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Physical idealism
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RE: Physical idealism
(May 13, 2016 at 11:52 am)Rhythm Wrote: And when two words mean the same thing.....which is apparently the relationship between your idea and my material...then they're the same thing.

No.  Material is stuff and the properties of stuff.  An idea is a formal principle.  You could say that ideas are properties of some arrangements of stuff, maybe (I'd disagree), but you can't equate materialism and idealism, since they aren't the same.
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Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 7, 2016 at 9:32 am
RE: Physical idealism - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 7, 2016 at 9:36 am
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 7, 2016 at 5:49 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - May 9, 2016 at 11:05 am
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 9, 2016 at 11:48 am
RE: Physical idealism - by Alex K - May 7, 2016 at 10:32 am
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 7, 2016 at 5:55 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Mudhammam - May 7, 2016 at 6:16 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 7, 2016 at 10:36 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Mudhammam - May 11, 2016 at 11:16 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 12, 2016 at 12:04 am
RE: Physical idealism - by Angrboda - May 7, 2016 at 11:01 am
RE: Physical idealism - by brewer - May 7, 2016 at 6:27 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Edwardo Piet - May 7, 2016 at 11:04 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 8, 2016 at 12:05 am
RE: Physical idealism - by Edwardo Piet - May 8, 2016 at 12:42 am
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 8, 2016 at 7:01 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Amine - May 8, 2016 at 1:30 am
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 8, 2016 at 6:17 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - May 12, 2016 at 8:30 am
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 12, 2016 at 8:37 am
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 12, 2016 at 6:59 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - May 13, 2016 at 10:38 am
RE: Physical idealism - by Mudhammam - May 13, 2016 at 11:07 am
RE: Physical idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - May 13, 2016 at 2:00 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Mudhammam - May 13, 2016 at 2:14 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - May 13, 2016 at 3:12 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - May 12, 2016 at 8:57 am
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 12, 2016 at 9:00 am
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 12, 2016 at 7:03 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 12, 2016 at 9:39 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 12, 2016 at 10:09 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 12, 2016 at 11:46 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Mudhammam - May 12, 2016 at 11:35 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 12, 2016 at 11:53 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 12, 2016 at 11:55 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 13, 2016 at 5:21 am
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 13, 2016 at 6:48 am
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 13, 2016 at 11:13 am
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 13, 2016 at 10:57 am
RE: Physical idealism - by Mudhammam - May 13, 2016 at 11:02 am
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 13, 2016 at 11:44 am
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 13, 2016 at 11:48 am
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 13, 2016 at 11:52 am
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 13, 2016 at 11:56 am
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 13, 2016 at 12:03 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Mudhammam - May 13, 2016 at 12:42 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 13, 2016 at 12:49 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 13, 2016 at 9:42 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 13, 2016 at 4:45 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - May 13, 2016 at 4:58 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 13, 2016 at 5:05 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - May 13, 2016 at 5:21 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 13, 2016 at 5:27 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - May 13, 2016 at 5:43 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 13, 2016 at 5:50 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - May 13, 2016 at 6:06 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 13, 2016 at 6:08 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 14, 2016 at 7:32 am
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 14, 2016 at 8:50 am
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 14, 2016 at 9:05 am
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 14, 2016 at 12:37 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 14, 2016 at 12:39 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 14, 2016 at 7:14 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Mudhammam - May 15, 2016 at 6:58 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 14, 2016 at 7:23 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 14, 2016 at 9:44 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Whateverist - May 14, 2016 at 9:03 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 15, 2016 at 8:57 am
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 15, 2016 at 10:59 am
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 15, 2016 at 11:03 am
RE: Physical idealism - by Edwardo Piet - May 15, 2016 at 11:05 am
RE: Physical idealism - by TheRocketSurgeon - May 15, 2016 at 11:36 am
RE: Physical idealism - by Edwardo Piet - May 15, 2016 at 11:37 am
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 15, 2016 at 9:14 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Mudhammam - May 16, 2016 at 3:46 am
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 16, 2016 at 8:14 am
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 16, 2016 at 8:33 am
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 16, 2016 at 1:12 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by TheRocketSurgeon - May 16, 2016 at 1:29 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Whateverist - May 16, 2016 at 12:32 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - May 16, 2016 at 1:41 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 16, 2016 at 6:46 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 16, 2016 at 2:21 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 16, 2016 at 6:51 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 17, 2016 at 6:18 am
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 17, 2016 at 11:01 am
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 17, 2016 at 11:54 am
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 17, 2016 at 1:21 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 17, 2016 at 1:54 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by bennyboy - May 17, 2016 at 9:57 pm
RE: Physical idealism - by The Grand Nudger - May 18, 2016 at 6:26 am
RE: Physical idealism - by Ignorant - May 20, 2016 at 4:53 am

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