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Such a reluctance should be equally applied to a claim that all is caused by the choices of a single individual. If it turns out that the calling out ...

I think the romantic is involved with exclusivity. That is starkly apparent in sexual relations but has other lives in friendships. The experience of ...

Pretty much: For a strong jolt of Christian love, go to page 452 (in the linked reference) where Kant refers to Spinoza as an atheist who nonetheless ...

Passing the Federal Civil Service Exam would be pretty darn objective.

That would account for how the idea has no room for harm to reputation.

Nor can any blame be assigned to slander, deceit, or cheating. In this imagined polity, EJ Carroll can only defame herself. Her telling a person to st...

You are right to think that this text has been studied carefully. I have a read a lot of Aristotle but this work is not one I have devoted time to. I ...

What higher standard of objectivity could one hope for?

The range of different objections reveals Hegel as a different piñata for each wielder of the stick.

I think this from Zahavi does not fit Kant's view: "To recognize that all objects appear to us through the lens of some meaning (i.e., are, as Husserl...

How do you see that idea expressed in Kant's project? I hear the Tractatus as an anti-explanation. We want what we will never get. Sort of a weird par...

In terms of the question of what Kant's view of the limits of empirical knowledge were, it seems to me to be a mistake to see that aligned to any theo...

The idea of a "good debate" is inviting. Is the trench warfare quality of interchanges taking place over years an example of that?

I think Kant is saying we would like to answer that question, but we are suffering from a transcendental illusion which will always prevent us from do...

As a participant in the U.S. polity, your roll of the dice between candidates does not capture the cultural war happening here.

Whatever one fears or hopes for with a second Trump term, the first is not a good template for the future because there will be less restraint from th...

This is hitting me right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SHCsgqZvQM

Only compliments? My siblings built me up and tore me down. Both efforts hit the mark. But your challenge is fair. Will consider.

Listening like that reminds me of the Miranda warning. "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you." Every...

How are we to understand 'fiction', as you describe it, as the builder of experiences? If you are appealing to a principle of causality, that sounds m...

I understand that view. I thought the OP was asking if there is something to consider beyond that perspective.

Evocative. So that will be counted as a vote of no.

The question of the ultimate conditions constraining what can be known or said about our lives is not a theory, as such. Different theories that propo...

I agree that views of the 'body' seem to always be in the different narratives. I was taking the Count's remarks about detachment as an invitation to ...

Yes, the nature of the questions show that the Supremes are just narrowing down the basis for rejecting Colorado's ruling. I was just disappointed tha...

Plotinus offers a good example of that as his "contemplation" is a training for experiencing beauty. It is interesting how he opposed the Gnostics who...

Just finished listening to the oral arguments. One element that I found interesting was how the general concern about disunity of state results expres...

The point I made is that you are asking for me to 'do my worse' as a matter of debate where the wrong argument is made to seem to be the true one. Pla...

From the safety of your nihilistic premises, you can neither be harmed nor helped.

For Aristotle, recognizing the harm that words can do requires looking at their possible benefits: The matter of the "listener being the agent of his ...

An argument against the power of words uses words to make the case for the proposition,

Maybe they will hear it. One factor in the language of the decision is that it puts the Supreme Court in a difficult position. If the Supremes end up ...

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals rules against claim for immunity that has been holding up the Federal election interference trial of Trump and company...

That is a tough one and I have not been wearing shining armor enough times to speak with authority about it. I have found, in work situations, that sa...

Interesting questions. Probably perceived as obsessed with certain texts and willing to discuss them way beyond general interest. That is true and can...

That reminds me of a once oft heard slogan: "Army of One."

I guess 'never' is too much to claim. Strike it from the list. I have seen a lot of the dark side of it, though.

"With all due respect"?

Yes, I have read Gerson's thesis and some of his essays on Aristotle. We have argued about them for years. A search for "De Anima" in the site search ...

You beat me to the punch citing Phaedo where Socrates asks what causes could be understood or claimed to be true. That bears directly upon the referen...

Hats off for the Tolstoy starter kit. My problem with it is that styles of 'happiness' cannot be reduced to a known set of characteristics. "Same shit...

I think it helps to see that what is knowable or not is not only about what kind of "object" is involved but the difference between a cause and the ef...

I appreciate the thumbs up. I do see a resemblance to karma in Hegel's statement, if one makes it instant in the fashion of John Lennon. That thought ...

What surprises me is the naiveite displayed. How can one study a group of some of the most accomplished character assassins living today and imagine t...

How that 'fabric' is conceived leads to significant differences in how the experiences of the subject are framed and looked for. Fooloso4 was right to...

Spinoza is following many aspects of Descartes in the consideration of emotions as a kind of idea. The duality of mind and body put forward is not a v...

That question of appropriateness is a big one. The theological assumption is comparable to Aristotle appealing to the agent intellect and the unmoved ...

I did use "nature" in a contradictory way. A more Spinoza way to put it is to say that the love of God brings a kind of happiness only possible throug...

That is a good question. Spinoza's argument is certainly a contrast to Aristotle saying: "All men, by nature, desire understanding." I am no expert on...

So, when you check Spinoza off your list before reading him because the responses are too variable, it sounds like you are closing a circle rather tha...