General Philosophy

What is the scientific definition of "Miracle" - Language has definition ( Noun ) : a surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divine agency Can we consider that as matter of fact "Miracle" doesn't exist in science only "Eureka" exist ? then what will happen to our saints....

Hello All, Lately I've reading a lot about many worlds, multiverse and immortality.One peace was the latest work of philosopher David Lewis,"How many lives has Schroedinger Cat?".He states "if there is no collapse,then you will not die,you will go on forever" .http://www.artsrn.ualberta.ca/pex/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/lewis.pdf Any thoughts? David Lewis is considered to be one of the most prominent philosophers of the 20th century.But maybe it is just theory or speculation abyway?...I became really depressed after reading it

For those who don't know what this paradox is about... Achilles and a tortoise are in a race. Achilles gives the tortoise a head start. Then Achilles begins to run toward the finish. Before Achilles can overtake the tortoise, he must first reach where the tortoise was. When he reaches the tortoise's last position, the tortoise has moved a little further. Now Achilles must reach the tortoise's new position. In the time taken to reach this new position, the tortoise has moved a little further...and so on. Achilles can never catch up with the tortoise. BUT in reality he does. Thus, the paradox. My knowledge of math is limited so I hope what I'm going to say isn't w…

What's the source of the matter of the universe? Where does come from? And the question of the million: it is self-created (created alone by itself) or not? Which answer is more irrational?

I'm new to the topic, but it's interesting to me. From what I've read... http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/contradiction/ It seems our intersubjective verifiability agrees with LNC and LEM as a foundation of logic. But there is a debated or uncertain exception to the rules; para-consistency, rather than inconsistency. The concept I think is that some "variables", structure and function may be a contradiction intentionally, and is unlike everything else that is consistent. An exception to the rule, or is it... I'm not really that familiar with Buddhism, but the example of the exception described in the text refers to a Buddhist viewpoint. I attempted t…

Person A has a list of things they accomplished before person B. So they say that Person B is automatically worthless and must admit defeat because person A accomplished all these things before Person B. Person B can not defend themselves and stop the bullying because what A says is factually true. However A says this is justification to attack B and call them worthless. Person B trys desperately to try to find things they can prove or worth it or more valuable than the things A has listed. If they can not the constant harassment and short comings of person B will be pointed out and constantly paraded by person A because Person A is a more valuable a person since they acc…

"Here is a tree in the garden. And every summer it produces apples. We call it an apple tree. Because the tree apples. That's what it does. Alright, now here is a solar system inside a galaxy. And one of the peculiarities of this solar system,at least on planet earth, the thing peoples. In just the same way that an apple tree apples." - Alan Watts

Do we have scientific definition of truth(1).. hypothesis, postulates, thesis and theory... to be proven... or already proven by models and experiments or using mathematical tools...and as we inch further... we redefine.. so we refine truth rather one inch near to truth (2) ...can we say science is the quest to find truth (3) ....if not all ,most will say yes...and what if we found the truth .. there will no more be science(4)... it become final words(5)...... or .. we keep on fining the truth .. which is not definable(6). .. any comments

How do you explain logic to people and why something cant be? For example there is the argument that if you cant give me the correct answer right now than what I say is not true. Such as they will give you a fallacious argument and say that its true and you say everything wrong with the statement and why its untrue. However you cant give them the answer to the question you just can explain why the assertion in itself is flawed so the idea that you cant give them the correct answer means that their idea(fallacious) is better than your idea that its flawed(Logical). This is a Dog No this is not a dog Yes it is a dog It can not be a dog since a dog i…

I'm sorry if this isn't the appropriate section of the Forum for this kind of question, I wasn't sure where it should go. I'm wondering if there is a single scientific subject that is specifically focused on the study of "all things" and how they appear to us, on a fundamental level? Like I see biology, or physics, etc... as specific fields of study, but is there any field that encompasses all of the common subjects to understand "a bigger picture", of existence in general? If so what is it called, or what would be the closest thing to something like that...if anything at all?

Where does it begin? Nothing can't have always existed . It must have started some where. And if it did. How did it start. It couldn't have started from nothing but if there was something to start it where did that something start. no beginning is truly the beginning. There is always something before it. But what is the beginning before the beginning and what is the first beginning? There can't be an answer to what that beginning is because nothing can be made from nothing so if there is already something then that is not the beginning. So what is the beginning? ~.A.L.P~

After a lengthy time of reasoning about the nature of causality itself, I have come to conclusion that it must be the universal (or absolute, ultimate) truth behind everything. The evolution, life and death, laws of physics (universe)... each of all is the product of causality. The causality definitely must be the guiding truth behind everything. Everything is inherently confined to causality. It is conceivable that there could be something called the "asymmetrical energy" which always has existed and it is chaos. It must be the origination of causality. If it was symmetrical one, it wouldn't have produced a causality at first place. If one is to say s…

nobody knows what death is , only dead people know that and they can not tell us, however here a philosophical method to know that: we know how death looks like and how life looks like, dead people do not talk, they do not move they do not eat etc. also we know what life is , the opposite of above, the golden key is to know what death is and also what life is to know the changing moment i.e the moment when a person change from the state of being alive to the state of being dead, and this moment is between , this moment everyone who is alive knows about it, it is the time when you are close to death and do not die, for example , having a car accident , there are some …

