> You're not distinguishing between propositions and sentences.
Because it is not a useful distinction for the topic at hand. Propositions are in the same category as sentences, as far as their dependency on representation is concerned.
Take a random proposition that you think would have evaluated to true in the past, before humans existed, if an entity capable of evaluating the proposition had been around. Now, subtract from the concept that you have in your mind everything that is simply the (physical) world as it is (i.e., the "testable"/empirical aspects referenced by the proposition). What do you have left that could be considered to exist in any meaningful sense, absent a (physical) representation expressing the abstraction?
> What evidence do you have that establishes this as true?
You are shifting the burden of proof. If you think that that is a reliable method, that is up to you to demonstrate. If you prefer, I'll rephrase to "It has not been demonstrated that you can use the testable patterns to demonstrate the existence of untestable abstract ideas."
> To have objective reality or being.
And how would you define "objective reality" and "being"? Those seem to me more like synonyms than definitions!?
> I did not define "potential" as "possible", I defined it as "possible state".
So ... where you wrote "potential state", you meant "possible state state"?!
> I did not say "a state can not be actual and potential at the same time", I said "Potential states of the universe are not actual and potential at the same time".
Except the latter implies the former? When I resolve your definitions, your statement reads "possible states of the universe are not current and possible at the same time". Or more formally: For any state that is possible, the state must also be either not current or not possible at any given time. A state that is possible obviously can not be not possible. Thus, to fulfill this condition, a state that is possible has to be not current (i.e., if a state is possible, that implies that it is not current). From that it follows that a state that is current hast to be not possible (i.e., if a state is current, that implies that it is not possible). Or in other words: a state can not be current and possible at the same time. What did I miss?
> Morality: Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior.
Well, as above: How would you define "right", "wrong", "good", and "bad" (in this context)?
Because it is not a useful distinction for the topic at hand. Propositions are in the same category as sentences, as far as their dependency on representation is concerned.
Take a random proposition that you think would have evaluated to true in the past, before humans existed, if an entity capable of evaluating the proposition had been around. Now, subtract from the concept that you have in your mind everything that is simply the (physical) world as it is (i.e., the "testable"/empirical aspects referenced by the proposition). What do you have left that could be considered to exist in any meaningful sense, absent a (physical) representation expressing the abstraction?
> What evidence do you have that establishes this as true?
You are shifting the burden of proof. If you think that that is a reliable method, that is up to you to demonstrate. If you prefer, I'll rephrase to "It has not been demonstrated that you can use the testable patterns to demonstrate the existence of untestable abstract ideas."
> To have objective reality or being.
And how would you define "objective reality" and "being"? Those seem to me more like synonyms than definitions!?
> I did not define "potential" as "possible", I defined it as "possible state".
So ... where you wrote "potential state", you meant "possible state state"?!
> I did not say "a state can not be actual and potential at the same time", I said "Potential states of the universe are not actual and potential at the same time".
Except the latter implies the former? When I resolve your definitions, your statement reads "possible states of the universe are not current and possible at the same time". Or more formally: For any state that is possible, the state must also be either not current or not possible at any given time. A state that is possible obviously can not be not possible. Thus, to fulfill this condition, a state that is possible has to be not current (i.e., if a state is possible, that implies that it is not current). From that it follows that a state that is current hast to be not possible (i.e., if a state is current, that implies that it is not possible). Or in other words: a state can not be current and possible at the same time. What did I miss?
> Morality: Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior.
Well, as above: How would you define "right", "wrong", "good", and "bad" (in this context)?