Thu 19 Aug, 2010 10:55 am - [quote="Zetherin"]Wait, and what is your issue here?[/quote]
Two things. Firstly, [b]I have no idea what "possible father" (or "father candidate") means[/b]. Can we... (view)
Thu 19 Aug, 2010 06:38 am - [quote="guigus"]Just replace "possible father" by "father candidate." I hope this helps you.[/quote]
But "father candidate" is just as vague as... (view)
Thu 19 Aug, 2010 05:51 am - [quote="guigus"]my father has not necessarily become my father[/quote]
As I pointed out to Night Ripper, this is a misuse of English, since you are using "my father" in two... (view)
Wed 18 Aug, 2010 05:45 pm - [quote="Night Ripper"][quote="ACB"]But if a tree were not a tree, what residual property would it have? What is the difference between (a) a [i]tree[/i] that is not a tree, and... (view)
Wed 18 Aug, 2010 12:09 pm - [quote="Night Ripper"]You need to understand the difference between [i]de dicto[/i] and [i]de re[/i]. The phrase "[i]de dicto[/i]" refers to the word itself and "[i]de... (view)
Mon 16 Aug, 2010 04:36 am - Can you please address ughaibu's most recent post (page 15). How can there be a possible world in which A is not-A? What does "A is not-A" (with or without a hyphen) mean? How can... (view)
Sat 14 Aug, 2010 05:38 pm - [quote="kennethamy"]What makes you believe that I think that necessarily A is A, but that I don't think that A is necessarily A? I never said that, and it is not true. I believe... (view)
Sat 14 Aug, 2010 02:27 pm - [quote="guigus"]Would it be the case that for you it is the case that "it must be that A is A" but not that "A must be A"?[/quote]
I too would be interested in... (view)
Fri 13 Aug, 2010 05:26 pm - [quote="mark noble"]Something MUST be what it is. And cannot be what it isn't.[/quote]
That word "must" has been causing great confusion on some other threads recently.... (view)
Fri 30 Jul, 2010 06:53 am - [quote="mickalos"]I'm certainly not an anti-realist about understanding something. There is most definitely a fact of the matter that I understand X, but is that fact of the matter a... (view)
