Shawn

What I wonder these days is if it was some self-imposed masochistic test of willpower or an exasperated desperate attempt to stop wallowing and be pro...

We talked a little about my problem with substances in PM chat some time ago. Today I have a meeting at my local clinic to address that issue. ADD is ...

As to what instantiates a who in a state of affairs is another question worth exploring in my opinion, @"Banno". I think this goes back to your reply ...

I'm not quite sure. It seems to me that the rigid designator isn't the state of affairs here because those can be contingent. The rigid designator is ...

Postys on downtime. I hope others can contribute.

Can I request that a moderator rename me to "Wallows". Much appreciated.

So, full disclosure. I and Waya have been in a relationship for almost a month. I didn't dump Waya, I dumped myself; because, I can't take care of mys...

I'm sorry to hear @"Waya". I hope you can accomplish what you set your mind to because I know you can.

I agree.

Go on...

Please elaborate on that. I'm stumped by "trans-world identification" as I'm on page 44.

Yeah, I think so. I just don't know how to analyze intents. Do you?

I think that people can become soul mates through matching their values and wants. This can only be born out of 'love'.

Can you clarify your terms by which you mean "stipulative"?

http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html

@"Banno". Kripke talks about "criteria of identity". Can you elaborate on this?

Understood. So, how does baptism occur? What are causal links? Ontologically speaking.

Hence, Stoicism? I've always preferred Stoicism over Buddhism due to its modern appeal. The Enchiridion is a fantastic book, that I often think about.

Well, that's certainly not the intent of compassion. I often conflate compassion with empathy; but, it seems to me that there is a sincere desire to s...

Then please continue. I'm on page 34, reading about the a priori and necessary.

That's a difficult question to ascertain. I think, that the Buddhist is very sensitive towards the affect of others, given their esteemed 'compassion'...

Is meditation self-actualization? The K or Buddist seemed to have ignored the need for esteem and instead jumped all the way to the very top of the py...

Yeah, nothing more or less than pure compassion and harmony of the spirit. I adopted the Buddhist attitude towards such matters of turning off the TV,...

Just figurative speech. I always held Buddhists to be linear in their affect and personality. No hype, jazz, or drama.

Mhm. No more wearing masks can be a challenge in this parade called "life".

Hmm, being "yourself" seems pretty hard to do nowadays. Heh.

Looks like this is turning out to be a dialogue between us two @"Banno". Hundrum, meh.

Then, what is it?

But not the other way around, yes?

Okay, then I had it backwards then. Thanks.

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I will let Banno clarify my confusion. I've always held that objects are rigid designators to the act of baptism of a name. I digress and hope you guy...

Not in isolation. This goes back to the Tractatus; but, objects have meaning in relation to other objects, which are states of affairs, deriving from ...

So Kripke says the following on page 33: What does he mean by saying that a description need (not) to refer to an object for that object to have meani...

For example, what are causal links according to Kripke and how do they obtain in the world or possible world's?

I'm still playing catch up. But, if you want to hear my dribble then a name attains meaning when it has a rigid designator that instantiates a concept...

I feel as though we should pause and go through the process of how names attaining their meaning through baptism, which is further instantiated throug...

So, how does a name attain meaning? Through baptism? How does baptism occur for names and their referring rigid designators?

Sounds awfully like the placebo effect to my ears.

I wouldn't mind at least mentioning it. I like the juicy parts of a thorough analysis.

So, then I must conclude from the above, that these men are con artists. Luring people into an idea that they realize that nobody can ever achieve thr...

I will wait for other members to catch up or contribute. Thanks.

Yes; though, when we talk about the qualitative aspect of things or facts, they can be different than the quantitative aspect of that thing or fact. I...

I will wait for other members to address this claim. But, can you explicate the rationale behind this conclusion?

Please tell me again, for I am dumb and slow. Thank you.

Okay. Then, I shall ask the very basic question as to whether thoughts can exist independently of emotions. Your answer to this question was a "no". N...

How so?

My confidence statement (of how certain I am about ascertaining the truth of the proposition) exists independently of the truth of the proposition tha...

Right on! Thanks for getting on board. I hope @"Banno" can assist us in the interpretive part of understanding the main gist of the book. Some narrati...

Oh, sorry about that mistake. I stand corrected. Do you care to join us on this reading group Pierre?