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SatmBopd

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I like Nietzsche and Kierkegaard, but only because I'm biased

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"I like Nietzsche and Kierkegaard, but only because I'm biased"

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In: Postmodern Philosophy and Morality  — view comment
Oh. I didn't know that. I still think that's still influence though. If you directly oppose someone you read, you're furthering the discussion they st...
November 11, 2022 at 14:47
In: Postmodern Philosophy and Morality  — view comment
Simone de Beauvior and Jean Paul Sartre had an existentialist view very similar/ influential to postmodernism. They believed, (or at least Sartre did)...
November 10, 2022 at 15:19
In: The Limitations of Philosophy and Argumentation  — view comment
No... I mostly just think that anytime you define terms, you should be aware that you are establishing the goalposts for the argument, and awlodge the...
July 18, 2022 at 14:44
In: The Limitations of Philosophy and Argumentation  — view comment
Interesting points. It's my opinion, but I do think that if it is unrealistic to have more prescise discussions about beliefs, but also ideal, then we...
June 05, 2022 at 16:23
In: The Limitations of Philosophy and Argumentation  — view comment
idk lol. Maybe depends on how much of what I said you agree with. I do think you made me realise the possibility that "concepts" can point to "things"...
June 05, 2022 at 16:20
In: The Limitations of Philosophy and Argumentation  — view comment
Construction took place in the beginning, that's why there are defninitions. That consticution was probably imperfect.. I think these definitions are ...
June 03, 2022 at 18:19
In: The Limitations of Philosophy and Argumentation  — view comment
Pre-philosophy like, pre-socratic? Maybe it is unconventional, but I am somewhat sympathetic to, or at least curious about Fredrich Nietzsche's praise...
June 03, 2022 at 14:58
In: The Limitations of Philosophy and Argumentation  — view comment
Dogs are a little different than free will. Namely dogs are physical entities in the real world. Free will, so far as I know is not. Instead, for peop...
June 03, 2022 at 14:51
In: The Limitations of Philosophy and Argumentation  — view comment
Say I am arguing for free will, AND I get to define free will. I can make a definition for free will which is easy to argue for. I think we would lear...
May 31, 2022 at 22:10
In: The Limitations of Philosophy and Argumentation  — view comment
I do not know of any concrete examples. I know that this isn't helpful so let me do my best to come up with an example/ format. I guess I didn't reall...
May 25, 2022 at 04:09
In: The Limitations of Philosophy and Argumentation  — view comment
Totally fair, I think that strategy does yeild good discussions. I'm sceptical that it will lead us to truth or the best possible discussions/ ideas.....
May 24, 2022 at 22:44
In: The Limitations of Philosophy and Argumentation  — view comment
Yeah I think that's sort of what I was trying to articulate.
May 24, 2022 at 18:29
In: The Limitations of Philosophy and Argumentation  — view comment
I guess the gist of my arguement is that humans (including philosophers) take things for granted, too many things if what we want is to actually under...
May 24, 2022 at 18:28
In: The Limitations of Philosophy and Argumentation  — view comment
Yes, you raise a very good point here. But I think it speaks to a larger, seldom talked about problem. If I agree to use the definitions you are using...
May 24, 2022 at 18:11
In: The Limitations of Philosophy and Argumentation  — view comment
Haha fair.
May 24, 2022 at 14:59
In: “Belief” creating reality  — view comment
This reminds me of the ending of Elf where everyone needs to belive in Santa for the sleigh to fly.
May 14, 2022 at 03:03
In: What it takes to be a man (my interpretation)  — view comment
Fair enough.
April 11, 2022 at 18:43
In: What it takes to be a man (my interpretation)  — view comment
I think these are decent ideals, but only given certain goals, and by no means do I think any of them are necessary. You used the word "must" a lot. I...
April 11, 2022 at 15:22
In: Can morality be absolute?  — view comment
Yeah, I think morality is probably "merely" a socially agreed/ arguable set of subjective values BUT those subjective values don't come from nowhere. ...
April 10, 2022 at 14:25
In: The white lie  — view comment
Sincerely ask them if they like it? And if they seem really happy then support them no matter what anyone else thinks? But if they seem like they real...
April 10, 2022 at 14:12
In: "Free love" and family in modern communities  — view comment
I guess you're right about that... it might be possible that many people (maybe not everyone) are genuinely desirous of the more sincere kind of relat...
March 31, 2022 at 15:10
In: Mind Sex  — view comment
Lol I just guess the sex based on the name.
March 31, 2022 at 13:52
In: "Free love" and family in modern communities  — view comment
I think this is an interesting issue. Currently you seem to have given it a little more thought than me. I was raised (though I am more than willing t...
March 31, 2022 at 13:51
In: Nietzsche is the Only Important Philosopher  — view comment
Yeah I feel that sometimes. It's just hard for me to deny that some of the people who think less than me (or appear to) are doing just as well if not ...
March 29, 2022 at 13:46
In: Nietzsche is the Only Important Philosopher  — view comment
