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As long as they have 2 legs, I'd call them human. Featherless biped and all.
July 23, 2024 at 01:43
I agree with holding to the metaphor -- the hinge is easy to replace, or even switch over, but the foundations we build upon -- whether they be river-...
July 23, 2024 at 01:28
The part here that I'd like to better understand -- and is part of why I find Hegel frustrating -- is the "leap" from prior-to-PNC to PNC, or some var...
July 23, 2024 at 00:48
Ah ok in that case I'm just being a sensitive-something. In the context of him analyzing a debate: debates turn on fixed points, and foundations are b...
July 20, 2024 at 22:26
Heh. Musical theatre is good for entertainment at least :D It came to mind cuz: https://youtu.be/Yg-2ncgmHZg?si=ltVgt8TJSqLL1L0_
July 20, 2024 at 22:08
naw this one: https://youtu.be/rfywkvRq4Ns?si=utbm4wP1Afol_8ed&t=34 https://youtu.be/rfywkvRq4Ns?si=utbm4wP1Afol_8ed&t=34
July 20, 2024 at 21:48
I'm being too poetic for the conversation. I'd take your or anyone elses reading over mine -- just some silly thoughts that came to mind.
July 20, 2024 at 21:26
Eh, it doesn't look good, though I doubt that's a surprise since you're asking me :D I could say who I'd vote for, but since this is a place of truth ...
July 20, 2024 at 21:14
That's how I understand them: "hinges" are almost too mechanical for foundations: and in a way hinges can only be placed upon structures build on foun...
July 20, 2024 at 21:00
If ever you feel the inclination, I'd like to participate in a thread on these distinctions. I cannot claim that the ideas have been assimilated, and ...
July 20, 2024 at 17:20
I don't think either H or W are regurgitating, but that they've had an influence upon philosophical thinking to a point that anyone whose read philoso...
July 20, 2024 at 17:08
The way I think of "form of life" is biological -- which includes the social. So if a lion could talk then we'd understand the lion because they've de...
July 20, 2024 at 16:14
Sure, and same, given that our current versions of democracy don't seem to be able to address this real problem that we all face. Vance fits the form ...
July 20, 2024 at 15:46
I'm pretty sure that a monarchy arising out of a Trump-Vance presidency-become-king would not result in addressing climate change, or addressing probl...
July 20, 2024 at 03:15
I recommend it if you're in the mood for a comedy which dances across various philosophical distinctions in constructing a plot, as one does ;) It's g...
July 19, 2024 at 01:52
Yup. We agree there, and that's basically what I mean with the story. It's just an introduction to a thought with a funny conclusion, not an argument ...
July 17, 2024 at 00:52
I think this relevant due to I think in Aristotle there is a "because", but it's based upon roles -- and the only roles he considers as truly eudemon ...
July 16, 2024 at 02:05
I think that I'm getting along with the satire, though? Basically rationality can't just be reduced to a set of deterministic rules. Though I'll admit...
July 16, 2024 at 01:28
I'll admit that that's not my favorite game. And there are only so many times I can play it. Though what becomes shit was at one point food Hrm. What'...
July 16, 2024 at 00:49
heh. I certainly am murikan, and have no knowledge of the ass/arse distinction lol
July 14, 2024 at 02:54
This, though, is the stronger point. If the King is in check then the other player can swipe away the peices, but this is rude (and so it goes with th...
July 13, 2024 at 17:05
Me either. Though I think your insight here is worth preserving: The nuclear option -- contradiction -- is something like the fruit on the tree in par...
July 13, 2024 at 16:35
no worries. I'm not ready to commit to a reading group until I finish my thread on Marx, anyways. Random posts or convo is where I'm at with Sartre. I...
July 13, 2024 at 16:09
Yeah. I think that's true -- and his positivity is often missed because of his brutal honesty. I mean, I'm like that too :D -- I'm attracted to Sartre...
July 13, 2024 at 16:08
I agree. Going into a metaphilosophical tangeant: Sartre follows the virtue of honesty to self and others -- to a fault if you have any other virtue o...
July 13, 2024 at 15:54
Yeah, looking at OP at least, I can see how there's ambiguity there: whether material implication, or some other meaning, was meant isn't specified in...
July 13, 2024 at 15:25
This forum is populated by all kinds of people, yes. But I would ask you to remember that you're posting in the logic subforum, and "@"TonesInDeepFree...
July 13, 2024 at 14:26
Then surely the sum of any two integers is 0, and we must accept that two rules can be combined and that all can be used more than once Or we must nev...
July 13, 2024 at 14:21
Which antecedents? I think it's a good story to highlight how we can get into a bind about decisions if all we do is follow some rules in the mode of ...
July 13, 2024 at 06:43
On the Ass: I think it's a good story for introducing a problem to rationality. The "ass" can be just any decision-maker at all. It's not particular t...
July 13, 2024 at 06:16
Yeh, later. And I'm interested, later, in corrections -- it was a thought I had held onto and felt like I ought share. In some sense, and maybe this i...
July 13, 2024 at 04:57
The one bit I didn't say earlier is that Being and Nothingness is a work of ontology, but you're asking -- at least what I'd call -- a question about ...
July 13, 2024 at 04:44
ahhh yup. You're right. I'll add a link to your post here to the original post.
July 13, 2024 at 02:28
Eh, I'd say the formal logic is built upon natural language, but we can get by with specification of meaning -- and when the OP is in the Logic sub-fo...
July 13, 2024 at 01:21
The obligation is disappointment, at that point I think. That is, there is a causal relationship between the obligation and feeling (presuming you wan...
July 13, 2024 at 00:55
Contradiction! Proof:
July 13, 2024 at 00:49
What does "simply a language issue" mean?
July 12, 2024 at 05:06
PM'ed my response, and just glad Sartre is coming around as a point of thought on the forums.
July 12, 2024 at 04:04
I read page 27, tho I'm not sure what to say in response.
July 12, 2024 at 03:58
All rules prior to this post are not to be followed after this post. All posts ought to follow the rule: share your favorite (philosopher, artist, foo...
July 12, 2024 at 03:10
I mean, that's at least step 1, yes? If you can't be polite and amiable to your fellow humans, then it's unlikely anything will come of our efforts (t...
July 12, 2024 at 02:27
The small disagreement I have is I'd sayis that "The paperknife" is more meaningful than "Being-in-itself", at least within my head-cannon right now (...
July 12, 2024 at 02:25
True. Maybe that's why it's confusing? It's an implication of two implications, and material implication is already confusing . .. lol see I confused ...
July 12, 2024 at 02:13
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July 12, 2024 at 01:57
Eh, that's a bad reference, just the name that came to mind. Material implication is what I mean.
July 12, 2024 at 01:43
hrmmm checking now on paper. I'm using https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Morgan%27s_laws though I've made many mistakes so I could be wrong...
July 12, 2024 at 01:34
I was thinking "all of us", though understanding we could be wrong. So perhaps you understand social organisms. I don't, and so the "we" is thems who ...
July 12, 2024 at 01:28
I'm definitely coming at the question from the point of view of propositional logic -- something basic because it's already confusing enough as it is ...
July 12, 2024 at 00:53
Would that make a difference? 0/1=F/T as I understand it.
July 12, 2024 at 00:41