Philosophy Now Forum

That is as usual a very informative and interesting post you have written there
I am surprised that the overwhelming majority of millionaires in America did not just inherit their wealth
Given the percentage of them relative to the US population I would have thought that was more common

Scientists are usually more aware of their own conscious or unconscious bias than the general population For good ones will try to falsify their own hypotheses in order to keep their bias to an absolute minimum So were science done by anyone with no specific understanding of this it would not be as ...

HOC is essentially the Scientific Method The latter of which more specifically is : I Observation 2 Testable Hypothesis [ Potentially Falsifiable ] 3 Intersubjective Consensus [ On Evidence ] 4 Peer Review In Reputable Publications 5 Hypothesis Confirmed Or Falsified Or Undetermined 6 Replication [ ...

But what exactly is Spiritual Math ?
And is qua a reference to qualia ?

Why does it occupy a higher place than either Science or Math ?
How can it be verified if it is first person subjective experience ?

I like that ten point list as it is similar to the Hierarchy Of Certainty
I Observational Idea - 2 Hypothesis - 3 Prediction - 4 Law - 5 Theory

What about things that can not be explained by science or math or logic
Science is an inductive discipline and so there be one obvious limitation
Math and logic are deductive but can they actually explain all of reality
What about the reality that exists that is unobservable and unknowable

Saying everything within the Universe HAS TO BE physical because the Universe is ALL THERE IS does NOT logically follow Non physical things cannot exist therefore everything that exists must be physical does NOT logically belong together EITHER I will rephrase these statements then : everything wit...

Age wrote:
You could NEVER find ANY where where armageddon refers to human beings

This is simply untrue for I have found just now at least three online
dictionaires that define it specifically in relation to the human race

WHAT definition says that what exists HAS TO BE physical ? At dictionary . com exist is defined as to have actual being and physical is defined as relating to the material Since anything that has actual being has to be material then anything that exists has to be physical Also since the Universe is...

Can you please correct the quote function as the last three quotes of mine in your post are attributed to Advocate not to me Where is [ it ] claimed that what exists HAS TO BE physical ? Well physicality is a condition of existence and so is therefore contained within the actual definition That is ...

Abstract ideas lead to concrete action Only if they are true as an abstract idea that is false cannot lead to concrete action [ less you class falsification as a concrete action ] Also some abstract ideas are so abstract that concrete action is not actually possible and so only some of them can lea...

PI All mental states are facts P2 All moral states are mental states CI All moral states are facts i e moral facts All mental states are facts because they exist but what those mental states actually contain within them may not be facts Mental states are limited by imagination not by knowledge so a...

But how do you KNOW that the mental is also the physical ? While you are at it is the Mind Itself also the physical to you ? And if yes then again how do you KNOW this ? And if no then once more how you KNOW this ? The mental is also the physical because it also exists and its existence can be demo...

I only meant philosophy as a methodology in a general sense in
the same way that science and mathematics are methodologies

Philosophy is a methodology for understanding reality so is not something that has to be solved The specific role of philosophy is to make sure that the right types of questions are being asked The right types of questions lead to answers that produce a deeper understanding of reality as perceived b...