Comment by TKoL on How might a physicist define 'mind' using concepts of...
@Rushi if you aren't a physicalist, you shouldn't speak for them. Most physicalists do not consider mind an epiphenomenon. Whether they're justified in that or not is certainly up for debate, but you...
View ArticleComment by TKoL on What do humans do uniquely, that computers apparently will...
@user4894 wrong based on another unsupportable speculation? Your comment is unnecessarily harsh and judgemental judgemental. It's understandable that you disagree with the answer, but it seems like...
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Are there good examples of regular life being theory-laden?
"In this sense, your observation of whether the father is a hero or villain" that's not an observation
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Why is the Newcomb problem confusing?
"The problem is so simple", why are you repeating this over and over again, especially without providing your own answer? You know the opinions are split, so what's the reader supposed to assume the...
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Is simplicity the most important criterion when choosing...
@causative it seems you want to do anything except answer my question. My question isn't for you so maybe that's why you're only giving me non answers.
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Question regarding validity of argument
@causative I swear I didn't read your comment before I wrote my answer. Just noticed I did the same thing as you.
View ArticleAnswer by TKoL for Question regarding validity of argument
Consider that not all arguments in the exact same format are valid and with a true conclusion, even if their premises are true.Obama was an american president or Arnold Schwarzenegger was an American...
View ArticleAnswer by TKoL for Is Bayes’s theorem based on prejudice?
So does Bayes’ theorem reduce to ordinary prejudice?In some circumstances, you could say that, you could say that priors are arguably just rooted in personal biases, but not all applications of bayes...
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Can apophatic theology offer a coherent resolution to the...
Are there conceptual difficulties with the idea of a thing which is impossible to conceptualise? I think such a being is synonymous with conceptual difficulties...
View ArticleAnswer by TKoL for How is this logic valid?
I don't really like the way that proof is presented, and I know this isn't what you asked, but if you want to prove ~(P -> Q) is mutually implicated with P ^ ~Q, we can just compare the truth...
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Can God transcend human logic and reasoning?
Are there conceptual difficulties with the idea of a thing which is impossible to conceptualise? I think such a being is synonymous with conceptual difficulties...
View ArticleAnswer by TKoL for What principle protects the objective nature of the prior...
So does Bayes’ theorem reduce to ordinary prejudice?In some circumstances, you could say that, you could say that priors are arguably just rooted in personal biases, but not all applications of bayes...
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Emergent Behavior: Observer-Constructed or...
That's not what that less wrong article says
View ArticleComment by TKoL on What are reasonable counter objections to the argument...
@Sismetic the argument proposed in op against materialism is that they're separate - my argument above is that this means they're not separate at all.
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Why are we taught that hot air rises?
"However hot air is not acting" - doesn't matter, is it going up? Then it's rising. I think the problem is you're reading way too much into a basic phrase.
View ArticleComment by TKoL on If someone clearly believes that he has witnessed...
Because hallucinations are more common than miracles. How many people have genuinely walked on water and turned water into wine? Probably one at most, maybe two or three (I say at most because...
View ArticleComment by TKoL on We have differing types of infinity; do we also have...
"True randomness is a property of a single number. It means that the number is a product of a genuinely stochastic process, no-one has deliberately selected it." - doesn't that make it a property of...
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Are there different types of randomness?
"True randomness is a property of a single number. It means that the number is a product of a genuinely stochastic process, no-one has deliberately selected it." - doesn't that make it a property of...
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Where do we go if we gain knowledge of the absolute truth?
The classic answer to the meaning of everything, "42", is kinda meant to highlight this problem. Cause the answer is... nowhere, you're here, and you'll still be here. Everything is the same if you...
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Is pluralism the correct philosophical interpretation of...
@CriglCragl it's common in philosophy to use "pluralism" to mean something like "multiple models are true (or true enough) simultaneously"
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