Jamal

We've had reading groups, and we had monthly readings for a while, a couple of years ago, in which we would discuss short philosophy papers. It was go...

He has suggested trying again in the future some time, with just one thread and a more general topic.

Along with Jonathan Miller, Clive James and Gary Rhodes died yesterday as well. Rhodes, being a chef and not a writer, wasn't known for his words, but...

It's a puzzling one. First, it's clear that here and throughout On Certainty he attacks the notion that ordinary certainty is not enough, that we need...

I think art is an exception to the kind of commodity production that Marx identifies as being the normal capitalist way of going on. Art is more akin ...

Purple Pond? I liked that name.

I deleted it for low quality. It seems more like a passing thought than a philosophical thesis or discussion-point. A lot of work has been done in phi...

People have pointed out to you a few times before just how idiosyncratic your use of "being" is, at least in philosophy. This discussion is partly abo...

From your profile, click 'Edit profile' > 'Set preferences'. I guess if you check the box labelled 'Email me when I'm mentioned in a discussion', that...

Not true.

True, and yet... /uploads/resized/files/zo/eqkr8dnu6yvnq6og.png Few things are more important. That's not exactly what I'd say. I'd say I'm confident ...

There are several ways. For climate change, there are technological solutions, such as clean energy, and they require massive research and investment;...

I've answered all this already. We choose to measure specific metrics because they're the things we value, the things we want more of. We favour them ...

We've certainly strayed a long way off topic. I forgot it was about the "leap from socialism to communism."

No that's not my position. My position is that there have been associated problems, and that recent climate change and other environmental problems ar...

It does make sense. If I couldn't buy a washing machine (income) and didn't have access to a launderette (infrastructure or economic development, not ...

These things are fun. Here's one that's not only for leftists: https://www.politiscales.net/en_US/ My results: /uploads/resized/files/cf/g9u8swds41wmd...

I got Orthodox Marxism, followed by Centrist Marxism and Left Communism. Not how I think of myself but I'll take it. Lowest were market anarchism and ...

Because in itself the availability of washing machines is an improvement, and I'm not going to argue for that. There may be other metrics that have sh...

Precisely this kind of response. You know very well that I did not claim there was anything dishonest about repeating your argument and dealing with c...

You missed the point, or else you're intentionally ignoring it (which seems likely based on the intellectual dishonesty of your recent posts). The poi...

Thanks for the information. While I think that the data tells us a more complex story than you're suggesting, it does look like I was wrong about Trum...

This is exactly the kind of attitude that the video is targeting. They knew all that and still voted for him, and I don't think you care why. I don't ...

:up: BTW I enjoyed your righteous ranting about impeachment recently in one of the Trump threads.

/uploads/resized/files/sv/vvn3pks6kbswan8s.png NOTE: "The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, ...

I said that "economic growth in capitalist form has made life better in several measurable ways", not that "there has been an overall improvement". If...

First you say you're arguing against the claim that "economic growth in capitalist form has made life better in several measurable ways" but then you ...

Marx does not use "fetishism" in this sense, and he arguably doesn't even use the word pejoratively. Rather, he uses it to mean the attribution to ina...

I liked it a lot. It's remarkable that he saw what was happening as early as 1920. Remarkable either because he prophesied some of the features of the...

Me too :rofl:

Recently my adventures have been limited to sitting by the window looking at the birds while I convalesce, but I'll see what I can do.

I see what you mean about redneck culture. It's not like that here at all. The macho culture, in which toughness is cultivated among both men and wome...

On the plus side, he would not have hesitated to correct this spelling mistake.

I banned @"S", formerly Sapientia. I had deleted several posts in a long-running dispute between him and another member in the Should hate speech be a...

As I think I've already explained in two separate threads, I tried different colour schemes in response to a request for a "night mode". I'll probably...

:up:

I'll try out some colour schemes and ask for feedback. First option: /uploads/resized/files/66/zditf17kmp913ecy.jpg

The banner background and buttons are #3c3c3c. (Colour is objective?)

It's grey.

I think I've found it.

@"S" @"Terrapin Station" Take your pointless dispute elsewhere, preferably not on this forum.

The options for customization are very limited, and it's only customizable in admin, not by regular members. I can't change the colour of the main con...

The options for customization are very limited, and it's only customizable in admin, not by regular members.

That works for me! Appreciate it.

No, your posts really are difficult to understand. For example, I can't make any any sense of this: "The problem for me is you pose some kind of solip...

I've thought about these questions but I'm not clear about the answers, and I don't trust my impressions. I've spent most of my time in a megacity so ...

Thanks ND. Thank you for the kind words, pig boy.

In August, when the weather was still hot, I went to the MAKS air show. We didn't want to pay to get in to the airport like you're supposed to, so ins...

Thanks. You're really helping with my post-traumatic depression and shame, I must say. :wink:

Thanks :grin: