Shawn

Whoa. You can't be serious. This reduces the importance of agency in our lives and assumes some fatalistic psychological stance, much like the one Fre...

The below seems pertinent to the issue also: Fallacies of definition.

The meaning is that arriving at the 'truth' is like a kafka-trial periled with being aware of all the logical fallacies there are in existence. It's a...

I feel as though philosophy is rife with stipulative definitions. So, one is bound to find themselves struggling to reach some agreement in understand...

I see what you did there. :wink:

First, let's get the idea out of our head that philosophers are like prophets that have access to The truth. That's just a delusion some philosophers ...

Well, what you are asking here is about the utility or function (at accomplishing a certain goal or purpose) of believing in a certain philosophy. Cor...

How does one go about this? Therapy?

The two aren't mutually exclusive.

Why must it be that way? Is there no alternative to this sorry predicament?

By all means, go ahead. You can reference this thread as the template or draft of the final product of the chain of thought culminating in your thread...

Part of my motivation in starting this thread is to understand if the concept of 'epistemic closure' is fallacious in informal languages, instead of f...

That's a given because inductive reasoning is wholly based on the empirical?

The ambiguity is the issue here, in my opinion.

I think it amounts to the hopelessness that philosophy faces if it is to be a prescriptive/normative ethical domain of thought. It will always seem to...

Is this about the discrepancy between formal and informal reasoning?

Yes, we're not talking about epistemic content, yet. Just about the reasoning process itself and the motivations behind it.

Oh, I'm not so sure about that. It seems reasonable on face value.

I'm agreeing obviously. How can I disagree?

It's really insidious isn't it? One of the more treacherous one's out there.

This is golden. So, pointing out fallacies is a fallacy of trying to disregard the whole argument based on the occurrence of a fallacy. I'd say that's...

I don't understand. I don't know if there's a theorem stating that if something in base one logic, applies universally to all other logics? Meaning, i...

So, is that a yes or no? So, maybe?

Then I must ask... What are you doing here engaging with us in philosophical endeavors? Is it the fact that you might be wrong and are willing to endu...

:chin:

So, then philosophy is a gift that keeps on giving?

"If we seek to understand the whole Universe, we'll understand little, but seek to understand ourselves, and we'll come to understand the whole Univer...

And, what is that objective if you don't mind me asking? Well, to better understand the objective, we have to understand ourselves first.

Given how everything here has been grossly overgeneralized into a simple matter of game playing, I suppose we need to introduce an ELO rating system?

Well, Wittgenstein believed that through analyzing the use/nature of language, we can come to a better understanding of the true nature of how questio...

Thanks for proving my point...

I guess we can all learn something from each-other, hence, the need not to point fingers for any reason in particular and just reflect on your own ass...

Thanks, I try. What kind of instincts? If I were aware of the entire list of logical fallacies, would I be exempt from making wrong/bad inferences? Ye...

So, this is a result of not playing devils advocate with every position or argument you make?

I don't really know. Is there even an answer?

So, is it some logical fallacy to try and categorize a person or label them as someone or something to discredit them or present them in some negative...

There are a bunch of questions in the OP. You can choose to answer anyone you like.

What's it you don't know?

So, you're asking because you want to know?

I don't know. Why even bother asking?

Indeed?...

What's true here too? I'm trying to ask, why should I even care who you are, or what reason you have for posting something? Doesn't it come down to pa...

Is that not a delusion onto itself? *looks at the horse*

I have the impression, that Wittgenstein believed that an apt and appropriate concern for ethics and morality can only arise if we can overcome the in...

I propose we administer a test before any post is made to make sure any unnecessary emotions are not present and don't create any alternation for the ...

You know, if we we're all Borg, then we wouldn't even be having this problem. So, let's become a singular Borg-like entity.

I am AI. There, I said it.

Just change your environment if you don't want to alter your perception of an existing one?

Yeah, it was the most amazing experience though. I felt at one with the world in some sense. Anyway, I can't stretch myself that far ever again.