What are these essential charateristics that make up the essence of a thing though? What is their nature?
Do you think you could provide an exhaustive list comprising this collective for any particular thing I might name?
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- Thu May 15, 2008 8:44 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The Fundamental Unity of Being
- Replies: 953
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- Thu May 15, 2008 8:30 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Can causality be infinite?
- Replies: 153
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Re: Can causality be infinite?
As I just said sam, you misunderstand the misunderstanding on my part. And if you want to make that my problem, knock yerself out.samadhi wrote:Toast,
Obviously we don't understand each other's positions but you want to make that my problem. Fine. Enjoy yourself.
- Wed May 14, 2008 11:16 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Can causality be infinite?
- Replies: 153
- Views: 30307
Re: Can causality be infinite?
DT , sam: I don't see that. Causation is an everyday phenomena. The universe is what we regard as our environment in toto. Trying to explain our environment in toto through an everyday phenomenom leads to contradictions which I described. DT: How exactly are you addressing my objections to your app...
- Wed May 14, 2008 8:32 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Altruism
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1861
Re: Altruism
We here at GF basically do not believe in altruism. Unless one is completely enlightened there is always ego involved, therefore we do for ourselves. We do for ourselves foremost even when we do for others. Nothing especially wrong with that, except to call it altruism. Hope that helps. I wrote it ...
- Mon May 12, 2008 11:38 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Imbalance
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3046
Re: Imbalance
Come on Trevor, smokes, let's go.
Do you are Cory hang around together?
Do you are Cory hang around together?
- Mon May 12, 2008 11:30 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Imbalance
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3046
Re: Imbalance
Better add the word 'good' in the appropriate place then bud, and try to fit 'only' in there too. :-p
- Mon May 12, 2008 10:16 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Imbalance
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3046
Re: Imbalance
Remove TPB from that shitty list eh Trev.
- Sun May 11, 2008 6:16 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Can causality be infinite?
- Replies: 153
- Views: 30307
Re: Can causality be infinite?
DT: Basically, your original statement above equivocates via category error. It applies one definition of reality to causation and another definition of reality to universe. sam: I don't see that. Causation is an everyday phenomena. The universe is what we regard as our environment in toto. Trying ...
- Sun May 11, 2008 6:14 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Can causality be infinite?
- Replies: 153
- Views: 30307
Re: Can causality be infinite?
sam: You have hit upon the problem of treating causation literally in an ontological sense. It leads either to an infinite regress or something out of nothing. Neither one is a satisfying explanation to the mind. Causation should simply be treated as a view of how to relate events which are known a...
- Fri May 09, 2008 11:55 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Can causality be infinite?
- Replies: 153
- Views: 30307
Re: Can causality be infinite?
Basically, your original statement above equivocates via category error. It applies one definition of reality to causation and another definition of reality to universe. Either treat them both literally in an ontological sense or treat neither literally in an ontological sense, when relating them to...
- Fri May 09, 2008 11:51 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Can causality be infinite?
- Replies: 153
- Views: 30307
Re: Can causality be infinite?
sam: You have hit upon the problem of treating causation literally in an ontological sense. It leads either to an infinite regress or something out of nothing. Neither one is a satisfying explanation to the mind. Causation should simply be treated as a view of how to relate events which are known a...
- Fri May 09, 2008 8:40 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Otto Weininger in the blogosphere
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6353
Re: Otto Weininger in the blogosphere
As bad as any day presents itself - there's always a worse day for those who wilt.
Fixed again.
- Fri May 09, 2008 8:34 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Imbalance
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3046
Re: Imbalance
Hit that one for a homer Trev.It's a character that you have deluded yourself into believing is you.
- Fri May 09, 2008 8:42 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Former atheist speaks out...
- Replies: 128
- Views: 23661
Re: Former athiest speaks out...
Am I having some huge deja vu here or are Christian bots swarming the Net with a regular interval all using easy to recognize names starting with a biblical name and ending in some occult number? (yeshua8787, aaron777, jacob69;). Or did yeshua need three years to recover from encountering a dosis o...
- Fri May 09, 2008 8:11 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Can causality be infinite?
- Replies: 153
- Views: 30307
Re: Can causality be infinite?
sam: You have hit upon the problem of treating causation literally in an ontological sense. It leads either to an infinite regress or something out of nothing. Neither one is a satisfying explanation to the mind. Causation should simply be treated as a view of how to relate events which are known a...
- Fri May 09, 2008 7:57 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Faith
- Replies: 186
- Views: 18848
Re: Faith
Any negation of truth will always be in contradiction.
Unless it just involves shaking your head.
Unless it just involves shaking your head.
- Thu May 08, 2008 9:08 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Can causality be infinite?
- Replies: 153
- Views: 30307
Re: Can causality be infinite?
average , You have hit upon the problem of treating causation literally in an ontological sense. It leads either to an infinite regress or something out of nothing. Neither one is a satisfying explanation to the mind. Causation should simply be treated as a view of how to relate events which are kn...
- Thu May 08, 2008 11:48 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Can causality be infinite?
- Replies: 153
- Views: 30307
Re: Can causality be infinite?
Depends what you mean by universe. Your context sounds far too ontological for me.
- Thu May 08, 2008 8:04 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: End of Suffering?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 10081
Re: End of Suffering?
Best yet for me. Ackerfeldt's taken it on a level or two and the new musicians have slotted right in. In parts, it's more brutal than they've ever done and yet it's quite a bit more proggy/classical on the whole, which suits me. Going to see them at the, wait for it, Bloodstock festival in August. T...
- Thu May 08, 2008 12:09 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: End of Suffering?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 10081
Re: End of Suffering?
New Opeth album out btw David.
- Wed May 07, 2008 11:48 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: End of Suffering?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 10081
Re: End of Suffering?
Dahh, my 155 EQ lets me down again!
- Wed May 07, 2008 10:50 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: End of Suffering?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 10081
Re: End of Suffering?
I reckon conceited can be done with a straight face.
- Wed May 07, 2008 8:59 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: End of Suffering?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 10081
Re: End of Suffering?
So highlight a 't' from someone else's post and copy it. I'm sure you can work out the rest but you haven't yet so, then just hit Ctrl-V when you want a 't'.
- Mon May 05, 2008 12:39 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Drug life
- Replies: 185
- Views: 17127
Re: Drug life
Come on dude, I'm a Brit - the royal 'we'. So yeah, white Bavarian man! You've probably heard the joke, and you already know the punchline, but just for the record, it goes: 500 Iriquois to their lest, 500 Shawnee to their right, and 1,000 Apache in front of them, the Lone Ranger turns to Tonto and...
- Sun May 04, 2008 1:03 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Drug life
- Replies: 185
- Views: 17127
Re: Drug life
Aye, there's the rub. It goes a long way to explaining why I find philosophy so trying and vexing. Debating any facet of solipsism, for example, such as does a true solipsist acknowledge the existence of other [solipsistic] minds, is like a black hole to me. It doesn't really matter what a metaphys...