As Jack Cummins stated, the motif of mind-body dualism is apparent in Blake. The dichotomy of reason (soul/mind/nonphysical) and unreason (physical/bo...
I agree but I still feel we havta give women a better alternative than abortion which has a likeness to murder! I wouldn't feel good about myself if s...
What's wrong with it? I've always had that Pythagorean feeling :snicker: that something's wrong! Irrational numbers?! WTF? :chin: Hippasus of Metapont...
Well, the Kalam cosmological argument is self-refuting: It first assumes that the everything must have a cause and then it goes on to claim that that ...
I beseech you to reconsider your position. While the nature of the issue would require us to compromise on our compassion, we can't be that heartless ...
Well, as far as I can tell, the media can take sides and a powerful incentive/disincentive to do that is money! The dilemma for the media is this: Cre...
:up: If a train of logical reasoning ends on a contradiction (paradox), the following possibilities must be considered 1. Fallacies (mistakes in apply...
The difficulty I see with any creation story i.e. one involving the origins of our universe having been effected by a deity is this: The problem just ...
Food for thought: 1. Quality: There's happiness/suffering. 2. Quantity: There's amount of suffering/happiness. Those who'll pull the lever - killing o...
No problemo! Communication gap is a documented malady of communication. The Condom Principle Better to have it (condom/gun) and not need it than to ne...
I suppose this is a textbook case of ignoratio elenchi (missing the point). The hard problem of consciousness is, in question form, can science (ever)...
We either don't know enough about the virus or we know very little about ourselves. Either way, we're screwed! Let's wait & watch as the situation evo...
:snicker: I'm not known for subtleties, they remain an enigma to me. However, in my humble opinion, killing with tobacco is what I would call subtle a...
Second post, apologies if it bothers anyone. Implausibility is a function of an existing, current/latest framework of knowledge at our disposal. If an...
So animal brains have the basic structure (mirror neurons) for empathy, assuming empathy is so effected. Perhaps an additional feature is needed to, y...
Mirror neurons, those that assume the state of other neurons, hypothesized to be the basis of empathy, do animals lack them? It would be a miracle if ...
Danke for clearing that up for me. I'm a buffoon it seems, talking outta my hat like that. Anyway, here's an interesting thought: It's permissible to ...
Depressing! :groan: In my humble opinion, hope is an indispensable part of trust which itself is integral to society's very existence. We've managed, ...
Good call! Why not just ask someone who's already solved the problem? Guns have a very high lethality index i.e. if you use 'em, death is guaranteed e...
The problem of gun-related morbidity and mortality needs to be looked at from a different angle; better or not, you decide. I have a feeling that we'r...
It never rains but it pours! As if we don't have enough problems already (we're just emerging, bruised and battered, out of a deadly case of Covid-19)...
Great post! The takeaway is then that the fourth estate has switched its profession from being guardians of democracy to being mere stooges of the ric...
For morality to be meaingful, the following conditions need to be met: 1. Free will is necessary 2. Ought implies can Neither of them are fulfilled in...
You know this stuff. I already explained it in my previoud post. The long and short of it: The LNC is incompatible with paradoxes; one has to go. I kn...
Clearly, philosophy was a step forward in the right direction; rationality was made the cornerstone of all knowledge. The problem with philosophy is A...
:up: There's a brand of philosophy which has as a tenet the belief that language & culture produce distinctive worldviews. In a sense people with diff...
You just made me realize how powerful paradoxes are. Danke! I don't fancy myself as anything. My posts will speak for themselves. You've made plentifu...
Leibniz wanted to reduce all discourse to a mechanical calculus (logic). His objective? Pax Mundi i.e. if there's war and there is war, logic, by exte...
There's no right answer to the question "why meditate?" I suppose. Different strokes for different folks. I merely presented an interpretation that ma...
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