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Well, if all economists were scientists, no problem then?
September 29, 2017 at 11:28
Or adhere to them.
September 29, 2017 at 11:27
Hanover being modest? Is it possible? I'm only referring to the first compound sentence, to avoid ambiguity that could look like I was agreeing with t...
September 29, 2017 at 10:53
Then we're both @unenlightened.
September 29, 2017 at 08:07
How does one address God? You can't.
September 28, 2017 at 13:49
*waits until Hanover comes in to say something profoundly profound*.
September 28, 2017 at 13:46
You just can't stand the brilliance of Hanover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPeattKV74A
September 28, 2017 at 13:35
Now I know what's it like being a Hanover. You say one brilliant thing and they eat at you like a pack of piranhas. Sometimes I think I'm too good for...
September 28, 2017 at 13:32
The nuttiness of that guy was quite high. I don't even compare.
September 28, 2017 at 13:22
Now you sound like that moses guy that was here a while ago. He probably still is.
September 28, 2017 at 13:20
In a constant state of flux then? See what I did there, constant... state... of... flux.... Sometimes I amaze myself.
September 28, 2017 at 13:19
Yeah, a cherished mental disorder encouraged by capitalism. Is Corbyn gonna be the next PM? And will he leave the EU or rather want to stay in it?
September 28, 2017 at 13:13
Are you bipolar? I don't mean this in any negative sense since I'm a schizo. So, no axes being ground here.
September 28, 2017 at 13:09
Nah, it means they're high on some shit. Jesus was high all the time. How couldn't you be high being the Son of God?
September 28, 2017 at 13:07
Where's the love (not like I have any to share)?
September 28, 2017 at 13:04
Is it me or does Wosret always seem as if he's on a comedown from something extraneous?
September 28, 2017 at 12:58
Let the dialectics begin!
September 28, 2017 at 12:47
So, Hugh Heffner dies and I'm reading comments abound like : 'He won't be in a better place than where he already was' or something to that matter. Fu...
September 28, 2017 at 09:26
Tough question. I'm pretty much against that term; but, a political ideology is surely not something that provides any utility in addressing problems ...
September 28, 2017 at 09:13
I think the discrepancy in interpretations lends itself due to the possibility of hidden variables. Is this something that is considered in probabilit...
September 27, 2017 at 07:45
Harry Frankfurt.
September 27, 2017 at 05:33
Don't think I can trump what has already been said. Anyway, looking forward to reading a paper on it.
September 27, 2017 at 05:02
I only addressed the OP, where tracking failed. I didn't read the whole thread so I could have missed the memo. Maybe write a paper in academic rigour...
September 27, 2017 at 04:27
What's interesting about your questions about philosophical terminology (at least 'being' predominantly) is that there's no ostensive definition avail...
September 26, 2017 at 08:03
One factor gets's underappreciated, IMO. Such as women entering the workforce in the US more and more. It sounds far-fetched on face value; but, shoul...
September 26, 2017 at 08:00
Therefore pragmatism?
September 26, 2017 at 07:02
All you've did is criticise the tracking argument of epistemic closure, no?
September 26, 2017 at 05:45
Well, it's a common rebuttal of epistemic closure. One that is pertinent to answer my question in regards as to whether certainty is necessary to ensu...
September 25, 2017 at 21:23
Yes, so it appears that the synthetic-analytic divide dissolves again.
September 25, 2017 at 21:16
The skeptic would argue over what one knows to be true and what one believes is true, I suppose. That seems to be where I was taking my understanding ...
September 25, 2017 at 21:13
Something fascinating happened this night. I had a belief that I do not accept in reality happen to be accepted while dreaming. The fascinating thing ...
September 25, 2017 at 21:05
This seems very relevant: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/closure-epistemic/#SkeAnt
September 25, 2017 at 21:02
That's one of the dangers of the Republican laissez-faire economy. That things will take care of themselves despite leveraging the economy for persist...
September 25, 2017 at 02:12
That also depends on how informed the rational agent is. I fear, and see, that the population of the US is hopelessly misinformed about current affair...
September 25, 2017 at 01:53
And that's something I admire about China. They treat colonialism be it financial or military as a repugnant ideology. I still remember their nuclear ...
September 25, 2017 at 01:30
There's also a reason why wages have stagnated. Due to a multitude of factors. Companies exporting jobs overseas, hiring cheaper labor to come to the ...
September 24, 2017 at 23:53
The epistemological gap is still there. What does it mean to say that I know S, and S knows p entails q, then epistemic closure is tucked into the sam...
September 24, 2017 at 23:25
My issue is with claiming to know that S knows that p entails q. There seems to be some epistemological gap here in my understanding of how S knows th...
September 24, 2017 at 23:07
In regards to my last post. https://i.imgur.com/nY1w31J.png
September 24, 2017 at 14:32
I remember Mayor complaining about the current immigration policies in Austria being implemented. I don't follow the politics but I know that swstephe...
September 24, 2017 at 13:48
So, why didn't QE lead to much higher inflation rates? Or more simply, why is inflation so low in the US? Because most of the money is invested or hel...
September 24, 2017 at 12:14
Yes, but one of the foundations upon which the USA is a vigilant and informed public. That the Republicans keep the population vigilant with invisible...
September 24, 2017 at 12:10
This is wrong on so many accounts. It doesn't mention the fact that there are automatic stabilizer built into the economy that prevents excessive debt...
September 24, 2017 at 11:54
What happened?
September 24, 2017 at 10:55
Life 3.0
September 24, 2017 at 09:42
Same.
September 24, 2017 at 09:22
Ok, I am satisfied now and can go to bed at ease.
September 24, 2017 at 07:27
But, I'm fat. You can't argue with facts like that. :(
September 24, 2017 at 07:20
Yeah, and only then I will have some closure, about being fat...
September 24, 2017 at 06:13
I'm so fat. :s
September 24, 2017 at 03:20