Swansot{ alias 007 license to kill }.... "cixe 1. Insulting people is not an acceptable way to get your point across, and you've been warned about this before. It is wearing awfully thin. 2. Much of this thread seems to be people pointing out that they can't make heads or tails of what your point is. e.g. telling people if they can't figure it out they should go elsewhere is also not acceptable. I can't see any reason to let this continue." -------------------------------------------------------- Dear Swansot, If Im being repeatedly/continually treated rudely/disrespectfully unneccessarily, then, it is not only within my rights, as a human, it is al…

Pattern Integrity = Soul Previously I always reference these two as synomym biological = soul ergo biological/soul Recently, and for no apparrent reason, I had equated soul with any pattern integrity, that re-incarnates itself. I then stated, that, a fermionic proton is the most stable pattern integrity of Universe, that, humans know to exist and, I presume, that, all protons are identical. Just as I presume all other fermionic particle identities are identical to another with the same indentity. Then we get into the 92 atomic elements plus the transuranics, of which many or most have slight variations as isotopes of themselves. Then we get into a number of differren…

this statement is not capable to determine its truth value, if it is false then its true, if it is true then its false, I imagine it as sitting in in front of a mirror , saying " I am Yahya" , and the mirror replies "I am not Yahya", so truth value can be taken individually, i.e whether you consider yourself is true and the mirror is lying or there is some exact problem , that it always gives the negation of reality , or the mirror is true and somehow you are mistaken in saying the phrase. however if you did not make any mistakes in saying the phrase, then the statement " I am yahya" is always true , we take it from a single direction, and neglecting what it is image in…

As the title might imply, what's a game? That is, what allows us to unify seemingly disparate things like hopscotch and first-person shooters? Surely, seeking a universal definition to absolve us of our curiosity is a misguided endeavor. Creative society permits words the power to describe and denote experiences. It's not necessary that they seize them. So, in short, what's a satisfying working definition of 'game'? Or rather, what constitutes a game and what makes a game distinct from other artistic/entertainment media? My bloated attempt at setting even the most basic of boundaries for what makes a game quickly descended into what must be gibberish. Regardless, I pr…

Hey everyone, I was hoping to have some discussion around one of my favorite philosophers and cognitive scientists; Daniel Dennett. He is no stranger to these forums. All someone has to do is search his name to find many articles where he is mentioned. To start out, maybe we could discuss this excerpt from his book "Breaking the Spell". You can find it here. Or here. http://www.stoa.org.uk/topics/education/Daniel%20Dennett%20-%20Teach%20Our%20Children%20Well.pdf I would like to hear and talk about what you think on the matter. And I realize that it is something that could not realistically happen, at least not anytime in the near future...

In this thread I will briefly describe how the heart effects, inter alia, thought and emotion. As the Egyptians transcribed 'the heart is the seat of all emotion, and with my modern day experience added, I can safely say that it is also the subconscious, and thus, the source of man's thought. When we think of a subject, it's by way of a prompt from the heart (~in the form of a "!") to the mind ("?"), whether this be by natural instinct or through the subliminal; nature or nurture. A thought-prompt is a signal sent by the heart, and it's not originally worded-- it takes mental power to word 'a real cat' for example. All hearts are connected, by way of them being hearts, ca…

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If the sentient observation of quantum physical reality can influence physical outcomes, that seems to indicate that both the observer and the observed are contained within a closed system of finite mathematical (near) first principles. This infers that any observation is illusory, resulting from an observer's position held within the expressing principles, essentially a component within those principles. I say nearly first principles, as math possibly came from prior states.

Over the past few years I have spent some time postulating what might happen after death. Sure this is a question that comes up within the realms of philosophy and science quite often, but I have always found religion and the belief in a deity to be rather dull and unproven. Not to offend anyone who may be religious on the forum. I have nothing against the belief in a deity I'm a strong atheist myself however. Now onto my thoughts, just looking to stir up some friendly discussion. I believe there are three possible beliefs as to the beginning and end of the Universe, and what occurs after death. A. Linear B. Eternal C. Turtles all the way do…

It seems to me that to support the idea of Solipsism, you assume your own conscious awareness is a viable tool for discerning the validity of your experiences. To me, there seems to be enough evidence to contradict this idea. 1. First of all, nothing can be considered truly true no matter how many times it's demonstrated and predicted. No matter what, it's still a choice and therefore a degree of faith is required to believe in anything you see or anything your told no matter the extent of it's verification. 2. There have been recent studies done clearly demonstrating that the brain makes decisions long before your consciously aware you've made them. In some cases…

I would like us to outline the effects of psychoactive substances (legal and illegal) have on society and individuals, postulating whether the benefits outweigh the cost. Day to day one seeks happiness or some derivative of it in the form of love, music, socializing, sport, entertainment, food and all other things that may stimulate the mind. However, these activities do have some risk to your health and at times to others. For example, over consumption of certain enjoyable foods such as burgers and French fries may increase your risk of cardiovascular disease. Falling in love may also be seen as incurring a risk. A person may go through emotional turmoil during an…

if the universe is a mathematical object, what could be a formulation of a containment of such an object? If the source of the data that writes the universe is the algorithm PI, and that the running calculations are not only functioning forward from the beginning 3.14... but are back-calculated from the most recent calculation happening at each present moment, towards the original digit, what could be a result? This would be similar as the equation also read backward with each iteration forward. This occurring constantly and since the beginning of time, might create a mathematical wave-flux interference pattern, and upon reaching some critical density, could in some sen…