I think it was worth it. It costs a lot of money, but that can be managed. I wouldn't know the things I know without having had that time to study -- ...
Leaving aside what I want for now, and whether the golden rule follows from justice... I would say that on the formal level, if not in spirit, my maxi...
If they are both derived from the golden rule then then golden rule would differ from justice. In which case I'd be back to your original definition -...
. I'm going to have a go at answering "What is property?" When I own something -- be it a parcel of land, a book of family photographs, a company, an ...
Heh, naw. I was hoping that last paragraph might be. Complexity I'm less certain on. But I can speak to the notion of "disorder", at least -- disorder...
What came to mind for me was Gibb's Free Energy. -- I linked the section without all the mathematical whatzits because it seems more pertinent, one, a...
I think that's a tricky question -- not that I couldn't list things that come to mind, but I'd temper any such list by noting that traits are historic...
Freud I can't speak to as well as Marx. But, yes, I believe that Popper's criteria of demarcation is wrong. There is no hard-line demarcation between ...
Capitalism itself is a global phenomena. I think in that sense, at least, the aims were global. Capital would spread across the world, and the contrad...
I think I'd prefer to proceed by way of example rather than definition. There is a frame from the comic book Watchmen that I rather like. It's been mo...
It depends on the communist. But if we go with what's most influential now, Karl Marx's communism was the end-goal of his revolutionary program. The s...
That there is a text book non sequiter inference, as it stands. "Do unto others as you would have done unto you" does not just automatically lead one ...
"Gender" means reference to an aspect of identity. Identity is both expressed and impressed upon us -- it is expressed socially and expressed to ourse...
I think of gender as having two sides of identity -- a social identity and a personal identity. They aren't stereotypes as much as they expressions an...
Alright. Well... then maybe let's just stick to the golden rule then. I don't think what you say communicates the golden rule, exactly, but if that's ...
Person A treats B exactly as person A wants to do -- since A wants to live, A will defend themselves. Person B treats A exactly as person B wants to d...
Yup. I agree that the notion of equality posited here would lead to something along those lines. The principle of the matter can co-exist, though. If ...
I think "diving in" is the best way. Find some topic you're particularly interested in, look up names of philosophers working on that topic, and have ...
If I treat everyone as some sort of means to whatever happens to please me, then everyone is treated by the same rule, and would at least count as equ...
Haha. Cool. Thinking is always good :D Just don't worry about what I say, at least, about whatever somebody IMPORTANT said. I'm just interpreting the ...
Maybe this is an issue of preaching to the choir... but I definitely feel that even all of science, from physics on up, is missing something. And I sa...
Good stuff. I wonder if it sounds like inputs/outputs just because we are accustomed to that way of thinking. I agree that it is both and neither, tho...
Consider this: Most philosophers we study aren't what you'd call all on the same page, making one single project which coheres well together. So even ...
Sounds to me like epistemology. But it doesn't matter what we call it, I'd say. What's more important is the question you're asking. Though, this bein...
On the face this seems false, just considered in a historical way. So I guess I'd ask -- Why do you want metaphysics to be one way, and not another wa...
Interesting. I'm playing a bit here. Not exactly sure where I'm going, but trying to actually relate too. To go back to the mirror example, words are ...
Interesting thread! How would you differentiate entities from theories? I ask because, as an old hack of a chemist, it seems that positing entities we...
I think we may just be in strong disagreement then. To get personal: I am a very independent person. I have strong attachments to who I am, and live m...
I don't think that we have to follow friends in all circumstances to make the argument that "I know what's best for me" is false. Maybe we're just tal...
I think there is a set of principles we can follow that makes justification work. And epistemology is the debate about which principles we choose. I r...
It's false. :D Not to be too trite: We all very often make choices which are against our best interests -- even 'best interest' as defined by our own ...
That is what I believe. But I do not think the strategy of casting beliefs in terms of probability works. Bayesian analysis of inference is bunk, as f...
I wish i knew how to import the pictures from this comic onto our threads... alas, I am a failure. BUT http://existentialcomics.com/comic/9 seems apro...
Yes and no. In some sense the questions of philosophy are inescapable -- people answer them on the daily in their practical lives, even if they never ...
Again your argument here is against some perceived fault in another choice. (and I agree with @"darthbarracuda" as well) But what motivates the point ...
Yearp. Sincere use of "Cultural Marxism" makes me pause and wonder about who I'm talking to -- not by necessity, since sometimes people just pick up w...
Not in the least. There simply is no point-like time which you'll find in the continuum of development where some life will be significantly different...
I think that we're trying to get at the same thing, here. The way I read you at least. The OP argues against various positions, but never argues for t...
I mean... if we're going to rely upon scientific fact alone then why not? There's certainly more being imported into assertions here than mere scienti...
Still not sure @"LostThomist" what makes you believe that conception is important. The best guesses I can make, based on what I've heard people say be...
Wouldn't the zygote have to be a human life in order for it to be considered human life, though? What about conception makes that point preferable and...
How does you first premise connect to your second one? You begin by saying And then move into your metaphysical argument. But the metaphysical argumen...
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