The view of what is 'internal and external' in willing suggests different domains that don't ever become the sole province of the other. One example o...
Your view expresses the logic of Augustine's claim that our free will is a chance to choose our better nature while surrounded by the temptations of s...
Well, I figure all expressions of a single divine entity presume a vast disproportion between creature and created. The buzzkill Spinoza brings to you...
Probably what would happen is that I would discover that Spinoza is right, the sense of self and intentions that bind my understanding is not the expe...
A governance can be more or less authoritarian. Polity can be more of a cooperative involvement of relatively autonomous people, or a system of coerci...
Russia's efforts to weaken the EU takes many forms. One of the most visible is the vigorous support given to ultra-conservatives in individual states....
From the Russian point of view, the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine would mean NATO did not wait to be directly attacked before fighting Russians. ...
I figure the arguments over the larger strategy of Russia and other states do not have to be decided conclusively to observe that Russia has enough co...
The assumption that Socrates is faking the report of his being ignorant is one way to listen to the texts. It is interesting to read Theaetetus with t...
One of the ironies of the collective nature of NATO's decisions is that they protect Russia from individual nations joining the fight by themselves. A...
That component is where the support of sanctions goes beyond deals made about territory and people. With the ongoing campaign to destroy residential i...
With all the talk about what negotiations might look like or made necessary by the limits of combat, the role of the Russians is what is most obscure....
The language of contracts has befuddled a swath of Libertarians regarding what was meant when the notion was first articulated. What is often forgotte...
From what I understand from reading him, there is a skeptical spirit. Some of that is directed toward asking why we require explanations above other t...
Most his writing does not assume something like a "universal consciousness" as a starting point. He spent most his time asking why people thought they...
when I was growing up in the Seventies, the polished albums of ELP did not show what they were doing in live performances: https://youtu.be/Kbc9UZIQoy...
The conversation highlights the way models of agency shape accounts of experience. When Krishnamurti speaks of "movement of thought", does that origin...
Who would be setting the terms has not been made clear in the proposal. If it is in line with the view that Ukraine is merely a proxy for foreign powe...
It is relevant to any deal because the annexations make the terms of any compromise to be about how much territory Russia is willing to cede to Ukrain...
Russia has annexed the oblasts of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Crimea. The Kremlin today: "This is Russian territory." Agreeing to a c...
My comment was not an attempt to establish a general right to sovereignty, applicable to all situations. The observation was to underscore a minimum c...
Seeing the distance between what people in this discussion think is happening, it seems like any possible talks would have to start with some very bas...
Yes, there does appear to be a lot of performative art in the preparations. On the other hand, the trenches being dug near Belgorod are less likely to...
There has been a lot of discussion in the press about whether Ukraine can push forward in south Kherson to follow up the Russian retreat. This NYT pie...
I nominate Steps to an Ecology of Mind by Gregory Bateson for the job. Much has changed in science since he wrote it. Nonetheless, it brought into foc...
I am concerned that even if Russia tried to start returning children, the process of reversing adoptions would be a bureaucratic nightmare. The report...
The collapse of Russian forces in Kherson has Ukraine posting the following: Ukrainian intelligence agency tells remaining Russian soldiers in Kherson...
If the Russians are actually crossing the Dniepr, they will be very vulnerable to shelling as they rally to the few places where it can be done. The U...
When considering the possibility of a negotiated peace versus continuing the war, it seems to me that that the future of displaced persons takes prece...
The dim view you have of the Ukrainian government has no immediate bearing on their stated purpose to restore their territory. The issue is how far su...
It is not clear who would be doing the appeasing in your description. Is it the man behind the curtain using Ukrainians to fight a proxy war or a choi...
They would not have the same level of support that has allowed them to repulse the Russians as much as they have. The people fighting would not view t...
Russia claims Ukraine is being run by a dictatorship. They also say that Ukraine is an integral part of their nation. Any deal they make with the Ukra...
Perhaps I should have underlined the word "Ukranian." You do not regard that government to be legitimate agents of those people or that they even exis...
Your bullet points of questions refer to a Ukrainian state. A generous portion of the 11,300 comments on this thread concern whether it exists or not....
I agree with your account that Dugin is providing the back story for Putin's oft repeated theme of historical destiny. I would like to qualify this ob...
Putin's speech does reflect Dugan's vision. As a challenge to world order, it is difficult to imagine how the clash of civilizations is supposed to wo...
You don't know what methods were used. There was an attempt to canvass the eastern oblasts. I figure that has to be very difficult to do in the state ...
I use "they" in the hope they are reporting what they think in polls such as these. I imagine you will dismiss it as fake news. But it is by means of ...
They are loudly telling themselves. The question of those who don't see it that way is a reasonable one. But that issue is different from you stating ...
If the Ukrainians don't exist, you need to get out there and tell them. They have not received your testimony. If Nationalism is bullshit, what is the...
It would not be a redefinition of language to note an important difference between your examples and a "retention" involving the Massacre of Civilians...
It would be more accurate to call it a case of imperial retention as the independence movement came from the slow recovery from when "The Stalinist re...
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