Mon 7 Jun, 2010 09:56 pm - [QUOTE=jeeprs;174453]I am interested in this passage. He provides two alternatives: the intellect on the one side, and 'simple religious feeling' on the other. Is there another option -... (view)
Mon 7 Jun, 2010 12:45 pm - [QUOTE=HexHammer;174277]Very interesting article, but least in Denmark we consider hypnosis unscientific. Sure some are affected, but they are considerd weak and easily manipulated, hysterical... (view)
Fri 4 Jun, 2010 04:35 pm - [QUOTE=Transcend;173096]The cliche serves a purpose. It was the use of a satirical metaphor on my part.:)[/QUOTE]
Well if you think the use of the cliche was warranted that's fine. It is your... (view)
Fri 4 Jun, 2010 03:59 pm - I like rhymes. I think it's best to avoid cliches like "plenty more fish in the sea". The poet might hope that some of her lines might become cliches in the future (e.g. "the... (view)
Fri 4 Jun, 2010 03:34 pm - [QUOTE=Andarius1;173001]Because you realise that life is probably without objective meaning, purpose, or intrinsic value and our descendants will inevitably become extinct so why... (view)
Fri 4 Jun, 2010 02:46 pm - Can "37th president of the united states" be a rigid designator? The 37th is different people in different possible worlds sometimes Nixon sometimes not. (view)
Thu 3 Jun, 2010 11:25 pm - [QUOTE=prothero;172813]I agree. The primary principle in Jesus teaching was the primacy of love over law and of spirituality over external piety or materialism.
Which makes one wonder why... (view)
Tue 1 Jun, 2010 10:56 pm - [QUOTE=Reconstructo;170664]All human conception includes quantity. That's my position. Quantity, often in the form of unity, is prior to all human thought, which is to say that all human... (view)
Tue 1 Jun, 2010 10:09 pm - [QUOTE=Brandi;171943]Does anyone know what theory of language acquisition most linguists subscribe to?[/QUOTE]
That's a question best answered by visiting wikipedia and google. (view)
Tue 1 Jun, 2010 09:23 pm - [QUOTE=Brandi;171930]The theory seems circular to me, and maybe I am wrong, and not up with my logic. The theory predicts what has already been observed; that is, it is observed that people all... (view)
