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The best writings on philosophy are not 'true'; they are communications of ideas.

What are your ideas?

PS I have 'known' Lacewing for quite a long time and IMO her model of the world is quite different from that of Skepdick; ergo they are different people. I would also suggest that using the use of capital letters as inferring that two posters are the same person is inefficient and ultimately inaccur...

Everyone has a different model of the world, albeit with some overlap.
There is no absolute or 'true' model of the world with which to compare one's model.
So the only way to objectively compare different models is with regard to their efficiency and accuracy.

It is all a PC game. Though admittedly some people take it quite seriously.

But as an outsider it is fun to watch, it's a bit like watching gridiron played with a balloon; entertaining but ultimately pointless.

All that we know of the world is a model of the world. To deny that is IMO to be a non-philosopher. I know my kitchen, clothes, wife and children, home town, colleagues, guitars, and so on and so on. These are real things that I know. They are not models (descriptions) of the world. They are featur...

All that we know of the world is a model of the world. To deny that is IMO to be a non-philosopher.

Peter Adamson reviews the relation of reason & revelation. https://philosophynow.org/issues/133/First_Believe_Then_Understand a proper use of reason is unattainable without religious commitment. It is the Vedas, or the Bible, that give us the truth, and the ‘scientist’s’ job is to understand that t...

Okay - thanks. So here are your claims: 1 What we call knowledge is an esoteric thing of some kind that we create with our brains. 2 Creating what we call knowledge involves a logical process. 3 What we call ideas are things of some kind that can be created ex nihilo. If that's correct, then here a...

Thanks. The reason why I'm not inclined to read your book is because of the impression I get from what you say. You seem to think that what we call knowledge is a thing of some kind that we 'create' with our brains, a thing with an esoteric nature of some kind, which you've managed to understand an...

Thanks for the heads-up. But I, for one, would be grateful for your summary (un-glib) answer to the question: 'What is knowledge and what does it mean to know something?' If the question lies at the root of philosophy, and you've answered it, we can all move on. First off, when the question is answ...

programming a computer is done by sequencing on and off switches (binary codes) in various combinations. but I agree, the question about the nature of knowledge might be more complex... then again... -Imp But then how does one set the binary switches to create a word processing program? And perhaps...

Suppose you tell me! I'd really appreciate your doing so. . OK so the question is : "What is knowledge and what does it mean to know something?' I am not going to attempt any glib answer to that question, for it really lies at the root of philosophy. But it is an area on which I have done considera...

Have you any idea what knowledge is or what it means to know something? Suppose you tell me! I'd really appreciate your doing so. . OK so the question is : "What is knowledge and what does it mean to know something?' I am not going to attempt any glib answer to that question, for it really lies at ...

RCSaunders wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:59 pm

All knowledge is propositional. All we know is in the form of propositions.

What a ridiculous idea! Where did you get it from? Did your read it in a book or perhaps a fortune cookie?

Have you any idea what knowledge is or what it means to know something?

Skepdick wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 14, 2019 3:56 pm

Why do you believe nature can be explained "simply"?

Because people can only understand simple ideas.