How a proposition is weighed against its competing opposite

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Yochanan יהוה-הוא-אדיב Lilley's picture
Good questions. I am short on

Good questions. I am short on time but I basically already had this discussion with "LostLocke." Please go read that convo for answers.

Salman Durrani's picture
It does not provide a

It does not provide a definition of " personal ". Since this word can be used in more than one way,can you define it here?

Also, I have some questions on " Ultimate Reality ", but that will come later.

Yochanan יהוה-הוא-אדיב Lilley's picture
Unfortunately, my free time

Unfortunately, my free time is coming to an end, so I may not be back for a while (I have a lot of computer science studies to finish and I am looking after my son).

However, I will give a rough definition for you.

(X) Personal Ultimate Reality: By Personal and it relating to UR I mean Realities fundamental forces and processes are aware, guided, intentional, purposeful etc...

(-X) Impersonal Ultimate Reality: By Impersonal and it relating to UR I mean Realities fundamental forces and processes are unaware, unguided, unintentional, purposeless etc...

I hope this helps, sorry for the brief explanation.

Nyarlathotep's picture
The Interlocutor - ..

The Interlocutor - ...Personal Ultimate Reality... Impersonal Ultimate Reality...

He's added 2 more capitalized adjectives to the word reality!

Salman Durrani's picture
No problem. Take care.

No problem. Take care.

As such the terms unaware, unguided, unintentional and purposeless are separate assertions and should be dealt independently. What if reality possesses one or few of these qualities, but not all? Would it still be impersonal?

I intended to have a more thorough discussion with you, but since you're busy, maybe we can do it some other time. :)

Keith Raye's picture
@interlocutor

@interlocutor

I said earlier that you're wasting your time. I take that back. You're not wasting your time - you're making yourself look ridiculous.

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