Philosophical Speculations

So, I only see two possibilities: a) I don't understand what Cleric is saying, and he doesn't understand what I'm saying. b) I do understand what Cleric is saying, and he doesn't understand what I'm saying. To get out of this conundrum, I guess we need to ask Cleric: does he think I understand what...

Look, guys, none of what Cleric is writing will make sense if you don't choose to have a little bit of humility, self-awareness, open mind, and see how your egoic prejudices are influencing all of your thoughts on this topic. Adur, you are especially projecting your own egoism onto Cleric here - &q...

Thank you Eugene! I totally agree with you here. I haven't read all your exchanges with Cleric and Ashvin (I simply can't keep up with the volume of posts), but in general I think I agree with your view. I usually try to take a non-confrontational stance, but I must admit in that post I got a littl...

Actually the "truth" is evident in Hoffman's desktop analogy. The icons for files on my desktop really do represent underlying files stored on disk. Depending upon the nature of the file, the icon may tell me about the structure of the file (PDF, Word Doc, etc). It may have a title which ...

Actually the "truth" is evident in Hoffman's desktop analogy. The icons for files on my desktop really do represent underlying files stored on disk. Depending upon the nature of the file, the icon may tell me about the structure of the file (PDF, Word Doc, etc). It may have a title which ...

Science is a method. It can test and discard ontologies. If our perceptions evolved by natural selection, then, according to the FBT Theorem, we should discard the ontology of physicalism . We should recognize that spacetime and objects are the perceptual interface used by Homo sapiens. They are ou...

As usual, you're talking about one thing and I am talking about another. My comment was about ITP. My quote from Hoffman was about ITP. There is nothing in your quote about ITP. Ok let's make this perfectly clear then so there are no longer any excuses: We encounter a startling “Fitness-Beats-Truth...

I guess you missed my quote of Hoffman. Although the interface theory is compatible with idealism, it is not idealism, because it proposes no specific model of objective reality, but leaves the nature of objective reality as an open scientific problem. Jim, I keep pointing this out and you keep ign...

Thanks for demonstrating my point precisely. You don't understand the meaning of naïve realism. You've made up your own definition. Actually thinking about it, I can see why you fall for idealism. By your worldview, you can made up what you want and it can all be true. And everyone else's view can ...

Jim, perception can mean more than apprehension by the senses - it can also mean apprehension by the mind (understanding). Some dictionaries extend the definition. In the context of naïve realism, which is the context this is being discussed,it is clearly about perception by the senses. In philosop...