That’s why that passage leads into a discussion of analytic a posteriori knowledge: the meaning of words (analytic) is obtained from experience (a posteriori). — Pfhorrest
constrained — Daniel
all beliefs should be considered justified enough by default to be tentatively held until reasons can be found to reject them....... Beliefs can only be shown false, or not yet shown false; never positively shown true. — Pfhorrest
Beliefs not yet shown false can still be more or less probable than others, as calculated by methods such as Bayes' theorem. — Pfhorrest
Synthetic a posteriori knowledge is the intersection of two distinctions that philosophers often make between different kinds of knowledge: the distinction between synthetic and analytic knowledge. — Pfhorrest
for example, one person in a discourse insists that to be a bachelor only means to live a carefree life of alcohol, sex, and music (ala the Greek god Bacchus from whose name the term is derived), with no implications on marital status, while another person insists that to be a bachelor only means to be a human male of marriageable age who is nevertheless not married, with no implications on lifestyle besides that, then they will find no agreement on whether or not it is analytically, a priori, necessarily true that all bachelors are unmarried — Pfhorrest
I have reasoned that every idea must also be subjected to natural selection since ideas depend on the brain whose actual shape and function are a consequence of natural selection acting on this organ. — Daniel
then I am programmed, by evolution, to have a limited mind, in the sense that my brain will only be able to generate a particular set of ideas whose nature is mainly determined by my brain's actual state — Daniel
If you observe animal behavior outside a laboratory setup, its obvious they experience affection, recognize purpose, understand the world logically and even have a sense of humor, all with similarity to humans. — Enrique
I think the idea that animals, including humans, are "governed" in some sense by inborn instinct or behaviorist stimulus/response is a historical relic. — Enrique
The question is how a concept of conditioning that is clearly false for most mammals and birds at the very least became so mainstream. — Enrique
Given that many things they do are guided by imprinting or built in programs, the moment then run into new things, there is a strong chance they will be irrational, especially if they do not adapt and learn that though ti triggers their habits it is not what they think it is. — Coben
All forms of animal behavior (humans also being animals) can be understood in terms of stimulus and response. — Coben
Animals are quite rational about many things. They can even figure things out, like how to open doors, how to work across species to get prey — Coben
And the unconscious is entirely rational. Why wouldn't it be? — A Seagull
How was this process affected by natural and social selection pressures? — Enrique
What impact did language have on the character of human behavior as well as our rationality and irrationality? — Enrique
I think conversation is very informative and can be analysed for content that expresses private or mental information. — Andrew4Handel
I reflect on my mental states but so far I don't know what they are. — Andrew4Handel
That I would describe as replicable experiments; i.e., we get the same results when we repeat these experiments. To me the term "replicable effects" is stronger, suggesting that the effects themselves are replicable. — InPitzotl
It sounds to me like you're using the terms a bit differently than these sources suggest — InPitzotl
So would you say that the mind does not affect behavior, that there is no such thing as the mind, or that the mind itself is simply a result of operant conditioning? — InPitzotl
The demonstrations you're referring to sound like something akin to Pavlovian experiments. — InPitzotl
I'm confused. If different people experience different effects, then in what sense are those replicable effects? — InPitzotl
Where I'm choking is that you're partially complaining about psychological explanations on the basis that one needs scientific testing, but then appealing to scientific testing performed as part of a psychological investigation. — InPitzotl
Focusing on resisting a particular action is not demonstrating awareness, connection or collaboration with the range of alternatives available. — Possibility
You can’t force someone to be aware, to connect or to collaborate. — Possibility
think about the question that ought to be addressed before anything else — SophistiCat
Not just awareness - also connection and collaboration. — Possibility
So increasing awareness of, connection to and collaboration with the potentiality of alternatives available is essential to the freedom of the will. — Possibility
One important question about word-first concepts is this: how do we satisfy ourselves that this thing or this constellation of things corresponds to this concept? (Conversion experiences should be interesting.) — Dawnstorm
Basically, I'd need some way to check for evidence of God, or some sort of perspective that allows me to interpret stuff that's there as evidence for God. I've developed the unsystematic intuition that if you have faith in God, everything is potential evidence, and if you don't nothing is. And that's a bit of a road block. I don't think there's a specific direction my God concept has to... concretise?... before I can really tackle the question of existance. — Dawnstorm
but I think the bulk of one's worldview is unconcious, and it's less a finished product, and more an ongoing progress. — Dawnstorm
The addict can choose to increase awareness, connection and collaboration with elements of choice - but it’s not an easy road. — Possibility
Addicts may certainly be aware of a better lifestyle, and they may desire to live a healthier life, but their struggle often comes from a lack of connection to this better, healthier lifestyle as a choice they perceive themselves capable of making. They seek out and commit to addiction recovery programs, but in many situations they’re looking to be fixed by a mechanic, without realising that they need to critically examine themselves how they think about and evaluate everything in relation to their addiction, and then actively seek awareness, connection to and collaboration with the alternatives available. — Possibility
They only ‘feel compelled’ because they are ignoring, isolating or excluding elements of ‘choice’ from their perceived potential, as either:
- the ACT of choosing;
- the variety/RANGE to choose from; or
- the specific ALTERNATIVES or options available to be chosen;
before they even determine their actions, let alone initiate them. — Possibility
I say neither probability estimate is based on anything but a pre-existing bias one way or the other.
You? — Frank Apisa
Dr Bruce Greyson of University of Virginia. His YouTube talk: “ Consciousness Independent of the Brain. “ — Agathob
for instance is, "Is there a $10 bill in this (unopened) envelope or not?"...the answer is either YES or NO. It cannot be both. — Frank Apisa
Set up the P1 and P2 that logically leads to a C of: Therefore there are no evil spirits that can influence what any human does. — Frank Apisa
Are you supposing that humans (Homo sapiens) at our stage of evolution are able to know everything about what does and what does not exist in the REALITY of existence? — Frank Apisa
So the hard atheist and the hard theist have at least a 50% chance of being correct. — Frank Apisa
You either are aware of your existence, or you are not — StarsFromMemory
thing-first concept. — Dawnstorm
word-first concept — Dawnstorm
The concept never reaches a high enough epistemic level within the confines of my world view — Dawnstorm
world views other than your own are only available via interpretation through the lense of your own, and how much - if anything - of human worldviews are human universals isn't clear — Dawnstorm
I've never come to clear understanding on this myself, so I'm really struggling to put intution into words. — Dawnstorm
For me, the word "God" derives its meaning entirely from its lived social context. — Dawnstorm
And if you have to understand what it is that doesn't exist when you say "God doesn't exist," I can't be an atheist. — Dawnstorm
I worry that this amounts mostly to meaningless babble, but I'm not sure I can do better — Dawnstorm
Prior to the act of choosing, the metaphysical will is entirely free. — Possibility
You're just repeating the ad hominem...good job! — 3017amen
Do you "believe" (guess, estimate, suppose) that no gods exist...or that it is MUCH MORE likely that no gods exist than that at least one does? — Frank Apisa
I suspect that... — Frank Apisa
I lack a "belief" that any gods exist...and I refuse to be described as an atheist. — Frank Apisa