RE: Hypostases (was: Natural Order & Belief)

2006-12-04 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
Tom Cayolor writes: > > > Schaeffer maintained that the basis for antithesis is not that it was > > > an invention of Aristotle or anyone, but that the basis for antithesis > > > is reality itself, based on the God who is there (as opposed to not > > > being there). The existence of the persona

RE: Hypostases (was: Natural Order & Belief)

2006-12-04 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
Tom Caylor writes: > > I agree (with the proviso that I suppose that by "machine" you talk > > about the old pregodelian conception of (non universal) machine. > > We don't know what universal machine are capable of, and I don't see > > why a present "God" would abandon them. I hope you can har

Re: UDA revisited and then some

2006-12-04 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 01-déc.-06, à 20:05, Brent Meeker a écrit : > > Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> Le 01-déc.-06, à 10:24, Stathis Papaioannou a écrit : >> >>> >>> Bruno Marchal writes: >>> > We can assume that the structural difference makes a difference to > consciousness but > not external

Re: UDA revisited and then some

2006-12-04 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 02-déc.-06, à 06:11, Stathis Papaioannou a écrit : > In addition to spectrum reversal type situations, where no change is > noted from > either 3rd or 1st person perspective (and therefore it doesn't really > matter to anyone: > as you say, it may be occurring all the time anyway and we wou

Re: Hypostases (was: Natural Order & Belief)

2006-12-04 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 04-déc.-06, à 08:34, Tom Caylor wrote : > > The existence of a personal God who is not silent answers the questions > in a way that an impersonal god or reality does not... I certainly have a methodological problem with such an idea. This is due to my motivation in the subject. I am searc

Re: The Totally Blind Zombie Homunculus Room

2006-12-04 Thread Mark Peaty
Nice try Colin! :-) and very thought provoking, as are all the contributions of yours which I have read on various discussion groups. Here though I think your assumptions are driving your conclusions and you beg some of the questions you seem to be assuming that you are answering. I don't se

Re: Objects, Lists, and continuums

2006-12-04 Thread Tom Caylor
Hal Ruhl wrote: > I have tried to find material discussing the following idea but have > not found any yet so I would appreciate comments. > > The idea is based in the description of objects. > > It was recently pointed out to me as being an aspect of my model by > Alastair Malcolm. > > The idea i

Re: Objects, Lists, and continuums

2006-12-04 Thread Tom Caylor
Tom Caylor wrote: > Hal Ruhl wrote: > > I have tried to find material discussing the following idea but have > > not found any yet so I would appreciate comments. > > > > The idea is based in the description of objects. > > > > It was recently pointed out to me as being an aspect of my model by >

Re: The Totally Blind Zombie Homunculus Room

2006-12-04 Thread Tom Caylor
Mark Peaty wrote: > Nice try Colin! :-) > and very thought provoking, as are all the contributions of yours which > I have read on various discussion groups. > > Here though I think your assumptions are driving your conclusions and > you beg some of the questions you seem to be assuming that you

Re: Hypostases (was: Natural Order & Belief)

2006-12-04 Thread Tom Caylor
Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > Tom Cayolor writes: > > > > > Schaeffer maintained that the basis for antithesis is not that it was > > > > an invention of Aristotle or anyone, but that the basis for antithesis > > > > is reality itself, based on the God who is there (as opposed to not > > > > being

Re: Hypostases (was: Natural Order & Belief)

2006-12-04 Thread Tom Caylor
Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > Tom Caylor writes: > > > > I agree (with the proviso that I suppose that by "machine" you talk > > > about the old pregodelian conception of (non universal) machine. > > > We don't know what universal machine are capable of, and I don't see > > > why a present "God" wo

Re: Hypostases (was: Natural Order & Belief)

2006-12-04 Thread Brent Meeker
Tom Caylor wrote: > Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> Tom Cayolor writes: >> > Schaeffer maintained that the basis for antithesis is not > that it was an invention of Aristotle or anyone, but that the > basis for antithesis is reality itself, based on the God who > is there (as oppose

Re: Hypostases (was: Natural Order & Belief)

2006-12-04 Thread Tom Caylor
Brent Meeker wrote: > Tom Caylor wrote: > > Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > >> Tom Cayolor writes: > >> > > Schaeffer maintained that the basis for antithesis is not > > that it was an invention of Aristotle or anyone, but that the > > basis for antithesis is reality itself, based on the

Re: Hypostases (was: Natural Order & Belief)

2006-12-04 Thread Brent Meeker
Tom Caylor wrote: > Brent Meeker wrote: >> Tom Caylor wrote: >>> Stathis Papaioannou wrote: Tom Cayolor writes: >>> Schaeffer maintained that the basis for antithesis is not >>> that it was an invention of Aristotle or anyone, but that the >>> basis for antithesis is reality

RE: UDA revisited and then some

2006-12-04 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
Bruno Marchal writes: > Le 02-déc.-06, à 06:11, Stathis Papaioannou a écrit : > > > In addition to spectrum reversal type situations, where no change is > > noted from > > either 3rd or 1st person perspective (and therefore it doesn't really > > matter to anyone: > > as you say, it may be occ

RE: The Totally Blind Zombie Homunculus Room

2006-12-04 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
Tom Caylor writes: > Mark Peaty wrote: > > Nice try Colin! :-) > > and very thought provoking, as are all the contributions of yours which > > I have read on various discussion groups. > > > > Here though I think your assumptions are driving your conclusions and > > you beg some of the questio

RE: Hypostases (was: Natural Order & Belief)

2006-12-04 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
Tom Caylor writes: > As I've mentioned in my other more recent posts, I'm talking about our > different beliefs underlying the fact that we live as though there is a > nature to reality, as though we have personal meaning and significance, > that there is a why to our existence, not just a how (

RE: Hypostases (was: Natural Order & Belief)

2006-12-04 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
Tom Caylor writes: > > Anyway, I don't see how you could deny you are a machine any more than you > > could deny a car is a machine. You are made up of tiny little components > > all working > > together smoothly, and if something breaks, you break. God could have made > > us solid > > like a

Re: Objects, Lists, and continuums

2006-12-04 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Tom At 11:10 AM 12/4/2006, you wrote: >Hal Ruhl wrote: > > The idea is presented below and its result appears to be to exclude > > continuums from universes. > > > > Assumptions: > > > > 1) There is a list of all possible properties of objects. > > >The above object #1 is countable by defin