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Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2026 6:53 pm There are two types of logic: deductive and inductive. Aristotle used both. .

Well, I'm no logician, but even I know there is abductive logic;
apagōgē to Aristotle.

Then I take it that in your view — which you declare is philosophical or the one a philosopher will come to at the end-point of reason — is that nothing in the created manifest world has established, say, the right or the ultimate interpretation of a unified philosophical and religious set of princ...

AJ: ...but do not have, and have no way even to conceive of, a “holistic frame” or an integrated picture. Wilbur: What do you think an integrated picture entails? But Wilbur, you are the philosopher . Gus, what did I say about the halfwits on this forum who call themselves philosophers? Anyway, the...

...the chances of you having something published are slim. The likelihood that it could appear in a journal I might read are between nil and not much. :D Will, you are confusing the first with the second. No I'm not. I agree, unlikely you would read a journal (regularly read) in which IC might be p...

My view is that the philosophy of today, and what I perceive and understand of those who identify as “philosophers” on this forum... Take a look at who actually call themselves philosophers on this forum. They are the ones you can be quite certain have never been within a mile of a serious philosop...

...the chances of you having something published are slim. The likelihood that it could appear in a journal I might read are between nil and not much. :D Well, congratulations if you have had something published; even more so if it is in something I might read, but after 13 years of interaction, I ...

Do you know what a pseudonym is? And do you know why people use them on forums like this one? In some cases, so they can pretend to be something they're not. Don't be surprised if you do read something from me, one day. I will be. Given the quality and originality of your thinking, the chances of y...

Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2026 12:59 am...I'm a philosopher, of minor note.

How minor Mr Can? Where can we read your published work?

...I don't believe you can provide an answer to whether snail parasites are part of your God's design, or a product of the fall of man that isn't preposterous. You're going to find out your wrong about that. But you're going to find out when this topic is done. This topic is done; I'm right, you're...

...again, I would love getting your immediate (and fresh) take on what was discussed above. OK, fresh and unfiltered: there's a lotta stuff to process. Me overall view is that your AI buddy is taking the mathematico-instrumentalist approach to things that happen. Nothing wrong with that, fabulously...

...again, I would love getting your immediate (and fresh) take on what was discussed above. OK, fresh and unfiltered: there's a lotta stuff to process. Me overall view is that your AI buddy is taking the mathematico-instrumentalist approach to things that happen. Nothing wrong with that, fabulously...

...when we've cleared the hurdle of how Evolution can deal with things like triadic symbiosis and other irreducible complexities in nature. I'm happy to proceed on the belief that it can't. But you 're still fighting that. So I don't think you believe it at all. You're right, and I don't believe yo...

So are snail parasites part of your God's design, or a product of the fall of man? Can't say I blame you; there is no answer to that which is not ridiculous. I'm not avoiding it. I'm avoiding being side-tracked at the moment. I've promised to address it, when we've cleared the hurdle of how Evoluti...

Unfortunately for the case, archaeopteryx, even if authentic, would be it's own creature, and the idea that it evolved would have to be taken as assumed before it constituted any evidence for evolution. There are roughly 250 000 named species in the fossil record of which there are no living exampl...

...triadic symbiosis and irreducible complexity still represent significant problems for the Evolutionist's narrative. No they don't. Irreducible complexity is a philosophical belief that does not exist outside of creationism. Snail parasites don't exist? They certainly do. Clearly you have forgott...