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- Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:47 pm
- Forum: Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics
- Topic: Was math invented or discovered?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 20045
Re: Was math invented or discovered?
Both . . . kinda It's a way of talking about our experience with/how we think about relations, in a highly abstract way. We don't literally "invent" how we think about relations in this abstract way--it's a factor of how our brains work, and it has to be consistent with how we experience ...
- Thu Sep 29, 2016 2:03 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Phenomenological data and absolute certainty
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5501
Re: Phenomenological data and absolute certainty
I wasn't clear enough, but I suspect I haven't thought this out very well. I meant that Quine uses "ontology" (lower case) to differentiate people's perspectives on being/existence in relation to the subject/branch of philosophy called "Ontology". But that's what the branch of p...
- Thu Sep 29, 2016 2:01 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Phenomenological data and absolute certainty
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5501
Re: Phenomenological data and absolute certainty
Ah, okay. That makes sense. I've talked about this a number of times in a number of different milieus over the years. What I've often done is challenged folks to explain how present phenomenal data, as present phenomenal data, not as something that corresponds or not to something else, could be mis...
- Thu Sep 29, 2016 1:55 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Phenomenological data and absolute certainty
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5501
Re: Phenomenological data and absolute certainty
Erm, one of us doesn't know what Ontology means. In keeping with the theme of this discussion, I am open to persuasion about which of us that may be. Well I intentionally used "ontology" there to differentiate it from "Ontology" with a capital "O", similar to how Quine...
- Thu Sep 29, 2016 1:42 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Phenomenological data and absolute certainty
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5501
Re: Phenomenological data and absolute certainty
1 a priori (deduction), 2 a posteriori (induction), and 3 phenomenological experience. As Hobbes pointed out, a priori isn't the same as deduction, and a posteriori doesn't conventionally refer to induction-only. The prior/posterior distinction there is with respect to experience. A posteriori is o...
- Thu Sep 29, 2016 1:34 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Phenomenological data and absolute certainty
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5501
Re: Phenomenological data and absolute certainty
Absolute certainty is possible only via phenomenological sense-perception in any present moment (that is, sense-perception not separated by time). For example, "I am aware that some experience is occurring as I type this," or "I sense things in this moment". * Do you disagree? I...
- Thu Sep 29, 2016 11:32 am
- Forum: Philosophy of Mind
- Topic: Subconscious mind?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 12452
Re: Subconscious mind?
I think this depends on what subconscious mind refers to. A There's the Freudian type where a subconscious (and unconscious) mind operate similarly to a conscious mind except we're not aware of it. B Or there's the type where the subconscious mind refers to brain states that operate habitually via ...
- Thu Sep 29, 2016 11:22 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Phenomenological data and absolute certainty
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5501
Re: Phenomenological data and absolute certainty
Also, my ontology (that is, the network of my philosophical ideas) Erm, one of us doesn't know what Ontology means. In keeping with the theme of this discussion, I am open to persuasion about which of us that may be. Well I intentionally used "ontology" there to differentiate it from &quo...
- Tue Sep 27, 2016 10:05 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Phenomenological data and absolute certainty
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5501
Re: Phenomenological data and absolute certainty
A priori is not the same as deduction, nor a posteriori induction. Phenomena are things experienced and inform posteriori. But since you have opened with the usual solipsism, you have no right to assert any kind of certainty. Sure, but isn't deduction a method for establishing truth-preserving argu...
- Tue Sep 27, 2016 9:47 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Phenomenological data and absolute certainty
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5501
Re: Phenomenological data and absolute certainty
As with many things, I come across a view/claim that I cannot resolve or that I don't completely buy. The claim is this: Absolute certainty is possible only via phenomenological sense-perception in any present moment (that is, sense-perception not separated by time). For example, "I am aware t...
- Tue Sep 27, 2016 9:40 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Phenomenological data and absolute certainty
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5501
Re: Phenomenological data and absolute certainty
The experience itself is the only part of it beyond questioning. Yes, that's my claim too. In other words, I wonder whether a schema might help to clarify: There are at least 3 epistemological knowledge sets when determing certainties: 1 a priori (deduction), 2 a posteriori (induction), and 3 pheno...
- Mon Sep 26, 2016 12:58 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Mind
- Topic: Subconscious mind?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 12452
Re: Subconscious mind?
I think this depends on what subconscious mind refers to. A There's the Freudian type where a subconscious (and unconscious) mind operate similarly to a conscious mind except we're not aware of it. B Or there's the type where the subconscious mind refers to brain states that operate habitually via l...
- Mon Sep 26, 2016 9:59 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Time does not exist.
- Replies: 547
- Views: 112143
Re: Time does not exist.
In my view, time is just a concept we use to describe/measure the process of change.bahman wrote:We experience forms and motions. Time is a concept that we use to have an idea about two motions, one is our standard clock and another is subject of our experience.
- Mon Sep 26, 2016 9:50 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Phenomenological data and absolute certainty
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5501
Phenomenological data and absolute certainty
As with many things, I come across a view/claim that I cannot resolve or that I don't completely buy. The claim is this: Absolute certainty is possible only via phenomenological sense-perception in any present moment (that is, sense-perception not separated by time). For example, "I am aware th...