George Berkeley – Uncommon Descent

Bruce Gordon and Michael Egnor: Why idealism is actually a practical philosophy

Gordon thinks idealism (= reality is first and foremost a mental phenomenon) is defensible, reasonable, and too easily discarded.

Jonathan11 Did anyone here watch the entire two-part response? I wonder whether it is worth watching him for 2 hours and... – “Professor Dave” goes after eminent chemist...
kairosfocus AS: They [the Woke] are motivated by images and sounds on the screens in front of them that trigger them... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
JVL Querius: That’s because you’re the one who who’s been making these assertions. I don't think I made many assertions except... – Sheffield University: Darwin ruled “problematic” figure...
kairosfocus BA, WordFence is up to tricks again. And again. KF PS: of media power . . . – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
kairosfocus WJM & SB: The OP above is on knowledge in the post Gettier world, so on warrant as first bill... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
Bob O'H What’s “wrong,” so far as the rest of us can see, is that researchers keep finding new functions that formerly-junk... – Larry Moran’s new book sounds like...
tjguy So imagining some sort of mysterious emergence that cannot be tested or demonstrated in any way - that's fine, but... – At Mind Matters News: Why some...
BobRyan Interesting aspect regarding the Earth Mother. I know the Greeks strongly believed in something similar to there being a difference... – Study: Animals do not usually try...
polistra When two PhDs are arguing about fine points that only other PhDs in the subject can understand, it's not a... – “Professor Dave” goes after eminent chemist...
martin_r 'Professor' Dave... just another Darwinian clown who keeps feeding his Darwinian audience with total non-sense... i watched Dave's rebuttal video... – “Professor Dave” goes after eminent chemist...
bornagain77 Of related note to post 87 and 88, it is also very interesting to note that the genetic responses of... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
Belfast @paige “Chance alone is at the source of every innovation, of all creation in the biosphere. Pure chance, absolutely free... – Dinoflagellate genome structure is unique
StephenB WJM: "The consequences of denying objective morality (adopting subjective morality) is this: anything goes, and might (in whatever form) functionally... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
StephenB SB to KF: Simply ask WJM if he agrees that murder is objectively wrong. --- “It doesn’t matter if I... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
William J Murray KF, said: We can readily identify at least seven inescapable first duties of reason. All KF is doing here is... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
Querius JVL, That's because you're the one who who's been making these assertions. Have you since you looked into the history... – Sheffield University: Darwin ruled “problematic” figure...
jerry I would rather watch “Keeping up with the Kardashians” Now we know where you get your science ideas from. have... – Why “Follow the science” is showing...
bornagain77 Seversky claims, "This is not about objective morality. There can be no such thing." Hmmm, do you REALLY believe that... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
Seversky Jerry/14 As usual Seversky is as a bellwether. He is nearly always disproved by history. History can be so cruel.... – Why “Follow the science” is showing...
Seversky Jerry A little OT but have you ever read The Space Merchants by C M Kornbluth and Frederick Pohl? – Why “Follow the science” is showing...
Seversky Bornagain77/88 Richard Dawkins’s ‘selfish gene’ concept is more of less directly based on Darwin’s own ‘survival of the fittest’ thinking... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...