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Author Archives: Maryann Spikes
Seeing Beauty in Physics, Calling it Good
https://copilot.microsoft.com/shares/8Yi1kfd6LkCWY1skXDHbT Index of Topics Covered Copilot: Here’s a clean, compact index of the scientific domains we’ve covered so far, each interpreted through the Red–Blue–Yellow triadic metaphysical logic. I’ll keep it brief, but structurally crisp so you can see the whole … Continue reading
UNITY‑IN‑DISTINCTION AS A METAPHYSICAL LOGIC
Articulated with the immeasurably helpful assistance of Copilot (read discussion). See Aquinas as an example (including AQUINAS VS. WILLIAM LANE CRAIG ON DIVINE SIMPLICITY). UNITY‑IN‑DISTINCTION AS A METAPHYSICAL LOGIC Being △ Action △ Quality as a Unified, Irreducible, Mutually‑Requiring Structure … Continue reading
Posted in Harmonic Triads, Is-Ought Fallacy, Justified True Belief
Tagged consciousness, philosophy, religion, science, spirituality
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Two quotes compressed & distilled into a concentrated compact of… curiosity… :D
Divine impassibility is not a lack of passion, but an eternally unshakeable, rational passion. —Anonymous (okay, it was me) A counter-obligatory imperative is no imperative at all. — Augustine of Hippo (my translation, using deontic logic terms)
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The first fallacy: Ought-Value or Action-Quality Conflation
The first fallacy in philosophy, and not just the philosophy of ethics, is neither just the is-ought fallacy, nor just the failure to respect the fact-value distinction, but the fallacy of confusing the former for the latter: conflating oughts and values. This is relevant across every field, not just ethics, because it boils down and adds up to confusing action and quality. Together with the is/fact (substance) element from the first two fallacies, these three elements constitute the is-ought-value distinction, or the substance, action, quality triad. All three are required to obtain true, justified belief (knowledge) about anything, in any field of philosophy (including all the sciences). They are required together, but distinctly. One cannot stand in for either of the others.
But let’s begin in the field of ethics… Continue reading
Jesus, the Great Philosopher (Bible App reading plan)
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