Sun 6 Feb, 2005 10:24 pm - I'm not sure I understand the above discussion, but...
If belief=truth, so that we each live in our own world of truth, how can anyone really agree? You can say that that thing you have in... (view)
Sat 29 Jan, 2005 11:34 am - [quote="val"]But then, how can you know there is a Truth? If you are never 100% certain, how can you measure the difference?
You see, if you say that you are not 100% certain, that... (view)
Fri 28 Jan, 2005 02:47 pm - [quote="val"]catquas
You have a curious perspective.
It is not far from Xenofanes and the Greek skeptics.
They would say:
1. There is no truth to be know.
2. But, even if that... (view)
Fri 28 Jan, 2005 11:37 am - [quote="Foxfyre"]They found out to their dismay it was hugely upsetting to the Navajo children who were conditioned to be much more private and to view such physical contact as... (view)
Fri 28 Jan, 2005 10:51 am - [quote="JLNobody"]Catquas, I agree that evidence cannot be illogical. But a logical argument may be logically VALID, (following from a premise which may be true or untrue) but UNTRUE (not... (view)
Thu 27 Jan, 2005 07:16 pm - No, I don't think that evidence as defined as something that convinces everyone else. Evidence is logical. You can convince someone using emotion. In that case, different cultures would be... (view)
Tue 25 Jan, 2005 12:02 am - At the risk of repeating something which has been said in this thread:
I think there are many ways to define objectivity. One is that a statement is objectively true if it is possible to prove... (view)
Wed 19 Jan, 2005 03:42 pm - Re: Should we show respect for other people's "beliefs?
[quote="Frank Apisa"]I want to acknowledge that I consider beliefs, especially those in the religion area, to be... (view)
Fri 17 Dec, 2004 05:35 pm - [quote="agrote"]Part of your last sentence seems to be missing, but are you saying that if you came into contact with real people before you became a brain in a vat you could then, as a... (view)
Thu 16 Dec, 2004 10:30 pm - I have a different reason for disagreeing with Putnam, because we can refer to real human beings. Say I was not born as a brain in a vat, I in fact was born in the real world. I was then captured... (view)
