Shawn

So, there seems to be a common theme in these new tech noir movies of virtual reality. Just saw Ready Player One. Tron Legacy was pretty good if not b...

*Screeches* ADD... :rage:

Hmm, unsure about that. I think both cannot be spoken without the other. Kind of like dialectics?

A E S T H E T I C

So, science is a method, hence; the scientific method... Can you name any particular stances? And, is the method approach winning against the particul...

Hmmm... So, to win you have to have each complementing the other?

How so? Yes, but knowledge and truth aren't the same. So no cigar, yet...

Hmm, a trialing thread it is then...?

Oh, ok.

Impossible.

Yeah, it's one of those things that are so simple and elegant on paper, but the reality of undertaking the task is much much harder. I say this becaus...

On the other hand, it seems like the particularistic aspect of addressing this problem has been easier to appeal to. Anyone think science is a particu...

No, God is a solipsist.

Oh, well that's a monumental task at which Russell and the positivists have tried approaching. The positivists tried to tackle the problem through dev...

Yes, the unsayable and all that. Aggravates the condition so to speak, hehe. :sweat: At times it almost seems self defeating.

Not sure about that last part, but I like where you're taking this. :smile:

It was just me asserting that what they say in those links, I assume as a given being an agnostic and subscribing to quietism.

Anyone?

Should the title read, Appearance vs Reality vs The World?

Thanks for clarifying that!

What's the question? I'm easily confused. Thanks.

Yeah, it may be because I've always assumed the Platonic or neo-Platonic stance on the existence of God or conceptual schematic for God's existence. T...

Yes, though I've wondered if his attitude changed with the Investigations. These questions about the status of God and such seem to be left out from t...

I'm not sure, but the above idea of 'God' is closest in form, IMO, to Spinoza's conception of a pantheistic being. Is that correct or am I wrong about...

@"InternetStranger", not sure if you have any questions; but, I'm still interested in entertaining this topic if you wish. @"Wayfarer", thanks for the...

So, @"Srap Tasmaner", are you any more knowledgeable about the whole part we've already covered? Kinda worried that we'll never complete this group re...

OK, thanks.

This is interesting. Because I've realized that schizophrenia has to be addressed at an early age to deter a person from becoming convinced about the ...

Yes; but, I guess schizophrenia is the logical conclusion of the highest form of a failure to adapt. It's just a placeholder name I referenced.

Just out of curiosity. We're these schizophrenics against or grudging towards these high 'priests' as they call the psychiatrists there? Schizophrenia...

I don't understand. What do you mean by this?

Just put them in the sunshine. The sun works miracles on green bananas.

I'm not sure about that. We have projections of climate change being manageable up to a certain degree, and we haven't reached that point yet. It's ne...

A case in point to your sentiment is the Mutually Assured Destruction doctrine, or the logical extreme of your point at least. If we lived in a perfec...

My point in the whole topic was to illustrate that solipsism can serve by extension as an argument against the evil demon or Cartesian skepticism. The...

So, again, the solipsist cannot logically doubt. I rest my case.

What if instead of bonking their heads they, the solipsist, encountered Descartes evil demon, which would prod the person to doubt. Would it be such a...

Therefore a true/authentic solipsist cannot doubt?

But, surely that's illogical.

But, a solipsist's world is one full of absolute certainty, so how can doubt arise in such a world?

As Keynes said, "In the long run we're all dead."

All of those changes won't happen overnight. There will be time to adapt. It's not as doom and gloomy as you say it is. The changes will be slow and g...

A little early, but happy birthday to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Yeah, lot's of carbon.

Now, I'm not sure what I meant. :smile:

China is actually taking steps to mitigate these issues on a national level. Just track the progress they're making on renewables. They're also the ma...

Sure, why not?

Shameless bump. I wanted to post a similar topic but found this one more than good enough to address these issues. One perspective that others haven't...

I haven't forgotten about this reading group. I'm going to scour and compile a summary based of what we've covered thus far. Going to take a while for...

So, when are you becoming a mod, @"Agustino"?