Philosophers fail to realize that they are creating a separate world that can fall apart if applied too closely to the real world. — TheSageOfMainStreet
"Objective Truth" just means "I'm really really sure this is correct and if you don't agree with me you're dumb." — YuZhonglu
Any belief is the result of physical processes of the brain. — YuZhonglu
Maybe. Please don't state possibilities - even those you believe to be highly probable - as certainties. This is a philosophy forum, after all. — Pattern-chaser
Knowing something doesn't imply certainty though. — Terrapin Station
Sorry, I tend to use "know" for what we certainly know, and "believe" for what we think we know. — Pattern-chaser
The standard analysis of knowledge in philosophy is that knowledge is a type of belief. — Terrapin Station
No, beliefs and knowledge ARE the results of physical processes of the brain. — YuZhonglu
Then I leave you in the ecstasy of certainty. Enjoy! :smile: — Pattern-chaser
There would have to be good reasons ... to reach a conclusion. In this, and in many (most? all?) other topics. — Pattern-chaser
The brain is colourless, odourless, meaningless matter, yet the mind experiences and assigns these things. It seems to be obviously the case that the mind and brain are different. — AJJ
A brain in and of itself has no colour. It refracts light a certain way. — AJJ
In purely material terms there is no colour, only light refraction. — AJJ
It’s only colour once someone experiences it, in their mind. Otherwise it’s just particles bouncing around. — AJJ
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