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Pychen & "Laws of Logic and Materialism"

Intro: This question was originally addressed to In_Reason_I_Trust (link), but I thought I would give a concise answer that I think is easy to understand. @pychen - Hey Peter,"What is logic in your worldview? What i…
Bill Vallicella & "Compatibilism and Moral Responsibility"

Intro: Bill Vallicella over on Maverick Philosopher (link) argues for libertarian free will [1] and against compatibilism [2]. He sets up the basics of compatibilism rather well [3], then adds one further component tha…
What are the New Atheists?

Intro: The following is my own personal take on the spectrum of what neoatheism is, to whom, and what it should be going forward. I accept the phrase "new atheist" not because I think any of it is particularly new,…
Mr. Jargon, DarkWolfofVoid & "Not Feeding Trolls"

@mr_jargon - mkay. That's fine by me. I can do the talking. There's no reason to talk to Bryan as he hasn't really brought up anything new as much as he's just got his ducks in a row (as he sees it) for his own p…
(links) Ben's Theory of Everything

Ben’s working model of all basic contingencies biophilically relevant: (theory of everything) Intro: This will be a work in progress as I add external and internal links to fill out the picture. The following is a lis…
Are laws physical?

Are laws physical? Intro: I’ve been trying to getsome of my conceptually heavy responses boiled down to the “magic man dun it” leveland dealing with “abstract entities” is certainly on the…
Fletch_F_Fletch & "Existential Vertigo"

and FFF, One wonders how a triangle could be any other way given the definition of a triangle is all a triangle ever was in the first place. We have names for all the things that triangles are not even if we're j…
Personal Edit: Ultra Burly Brawl (plus discussion)

By request, here is my edit of the Matrix Reloaded's "Burly Brawl." Neo only gets hit once (I think). The slow motion is sped up to normal speed with one exception, extra junk is trimmed away for pacing, some lame hits…
Mr. Jargon, Methodology, and Nominalism

Intro: This is a commentingarchive that has been moved from WOE's theory of everything to here becauseit was about 40 unproductive comments. Mr. Jargon's comments are inyellow. So you're somehow afounda…
j_andres2 & Abstract Entities

Comment Overflowfrom Previous Post j_andres2, Thanks for taking the time to respond to some of mypoints. I tried to cut itin half…I guess I’ll have to cut it down even more next time. “#3 Wow. This is to…