How? Care to flesh that out for me? Thanks. Ok and there's got to be a good reason for doing that. What could it be? First natural theologian who foun...
That implies, paradoxically, that neither did Wittgenstein know what he was talking about, nor is it true that the two of us can or should understand ...
:ok: You might also like: Orator The list features the likes of the good - Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King (emancipation) - and also, the bad - Ad...
:smile: I just read that back on those days, according to Xenophanes of Colophon, there really was no difference between gods and humans. Thus, Xenoph...
I know. Torture can take many forms. Intriguing no, how people don't seem to realize that they're inflicting pain on others? :point: Milgram Experimen...
Yet, someone can present anything under the sun as art. What's the difference between letting anyone determine what art is and you defining art as any...
:ok: We're on the same page. I wanted to make sure. The issue is not about the doubt itself but how we might address that doubt. I don't think this is...
1. Your definition is fantastic. It so happens that art as a window to the artist's mind isn't a new idea at all - many people have already made a men...
All I'm saying is this: There are many aspects of nature, where consciousness is not involved, that instill the same emotions as when viewing a human ...
That's condoning and even sanctioning killing, some might take that as murder. Doesn't that invalidate the analogical argument you're trying to make. ...
Who/what is this someone you're conversing with? I maybe off the mark but here's the deal. Just like you think there's someone you're conversing with,...
Good post. I'll keep this short and sweet. Unfrotunately or not, the violinist's sad condition is not my doing just like a woman who conceives from ra...
I'm experiencing some memory issues. My cat breathes. My body breathes. I breathe. Notice the difference and the similarity? When you use "my" you are...
So, are you, are you in the middle of your brain, are you the body? If you are, you are. Nothing to discuss but I was mainly interested in how people ...
We've crossed that bridge. People, especially if they're careless, say things like, "I have a body" implying they don't identify with their bodies. Th...
So, @"Pop", art is basically a window to the artist's mind. I've heard people say the same thing though not exactly in the same words as yours, nor do...
This approach to the issue resonates with me for I feel it leads to a deeper insight about the self. Others have jumped on the bandwagon as well. See ...
Perhaps he was onto something. :grin: Jokes aside, timelessness is not something I have the wherewithal to tackle at the moment. I tried turning it ov...
The problem is two-fold. Suppose you're the provate linguist. 1. The referent of S is known only to you. So, no possibility that you might inform a se...
But time is consumed in the journey. My watch and my calender says so. Also, explain this: a person X and Y are racing each other in a 100 m dash. X w...
I'm moving in a car (I have a velocity). I move (in my car) from New York to San Francisco. If I weren't moving (had a velocity) at all points between...
i)\space Life + Pleasure = Happy ii)\space Life - Pleasure = Sad iii)\space 2 Life = Happy + Sad\space (Equation\space i + Equation\space ii) iv)\spac...
A something to nibble on: Why do lies exist? Yes, many reasons there may be but one possibility can't be ruled out - truth is bitter and we tell ourse...
The closest concept I can get my hands on that has depth built into it is, Any statement/problem/isssue/question/whathaveyou that gives you a glimpse ...
Killing (a person), consequentialism vs deontological ethics: 1. All killings are bad. 2. Some killings are not bad The two theories contradict each o...
There really is no difference, qualitatively speaking of course, between two men lost in the desert, one a 100 miles and the other a 100 yards away fr...
Food for thought: I recall reading in a book on critical thinking that one has to be logical, in other words, one mustn't be stupid if you want to, th...
Fair point but, from what I gather, the certainty Wittgenstein is concerned about regarding whether or not the sign "S" is being used correctly applie...
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