Wed 28 Mar, 2012 02:25 pm - The argument is simple. In order for the earth to rotate "really" and the stars to remain fixed "really" then it must also be true that the earth "really" stays still... (view)
Wed 28 Mar, 2012 02:39 am - One other thing, Frank, it turns out that you are mostly right that when viewed from a vantage point in space fixed relative to the average motion of the stars most of what we see as motion of the... (view)
Tue 27 Mar, 2012 06:00 am - Many people think now that the earth "really" orbits the sun and not the other way around.
Of course that is nonsense. Motion is relative and if one body orbits another the other will... (view)
Tue 27 Mar, 2012 04:13 am - I can respond hopefully somewhat simply but really it is not a simple question.
Reality for a theist is not limited to an object posited to exist in space. Those objects are natural objects and... (view)
Sun 22 May, 2011 01:51 am - I once read a paper that said that the statement that either there was a first second or there was an infinite succession of seconds before it was a false dilemma. Why? Because the definition of a... (view)
Sun 22 May, 2011 01:25 am - Check out:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mally/
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nonexistent-objects/
It seems to be about what you are suggesting.
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Fri 13 May, 2011 03:48 am - I have taken a long time to answer. It is truly a difficult question. I still don't have an answer but I think that you might be interested in this. I believe that the objectives of the... (view)
