Wed 20 Jan, 2010 07:32 am - [QUOTE=Jackofalltrades;121067]Yes we have......... It is best to pose this question in another forum/sub-forum.
I have lot of observational thoughts on these things, as an average naturalist.... (view)
Tue 19 Jan, 2010 07:22 am - [QUOTE=Jackofalltrades;120839][/COLOR]
Experience is knowledge. Intuition is also knowledge. Logic and memory helps experience to formulate knowledge that was gained, Intellect helps mind to be... (view)
Mon 18 Jan, 2010 08:10 am - [QUOTE=Aemun;120781]Are we all agreed then that our western philosophical view is not equipped to deal with a question such as 'what is matter?'.
We should follow the Eastern mystics... (view)
Mon 18 Jan, 2010 07:13 am - Quote from Jackofalltrades
[COLOR=red]...understanding your point is not my only job (sorry i may sound ungenerous). My intervention would be on points of order or facts or what we see as truths. i... (view)
Sun 17 Jan, 2010 06:43 pm - You have both raised many questions and, due to lack of time at the moment, I will have to take a little while to reply (too many questions and so little time, eh?). However I will be back on this.... (view)
Sat 16 Jan, 2010 09:32 pm - Oh dear!!
My introduction of the hypothetical child has created some argument. However, Jackofalltrades you are still not quite understanding my point. My argument is that thought is all we have. I... (view)
Fri 15 Jan, 2010 08:38 pm - QuinticNon,
These were exactly the questions I was going to post.
Jackofalltrades,
If the child has no sense perception at all, how can it know what food is? It is being fed from some kind of... (view)
Thu 14 Jan, 2010 08:28 pm - Jackofalltrades,
Apologies for my typing error. I was, of course, referring to David Hume. Part of his ideas lead to the question: if a child was born with no sense perception at all, no sight,... (view)
Thu 14 Jan, 2010 07:31 am - I would hardly call Hulme & Co. "mystics" and, while I can accept that this may be "un-scientific" (I stress "may") I would hardly call it un-philosophic as this... (view)
