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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 29, 2017 16:02:58 GMT
Is an idiot the world's greatest philosopher? What is "philosopher"? What is "greatest"? What is "world"? What is that apostrophe-s? What is "an idiot"? What is "is"?
And now I, who know next to nought about philosophy, will take my leave.
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Post by someguy on Oct 3, 2017 14:04:06 GMT
Is is what is is.
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Post by Nalkarj on Oct 3, 2017 14:23:01 GMT
That that is is that that is not is not is that it it is.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2017 18:54:08 GMT
Is is an illusion.
Perception is reality.
Have you ever had a dream that was so real that when you awoke from this dream it took you a minute to remember what was real and what wasn't?
Whose to say that dream wasn't reality? At least as long as you were asleep that was your reality. How do you measure time? What is the difference in 10 hours or 10 years?
So even if you were only asleep for five hours, it was still reality for a brief moment.
It 'is' impossible to fly. Well it isn't if you're delusional or dreaming. Then again, aren't we flying while Earth is floating in space?
When someone says it 'is' what it 'is', how can you be so sure?
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Post by koskiewicz on Oct 9, 2017 18:10:53 GMT
Slick Willie has the answer to this question...
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Post by howardschumann on Oct 10, 2017 23:45:09 GMT
Is an idiot the world's greatest philosopher? What is "philosopher"? What is "greatest"? What is "world"? What is that apostrophe-s? What is "an idiot"? What is "is"? And now I, who know next to nought about philosophy, will take my leave. All you need to know about sex: "when you're hot, you're hot, when you're not, you're not." All you need to know about life: "what is is and what ain't ain't" Let the good times roll. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2018 2:24:28 GMT
"Is" is what "are" is when it ain't is plural. Innit?
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Post by Vegas on Nov 16, 2018 16:16:54 GMT
Who are you.... Clinton?
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Post by permutojoe on Nov 17, 2018 4:04:57 GMT
I honestly don't know that is is. But I have some ideas about what it ought to be.
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Post by fatpaul on Nov 17, 2018 21:47:19 GMT
Grammatically speaking, is is the third person present singular of the verb be. In this way, is is a connective word to convey information about a particular subject.
Philosophically speaking, in a natural language such as English, it seems to me that there are three main usage of is: identity - fatpaul is Paul Martin; predication - fatpaul is a bore; existence - there is a fatpaul.
In a formal language such as predicate logic, is is not needed: P(f) - fatpaul is Paul Martin; B(f) - fatpaul is a bore; f - there is a fatpaul.
AFAIK, there is no theory as to why we find these common usages within one word such as is, and it seems in natural language also that we can convey the same information without the word: Paul Martin, a.k.a fatpaul; fatpaul bores; fatpaul exists.
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Post by Aj_June on Nov 18, 2018 18:04:37 GMT
Grammatically speaking, is is the third person present singular of the verb be. In this way, is is a connective word to convey information about a particular subject. Philosophically speaking, in a natural language such as English, it seems to me that there are three main usage of is: identity - fatpaul is Paul Martin; predication - fatpaul is a bore; existence - there is a fatpaul. In a formal language such as predicate logic, is is not needed: P(f) - fatpaul is Paul Martin; B(f) - fatpaul is a bore; f - there is a fatpaul. AFAIK, there is no theory as to why we find these common usages within one word such as is, and it seems in natural language also that we can convey the same information without the word: Paul Martin, a.k.a fatpaul; fatpaul bores; fatpaul exists. I need to do some detective work on FatPaul! |
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Post by fatpaul on Nov 19, 2018 13:01:31 GMT
It’s been a long time since I was a person of interest for any detective... good times! You’ll never take me alive copper! |
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Post by heeeeey on Nov 24, 2018 4:14:02 GMT
The present tense of 'was'.
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Post by mikef6 on Nov 25, 2018 20:04:00 GMT
You put your right foot in
You put your right foot out
You put your right foot in and you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey-Pokey and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.
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