This (and the two above) questions are answered (probably only?) by consulting a system of values. If you answer the train track question and decide t...
March 29, 2022 at 13:45
In: Nietzsche is the Only Important Philosopher  — view comment
You might be describing why I like him. There are places I'd still want to critique Nietzsche... but I actually think it's safe to say that most philo...
March 28, 2022 at 21:32
In: Nietzsche is the Only Important Philosopher  — view comment
...because they're a product of a stale philosophical tradition? I really am just spit-balling there, don't mean to be snarky or anything, it's a poss...
March 28, 2022 at 18:31
In: Nietzsche is the Only Important Philosopher  — view comment
I just don't know of anyone else, or enough of their work that is as enticing to me. I'm sure he's not a good benchmark, I just want to know why and h...
March 28, 2022 at 15:36
In: Nietzsche is the Only Important Philosopher  — view comment
Yeah so based on what I find interesting, do you know of anyone who is more conducive to that than Nietzsche? But you also seem to think that there ar...
March 28, 2022 at 03:15
In: Nietzsche is the Only Important Philosopher  — view comment
Do you know much about outside the west? My first thought would be Confucianism, which I think has some substantial moral insights.
March 27, 2022 at 02:56
In: Original Sin & The Death Penalty  — view comment
Fair enough, I respect that. If I've missed the point, I would be happy to hear exactly what you mean by that, but it's okay if you don't want to. As ...
March 04, 2022 at 15:20
In: Original Sin & The Death Penalty  — view comment
No. Many people write many different letters for many different reasons. Letters don't necessarily have one blanket purpose. You are basically just sa...
March 04, 2022 at 06:36
In: The start of everything  — view comment
Okay that is interesting. I don't think we have to know how things started from the beginning to make decisions, I think we can just guess if we want....
March 03, 2022 at 18:02
In: The Unequivocal Triumph Of Neuroscience - On Consciousness  — view comment
Lol you sound way more educated than me, so fair enough, total respect. I just want to try to take you up on this point: I understand the desire to as...
March 03, 2022 at 17:58
In: The start of everything  — view comment
I respect that it may be fun or interesting, as a matter of preference. Definitely ask the questions if you enjoy it. But for me, I don't think questi...
March 03, 2022 at 17:32
In: Original Sin & The Death Penalty  — view comment
But human mortality came before moralized capital punishment. you just assume that our judgment of serial killers as evil is somehow a necessary law o...
March 03, 2022 at 17:24
In: The start of everything  — view comment
I don't see why this matters, at all. Compare these two questions: 1) How did life originate? 2) Now that life has originated, what should we do? I'm ...
March 03, 2022 at 17:12
In: The Unequivocal Triumph Of Neuroscience - On Consciousness  — view comment
Yes, I think that conclusion is useful. I would only want to play devil's advocate a little, and offer that this respect for evidence has a tendency (...
March 03, 2022 at 17:08
In: The Unequivocal Triumph Of Neuroscience - On Consciousness  — view comment
Aha! This is the real problem. Philosophers (and people interested in philosophy) do not like learning science (including me) because its strict and c...
March 03, 2022 at 12:28
In: How do we know if we know something?  — view comment
You aren't supposed to take it seriously
February 28, 2022 at 00:13
In: How do we know if we know something?  — view comment
When you say something its whatever. When you say something that's also true it is thought to have more merit. It's mostly only a guess but I think th...
February 28, 2022 at 00:12
In: How do we know if we know something?  — view comment
I think we should talk more often about our values than our knowledge, because I think many of the errors in truth that we make (especially the delibe...
February 28, 2022 at 00:00
In: Are there thoughts?  — view comment
And a sentience.
February 23, 2022 at 02:18
In: Are there thoughts?  — view comment
"There are no thoughts." <------ a thought.
February 22, 2022 at 17:43
In: Is there a wrong way to live?  — view comment
Different ways to live have different consiquences. Obviously, some are much worse than others. I think that the way it works is that we select agains...
February 21, 2022 at 14:11
In: On the possibility of a good life  — view comment
With all due respect, this is a terrible argument. Premise 1 reduced the value judgement of lives to a dichotomy. On what basis? Can't there also be m...
January 21, 2022 at 15:00
In: Truth is harmful but its not  — view comment
That is interesting.
January 17, 2022 at 22:11
In: Truth is harmful but its not  — view comment
But what if one person's story is demonstrably harmful, and another person's is not. For example. 1. Human beings (more realistically "human beings" w...
January 16, 2022 at 20:30
In: Truth is harmful but its not  — view comment
Ok, Interesting. Part of my entire problem is trying to summarize these arguments. It might even straight up answer my question if I could do it perfe...
January 16, 2022 at 20:11
In: Is ‘something’ logically necessary?  — view comment
Ok you're right lol. But the more interesting part of my critique are the last two paragraphs. I am sincerely curious about that.
January 16, 2022 at 19:43
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