Premise 1 has an 'other things being equal' clause. It isn't met in the case of the morality of procreative acts. — Bartricks
Premise 1 can't reasonably be denied. For if you've got an argument for its falsity, then you just confirm it. — Bartricks
One thing is 'evidence' for the truth of a proposition only insofar as it appears to be providing us with some epistemic reason to believe that other thing, which is something only our reason can tell us about. — Bartricks
Hence why the principle is true. If you deny it, you'll find you don't have any evidence for anything. — Bartricks
Your last point commits a category error. I am talking about the mind - the object, whatever it may be, that is bearing our conscious states. You're conflating conscious states with the object they're the states of. — Bartricks
Conscious states are states of an object called a....wait for it....MIND. — Bartricks
No, to everyone. — Bartricks
So you think wetness can just exist? Wetness is a property of liquids. — Bartricks
But you can't just have wet.
Likewise, you can't just have conscious states. — Bartricks
They are states - the clue is in the name - of a thing. What thing? — Bartricks
So a MIND is an object — Bartricks
Why it is an immaterial object, not a material one as my arguments demonstrate. — Bartricks
.. no, all this time I thought you were discussing the difference between mind and soul.So all along you actually agree that the mind is immaterial?!!
Did you not notice that I was arguing for precisely that thesis? So why are you telling me I'm wrong, — Bartricks
Can you show me that? I think you probably have misread me, and I would like to clarify my wording.You've just said that the brain can be divided and that the brain can't be divided in the same sentence. — Bartricks
1. If an object is material, then it is divisible
2. My mind is not divisible
3. Therefore my mind is not material — Bartricks
So, on what basis do you reject it? — Bartricks
Get involved in philosophical discussions about knowledge, truth, language, consciousness, science, politics, religion, logic and mathematics, art, history, and lots more. No ads, no clutter, and very little agreement — just fascinating conversations.