Philosophy For Us Dummies

Most definitely. I flow like a river as he does…

I’m definitely one of us.
Still thinking about what it’s all about for us dummies…
Will let you all know when I think of something.

Onwards…

it is good to see you back

false start. carry on. Welcome back vR.

What constitutes objective truth?

there is no such thing…the closest thing is science finding something that works out according to theory…

Atlanta is a city in Georgia. Objective truth?

ier I don’t want to deal with that…how about science

Water is composed of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.

you are presenting information about the nature of water…it fits in with the atomic theory of matter…the info has been used in many ways…so far the info seems to be real…right now that is workable…
objective truth???I don’t know what that means…does that question have value…

–Fellow dummies… this business about objective truth is complicated… As turtle says, it could mean different things…
Atlanta is most likely in Georgia… since I’ve driven through there… but boundary lines on a map are a social construction, based on law and human artifice…
Separtists in Atlanta… not that there are any… might think that Atlanta is really part of Kentucky… stranger things have happened…

On a related note, I have an ancient philosophical puzzle for us dummies…
…If a tree falls in a forest… and nobody at all is around… does anybody hear it?

Not if you live in Southern Russia! :smiley:

It is true that Altlanta is a city in Georgia, but saying so does not make it objective. Objective is a redundancy i this example.

Objective is an adjective that requires a reason to be used; normally when a selection of criteria are met with a metric against a set of opinions.

[quote="von Rivers

Define nobody. Define anybody.
Do the birds and the squirrels and the deer, ad continuum count as "nobody’s?

If a river flows HERE, does anything here it THERE? :-k

“God hears it.”–G. Berkeley

There was a young man who said, “God
Must find it exceedingly odd
To think that the tree
Should continue to be
When there’s no one about in the quad.”

Reply:
“Dear Sir: Your astonishment’s odd;
I am always about in the quad.
And that’s why the tree
Will continue to be
Since observed by, Yours faithfully, God.”

  • Not sure who.

That kind of brings us back to your question, VR.

Miracles happen every day

maybe there are no “miracles”…

us dummies are still here…but what philosophy issues are important now for discussion…

There is no shortage of dummies here on ILP.
But there is precious little philosophy.