You are doing an ancient mistake where our philosophy presumed magical substances conveniently having the same properties with the phenomenon we are t...
Well "why" is not the right question. Neuroscience describes how we as agents produce meaning and identify intention and purpose in other agents. We a...
Not really we don't have evidence that renders panphycism necessary or sufficient in explaining anything. Its a declaration. It can not explain why wh...
replace it with "aware"...but it is the same. Its one of this cases where using the actual word saves you from unnecessary descriptions. To be aware o...
What..................? That is a binary position mate...you can use it as an argument for nothing. You are either right or not right, you are either ...
-No that is what provides credibility and to each competing position in a debate. Objective evidence that are accessible to everyone. -"That everythin...
-"This is clearly a biased statement" -the problem is with the nature of philosophy not with my statement describing the incompatible nature of supern...
no he is arguing that well being is not a good principles since incarcerating people affects some biological metrics that are linked with how immoral ...
How is this relevant to my position???? Nature stays indifferent on the topic of our well being. We as agents that value our well being investigate wh...
well its a reoccurring pattern also observable in our previous interaction, so I am not so sure about that....but you can always falsify my hypothesis...
I think this is unavoidable since its an intrinsic feature of all intellectual attempts founded on assumed supernatural artifacts. A bigger and far mo...
your short responses are an indication that you avoid diving in and challenging your preconceptions on the topic. Again my argument on the objective n...
I see that I go a step further compared to Harris. I point out specific biological metrics that render well being an objective principle for our moral...
thanks for the link! I will provide my feedback when I get through with it. To be honest I can not see how an Analytic and systematic way of gathering...
As I explained to Issac, those metrics are how we confirm well being as an important principle and criterion in our moral evaluations. i.e. we know th...
No man! Why is this so difficult for you. Again as I told you many times,those biological metrics only verify to us that well being is an important pr...
-Again chronicling is irrelevant. What Rand believed or not is irrelevant. Objectivity stands on its own merits. Objectivity has been an established c...
objectivity has proven its epistemic value. We don't need an argument from false authority to argue in favor of what logic dictates and facts verify. ...
The keyword is "interpretations". We have more than 10 quantum interpretations competing each other...without any supportive facts. It is metaphysics ...
ITs irrelevant to this topic but you can always google it. Well here is the first link I got. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-metaphysics/ -An...
-No it can't be. Philosophy needs to be based on credible knowledge and produce wise claims that we can use to understand the world around us. babbles...
-Nothing really except his critique. I only pointed out that no matter how great the name of philosopher, a metaphysical speculation is just that. Do ...
-Let me clarify. You and Tom asked reasons why Well Being qualifies as an objective criterion in our moral evaluations. I argued there are objective w...
-what? nobody talked about what causes change in homeostasis. The argument is that changes in homeostasis drive behavior so that an organism can atten...
First of all your answer doesn't really address any points made in my first paragraph. We don't have a way to be sure whether our feedback of an invis...
lol....the above comment is from the mind who gave us the statement "Natura derives from the Greek Physis"....lol Anyone can make an ad hominem...but ...
An act is moral when it promotes the well being of the society and its individual members. Here are two statements that might help us leave those two ...
This is why Secular Morality stresses the need that our moral laws SHOULD serve the wellbeing of all members and the society as a whole. i.e. kids mig...
Homeostasis drives our chemicals responsible for our emotions and feelings. Feeling are how we are informed that we i.e. have low blood sugar, thirsty...
-"And there's the problem. Human language lacks the preciseness of mathematics. " -correct and Mathematics needs philosophy for its symbols and conclu...
Scientifically we can hook individuals in brain scans and analyze their bloods and diagnose frustration or happiness or anxiety or being in love just ...
Then how do you expect to arrive to WISE conclusions about a biological by product????? This is what I am talking about in all the threads of this for...
i So Stress hormones or the presence of endorphins to deal with pain or the lack of metabolic molecules due to undernourishment or the absence of oxyt...
I am not sure you have the luxury to dismiss Knowledge from a philosophical inquire and biology from your efforts to understand a biological by produc...
:lol: :joke: -I agree....."“Natura” derives from the Greek: phusis" is a factually wrong and stupid statement! :razz: -Yes I know you don't have a clu...
-The shortalls he summarised have being debunked. MAybe you can point out which ones in your opinion still fly. I don't disagree that the framework is...
-"In what storyline do you think I'm someone who doesn't know that? I presume none (you may imagine a young child has joined, but a simple check of my...
:lol: first of all its one thing to feel the need to point out how the word is translated in Greek and a different to say it derives from the Greek wo...
-And I've already explained why that is irrelevant to a system based on a core principle that enables objective evaluations on any given evidence. Obv...
first of all reasoning and arriving to wise claims is not a job. Its a property that is essential for all societies since it affects politics public o...
" -that claim carries no epistemic value without defining the aspect the spatial designations you use. -The correct question should be "is sex immoral...
To be honest I am not familiar with Sam Harri's philosophy on morality or better I have listened to a talk of his many years ago but I don't recall hi...
Here is a set of questions for you. Do you care about your well being, are you ok with acts by others that affect it? Do you know many people that do ...
even it they are "predictions"what is the issue? The accepted principles and our extended list of examples remove the risk. Again Pleasure is not a me...
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