"I am wet, therefore I swim." doesn't make sense — Corvus
I swim, therefore I am wet. — Fire Ologist
He could doubt physical reality, he could doubt the existence of other minds, he could doubt the existence of gods or dogs or whatever, but if he doubted thought, the wall he hits is that that doubt is a thought... — flannel jesus
I do not think the Cogito convincing, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Monday, and Wednesday, I'm quite convinced. Friday and Saturday, I take an agnostic position. Sundays, I rest.
Now, you think the Cogito is grounds for being 100% certain of your existence, on the basis of an intuition... is that right? — Banno
References to institutions are there to make it clear that the things I'm saying aren't just invented in my own head. If you had a reference to an institution for denying the Antecedent, for example, that would signal to me that you didn't invent it in your own head, but that a slew of respectable thinkers share your view. — flannel jesus
Disagreemnts about how words are defined and used CAN'T be settled withohut reference to outside sources. Words are socially constructed - if everyone tomorrow decided that they're going to use the word "watermelon" to refer to headphones, then... that's what it refers to, from that point on. — flannel jesus
So... you're referencing an outside "official" source? So it IS okay to do that for this conversation then? Please clarify that for me - are outside sources relevant? — flannel jesus
I don't know why you're asking that question. — flannel jesus
If there's anything resembling intellectual integrity in there... — flannel jesus
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