Manuel

That was Newton's interpretation of his own work as outlined in the Principia. Hume and Locke agreed that his conclusion was correct. You can skim the...

Well, there's a long thread that covers this topic, here: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/12417/chomskys-mysteries-of-nature-how-deeply-hidd...

But we aren't mechanistic, this was proven to be false by Newton.

Often a lot of these debates in metaphysics are debates about terminology, as if saying the world is made of physical stuff or mental stuff is even cl...

In the most helpful way for what purposes? Is to gain a better intuition about what the world is made of? Then you should continue to read what physic...

I currently don't have a lot to say but, this quote is great: I did not know this was the origin of that quote. Excellent. :up:

And yet, and yet, we have flat earthers. No pics from the edge? Interesting. :joke:

How could we possibly know if it's the beginning of the universe or some stage of a larger multiverse? We have no way of knowing, at least at the mome...

Massive props to you dude. That book, after it very rough first 240 pages, just goes nuts. Utterly crazy, fun and brilliant! Defending the Holy Land: ...

Yeah, I don't think functionalism is very coherent, it sounds somewhat contrived or forced, as if we are able to determine that nature "built" this or...

There is another option: We are conscious, all causes are physical, and consciousness is an emergent property of complex biological systems. The thing...

In terms of "common sense", that is, how ordinary people view the world, it would seem somewhat striking to consider the idea that many likely radical...

Ok.

Not inevitably no, that's the thing, I don't see it as necessity following. You could add numbers for a long time, and not necessarily have the idea o...

I'm a bit skeptical. I could imagine a case in which "good enough" would do the job, with no conception of perfection. I'm entertaining the idea that ...

Sure - this is ok with me. Ok, but why? Why not merely take in the object without having an idea of perfection? I can see the use of this in geometry ...

It is, admittedly, a very difficult topic, as evidenced by the fact that when you read the classic Descartes through Kant, it's never entirely clear h...

That's plausible, though I would stress or emphasize that whatever pattern we perceive is internal, so the objects or us contrasting objects and thing...

Ah well, then you are a man of good judgment. :cool: Ah, therein lies the issue. Is it the case that we encounter them in this empirical manner? It's ...

I'm not sure. Perhaps mathematics is different, we don't encounter numbers in experience. Most other things, I think so. The commonsense idea is this ...

So - I am assuming you like Murakami? Me too. :cheer:

Exactly. They are "worried" about being annihilated, when they have nukes. And they're the ones who are ethnic cleansing another territory, right now,...

Yes. That's a little hard to determinte. I think there is an element of both. I don't think it is completely a posteriori, for if it were, we wouldn't...

Sorry Bob, I missed this somehow. No. This case, and other cases of manifest reality are mind dependent. Being able to sit on is a mental construction...

Al Jazeera journalist from Gaza had his wife and son killed. The images are so brutal. Israel is walking a fine line, this may cost them very much in ...

The problem here is that if sufficient aid is not brought to Gaza, it will be a literal genocide, not a figurative use of the word. So, what's taking ...

I agree that it is extremely unlikely that say, Egypt or Turkey get involved. But Hezbollah and Iran? It's looking more probable every day. And Israel...

Are you confident about that? Israeli sources (Haaretz and the Times of Israel) are saying the IDF is pressuring the government to launch the invasion...

Yes. For now. :wink:

Depends on the science. It's a constant approximation, subject to revision and refinement, but not finalized. I would say General Relativity is true a...

Ordinary science, or anything other branch of knowledge. It's the way we interpret the data. Not for a dog or anything other species. It's trivial.

What? What other possible truth could we aim at but truth as it reveals itself to us, which, is not only relational, but must arise in specific set of...

It's very difficult, but not impossible. I don't see why it cannot happen in principle. A one state solution as of now, that would be much more diffic...

Apparently there's only 4 functioning hospitals in Gaza. Damn, what horror.

Unless states are democratic, meaning, directly responsible to the voters, instead of concentrated interests of power, they will do whatever power ask...

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Which makes one question how moderate they are. As for radicals, plenty.

If there is an official investigation, carried out by an NGO, we may get a definite answer. Or we may soon forget about as more massacres happen in Ga...

Some interesting context on the missile striking the hospital. https://www.channel4.com/news/who-was-behind-the-gaza-hospital-blast-visual-investigati...

Sure, we do have a good understanding of how vision works in terms of the processes involved. But I am talking about the experience of yellow or blue,...

I understand what you mean and that risk will always lurk. But look at for instance, what happened to Soleimani. I'm not saying that it was good to ki...

Well to speak about the intrinsic properties of the universe is very hard. We may not attain such a standard of evidence, because all the knowledge we...

They do and that strategy of being proportional with Iran is more levelheaded than a full out war. Now, as for the US ships - yeah, they may be used t...

Yes and I think Hamas said it was willing to release all hostages minus the IDF soldiers if the bombing stops. I think that exchange is reasonable. No...

Yeah, it's nuts. But where is the evidence? :roll:

I have no evidence that Hamas didn't blow up the hospital. I have no evidence that Hamas did blow up the hospital, based on the missiles they have. No...

Indeed, it looks quite complicated. And obviously it will be very hard to tell apart who belongs to Hamas and who is a civilian when the aid comes thr...

From Haaretz: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Office released a statement saying: "In light of the overwhelming and vital American support for the...

Based on previous actions, which have been widely reported. I can refer you to several books if you want to read the myriad of abuses and crimes commi...

Yes neomac, that is exactly what I said. Impeccable reading skills.