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The computational theory of mind (CTM) is a mechanistic view of cognition, and thus a mechanistic view of mind. It views mental processing as the manipulation of symbols in working memory under the direction of a central executive. There are many criticisms of CTM; one major criticism is that CTM re...

It's not that Democrats or Republicans hate America. They don't even hate each other. They just want you to think they do to divide us and pit us against each other instead of focusing on them and corruption they are engaged in. The two-party system is one step away from one-party rule and both part...

So - I have come to the conclusion that the word “ truth” could be better understood by calling it a “reference that is the same as itself”. If we dissect reference itself we find that it has two components, the referenced, and the referencing. The relationship between those two is only the same if...

Not just to "believe," but to "affirm" and to modify one's own speech and deny one's own perception of reality by using "pronouns" forced upon everybody else by the autogynephile. They insist that they are being "erased" or "deadnamed" if you stick ...

You are wrong, because transvestism and travesty aren't the same thing. Yes, there are male transvestites who are (interested in) doing travesty, but there are also many ones who are not. While Transvestism (cross-dressing) is not by definition a travesty, it often involves a convoluted view of one...

Transsexualism is rooted in Abrahamic superstitions, concerning kellipots trapping divine sparks, or in Christianity, "souls" trapped in despicablem sinful "bodies". Often trapping souls in the "wrong bodies." Ooopsie... The same logic....but it proves to be threatenin...

Transvestites are only interested in mocking, parodying and 'superseding' women. You are wrong, because transvestism and travesty aren't the same thing. Yes, there are male transvestites who are (interested in) doing travesty, but there are also many ones who are not. While Transvestism (cross-dres...

If constructs determine truth values and there is no law as to what construct is determined as the standard then is truth value merely occurence? Reality is the construct that determines truth - the reality of the rock, the reality of your experience of the rock, the reality of your interaction wit...

Gender Philosophy Now, someone paired those two words, however, as Plato noted the simples sentence is comprised of a noun and a verb like, Socrates sits, Socrates walks, etc., However, Gender is a noun, Philosophy is a Noun, so it is not even close to being anything resembling anything grammatical...

Obviously everything human and human nature involved an individual person. Human nature is inherent of ALL humans and as such objective, i.e. independent of any individual opinions, beliefs or judgment. That the imperative [the oughtness] to breathe else die is internally driven and relative in tha...

"Libertarian Moral Relativist" what is that?? You are conflating "morality" with "politics" or your personal opinions. Politics [governance from the external] is independent of morality [internally driven]. If morality is defined as internally driven then you are admit...

1. Moral judgments are true or false and actions are right or wrong only relative to some particular standpoint (usually the moral framework of a specific community). 2. No standpoint can be proved objectively superior to any other. https://iep.utm.edu/moral-re/#SH2g The points 1 & 2 are the ma...

Neither. If you think that either party has put up the best America has to offer, then you're just as biased as the other side that thinks the same way. Abolishing political parties and lowering the temperature of hate for people that disagree would be the first step in encouraging the best America ...

If the thread title is correct, then the findings in QM that support this notion may be false since they could only ever produce a subjective interpretation... in which case we can disregard it. In shorter words, u can't make an objectively true statement about a world in which there is no objectiv...

I have already stated many times where I adopted as adapted from Kant's Mission and Vision for humanity, i.e. 1. Who am I? -epistemology, Know Thyself 2. What can we know? - epistemology 3. What can we do? - Morality & Ethics as main 4. What can we hope for? perpetual peace Ideological and dogm...