RE: Paradoxes. Which option do you vote for?
December 1, 2011 at 9:10 am
(This post was last modified: December 1, 2011 at 9:11 am by mayor of simpleton.)
(December 1, 2011 at 8:57 am)IATIA Wrote:(November 30, 2011 at 7:06 am)mayor of simpleton Wrote: Why does this remind of of all this nonsense over optimism and pessimism with examples of "is the glass half full or half empty"?
I always respond it depends on whether it is filled half way (half full) or was filled then emptied half way(half empty).
So basically, previous knowledge of context dictates your decision here...
What if the glass is just sitting on a table, containing fluid making up 50% of the total volume the glass can hold, without knowledge of whether or not it has been just filled or emptied including the "if" the glass is in the process of being filled or emptied, how do you answer this? (not that this is important in any way whatsoever, but I have to do something with this damn degree in philosophy.)
My suggestion would be, if the fluid in the glass is too my taste, simply drink it all; thus eliminating the problem all together.
Meow!
GREG
... paradox or "pain in the ass"? Schrödinger's Cat is about to throw up a hairball on the carpet.
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The absence of all empirical evidence for the necessity of intuitive X existing is evidence against the necessary empirical existence of intuitive X - MoS (variation of 180proof)
Athesim is not a system of belief, but rather a single answer to a single question. It is the designation applied by theists to those who do not share their assumption that a god/deity exists. - MoS
I am not one to attribute godlike qualities to things that I am unable to understand. I may never be in the position to understand certain things, but I am not about to create an anthropomorphic deity out of my short-commings. I wish not to errect a monument to my own personal ignorace and demand that others worship this proxy of ego. - MoS
