TheMadFool

Whose values are you using? ''Self-destructive'' behavior only for an observer, not the subject itself. An alcoholic/addict enjoys his habit. It is on...

I just thought of this but there's a difference between rationality and logic. The latter is a formalization of the former. The need for a good reason...

Free will is the difference between won't and can't. You won't do the opposite but it doesn't mean you can't do the opposite.

I understand the problem. NOTHING, defined as nonexistence, is difficult to grasp. We're in the habit of or are confined to understanding in terms of ...

You said it. Not me.

Free will. As I understand it it means we're in control of our thoughts and actions. And that there are no influences in our lives that we can't say n...

I was of the opinion that being mentally healthy (not being depressed being part of it) required a social life - family, friends, no/few enemies, etc....

I know...:D

Don't give up on math. I think, as Galileo said(?), math is the language of the universe. Consistency may not be be so problematic. It could be that w...

I think, from a physical point of view, there is no such thing as a mind if you think it as having an existence independent of the brain. When we see ...

I guess you're saying Theism=Delusion. Last I remember Delusion was defined as a strongly held belief that isn't in agreement with the current knowled...

True foreknowledge would encompass all our decisions and ''decide the opposite'' would then be meaningless.

One picture can save a thousand words. One movie can...

Glad you liked it.(Y)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMsBdMT14AA

Read somewhere that to enhance the full potential of the mind we need two things: 1) Creativity and 2) Critical thinking You've mentioned both artists...

it's a question of scale isn't it? "Large", "small" are relative terms and will be different for different observers. For an ant a kilometer is "huge"...

I call this the self-referential problem. There's something wrong with it but I can't seem to pin it down. A lot of "useful" knowledge is abandoned on...

Right. An anti-life, thus anti-evolutionary, ability suggests free will.

I guess the beginnings of self-identity begin at 2 years of age. Anyway, it's much much later than language development. Thanks for the showing my err...

Look at how animals behave. They're driven by what could be called emotions or, perhaps better, base desires. They're behavior consists of feeding and...

Sense of self in children

(Y) That speaks of some underlying objective i.e. wanting/hoping something to be the case, whatever that may be.

So, redefining ''self'' will solve the conundrum? I guess my POV does suggest such a route but I also mean that there IS continuity in the timeline of...

I guess it's a time issue. When do you want your profits? If you want it in a short timespan invest in fossil fuels. If you're thinking long-term then...

Depends on what you mean by ''rope''.

Google. Children speak their first words around 6 months of age. A complete sense of self is formed at around 2 years of age.

We need to be very careful here. As I said in my reply to the OP and I'm quoting the evil demon from the movie Ghost Rider, ''I am one but we are many...

A very pertinent question as far as I'm concerned. You have, what I call,a ONE problem. The concept of self/I is intricately associated with ONE. The ...

Only in the sense of a flickering light; not as full-fledged like the human sense of self. I'm guessing here but in babies the sense of self develops ...

Good to see you Nagase and thanks.

What I'm saying is that communication or language requires the distinction self-other. Look at animals. They don't possess language, at least not as w...

I believe that there are many rational theories on morality out there and also that each one of them has imperfections. The end result is that none of...

I suspected as much but I still have to thank TimeLine

I'm saying LOVE is the foundation of morality. So, if you know/feel love, it's as good as being moral.

Could it be that such conceptual entities are just a "convenient" way of discourse rather than being substantive? It could be that there is no self or...

I don't know. G = This sentence is not provable If you can prove G then G is not provable. If you can't prove G then G is not provable Since, you can ...

Different, yes but not non-existent as inter-dependence implies.

If you read the wikipedia article then this can't be done.

That's so insightful. Love, beyond good and evil. The really boring way to understand your statement is All is fair in love and war. I mean moral cons...

Sounds very much like Western thought on personal identity. I wonder at the universal nature of the concept of a soul. The idea seems to have arisen a...

I have clearly misunderstood Buddhist reincarnation as you explained it. However, what do you make of Buddhist and even Hindu claims of people remembe...

(Y) Perhaps my cateogries aren't well-formed. Thanks.

I'm more intrigued by the type of tree he had - the tree of knowledge - and his command not to eat from it (presumably meaning to gain insight into go...

That's the problem. I wonder what @"Wayfarer" has to say about this.

I wonder what it is, within us, that gives rise to concepts like soul, heaven, hell? Do you see any evidence for them or are they the result of a mash...

Determinism rests on causality. Everything appears to have a cause. So why should we be an exception? But, of course, there are always exceptions. Are...

What then is an example of perfect goodness?

There can be no such thing. You know it.

Why not? Sunyata, the way I understand it, denies independent indivisible existence. Everything is a composite of, scientifically speaking, matter and...