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lifegazer

February 18th, 2010, 9:51 am

Congratulations Scott. Best wishes.

Perhaps we need a changing diapers/nappies forum now.
lifegazer

Re: It began somewhere...

February 10th, 2010, 12:00 pm

(quote not shown) Any consideration of the origin of philosophy would not require a discussion about natural selection and brain size. And what is philosophy, except a language unto itself, the function of which is to communicate specific facts to one another? What is the difference between it and l...
lifegazer

Re: It began somewhere...

February 10th, 2010, 7:44 am

(quote not shown) We are contemplating the origin and evolution of language. We are not asking how the vocal box evolved or how and when the brain evolved to facilitate the function of complex discourse. That is, the 'tools' we possess; how we came to possess them; how they work - this is not the is...
lifegazer

February 10th, 2010, 7:11 am

Isn't 'qualia' a philosophical term?

Re: The Silliness of Blaise Pasquel's Wager

February 9th, 2010, 6:15 am

(quote not shown) You're right, so perhaps Pascal should have argued that since there's a 50/50 chance of there being a God (which is a problem too, since how are those odds worked out?), that one should endeavour to attain faith in God. That is, work towards belief and faith. But the argument is ru...
lifegazer

Re: It began somewhere...

February 9th, 2010, 6:02 am

(quote not shown) This is not a simple matter of taking a picture and saying "See, this is what happened.". Rationale has to be employed to answer this question. As such, the question is open to rational discussion. And maybe some insights could come from that. (quote not shown) Are you lo...
lifegazer

February 6th, 2010, 8:32 pm

Language starts in the form of grunts, groans and screams. Even other animals make sounds to express fear or anger, and perhaps joy. There came a moment though, when a sound was expressed - not as an emotional response to a situation - but to identify an object or a task. For example, the sound &quo...

February 6th, 2010, 5:52 am

'Organised labour' - are we talking about chain gangs and suchlike, or what? :?

February 6th, 2010, 5:30 am

This may seem hard to believe, but I had absolutely no idea wannabe had started this thread when I started my own identical thread. Pure coincidence. Perhaps they can be merged together?

Notification of significant edits

February 5th, 2010, 9:11 pm

One of my foremost concerns about forcing a poster to edit or add to his/her previous post - if nobody else had posted since - was that there was zero notification of that edit. In other words, there was no apparent reason for members interested in that thread to return to it, since - apparently - t...
lifegazer

February 4th, 2010, 11:34 am

(quote not shown) :lol: What a line. Lovin' it. I'll address other stuff later. (quote not shown) Of course, I'm aware of this. But please ponder my stance: that ALL experienced entities are reducible to orchestrated quale designed to give the APPEARANCE of things. Therefore, note the distinction be...
lifegazer

February 3rd, 2010, 9:31 am

(quote not shown) I bet that you don't think of yourself as a Cartesian dualist, lifegazer :!: :) . But maybe your metaphor here needs looking into? I'm a monistic idealist :!: Firstly, there must be a distinction between experienced and experiencer. The experience of a tree, for instance, is not an...

February 2nd, 2010, 7:18 pm

Keith Russell wrote:I meant that, since you did not state how you would go about trying to acheive your goals, there was no reason to assume that you had given the matter any thought at all.

I see - absence of evidence equating to evidence of absence.
lifegazer

February 2nd, 2010, 7:07 pm

(quote not shown) We learn language to communicate, which then adds to the complexity of our relationships with others. The acquirement of language does not signify a simplification of experience. (quote not shown) Only so we can manipulate those dimensions, thus adding to the complexity of our expe...
lifegazer

February 2nd, 2010, 5:40 pm

I'm trying to distinguish between that which houses experience and that which is experienced. And I'm suggesting that what has or can evolve is the complexity of the experience. If the complexity of experience can evolve - as it does even during one's own lifetime - then what does it evolve in or th...
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