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Yeah, here's 2.0121: Same thing being said in the PI 48&49, no?

You can never get enough of Wittgenstein. Just reading passage 49, reeks of nominalism; but, then Wittgenstein says or tantamounts, 'So what?' Names o...

I'd call it meaning as use, and agreement. If anything it smells of pragmatism, a lot! It doesn't negate the notion of logical simples; but, attempts ...

Yeah, I guess you can call it that, or the logic of language in practice. You know, when language goes astray, bewitchment happens. Or speaking about ...

Things are logical simples, whatever that means if anything at all. Or 'things' manifest another way, is what Wittgenstein meant when asserting that '...

From my understanding of the TLP. The problem of Universal's is omitted by appealing to logical simples which can't be further reduced.

Objects have names, and relations between them give meaning. Things are none of those. According to Wittgenstein as I understand him. Yes, this is nom...

Not really. Wittgenstein was aware of the limitations of logical atomism when he said that the limits of his or our language mean the limits of the in...

Is the statement starting with, 'I know ... ' tantamount to stating a fact? It would seem that according to Wittgenstein in 'On Certainty', he says:

Regarding bitcoin, that boat has sailed a while ago. I was contemplating investing in BTC around when it first popped up; but, held off due to concern...

And here is the gem I was looking for. Regarding ethics and metaphysics, whereof one cannot speak, thereof one ought to remain silent, as Wittgenstein...

Yes, but the world consists of objects, not things.

To move out? I can only move to my grandmother, and that's a big if. I don't have the luxury to move anywhere, and my mom tells me she needs me as sup...

To do something I love doing, meaning philosophy. And, to be busy with something productive in my life rather than live on welfare. I know, I know, yo...

Why are fact's things that are valid only in view of the correspondence theory of truth?

Well, made the first steps to go back to college for a degree in philosophy. Hope this ball rolls as long as it can.

Yeah, but facts do have ontological value, see; 3) A fact is just a sui generis type of entity in which objects exemplify properties or stand in relat...

Well, as long as such behavior counts as what is 'rational', according to economic theory and such, and produces the maximum amount of utility, then t...

Yeah, but that really doesn't answer the question as to whether in principle it is possible to model game theoretic situations to produce the optimal ...

I was under the impression that game theory is based on mathematics, so, eventually (given a sufficiently complex calculus) all games could be modeled...

Well, the issues you present that are pertinent today with such cases as not accounting for the negative externalities of excessive carbon dioxide lev...

I wonder how you can reconcile rational self-interest with the above. In other words, how much is enough?

Yeah, but expected utility for an individual participant or a group of collectively cooperating participants is still defined as optimal if self-inter...

In my view, the only difference between the two is one of incorporating intentionality into the sentence, thus making it more of a declarative sentenc...

Yes, but, the issue is with the truth or falsity of the proposition. If it obtains, then it's a fact. That a sentence or proposition is a fact doesn't...

So, to what state of affairs do facts, or a fact, correspond to, in order for it to be a proposition? EDIT: This is where, , seems to be true in some ...

Yes, but only if it obtains to a state of affairs in the world. Do you also see the fallacious circularity in stating that facts are true propositions...

I'm not sure if this makes sense; but, 3 seems to prescribe a sense of intentionality (mistakenly?) when speaking about the object of interest, the cu...

To get straight to the point, what criteria warrants something becoming a fact?

Forgive my novice question; but, given that the Level III multiverse theory relies on the MWI, then how does one explain the fact that decoherence doe...

Not true. A claim that something is a fact is already assuming that the proposition is true, through verifying it via different means, depending on th...

Well, going back on my previous post, it can be asserted that the snow is white because we know that the snow is white due to it being an established ...

Going all Wittgenstein on this Sunday, there are other cases of using facts that do not have epistemological content, such as; 2+2=4 is a fact Nothing...

This doesn't seem to apply to some cases, especially when it comes down to epistemological degrees of knowledge. Take for example, Sally loves Harry. ...

Nah, wallowing is what I do best.

Oh that would be lovely. I'm afraid I'm not qualified enough though. No degree and all. Still living on welfare, not very sexy and all.

No, I mean to use fact in all of the possible senses provided in the OP. There seems to be a fundamental difference in stating something as a fact in ...

So can we call it a fact or what?

Then I again ask, what is the difference between the fact that the cup is on the table and the cup being on the table?

Agreed. But moderation is key methinks.

So confused.

But if something attains the status of a fact, for example in science, then it by extension becomes a name, albight a complex one. If you combine all ...

And they would be correct in that conclusion. Facts are names but not ridged designators regardless if they are contingently true or necessarily so.

I have no idea what's going on in here.

No, it is more insidious than that. In evolutionary game theory and vanilla game theory, it is assumed that the fittest actors in any game are legitim...

Nah, I'm an idealist at heart. Anything academia is where I see myself being happy.

Then it seems that that is something I have no control over. So, I might as well suck it up. Let me know your thoughts about this matter. I posted thi...

I recall your sentiment towards going after an undergrad or grad degree in philosophy. So, what's the gist of the issue? Is it job-related or how acad...

Yes, Federal loans to be exact.

The Wiki entry on 'fact' is just shit. Someone do something about it.