• Agent Smith
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    In the eyes of Wittgenstein, a philosopher has a huge outgrowth, or soft hanging blob, on the side of his/her skull containing the neo-cortex part for language. They usually lean slightly to the other side for balance.Hillary

    :chin:
  • Agent Smith
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    He's not alone.Banno

    Thank G... I'm an agnostic! What's the equivalent to "Thank God" in atheism/agnosticism?
  • Agent Smith
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    Thus it is metaphysically possible for there to be no truths.Bartricks

    :chin:

    For now, let's say my thesis is restricted to worlds with minds.

    You touched upon something that's been bothering me viz. the necessity for minds! A universe that contains information must also have minds, the two complementing each other to constitute knowledge [a mind (a belief), a true proposition, justification for that proposition].

    On that view, God is a necessary being - He hasta exist or else there won't be knowledge (omniscience) or something like that.
  • Hillary
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    What's the equivalent to "Thank God" in atheism/agnosticism?Agent Smith

    The first one who says you make ñoise, I will personally... How philosophical can it get?
  • Agent Smith
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    The first one who says you make ñoise, I will personally... How philosophical can it get?Hillary

    :grin: Thanks
  • Hillary
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    Thank the Eternal Virtual Particle Vacuum! Thank Vipav! Doddamnit, I'm good!
  • Hillary
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    In the eyes of Wittgenstein, a philosopher has a huge outgrowth, or soft hanging blob, on the side of his/her skull containing the neo-cortex part for language. They usually lean slightly to the other side for balance.
    — Hillary

    :chin:
    Agent Smith

    By which I mean that Wittstone assigns too much importance to the language facilities of the brain, situated in a thin region of the neo-cortex. His caricature image of the philosopher is a figure with a language blob growing out of the neo-cortical language region. And because of the extra weight the figure has to lean to the other side (right side, if It not mistaken) to stay balanced.
  • Hillary
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    Is the proposition that there are no true or false propositions true or false?
    If there are no true or false propositions, can you say then this is a true or false proposition? No, and then it doesn't make sense to talk about them either. There are only propositions then.
    So the proposition should be: there are propositions. Which is evidently true.
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