Peter Vickers – Uncommon Descent

Philosophers: Must science be materialist? Vickers: Yes Kastrup: No

To claim that science must oppose non-materialist ideas is to make it into an ideology. We know little about some aspects of our universe.

Exoplanets Extraterrestrial life Intelligent Design

Philosophy prof: Our theories steer us away from finding ET

Every so often the people searching for extraterrestrial life that just never seems to turn up need a pep talk. It often takes the form of “You know, we could be on the wrong track”.

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kairosfocus VL & AS2, The mirror technique is quite accurate enough to demonstrate intent: semi-circle, as recognised by eye. Recall, all... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
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Viola Lee KF, I don't think your mirror idea would resolve the issue if the picture were 0.01° short of 180°. Steve... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
Viola Lee re 25: I would congratulate you for knowing that one must know the given premises in order to draw a... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
Steve Alten2 Following from 25 Maybe using an example from another geometric shape would make my point clearer. We know that the... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
Steve Alten2 Kairosfocus “ The DM Article includes — and I did not excerpt as it was obvious enough — that “The... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
kairosfocus VL, I am noting that -- and why -- it is effectively settled that it is indeed a semicircle. KF... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
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Viola Lee KF, I have no idea why you addressed all that to me??? Yes, we all assumed it was a semicircle.... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
jerry I am posting the transcription of the lecture on Cicero on another OP because it is extremely long. Anyone wanting... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
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kairosfocus VL, behind a planar, front-silvered mirror lies a virtual half universe with images laterally reversed and set back the same... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
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Viola Lee Also, Kf's picture above shows how you transform a secant line (cutting the curve at two points) into a tangent... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
Viola Lee You're right, Steve. The problem didn't say specifically that it was a semicircle. I written lots of geometry problems, and... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
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kairosfocus SA2, the physical confirmation rests on the laws of reflection, i.e. incident, reflected ray and normal to plane of reflection... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....