Tue 7 Jul, 2009 05:53 pm - Is there a reason why gravity behaves the way it does? If so, what is the reason for the reason and so on? How does the infinite regress end? Most of us have played the game with our parents of... (view)
Tue 7 Jul, 2009 02:16 pm - I saw the Terry Gilliam version of the movie in theaters on LSD.
My favorite exchange was:
*drugs blow out the window*
"Did you see what God just did to us man?"
"God... (view)
Fri 12 Jun, 2009 10:17 pm - The difference between a description and an explanation is psychological. Values are irrational. Knowledge is circular and arbitrary. Science is based on a logical fallacy and what most people... (view)
Fri 5 Jun, 2009 02:06 pm - [QUOTE=LWSleeth;66691]Is there any possible way Mr. Dennett's model could be correct if the mind actually can be fully quieted?[/QUOTE]
If you could fully quiet your mind, you would no... (view)
Wed 3 Jun, 2009 01:13 pm - [QUOTE=EvidenceVsFaith;66412][I]In and of itself[/I] at least if someone has no choice in the matter, why would you want to punish them if they can't help it? It would be wrong to do so yeah?... (view)
Wed 3 Jun, 2009 12:20 pm - [QUOTE=EvidenceVsFaith;66408]Because in one case we control our own actions and in the other we are conscious, complex biological robots that don't have any choice in our own actions - we just... (view)
Wed 3 Jun, 2009 11:51 am - [QUOTE=EvidenceVsFaith;66402]Well, it just depends if you are interested in whether we have control over our own reactions or if we don't - we just commonly believe we do.[/quote]
You just... (view)
Wed 3 Jun, 2009 11:39 am - [QUOTE=EvidenceVsFaith;66392]Because if you don't have free will then your experience is all the same yet you are still using it as evidence for it.[/quote]
Well, if my experiences are the... (view)
Wed 3 Jun, 2009 11:19 am - [QUOTE=EvidenceVsFaith;66365]Because there's already evidence for physics and the mechanics of the universe. But no evidence (as far as I know) that we can [I]influence[/I] [B]that[/B] other... (view)
Tue 2 Jun, 2009 08:59 pm - [QUOTE=the wise one;66279]How many women are here in this philosophy forum count them out and count how many men that are here in this forum the data we show the truth that it is few women that are... (view)
