Philosophy Now Forum

PeteJ wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:17 pm

Skepdick wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:03 pm I consciously choose not to allow other people's language to affect my thought-patterns.

Yes, I can see this.

You are very observant.

What a strange idea. The dictionary is the place to discover what metaphysics is. Why do you think it is anything other than what the dictionary says it is? Isn't it a logical fallacy to appeal to an authority? The dictionary is descriptive, not prescriptive. The dictionary is certainly not suppose...

Bahnman's words are correct. You are endorsing scientism, which leaves no room for metaphysics. If you cannot see this then I can easily understand why you do not study metaphysics. Unicorns indeed. No. I am endorsing monism first and foremost. As an ideal, if not as a fact. Or as you seem to call ...

Then you need to show that there is a underlying reality. Close your eyes! Imagine things. Imagine a unicorn. Imagine something nobody has ever imagined before! Remember your fondest childhood memories. Remember that delicious meal you had last week. That's Metaphysics. That's "The Construct&q...

Arising_uk wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:36 am Like I said, addictive.

It helps nothing that I've optimised my workflow for ease-of-access. Automated password management.

https://xkcd.com/386/

Yes, dualism is a fact. Reality is nought but one idea appearing as mulitple ideas...including the concept (dualism) Where on earth do you think ideas come from at all? ... Where do you think the concept of an idea came from? What about the concept of a concept? The place where those things come fr...

color is not invented in the brain or anywhere else, it is a real attribute of the physical phenomena that is seen. 'Color' happens in the brain. No thing (concept)happens in the brain...the brain is not inside or outside of reality. There is no inside or outside of reality except in this fictional...

color is not invented in the brain or anywhere else, it is a real attribute of the physical phenomena that is seen. 'Color' happens in the brain. Science has already settled this. Trichromats, Tetrachromats and Pentachromats experience it differently. This ties in directly with the thought-experime...

If one is going to assert that there is some kind of process that produces some specific result, what that process is and how it produces the result must be described, else it is just a fancy way of saying, "it happens somehow." In other words, it's just made up. That's not how physicists...

Arising_uk wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:26 am Why do you keep swapping niks?

Time management.

I am in front of the computer 90% of my day. I seem to login on auto-pilot in between tasks, which derails my flow.

So I kill the account to temporarily disengage during busy weeks.

How do 'you' know how 'i' am using it "right now"? Without first clarifying you could be totally wrong. I could ask you the exact same question about THE UNIVERSAL clarifying framework. When did I say that? The search function could help you remember. 13 pages of evidence where you keep s...

If you are wanting to learn then you will first need to listen rather than merely contradict. And if you want to learn how to burn down the church of philosophy then you do have a lot to learn. And if you are willing to learn, you need to stop taking it personally when people point out your errors ...

I have never seen two things that are identical, and either have you, though you may not have been able to discern their difference. Strawman. You have argued that all things with 8 protons (irrespective of any other differences) are Oxygen. Therefore, epistemically speaking, all things with 8 prot...

You haven't been paying attention. At least three times I said it was true. Great! Then it satisfies the TB part of JTB. Onwards.... That's exactly what I mean. Instead of leaning on what someone else says, think for yourself. Which is precisely why I am doing when I am questioning why you ignore t...

The reason that practical knowledge is honed may be survival, but the theory may still be relevant. The theory that fits with practice is what I'm suggesting. People will keep writing theories. And who's to stop them? But the theory that best fits with practice is the theory that's written by the p...