Alkis Piskas

This is not a definition. The word "distinguish" is used as an attribute/characteristic of something or for comparison purposes. But even if I accept ...

Thank you for accepting my position. That's all you needed to do. You don't have to adopt it! :smile:

Well, I made it a little more dramatic ... It was a joke, anyway! This is exactly what I was talking about: How can one be concerned about the structu...

Thank you for granting us this right! :grin: Well, this sounds a little too stern ... But ... whom are you referring to? Who is disregarding neuroscie...

Not exhaustive??? This is the longest poll list I have ever list by far! Then, if you think that it isn't exhaustive, why don't you just ask everyone ...

I know. There's much more ... Modern attempts to keep materialism alive in another form or create a compromise with non-materialist(ic) views ... "Whi...

It's a dead issue. It's a dead end. It's a lost cause. It is dead wrong. It makes no sense. It is based on a lie. Materialism is dead among philosophe...

(Thank you for your response to the topic.) That could be true. Only that, in my experience, they are absolute and unmovable from their position. Inde...

I'm not familiar with the term "reduction fallacies" so I skipped it! (Sorry. I do that sometimes! That's another thing one must not do in philosophic...

Exactly! And if they are not standardized, or one doesn't use terms in their standardised meaning, he should then clarify what he actually means by th...

I sure have! :smile: I would say that I am "more strict" on that subject. Thanks. But it's most probably because I am a little too strict! :smile: ***...

What's the first thing people learn as philosophy students? I have never been one --not in a University-- and it is useful to know!

I think we lost the ball ... So I'll bring it back. All started from the definition/use you gave of the term "fact" as "the existence of states of aff...

You mean ... you can undestand its use, right? Which is OK. But it is far from usual, i.e. from what one can find in a standard dictionary and from wh...

This may be true. But they shouldn't. If they do, it means they are themselves "idiosyncratic" or even not so stable mentally. Yes, as extreme as this...

That's true. I have certainly not studied his work, but from what you tell me, I undestand that one needs to learn a new language, different from the ...

I agree. The "world of facts" is an ambiguous expression. Actually, a fact is something that is known or proved to be true. And it is independent of l...

:up: (Esp. for using capital letters! :smile:)

Wittgenstein's actual statement has been lost during these communications! For example, a lot of people have argued about "the language limiting our w...

I think that both versions of the teleological argument have significant flaws. 1st version: 1) What do you mean exactly by "fine-tuning data"? How do...

All this is quite interesting! I have no idea about geneticism. (Regarding "memory" I have only heard about "genetic memory", ehich is a different thi...

I could accept that but I need an example by quoting what I say. Saying "the manner in which you've been posting is not clear" is too general and tell...

Right, we don't. And I don't think that you have misunderstood what I said.

You mean, you can't see that the title of this topic is "Reality does not make mistakes and that is why we strive for meaning. A justification for Mea...

OK. Thanks. Again, these are not my words. It's the title of this discussion! :smile: (Just scroll up to the top of the page to verify.) Why do you in...

OK, only that it looks like these are my own words; it's a quote from Wikipedia ...

You said "It has always seemed to me that belief in an objective reality requires a belief in God.". Are not beliefs and God related to religion? And,...

That goes without saying. No one speaks about absolutes in the physical world as examined by science (physics, etc.) Pardon me? :smile: ... or rather ...

Nice topic. Right. I don't think knowing how and being good in fighting and hunting makes man -- has made him, in any period of this history-- more in...

Certainly. An absolute reality requires a God. But people, so much misled by religious dogmas and bias of all sort,as well as lack of critical reasoni...

What exactly? The self-contradiction ... ? It's better if you use TPF's "Quote" feature (as I do). I don't know if and what kind of energy a memory co...

Interesting point. It makes me think of "omniscience" or "absolute knowledge" and similar metaphysical concepts, which are utopias and which are nice ...

I was afraid that you would say that! :smile: The vast majority of people (including "thinkers") believe there is and talk about an "objective" realit...

Re: "Reality does not make mistakes" What "reality"? Whose reality?

I see. OK. You are right. I also find that Plato's answer is not so clear. I have already said that I am not interested in the subject of sophism and ...

Very good. Among other things, this proves that philosophy can indeed be a profession! :grin: (There are some doubts about that in this thread; I can'...

(Sorry I missed to reply on this) I'm surprised that you are using present time ... I couldn't think that sophists have survived to this day! :grin: (...

As said, "especially as a profession". I mentioned also other factors that can qualify someone as a philosopher ... Well, this is his opinion! :smile:...

I liked that. I am also of the opinion that ethics are based on rationality. I guess this was always the case ... Ethics is one of my favorite subject...

No, he wasn't. His profession was stone-worker. And, although hdid not even considered himself as a teacher, I strongly believe he was a teacher. In f...

That would be something like an "ethics philosopher". Socrates talked a lot about "virtue", which is not exactly ethics, but this subject characterize...

I can't see anything else than a philosopher specialized in ethics. As a biologist is a scientist specialized in biology. There's no difference regasr...

Wow! That's the fastest reply I have ever received! :smile: Do you mean "ethics" as a branch of philosophy or as a specialization , e.g. "ethics offic...

OK, let's start from something simple and obvious: A philosopher is someone who practices philosophy. The word "philosopher" comes from the ancient Gr...

When I see your alias, I always wonder how or why you have chosen it ... Thinking should not be tiresome! :smile: Not if directed correctly and it is ...

As I see it, racism and inhumanity go hand in hand. Normally, only the first implies the second, not vice versa. However, I believe that the meaning o...

In that case, it would rather be "Let's create a new life" :grin:

Errata: It should be "it doesn't mean that life after death doesn't exist". You are right. I mean, "there's no scientific proof". No, it's not! :smile...

This reminds me the way two couples use to repair a broken relation: "OK, let's forget about the past. Let's start a new life from now!" :smile: And s...

Most probably you are talking about your experience and also the experence of millions of people. But, as I said, there is an equal --or maybe greater...