you think that some people are like that then you may have seen too...

If I understand the distinction correctly, the change in scope of existential quantification is dictated by which perspective we assume. Does that sou...

In regards to counterfactuals, which have been occupying my mind... Those are strictly de dicto propositions dependent on the actual world. Nothing ca...

What are your thoughts about quantification across possible world's if I may also ask.

Yes, I'm really into quantified modal logic as of late, thanks to you. What's your interpretation of the Barcan Formula? Actualist or possibilist?

Epistemically, we cannot know of any contingent necessary conditions of any other possible world apart from framing the issue wrt. to the actual world...

@"andrewk", what do you think about all this?

Well, there can exist an infinite amount of possible worlds, just originating from this one. But, I think the word "real" needs to be dropped into the...

I don't know. That seems to be my main question here. Here's what I said a while ago. I still think it would be good to implement: https://thephilosop...

Yes, but, I don't see how a possible world can be determined as impossible? It merely states that the state of affairs of a possible world is always g...

The Wikipedia entry on the Barcan formula states: Therefore, if we are limited to the actual world when positing counterfactuals, then how are necessa...

Would you posit that this is the result of taking the Stoic conception of "apatheia" to the extreme, hence the modern negative connotation with "apath...

Wikipedia provides the following: So, stipulative definitions are tantamount to subjective descriptions or theorizing of events? When does a stipulati...

So, information is not lost or is lost? How they are represented can differ and is a side issue I suppose.

But, the computer you are using and the room in which you don't expect the roof to collapse are all the results of applied maths. If we were to try an...

So, I take it you don't believe that mathematics is a form of reality? Ex. Platonism?

But, the instrumentality argument of mathematics would be a backbone in asserting truth or "reality" of these "mathematical games".

Please expand.

So, where do you want to start? From the beginning? We've covered a lot already, so maybe skim the thread and then see what questions you have then?

Would you be willing to abandon all the luxuries that the economy has to offer just for having a stable peace of mind? I mean, if I were to choose bet...

Oh, wow. I've never been approached by anyone, thankfully. How about you?

I see. So, why are so many people twisted and grow up twisted? What's going wrong in the developmental process? Do you assert that Buddhist tenents ou...

So, you have your own theory as to how the mind works?

My memory is a bit fuzzy on the matter; but, I believe Afghanistan was the home turf for where Osama Bin Laden was radicalized via what Brzezinski orc...

My infinitely curious mind posted a topic in regards to this issue. It's called, "The War on Terror". Let me know what you think.

Nice comparison. Though treating life as an ongoing movie seems somewhat constrained. Maybe more like a Hilbert cinema with an infinite amount of movi...

I don't have the willpower to study topology and differential geometry. I failed vector calculus twice! Can't really grasp the subject. I like algebra...

One thing you can thank the Taliban for was their ironclad grip on the production of heroin in Afghanistan prior to the war on terror. Now they grow i...

Hmm, so is this just another way of saying that you would have to apply some compression theorem to achieve that? Or truncate it? Rounding off would b...

You mean to assert that there are no conditions that would render the truth value of embedding a larger countably infinite dimension into a smaller on...