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Yup. Just finishing up episode 20, but I empathize with your: A bit Panglossian at times -- not that it's bad to hear, but I have my doubts.

Has pretty much been the way I've been thinking about the question. At a certain point "postmodernism" isn't a useful frame for thinking -- you have t...

Why not both? There's a sense in which we clearly invent them. Newton's Principia was published in 1687, and that's a science text that uses the Law-l...

I'm not sure about P1, but P2 seems to have bigger troubles. How do you ascertain that these kinds of experiences are not subjectively distinct? Surel...

Oh, sure, I agree that it's not a serious holiday. I think that'd ruin it if it were serious. And that's a good point -- I'm not considering all scena...

There's a sense in which even the romantic isn't quite the erotic, I think: sexual desire is a cross-species phenomena, whereas romance is more of a s...

That's true. And in general that's how I feel about holidays, I suppose -- it's not there celebration as much as the commercial aspect that usually bu...

United States.

Oh sure. Basically. But I've always liked it as a celebration of love, in a general sense. I have fond memories of friends making Valentine's Day toge...

Heh -- I realize the sentimentality of the notion. Hence, Lounge -- philosophical-ish, but not quite up to par. There are other holidays I'd speak in ...

I have an understanding of Kant's aesthetic judgment, and I've basically been nodding along with you so far. (it's the part on teleological judgment i...

I'd define punk rock as a youth movement that began in the 70's. I like it because of its rage of injustice, thematically, but also I liked the high-e...

Jello Biafra is a unique individual. But in spite of his incoherent thoughts, I still like the punk rock feel to him. What can I say? Punk still lives...

Yes. And No. Honestly my Big Brain project is seeing how it might be possible to unite both of those big-azz books. I still have work to do in both, t...

FWIW, I'm fine with Zoom too. That'd work just fine by me.

Oh, many reasons -- and part of it is that. I've lived with these feelings for more of my life than I haven't, I've come to realize. There are thought...

I don't want to be too universal, but I'd say my own suicidal ideations -- at least from my perspective -- are the most irrational part of my thinking...

https://youtu.be/FbpEnkDQnhk?si=SY20jsTyEwPhmWG3 Re-listening to this one from one whose passed on.

Suicide is what sounds like a permenant solution to a problem. I wouldn't say "temporary" cuz I live with depression. As in diagnosed and talked with ...

I have never cheated on anyone to date, and sort of think it's an odd obsession more than a healthy attitude. People cheat because there are problems ...

016 Glad to have these distinctions. In talking about different kinds of time I fear that it's too queer or abstract to be worth exploring, but I also...

I can make sense of that. All I really mean is to point out that for Hegel there's no limit to knowledge, at least as I understand it. That's the big ...

Looking over my old posts... I think this still sits with me. May the poster with 69 posts be well.

Seems so, to me.

That's pretty close to how I think. Though I'd extend the range to include all forms of Christianity. It's a nice thought, but for the wrong species.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Long_(climber) is where I saw the photo. And I think you're right about where they're at. Came across it cuz of a p...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Stone_Masters_in_front_of_El_Capitan.jpg Came across this older photo of some lads in nice threads...

:D I put more trust in him than any of the usuals, that's for sure -- a better constant than anyone else! :D

The USian universities are usually more analytic focused in philosophy departments.

Maybe you're just better at changing your attitude towards hunger than the people who told you that, among the things that others have told you. Or ma...

:D It's frustrating, but I find it fascinating too. The influence cannot be denied, so there's the part of me that likes the history of philosophy and...

I think the article sides with Freud a bit :D -- I don't think there are gaps for Hegel. I'd reconcile them by saying that Philosophy is a higher kind...

A thought -- In comparing the Block Universe to Hegel, and using McTaggart: The Block Universe as ontology posits that the A-series is an illusion. I ...

I gave it a relisten, and I think you're right to say he's confused: I think he presents something of a rationalization for Hegel, but one I wouldn't ...

So I take it that this is the core of your reasoning: you've been in the habit of consciously changing yourself for the better, and so you are persuad...

Sandwich

I haven't a clue. I thought maybe you'd have had both. :D. I have no idea what you're talking about! (smetana -> borscht - > hogweed -> foraging...)

I had to look it up, which I did out of curiosity. Wikipedia indicates that it's thicker than USian sour cream.

014 I agree with the title. Freedom is the core of Hegel, same as Marx. This would be the center if we could connect them together. I wasn't jiving wi...

If anyone has questions about how to make that work I can field them. PM or otherwise. But if someone that voted yes has a preference for something el...

013 Good intro to a classic. I encourage others thinking along to read it

011 Glad to see the podcast highlighting the thesis-antithesis-synthesis being an oversimplification that doesn't exactly correspond to what Hegel wro...

Read the paper over the day. I think it's a fair interpretation of Marx, but I'd also separate out Marxist from Hegelian dialectics. The one thing I'd...

I'm only pointing to a warning sign on the path: make sure you're enjoying the activity, rather than ruminating in a circle, since we can get stuck in...

Found this to listen along to an interpretation of Hegel at the part cited in episode 010 quoting paragraph 53 of The Phenomenology of Spirit.

Depends heavily on the reason why you're interested in the idea. Usually my interest in such stuff is spurred on by feeling despair, and usually think...

Funzies. That's about it. Which, to be fair, is a good reason to do things among us creatures.

Yup. That's how I read him. And there's definitely echoes of Hegel in the Laws of Form, which is interesting... but I'd stay on guard too because Hege...

I'm not following your final paragraph very well, but it's OK because I agree that the emphasis on others is an important part of Hegel's philosophy, ...

Well that doesn't bode well for physicalism! :D But then the land of metaphor can express literal truths, too. And what is the relationship between th...