Re: Maudlin & How many times does COMP have to be false before its false?

2011-02-16 Thread Brent Meeker
On 2/14/2011 4:12 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Brent Meeker mailto:meeke...@dslextreme.com>> wrote: On 2/13/2011 11:24 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Brent Meeker mailto:meeke...@dslextreme.com>> wrote: On 2/13/201

Re: Come Again?

2011-02-16 Thread Jason Resch
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 8:47 PM, m.a. wrote: > Given modern physics and cosmology, does Nietzsche's idea of "eternal > return" have any validity?m.a. > > -- In a few ways I think it could be argued that it does. One is the oscillatory universe idea, which will happen if the mass of the un

Re: Come Again?

2011-02-16 Thread m.a.
Given modern physics and cosmology, does Nietzsche's idea of "eternal return" have any validity?m.a. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe fr

Re: Maudlin & How many times does COMP have to be false before its false?

2011-02-16 Thread Jason Resch
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:41 AM, 1Z wrote: > > > On Feb 16, 3:40 pm, Jason Resch wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:04 AM, 1Z wrote: > > > > > On Feb 16, 8:27 am, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:19 PM, 1Z wrote: > > > > > > > On Feb 15, 10:12 pm, Brent Meeker wrote: >

Re: Maudlin & How many times does COMP have to be false before its false?

2011-02-16 Thread Brent Meeker
On 2/16/2011 12:33 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: hat matter adds to a bundle of properties is existence. A non- existent bundle of properties is a mere concept, a mere possibility. Thus the concept of matter is very much tied to the idea of contingency or "somethingism" -- the idea that only certain p

Re: Maudlin & How many times does COMP have to be false before its false?

2011-02-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Feb 2011, at 18:41, 1Z wrote: On Feb 16, 3:40 pm, Jason Resch wrote: On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:04 AM, 1Z wrote: On Feb 16, 8:27 am, Jason Resch wrote: On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:19 PM, 1Z wrote: On Feb 15, 10:12 pm, Brent Meeker wrote: On 2/15/2011 1:48 PM, 1Z wrote: I agr

Re: Maudlin & How many times does COMP have to be false before its false?

2011-02-16 Thread 1Z
On Feb 16, 5:10 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 16 Feb 2011, at 16:17, 1Z wrote: > > > > > > > On Feb 16, 8:46 am, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 15 Feb 2011, at 20:22, 1Z wrote: > > >>> I want to say "number aren't real, so I'm not really a number" > > >> All your talk about numbers which

Re: Maudlin & How many times does COMP have to be false before its false?

2011-02-16 Thread 1Z
On Feb 16, 3:40 pm, Jason Resch wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:04 AM, 1Z wrote: > > > On Feb 16, 8:27 am, Jason Resch wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:19 PM, 1Z wrote: > > > > > On Feb 15, 10:12 pm, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > > On 2/15/2011 1:48 PM, 1Z wrote: > > > > > > I agree.

Re: Maudlin & How many times does COMP have to be false before its false?

2011-02-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Feb 2011, at 16:17, 1Z wrote: On Feb 16, 8:46 am, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 15 Feb 2011, at 20:22, 1Z wrote: I want to say "number aren't real, so I'm not really a number" All your talk about numbers which are not real seems to me nonsensical. Also you seems to know what is rea

Re: Maudlin & How many times does COMP have to be false before its false?

2011-02-16 Thread Jason Resch
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:04 AM, 1Z wrote: > > > On Feb 16, 8:27 am, Jason Resch wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:19 PM, 1Z wrote: > > > > > On Feb 15, 10:12 pm, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 2/15/2011 1:48 PM, 1Z wrote: > > > > > > I agree. Although it's interesting that some people wit

Re: Maudlin & How many times does COMP have to be false before its false?

2011-02-16 Thread 1Z
On Feb 16, 8:46 am, Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 15 Feb 2011, at 20:22, 1Z wrote: > > > > > > > I want to say "number aren't real, so I'm not really a number" > > All your talk about numbers which are not real seems to me > nonsensical. Also you seems to know what is real and what is

Re: Maudlin & How many times does COMP have to be false before its false?

2011-02-16 Thread 1Z
On Feb 16, 8:27 am, Jason Resch wrote: > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:19 PM, 1Z wrote: > > > On Feb 15, 10:12 pm, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 2/15/2011 1:48 PM, 1Z wrote: > > > > I agree.  Although it's interesting that some people with synasthesia > > > apparently perceive numbers as having var

Re: Maudlin & How many times does COMP have to be false before its false?

2011-02-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 15 Feb 2011, at 20:25, 1Z wrote: On Feb 15, 6:13 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 15 Feb 2011, at 18:16, 1Z wrote: In science we never know if our premisses and conclusions are true or not. I can still resist the conclusion by *believing* Platonism to be false, while believing comp to

Re: Maudlin & How many times does COMP have to be false before its false?

2011-02-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 15 Feb 2011, at 20:22, 1Z wrote: I want to say "number aren't real, so I'm not really a number" All your talk about numbers which are not real seems to me nonsensical. Also you seems to know what is real and what is not real, Sure. Horses are real and unicorns aren't. Didn't you know

Re: Maudlin & How many times does COMP have to be false before its false?

2011-02-16 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:19 PM, 1Z wrote: > > > On Feb 15, 10:12 pm, Brent Meeker wrote: > > On 2/15/2011 1:48 PM, 1Z wrote: > > > > > > > > I agree. Although it's interesting that some people with synasthesia > > apparently perceive numbers as having various perceptual properties. > > Some pe