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If the property that distinguishes minds is ineffable and therefore not empirically testable, how is the claim that humans possess minds but AI or other animals do not anything more […]
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TIL
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophasis
#Apophasis (/əˈpɒfəsɪs/; from Ancient Greek #ἀπόφασις ( #apóphasis), from #ἀπόφημι ( #apóphemi) 'to say no') is a rhetorical device wherein the speaker or writer brings up a subject by either denying it, or denying that it should be brought up.
8/10 Apophatically modeled, the common good emerges through negations (non-identity, non-sum, non-consensus), serving as a regulative fiction (∅) that structures political thought without substantive claims, emphasizing epistemic restraint. #philsky #Apophasis #RegulativeFiction
1/10 New study by Erwin Ott explores apophatic music aesthetics, examining music as a medium of the inexpressible. Grounded in negative theology, it rethinks silence & absence in sound. Access the paper: das.ubernerden.com/ott-apophati... #MusicAesthetics #Apophasis #PhilSky
i was going to joke abt a stranger online wearing a 42” jacket. like, come on, guy. there are gyms everywhere, string bean.
but i won’t. i’m too classy. too elegant.
#praeteritio
#apophasis
PERSONAL GROWTH!!
i was going to reskoot the Arizona Congressman’s death announcement and write, “Vaxxed?”
but i’m NOT! i’m too damn classy these days. 💫
#praeteritio
#apophasis
thing I just didn't say:
"You don't care about writing, and you don't care about English. You're just an argumentative and barely sentient comments section."
#apophasis
I was tempted to say something rude about German infrastructure (the bridge is an open goal), but I'm a refugee from the hellscape that is X, so I'll try to nice.
#Apophasis
