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Stipulating this definition of Axiom: An expression of language defined to have the semantic value of Boolean True. Stipulating this specification of True and False: (1) True(F, x) ↔ (F ⊢ x). (2) False(F, x) ↔ (F ⊢ ¬x). Then formal proofs to theorem consequences specify sound deduction. In sound de...

... But here is the TL;DR. Physics produces models of the world in the language of Mathematics. As physics discovers new phenomena (ones that we have never experienced before), phenomena for which we have no language for - physicists go looking to Mathematicians for the language to express this exp...

The main difference in thinking between humans and other species is the extensive use of language. That became more significant with the introduction of writing.

all knowledge proceeds from assumption, but is not all assumption I agree with this. But it is not easy to justify this. Particularly to those who adopt a naïve reality position. Ah, good, you admit you're unable to argue your position. For your information, I hold a view opposite to naive realism....

Naive realism (Philosophy) philosophy the doctrine that in perception of physical objects what is before the mind is the object itself and not a representation of it. Compare representationalism There’s no such thing as a physical object there except the perceived knowledge...a perception. Correct.

Perhaps you should answer your own questions.... Sure. I am merely pointing out that it's an insufficient strategy for somebody who keeps asking stupid questions like "What is X?". They will keep getting stupid answers like "X is Y and Y is X". Excellent answer! There needs to be a pragmatic asp4ec...

Unless you are just playing games I would estimate that you may not have a deep enough understanding of these things to provide any useful feedback. Thank you, but I prefer not to debate with children. Your unwillingness to articulate and argue your claims seems a recurring feature. So, I'm intrigu...

all knowledge proceeds from assumption, but is not all assumption I agree with this. But it is not easy to justify this. Particularly to those who adopt a naïve reality position. It seems obvious that we create a picture of the world, and a necessary prerequisite of creating a picture is an assumpt...

I am just happy that the Indian government is not holding the native islanders to account. (Though they are prosecuting the fishermen who dropped him off.)

He broke the local rules and paid the penalty... too bad.

all knowledge proceeds from assumption, but is not all assumption I agree with this. But it is not easy to justify this. Particularly to those who adopt a naïve reality position. It seems obvious that we create a picture of the world, and a necessary prerequisite of creating a picture is an assumpt...

You seem to think that knowledge is equivalent to pain.... You seem to understand very, very, very little of what people say. That's almost frightening. Do you have the right to vote? I am not prepared to debate with someone with that view as there is so little common ground. You are incapable of a...

So, let me get this right: You assume A, and then, somehow, you know B... That seems like a cheap magic trick to me. Could you elaborate at all? I wish you could. Yes I could.. but I am not going to .. This is a forum not a lecture theatre. QED. So, let's go back a little... What did you say exactl...

We have not a clue as to what is subjective experience. Maybe it is a sort of impersonal consciousness, possibly stretching across the entire universe, and experiencing and thereby knowing the thoughts as they arise in brains. OK, possible, but nobody actually knows it's true or knows it's false. W...

We have not a clue as to what is subjective experience. Maybe it is a sort of impersonal consciousness, possibly stretching across the entire universe, and experiencing and thereby knowing the thoughts as they arise in brains. OK, possible, but nobody actually knows it's true or knows it's false.EB...

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Sun Mar 31, 2019 6:27 am

commonsense wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:58 pm

What is the value/use/purpose of the data they might be collecting?

They are collecting names to know whom to line up against the wall and shoot, when the revolution comes.

Well, with a name like yours... no question .. you would be first in line...