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I'm still making my way through Chalmer's, but I'm pretty sure that my complaint is going to be somewhat dry but focused on measurement. I don't think...

My thought is that there is neither progress in science or philosophy, really. "Progress" has some end-goal in mind, or at least a notion of how thing...

I think that the perception of philosophical "advance" (whatever that might mean) is being colored by this belief. If advancement is understood to mea...

*shrugs* Ignore it. Just trying to work within certain parameters I don't know. You shot down the example, so I wanted an example, but then it occurre...

Linking it back to Post-modern philosophy and ethics, Aristotle would serve a modernist, and Epicurus would serve as post-modernist because of their r...

Or, sans an example... it should be enough to say, here are two naturalisms: Aristotle and Epicurus. So it makes sense to ask: Which naturalism is goo...

Sure, no problem. So, who counts? Aristotle and Alexander the Great? Anyone alive today?

If that were so, then It'd almost make the point for me -- that there are two naturalisms here, and even with natural ethical facts, the ethical choic...

I mean, in terms of actual access to psychological states of the elite, then I'd have to say I'm pretty dry on that. You agree that the elite are what...

Oh, that's not your fault. I have more than a few threads I'm thinking through :D Let's take Jeff Bezos. The man seems to be doing well for himself. I...

Let's take the tetrapharmakos: The Gods do not care about your life (so do not try and appease them with your actions) There is no afterlife (so live ...

I think it shows itself to be relevant, but I'm fine with dropping it for now. I'm fine with this counting as moral realism and ethical naturalism. My...

It wouldn't be the first time on this forum, or for myself. :) I'll give a direct response instead. It is.

What is this from? I want to know more! :D

This is what I mean -- dithering the distinction between fact and value means there aren't value-free facts. Where Hume states the logic between the c...

The one on the right reminds me of Chuy. Muscular and curious.

I mean, obviously I have a particular interpretation of Kant, but in that interpretation at least -- our experiencing something does not make it real....

These all occuring within space-and-time, they are a part of the form of intuition -- part of the given. Anything empirical -- thereby subject to the ...

This is a good question to me because Kant's biology is explicitly anti-Darwinian, while his physics are pro-Newtonian. (he's actually skeptical of ch...

Well... I mean, ethical naturalism already dithers the fact/value distinction. Right? That's why MacIntyre went back to Aristotle to demonstrate that ...

Eh, I'm not either. If I opposed non-expert thinking then I'd always have to remain silent. In general I think historical thinking is better for-us, i...

Heh. Well, OK. But now you have many reasons -- not a reason. You're moving from science to history -- a move I'm fully in favor of. But it's not usua...

In spite of the opinions of economists, I don't think it's an accident that the United States inherited the earth and squandered it, and then China ha...

In that case, you're contradicting your point here: And you're left with the question -- why is this or that state more wealthy than another?

Yup. That's exactly what Marx says -- people aren't given the number of tickets that are actually equal to the amount of value they produced. So the n...

Well... I mean. That's the labor theory of value. Badda-bing.

Yeah, I agree -- especially in our world, with our particular history, primitive accumulation explains why capital rose where it did first: capital re...

I agree with this. Currency has worth because governments establish social worlds where said currency counts -- you either pay the man for the bread, ...

Eh. This looks like a perspective which thinks these tickets (what else is a dollar?) are worth something. If you follow back the reality of our world...

These are great questions. I haven't read the thread, but I am a recovering Kant-thusiast. So take my answers for what you will.... I would say that K...

Finally managed to bring it back around. Not sure if it's acceptable, but -- there it is. Some thoughts on post-modern philosophy and morality.

Honestly, this post is still relevant to the thread's topic... Ethics, at its core, is how we interact with others. There we are in agreement. And I m...

Chuy was the name of my chihuahua friend, so I'd call him the messiah. lol. At first he played the part of being a yappy brat. But after getting to kn...

Here we agree. So far the court's ruling on Citizens United v. FEC has turned what was once hyperbole into fact: we now live in an oligarchy, since pr...

Put it in his obituary that he cared -- more than most.

Heh. At one point I would have agreed... But I have lived with a chihuahua before, and he really was the bestest pupper ever.

Oh shit, I was right!

Well... if that's where we're at, I'm sad. But then no amount of charity will matter.

So... an answer for an answer. Do you believe me in saying I was not trying to attack you?

Nope. Not a one worth sharing. I have ideas about what people know on this forum, though.

Well, I wouldn't say it like that -- rather, I'd say I made a personal attack, but I was trying to build bridges. But I take your word for it. Do you ...

Heh. You're welcome. I was trying to build bridges... but I failed here. Maybe another time.

Why? To prove to you that I'm worthy of talking? I'm ok with being unworthy.

I'm not sure why what I said was interpreted in that way... but I accept responsibility for it. If there are amends I can make then please say them. I...

I certainly didn't wish to attack you. I'm sorry to have done so.

The Wittgenstein chops on this forum are way beyond my ken. I'd count @"Fooloso4" in that group of people who I'd listen to. .... IDK if you'd listen ...

Honestly, that dog is so cute, I'm not opposed to a dog-a-day photo even *with* replies :)

We live in sad times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimar_Republic#Elections_of_July_1932 Fascism wins not just by democracy -- it organizes -- but t...

Of course not. I have seen my other friends here express opposite opinions. I just had to say what I felt.

Heh. But the problem we have here is that everyone wants to be the teacher! :D So I have to find another kind of way to talk through the problems -- e...