Philosophy Now Forum

Age wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 2:57 am

Now, for those some that, still, LOL 'know' that the Universe expands and/or that that expansion is accelerating what actual 'proof' do you have for this 'knowing'?

Redshift, among others, being a physical fact.

Alexis Jacobi wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 3:38 pm I am trying to round up some funds for a very fine bicycle I have my eyes on. Would any of you deadbeats consider a PayPal donation?

I see! Too many delinquents who finally realized what they weren't getting??? Aren't you aware that the same problem exists here and won't make up for the deficit?

Causality. Substance monism. These a priori facts exist regardless of the physical state of a universe, which is always changing, and so could be called absolute, metaphysical truths, facts about the nature of the physical world and how it operates. Those are not metaphysical facts. That's because ...

The current and interminable Trump saga, I believe, will go down in American history as one of its greatest farces, especially where any interpretation of justice is concerned.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/will-the-universe-ever-stop-expanding1/ From your link, which by the way provides absolutely nothing that could remotely be used as actual prove of an expanding Universe, what is first noticed is that the 'presumption' that the Universe is expanding is bel...

...perfectly understandable, ebonically or not. For us , perhaps. But I think there might be subtleties that could well be brought out through a translation, when it often happens that things are lost in translation. Not in the case of a trite four-liner so clearly expressed. It stands precisely as...

It is possible, though also improbable, that some here know of Matthew Arnold’s poem Dover Beach : The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full; But now we only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar … Promethean, would you kindly translate this stanza into Ebonics? ...perfectly understandable,...

Alexis Jacobi wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 8:01 pm Dubious: you are perfect for all of this.

As someone who exceeds even your level of perfection, I'm happy to benefit you any way I can in your prodigious efforts to work your way up!

Beethoven can hardly be considered a musician. Some of his *music* sounds to me like a garbage truck rumbling over a pot-holed back alley -- and then those caterwauling felines! And all of it ALL OF IT is just noise. I am surprised people don't see through it. All those sentiments, feelings indeed ...

Beethoven can hardly be considered a musician. Some of his *music* sounds to me like a garbage truck rumbling over a pot-holed back alley -- and then those caterwauling felines! And all of it ALL OF IT is just noise. I am surprised people don't see through it. All those sentiments, feelings indeed ...

But, the existing eternal Universe does not expand, and could not ever expand. How do you know that? For a few reasons, at least: 1. The definition for the word 'Universe' includes, everything; totality; all-there-is; all existing matter and space considered as a whole. 2. Every action causes a rea...

Yes! Music is never simply a description but the pure effect of what it describes whose influx can only be equal to the capacity of the hearer to blend with it; in certain works music is beyond any philosphy words can convey. Let me translate that into duck .... Well, that was Beethoven's view as w...

Could you — as an exercise I mean — deliberately not-do you?[/b] Think about it! You’d be you technically but offering an interesting performance with surprising and lively twists. Or perhaps bust out into song. Can you hold a tune?! Absolutely! I can un-do me each time I revise or reject something...

Discovered, perceived, realized are better terms. Then the sentence makes good sense. Correction: Discovered is the wrong word, since to be so it must first exist discovered or not, independent of your existence. Perceived relates to the mind's inner content as well as reflecting what is outwardly ...

Still it is my belief that a higher intelligence (though this usage might offend or seem haughty) can and does conceive of and note the realness of what I am referring to as *supernatural* to nature. ...the upshot and conclusion of that would be, it defaults to your opinion only. There is no such t...