...listen to one style of music for the rest of your life, what would it be? — Buxtebuddha
Bonus: If you could only listen to one artist, composer, or band from your choice of music style, who would it be? — Buxtebuddha
All I did was replace "laws of nature" with "our scientific understanding of the world". — Agustino
then the laws of nature are the volition of that diety — Mr Phil O'Sophy
If you assume there islam a diety, then the laws of nature are the volition of that diety. so a transgression of a law of nature by a particular voilition of a diety becomes -the transgression of a volition of the diety by the particular volition of a diety. — Mr Phil O'Sophy
I’ve read the document on Hume quite intensely already. I did an exam on that very paper last year, and seemed to have a decent understanding of it considering I got a 1st. — Mr Phil O'Sophy
A miracle is very difficult to define - alas, I am not much interested in definitions. — Agustino
The problem with Hume's definitions is that "laws of nature" do not really mean anything. Whatsoever we call a law of nature is just a regularity we have observed. For all intents and purposes, those regularities can change over time. There are no laws of nature above and beyond the regularities themselves. So if the regularities change, that would, according to Hume, be a miracle. Quite a strange definition I think. — Agustino
For example, this definition includes things like me telling you I will flip this coin and get tails 20 times in a row, and I get it, and you and others are not capable to reproduce the event within a reasonable timeframe using the same coin. — Agustino
I can't think of a philosophical way to disprove this, and creating an experimental conditions whereby we could even tell if mental states change without brain states relevantly changing seems mind-buggeringly hard. — bert1
Is there a way to disprove this though? — LibnizMakesMeThrowMyBookAway
Laurence Krauss — andrewk
You, me, and a billion other people. Welcome to this club too. — Bitter Crank
Is this a common philosophical approach to life? In your experience, have people achieved long-term contentment or freedom from despair looking at life in this way? Are there any readings you would recommend on the subject of cultivating a relatively stable peace of mind? — CasKev
whether or not positive and negative feelings such as pain and pleasure are essential in our conception of morality. — Purple Pond
How does my happiness interfere with yours? — T Clark