Moliere

I think that's basically what I have in mind, with the slight caveat that it would still be possible for such a statement to be false. A person could,...

I see applicability, but I don't think that qualia is the best tactic for understanding identity. Nagel highlights the problem of consciousness, but I...

On my bad days I'll just kind of lay around and do nothing of consequence. I've gotten to a point where I don't always feel bad -- and actually most o...

I like how you put this here. I suppose my focus on feelings was mostly due to the epistemological questions on identity, but I think it's fair to say...

Fair enough. I appreciate the exchange all the same.

I guess I would say to this proverbial Mary that there's nothing lost in including Jane. Mary is also included. And she doesn't need to adopt any beha...

I think a good reply here would ask what counts as properly philosophical. One could say that the philosophical work is exactly in sorting out how we ...

Alright, then I'm still not following. Bring it down a little for me, if you don't mind. Which speaker are we talking about here? Jane or Mary? And he...

So to call someone a woman is equivelant to saying I am a woman? There is not a difference between the third and first person uses? Is that what you'r...

What ruler would you accept with respect to determining anyone's identity? As for Nagel -- Eh, it's just a manner of speaking. There are more tools in...

Well, let's leave oppression to the side for now. My direct answer to the question would be that this isn't a dichotomy, that there are multiple class...

I admit I was not going to reply until you goaded on further down the replies. I am merely an autodidact after all. So take these thoughts as you will...

Is it the meaning that's being dictated, or is it a demand to be treated with respect? A demand is being made -- I'll grant that. But I think there ar...

There may not be a point to you -- but it would be foolish to believe that there is no such distinction. And, in fact, the distinction is very importa...

I don't know. I think I'd put it like this -- there are different kinds of fear. And one kind of fear of death is where death ends up ruling your life...

Because we fear death, and because there's nothing you can do about it. While it is possible to come to terms with your own mortality, not everyone ha...

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/williams-bernard/ First time running across this guy. I feel like I should read more of his.

It is physical, but it is not a sexual trait. It's not even a biological trait. Things like the maximum length hair can grow to are, but aligning shor...

For if we did not will the return of rings then there would be no rings to steal, hence we would land in contradiction with ourselves.

Keeping in mind that my focus has mostly been on interiority, and there are people in a better position than I to answer these questions -- Since we'r...

The word you use isn't important. But I don't know quite what you mean by the explanation though -- "How one exists in the moment and how that environ...

Eh, my formal training is minimal. I'm more on the outside than in. All classes in philosophy I've taken are undergraduate level, which is where I'm f...

Heh. No worries. I mean, I know there are groups of PhD's. I'm saying that the set of people who undergo a philosophical education is larger than the ...

I agree. If I'm actually correct, rather than merely following a moral impulse, then it would actually be impossible to get there. But it's worth talk...

That's still different, though -- a religious education doesn't make priests, and a philosophical education doesn't make philosophers. There are avenu...

In choosing between modifying the feeling or modifying the body -- While modifying the body is a dramatic change, I think that modifying the mind is e...

Well, factually speaking I don't know if religion is really any good at directing people's behaviors, either. Also, I'd say there's a difference betwe...

Where you say "or" here that is where the distinction between sex and gender lies. So as long as you understand that there are these two components --...

One thing that differs dramatically between religion and philosophy is in its education. A religious education will teach someone a particular way of ...

Also, next to the three dots there is an arrow pointing to the left. It only appears if you hover your mouse over the post in interest. But if you hov...

Heh, sorry. I didn't mean to be patrionizing. It seems to me that they don't quite fit, but that transgender still responds to patriarchy -- only in a...

I haven't defined sex, either, but you don't have a problem there. I've been using a more ostensive approach -- by denoting the various things I mean ...

It seems to me that there must be some need or desire -- and perhaps it's the sort of desire which is not fulfilled. It can be like thirst, in that th...

Yes, but then it seems contrary to what we're talking about. Or, while I could have read him in that way, that seems to be the very distinction over w...

A subtle distinction. :D I let this sit for a bit because my immediate thoughts were repetitions of things I had already said. Nothing new has come ov...

That there is the primary point of disagreement.

I have to point out here that this is something you have no problem with, but if we includes me then part of we does. Identity is a part of reality, a...

It helps to write out a summary of what you read. I've found it very helpful to just sit down and write down what I have read in my own words. You'd a...

Yeah, I think that's fair. And I'm glad you set out the framework because it helps me to disentangle the argument better -- I can see clearly where ou...

To me it just follows naturally from how I should take the statements people make about themselves. Feelings may change over time, but the person (usu...

Eh, not entirely unusual there. I always wish I was more clear, and upon rereading what I write some time later wish I had said it better. I guess I'm...

I really like this youtube channel as well -- it's just a guy who records him playing classical music on his piano. And I particularly like his rendit...

I usually disengage for a few reasons - 1) I can't think of anything more to say, and I'm uncertain about what I could write that would be worth writi...

I voted "all but lounge topics" -- mostly because I've been on forums where when categories were presented there still ended up being a main discussio...

It's all good. I take breaks too. :D I think that your response gets to the heart of the matter better anyways. Where you state: I was able to reread ...

I am not you. I have my experiences, and you have yours. But rather than saying I am alone I think I'd prefer to say that I am unique. To fee alone is...

A common, and sensible enough, response to concerns you cannot do anything about is to accept them for what they are and move onto concerns you can do...

One test for depression is the following series of questions, rated on a scale from 0-3: One thing this has in common with gender is that the statemen...

Awww. lol. Yup. That's a common one for me. Spelling has always been a weak point for me.

Why? I've drawn from more examples than gender to elucidate interiority. And I've noted a few times how people both bond over identities (so they are ...