Alkis Piskas

I don't know exactly how "long" is this "full context", but if I had to sit down and read entire pages on what one philosopher or another say, that wo...

OK. Thank you.

I see. But this is not about mercy. It has rather to do with justice. Then of course, one should be punished when he has done harm. This is mainly the...

Topic: Nietzsche's condemnation of the virtues of kindness, Pity and compassion First of all, "compassion" and "mercy" are two different things. Look ...

The description/analysis of your topic is too long for me, I am sorry about this, but please let me comment on the first paragraph. At first reading I...

Your poem tried to create a confusion in me. But I din't let it do so! :)

You find me in total agreement with what you say @Jack Cummins. (This is something very rare for me to say to someone in these remote exchanges!) I in...

Preference over what? (Preference refers to at least two items from which we like one more than another.) Anyway, as I read the topic again, there's a...

I don't think someone can have an opinion on the value of philosophy as a way of life, if he has not lived such a life and for quite some time. Only p...

I think you have to look up the word "object" in a standard dictionary.

I can't see any "definition" or "theory" in all that. You must look up these words in a standard dictionary.

Thank you, @Jack Cummins. I will consider your suggestion about starting a new thread on utilitarian etchis (or other subject). For the moment though,...

First of all, thank you for considering my post as something "impressive". For me, what I exposed is like the air we breathe, that essential, for many...

Topic: Can we explain the mystery of existence? I agree with that. It is worth listening to people's opinion on the subject, anyway. E.g. one may come...

Thank you, @Jack Cummins. I look forward to your response!

Topic: Can we explain the mystery of existence? I certainly don't have the answer or even an answer to this question! I have a question instead: Since...

Topic: What Is Evil I like your definition of "evil" and I agree with it as a viewpoint. However, there's much more to say about that, which can prove...

This is a very interesting topic @Jack Cummins! *** I assume that by "subjectively constructed" you mean something that is thought of as subjective in...

Sorry about the huge delay of my response. I just saw your reply just now. It was my mistake to ask two questions. You answered the second one only ("...

OK. OK. This is shifting from the content, meaning of the message to pronouncing the words of the message. I didn't say I cannot doubt that you said, ...

I agree with your reasoning. But next time please add a quote of my comment so that I can know what you are referring exactly to! (As I do myself here...

(Re 'agnostic': I asked you please not to bring up such terms. For one thing, we may have different definitions of them, which means we couldn't discu...

You must not interpret arguments the way you like, because it looks like you either don't really undestand them or that you avoid admitting that yours...

If there is no reason to believe we are a brain-in-a-vat and also there is no reason to believe we are in base reality, it means you know that neither...

Thank you. Googling it was the first thing I did! Googling "what is an OP?" (verbatim) I get all sorts of irrelevant results (https://www.computerhope...

That is, your answer to the question "Do you know whether or not you're a brain-in-a-vat whether or not you're a brain-in-a-vat ..." is actually Yes. ...

What is an "OP"? Please define it in your introduction for newcomers like myself. It is frustrating for somenone to have to read this abbreviation a d...

"Obviously", "yep", ... It doesn't work this way. This is not a chat place. It's a philosophy forum. You have to present arguments and support what yo...

"Physical" from Oxford LEXICO: "Relating to things perceived through the senses as opposed to the mind; tangible or concrete.". Can you perceive time ...

Well, from that aspect, yes, it could be. But it has to actually exist, i.e. be substantial. E.g. the universe may be called eternal or infinite (alth...

Re "I thought 'living' and 'alive' were synonyms": They would be synonymous if "living" was used as an adjective (adjectival gerundive), e.g. a living...

I cannot draw implications about Immortality from that! :) The problem refers to the physical world (bodily death). Immortality is not a part of it .....

By appointing a value to time and esp. dividing time, you do what Zeno did: assume that time is discontinuous. It's not. Time is continuous. It has no...

Besides Zeno's "paradoxes", this Sextus Empiricus's problem/paradox reminds also of Schrödinger's cat! What I can immediately observe in his descripti...

Thanks for your reply and sorry again for the trouble!

I would like to contribute to this discussion. However I am new here and I have to know the following things, please: 1) Where is the question or how ...