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Do materialists believe that concepts are physical and tangible? If I understood everything about Einstein's brain,would I understand Relativity? Does a light switch in the "on" position know that the light is on? Yes, this is the basis of the materialist explanation for consciousness. Ma...

Of course it makes no sense, because it's a load of shit. Interesting, but not helpful. I was trying to unpack the understanding that the believer has, to find out what sense it makes to them. Christians tasked with the job of teaching me when I was young were forever making the same stock statemen...

I agree that concepts supervene on brain states. However, if concepts = (are and only are) brain states then we get a tautology, brain states are brain states. In other words there are no such things as concepts. If I knew everything about Einstein's brain would I understand Relativity? Does an &qu...

Do materialists believe that concepts are physical and tangible? If I understood everything about Einstein's brain,would I understand Relativity? Does a light switch in the "on" position know that the light is on? The concept "book" does not refer to an object that has a specifi...

Who told you? All the saints of catholic church are the ancient gods. One saint, one god. The world is a big place, and Catholicism has only been around for a very short time. What about the millions of other people following the wrong god? What happens to them? Why does god seem impotent about the...

Do you cry each day and all day for all those who die of starvatyion, muder, suicide and due to all kinds of other things? ..no? So why would religious care about other gods? You have a weird sense of logic. If an omnipotent God stands by whilst millions of people die, suffer, and presumably go to ...

Who told you? All the saints of catholic church are the ancient gods. One saint, one god. The world is a big place, and Catholicism has only been around for a very short time. What about the millions of other people following the wrong god? What happens to them? Why does god seem impotent about the...

because i cant understand the illogical ignorance Then it's not simple for you, but it's actually very simple and you don't understand it. Do you cry each day and all day for all those who die of starvatyion, muder, suicide and due to all kinds of other things? ..no? So why would religious care abo...

how does the fact that thousands-millions of gods have faded into obscurity not ring with the religious? i seriously cant understand how you could ignore it it is not complicated insight? private Can you name them? Otherwise I would contend that there were far fewer Gods, it's just that some Gods h...

how does the fact that thousands-millions of gods have faded into obscurity not ring with the religious? i seriously cant understand how you could ignore it it is not complicated insight? private Some of them think that the world started 4004BC, and god chose only the Jews at first then changed his...

don't think I'm jumping to conclusions, but even if you have learned something you didn't want to know, you have learned something. ..sigh! One always learn something, but the question is if it's relevant, and if that knowledge is what one wants in the first place. You know, philosophy means "...

There is no point debating this. Power exists and is running a show that we know little if anything about. You have your idea I mine. If yours works for you then maybe it is all you can wish for. Power does exist but your understanding of it is woefully childish. Power is not a monolithic conspirac...

This was written in '56: "The ‘loose cliques’ now head institutions of a scale and power not then existing and, especially since World War I, the loose cliques have tightened up. We are well beyond the era of romantic pluralism." "In so far as the structural clue to the power elite t...

Blaggard wrote:welcome MagsJ, However you got here, I am sure if you like philosophy, you will enjoy our brand of madness.

Hobbes' Choice wrote:
You won't be able to swing your moderator balls here!

Well that was an odd thing to say? I don't believe she said she would?

Not but she likes to do it elsewhere.

This was written in '56: "The ‘loose cliques’ now head institutions of a scale and power not then existing and, especially since World War I, the loose cliques have tightened up. We are well beyond the era of romantic pluralism." "In so far as the structural clue to the power elite t...