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Thread: Can there be an object with a relationship?
Post: RE: Can there be an object with a relationship?
| So none of you are able to demonstrate that my philosophical scenario is impossible?
I don't know the answer, and that's why I'm asking. |
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May 1, 2017 at 8:04 pm |
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Thread: Can there be an object with a relationship?
Post: Can there be an object with a relationship?
| Usually when we talk about relations and links, it involves three things: two objects that are linked, and the link between them. However, is there anything inherently implausible or contradictory abo... |
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May 1, 2017 at 6:45 pm |
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Thread: Existence as a real predicate
Post: RE: Existence as a real predicate
| (August 30, 2016 at 2:40 am)Rhythm Wrote: Is it meaningful or coherent to speak of a "non-existent individual"?
Yes. Atheists and theists do it all the time. We speak of non-existent individuals s... |
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September 2, 2016 at 12:01 am |
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Thread: A Necessary Being?
Post: RE: A Necessary Being?
| (August 31, 2016 at 1:39 am)wiploc Wrote: (August 30, 2016 at 11:40 pm)TheMuslim Wrote: It is imperative (and extremely relevant) to acknowledge the difference between "essential predication" and ... |
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August 31, 2016 at 6:53 pm |
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Thread: A Necessary Being?
Post: RE: A Necessary Being?
| (August 30, 2016 at 4:44 pm)wiploc Wrote: (August 30, 2016 at 3:13 am)TheMuslim Wrote: You honed in on the question and didn't mindlessly sidetrack with puerile rants. I applaud you for that.
Than... |
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August 30, 2016 at 11:40 pm |
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Thread: A Necessary Being?
Post: RE: A Necessary Being?
| (August 30, 2016 at 12:39 am)wiploc Wrote: (August 29, 2016 at 4:13 pm)TheMuslim Wrote: Is there anything wrong with a Necessary Being per se?
If you mean to ask whether something like that could ... |
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August 30, 2016 at 3:13 am |
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Thread: Existence as a real predicate
Post: RE: Existence as a real predicate
| (August 30, 2016 at 12:42 am)Rhythm Wrote: @The OP, we don't know. There are mutually exclusive positions on that in the western tradition, each one has it's use...and it's drawbacks. That probabl... |
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August 30, 2016 at 2:40 am |
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Thread: Existence as a real predicate
Post: RE: Existence as a real predicate
| (August 29, 2016 at 5:44 pm)quip Wrote: (August 29, 2016 at 12:49 am)TheMuslim Wrote: "Existence is a real predicate for Mulla Sadra since it is a property of an essence that is found in extra-me... |
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August 29, 2016 at 7:48 pm |
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Thread: A Necessary Being?
Post: RE: A Necessary Being?
| (August 29, 2016 at 5:00 pm)robvalue Wrote: Well sure, it's logically consistent. A "necessary existent being" is just an "existent being". The being either exists or it does not. Unless you're sayi... |
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August 29, 2016 at 5:12 pm |
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Thread: A Necessary Being?
Post: RE: A Necessary Being?
| No need to get all worked up, fellas. I did not say or imply anything about whether a Necessary Being actually exists. In this thread, I am not trying to prove or assert that a Necessary Being exists.... |
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August 29, 2016 at 4:56 pm |
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Thread: A Necessary Being?
Post: RE: A Necessary Being?
| (August 29, 2016 at 4:47 pm)paulpablo Wrote: (August 29, 2016 at 4:13 pm)TheMuslim Wrote: Is there anything wrong with a Necessary Being per se?
Is there really anything incoherent or illogical a... |
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August 29, 2016 at 4:50 pm |
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Thread: A Necessary Being?
Post: RE: A Necessary Being?
| (August 29, 2016 at 4:37 pm)Irrational Wrote: (August 29, 2016 at 4:13 pm)TheMuslim Wrote: Is there anything wrong with a Necessary Being per se?
Is there really anything incoherent or illogical ... |
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August 29, 2016 at 4:47 pm |
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Thread: A Necessary Being?
Post: A Necessary Being?
| Is there anything wrong with a Necessary Being per se?
Is there really anything incoherent or illogical about the very concept of a Necessary Being? In other words, can anyone come up with reasons wh... |
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August 29, 2016 at 4:13 pm |
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Thread: Existence as a real predicate
Post: RE: Existence as a real predicate
| Thanks for the welcome, Mister Agenda.
So Kant was wrong.
Mulla Sadra had refuted Kant, and had proved that existence is indeed a real predicate.
In other words, when I say "the lamp is bright," th... |
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August 29, 2016 at 3:54 pm |
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Thread: Existence as a real predicate
Post: Existence as a real predicate
| Hello,
One of the most famous refutations of Anselm's ontological argument is the one by Kant, in which he said that existence is not a real predicate (and thus it is not meaningful to speak of a bei... |
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August 29, 2016 at 12:49 am |
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Thread: Shia Islamic Argument for the existence of God
Post: RE: Shia Islamic Argument for the existence of God
| I've made an even better summary of the Demonstration of the Veracious (DOTV) for everyone. The DOTV proves (or simply brings our attention to) the existence of an infinite Necessary Existent. It does... |
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TheMuslim |
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May 24, 2016 at 10:10 am |
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Thread: Shia Islamic Argument for the existence of God
Post: RE: Shia Islamic Argument for the existence of God
| (May 13, 2016 at 9:12 am)Rhythm Wrote: (May 13, 2016 at 9:04 am)TheMuslim Wrote: [quote=In response to the first inquisitor, the Imam, peace be with him, says “Open your eyes, do not you see the e... |
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May 13, 2016 at 10:10 am |
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Thread: Shia Islamic Argument for the existence of God
Post: RE: Shia Islamic Argument for the existence of God
| (May 12, 2016 at 11:00 pm)IATIA Wrote: (May 12, 2016 at 2:33 pm)TheMuslim Wrote: It is nonsensical to say that there is no reality. If the claim "there is no reality" is taken to be true, then tha... |
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May 13, 2016 at 9:04 am |
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Thread: Shia Islamic Argument for the existence of God
Post: RE: Shia Islamic Argument for the existence of God
| Quote:It is nonsensical to say that the existence of nothing is a type of existence.
It is nonsensical to say that there is no reality. If the claim "there is no reality" is taken to be true, then tha... |
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May 12, 2016 at 2:33 pm |
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Thread: Shia Islamic Argument for the existence of God
Post: RE: Shia Islamic Argument for the existence of God
| Quote:The word "reality," as a noun, refers to something's state (or quality) of having existence.
Not always. It can simply refer to something that is real. Just look up the definition in Merriam-Web... |
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May 10, 2016 at 3:20 pm |
