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All great answers, thanks! musing on all!

Thanks! but does that "general conception" actually act as an object (for a subject)?

Great answer! However, is there a contradiction if we talk of a "something" (i.e., a "thing"), since noumenon is not an object for a subject...even if...

I am actually pulling out my Schop books now....!! it is certainly not a straightforward argument

I agree with what you say here. I think you are referring to the "problem of other minds", right? But, i still cannot see how "the root of the PSR- th...

when you say "nature of depression" what are you referring to?

yes, seems good to me, but i would say it is not clear what some of these terms mean..."nature' being a big one...

the reconstruction seems pretty damn good to me.....BUT.... some of these terms are vague/and/or ambiguous........ the argument also hinges on precise...

i do not get that. did he offer any other reason why it has to be stated in modal terms? And if stated in modal terms, it is then an inductive argumen...

It is a little trick, not entirely clear what he means. This is how I see it: If the will is blind it cannot know itself directly or indirectly (throu...

According to this excerpt, I see him as saying that the represented thing ("the representation of it", i.e. of the representation) differs from the th...

he is saying that there can be no part/whole relationship within a single entity? a find that strange, and do not see logic violated.

No I can't see that. can you give me an example of considering the object of our action? It nullifies it and/or changes it? Atwell is saying that Scho...

Atwell changes the second premise to "We can know that we act directly/unconditionally" This change would then make it an inductive argument right? As...

Atwell is saying that, for Schopenhauer, the knowledge we have our our actions is unconditional insofar as it is not mediated by the subject-object re...

but where do you see Atwell doing that?

yes, but with respect to premise 2- We know that we act directly/unconditionally- in order to for his argument to be formally valid, should he not hav...

nice point! But I would say these are only one word (compound nouns)...denoting the existence of only one entity!

it is splitting hairs, right!? I word agree "Lion!" in an utterance is an implicit metaphor..the comparison is implicit.... But on the written page I ...

yes, I agree. although with the word "shit" with the exclamation mark, it is certainly a figure of speech and can be unpacked to be a metaphor, but as...

I believe I may have read that an allegory is a subtype of metaphor, although generally the two are distinguished (merely) on the basis of an allegory...

So many great answers here. The difference in viewpoints can be explained by the fact that there is not a universal consensus on the definition of a m...

that term, as far as I know, is Heidegger's coinage. I would say that is a concept, not a metaphor. After it is unwrapped, then it can have a metaphor...

"Metaphors "carry" meaning from one word, image, idea, or situation to another." -- therein lies my problem with saying a mere word (in isolation) is ...

sorry, I completely forgot! But with respect to your comment "the philosopher wanted to emphasize that the term is not to be taken literally", i assum...

Many thanks for all the answers! Unfortunately, i cannot remember exactly (I am no Heidegger scholar but merely attended the talk), but it struck me a...

but so long as we experience our own emotions in the confines of our own being, i think the concept of "altruism" is illusory. I think Nietzsche outli...

I have read quite a bit of this, an interesting read for sure. You make very good points (and I am tracking down the Polt text). That is a very pertin...

agreed. so, in a sense they are synonymous.... both require sense experience (of external world) as their bedrock? i think that is what you also mean?...

yes, agreed. In my opinion, try do reduce all ethics down to the empirical level. For example, in this chap's account... "what really moves the altrui...

Great answer, friend. But, when it comes to fellow feelings, would you personally term this phenomenon as empathy or compassion?

Empirical account in what way??? Phenomenological??

Exactly! Egoism can only apply to individuation!

but would you agree that the two "discomforts" are nevertheless empirically distinct?? You have your discomfort and I have mine, which is caused by yo...

thanks for all the great answers. I do not agree with Young that Schopenhauer's metaphysics of compassion reduces to egoism, but I am more interested ...

sure, mainly in Section 22 ofon the Basis of Morality.

in what sense would you say?

essentially to the extent that it is not accessible, much less a "noumenal solipsistic self".... Well it just appears so sloppy, that I don't know whe...

Thanks again, my friend. I actually also was thinking False Equivalence, but it seems a bit different since with False equivalence I thought there has...

Thank you both for the replies. Essentially there is not much more to the argument, but the chap has just defined TI in terms of solpsism, and then ca...

Thanks so much, I have more comments coming soon!

Great answers, want to get back to many comments when time permits. But just, in relation to the above- I thought his conclusion was that we can (not ...

will-lessness, yes, but not the wholesale abolition or destruction of will. So, it's like the will understands itself and loses interest in itself. Ho...

how, specifically, do we differentiate the two?

The Platonic Ideas, for me, are the weakest, perhaps even most confused, aspect of his philosophy. e.g., it is not clear if they "belong to" world as ...

You make a valid point haha!

sure sounds good. we now seem to have a proof by exhaustion (x2) that covers: 1. The only kind of moral behaviour which has moral worth is compassiona...

And I would also add... 8. Therefore (in line with the fact that egoistic behaviour, malicious behaviour, and compassionate behaviour are fundamentall...

I still don't see how it could be formulated as a proof by exhaustion? (in premise/conclusion form) In light, of our definitions of egoism, malice, an...

I understand this, good point. But if we accept, just for the sake of argument, that moral conduct can only be based on egoism, malice or empathy (com...