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- Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:37 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: the nature of reality....
- Replies: 56
- Views: 1505
Re: the nature of reality....
TL: Right. You are conflating indoctrination with learning. Observing that a cat makes a different sound and looks different than a dog is not indoctrination. There is a clear difference in taking what other say without observable evidence, or logical validation, as proof of some aspect of reality ...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:10 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: the nature of reality....
- Replies: 56
- Views: 1505
Re: the nature of reality....
Not really. Indoctrination requires the use of language and we are not born knowing a language. We are born with an unfiltered perception of reality that becomes skewed when we use language and depend on elders to inform us of how reality works. K: and here I disagree.. 95% of all communication, no...
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:57 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: the nature of reality....
- Replies: 56
- Views: 1505
Re: the nature of reality....
from the day we are born, we are indoctrinated with a vision of the country we are born into Not really. Indoctrination requires the use of language and we are not born knowing a language. We are born with an unfiltered perception of reality that becomes skewed when we use language and depend on el...
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:46 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: A question.
- Replies: 41
- Views: 986
Re: A question.
If a machine can engage in a conversation with a human without being detected as a machine, it has demonstrated human intelligence. However, if during engagement in a conversation with a human being one is claimed to be a machine, then what has this demonstrated? What is a machine? How are humans n...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 6:25 am
- Forum: Gender Philosophy
- Topic: Sex and gender
- Replies: 169
- Views: 108537
Re: Sex and gender
But penguins most likely wouldn't be harmed by this bullshit. Women are. Yes, they are. The community solution, of course, is the same as it always was. The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and (when all else fails) the ammo box. The individual solution is as I outline above: I acknowledge y...
- Tue Dec 26, 2023 2:42 pm
- Forum: Gender Philosophy
- Topic: Sex and gender
- Replies: 169
- Views: 108537
Re: Sex and gender
... Men and women are what are specific to the human species. They refer to the reproductive roles of humans, not chickens or deer (rooster/hen and buck/doe)... Do you claim that the reproductive mechanism is different for humans and "deers"? You won't say that people are not animals, and...
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 4:00 pm
- Forum: Gender Philosophy
- Topic: Sex and gender
- Replies: 169
- Views: 108537
Re: Sex and gender
Now, in a society where it is unlawful to walk around naked in public, how are we suppose to distinguish man from woman when we have to cover our bodies? I can usually spot a woman from a block away while out walking, no matter what she's wearing. Usually, yes, maybe 10 years ago. But with the rise...
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 2:54 pm
- Forum: Gender Philosophy
- Topic: Sex and gender
- Replies: 169
- Views: 108537
Re: Sex and gender
The English language is flexible. Due to its diverse origins, it easily changes with the times. The King's English is nothing more than a slightly out of date, but carefully pronounced version of the everyday speech of residents of London, Chicago and Brisbane. Accordingly, society's current hullab...
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 4:20 pm
- Forum: Metaphysics
- Topic: Compatibilism is impossible
- Replies: 351
- Views: 29720
Re: Compatibilism is impossible
You were talking about how it seems remarkably coincidental that our consciousness seems to match what our subconscious chose, according to some model. You even asked, what if it didn't match, what would happen then? What I posted is a direct response to both of those things. It proves that our con...
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 4:08 pm
- Forum: Metaphysics
- Topic: Compatibilism is impossible
- Replies: 351
- Views: 29720
Re: Compatibilism is impossible
Literally just about everything I am afraid that I cannot see that. Would you mind to elaborate? You were talking about how it seems remarkably coincidental that our consciousness seems to match what our subconscious chose, according to some model. You even asked, what if it didn't match, what woul...
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:54 pm
- Forum: Metaphysics
- Topic: Compatibilism is impossible
- Replies: 351
- Views: 29720
Re: Compatibilism is impossible
I said one mental state leads to another mental state following the laws of nature. But which laws of nature show this to be the case? To the best of our knowledge, there is only one sort of laws of nature. Do you have any evidence for this claim? Physics. Can you show me where physics says that ph...
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:30 pm
- Forum: Metaphysics
- Topic: Compatibilism is impossible
- Replies: 351
- Views: 29720
Re: Compatibilism is impossible
The word "illusion" appears 6 times in the Stanford article. Here's the 3rd appearance: The worry is that determinism entails that what we do is, always, the only thing we can do, and that because of this we never really have a choice about anything, as opposed to being under the (perhaps...
- Mon Dec 11, 2023 6:38 pm
- Forum: Metaphysics
- Topic: Compatibilism is impossible
- Replies: 351
- Views: 29720
Re: Compatibilism is impossible
But I've never even said anything like this in this conversation with you. This conversation has literally 0 to do with my personal beliefs. I've asked you for your definition of Compatiblism. I had to, because you were taking issue with all other definitions. So it was the only fair thing to do: t...
- Mon Dec 11, 2023 6:32 pm
- Forum: Metaphysics
- Topic: Compatibilism is impossible
- Replies: 351
- Views: 29720
Re: Compatibilism is impossible
What do you mean by "lead into" in describing how physical states "lead into" mental states? I said one mental state leads to another mental state following the laws of nature. But which laws of nature show this to be the case? Do you have any evidence for this claim? No, under ...
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 11:42 pm
- Forum: Metaphysics
- Topic: Compatibilism is impossible
- Replies: 351
- Views: 29720
Re: Compatibilism is impossible
Isn't that the hard problem? No, the hard problem of consciousness is related to the phenomena of how an unconscious matter could become conscious in a given configuration. You mean like how a neuron (unconscious matter) becomes conscious? Is every part of the brain conscious, or is part of it unco...