L'éléphant

Okay, first let's stop referring to Christianity when talking about Stoicism itself. Stoicism had gone out of practice way before Christianity was bor...

I left out "raised Christian" in your quote as Stoicism was prior to Christianity, as I have already said. So, knowing it, you really don't know what'...

"God" is a creative addition to the writings about Stoicism, as the movement came about before Christianity, whose conception of God is quite the reli...

I studied it so I guess I can respond to this. It was practiced in daily life -- you're supposed to not be perturbed about things you cannot change an...

What's going on?

No, this is exactly what I'm trying to avoid thinking, that primitive is contrasted with sophisticated. I don't think that's what it means in philosop...

The finger can still hurt even if it's gone.

I didn't get this from the passage. Of course I haven't read Pinker, but the passage, to me, did not mean they are relics. He said they are a part of ...

Have you heard of ...editing?

Yes, that is one work I couldn't disagree with.

Welcome. :cool: Me too. I don't have any adult thing to add to your already exhaustive list. :up:

Yeah, I don't understand the answers on this thread. Those numbers are a result of health studies as it relate to population's well-being, which inclu...

The lifespan is about 120, but the average life expectancy is somewhere around 70s and 80s. Lifespan and life expectancy are not the same. Anytime som...

Somehow, I needed to think first whether I should answer as a 5 year old or as an adult. Because look below -- it seems like children should be includ...

I laughed at that strip. Why my quoting is messing up? I quoted BC and Hanover's got quoted as well. Also, in another thread, I quoted T Clark and Art...

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First of all, Arthur C Clarke is a science-fiction writer. I think you're confusing discovery with construction. Humans discovered that nothing can tr...

He said, He did not consider knowledge to belong to experience (the particulars). Knowledge, as he attributed to art has the form of a universal, conc...

I get your point. However, the examples of Donald Hoffman and the soccer metaphor are, to me, just variations of metaphysical views about perception. ...

Yet another thread on perception and reality. I think we have 20 threads now concurrently. Okay. Then what? What is the conclusion to this observation...

You got it incorrectly. It's not "the opinion of the wise man". It is "the opinions which we hold about the wise man". Big difference. That's why you ...

It's called professional judgment. (Given the law in place, or the lack thereof), you employ your professional judgment to the best of your knowledge ...

No, Kant is part of the egocentric movement. So, yes, Wayfarer's comment makes sense.

I don't have a problem with causation as used in perception and other physical phenomena we observe. But one of the most famous rational/empirical ske...

:up: I can't argue against that.

Then what are they?

Yes I noticed. I chose it -- philosophy must have it, along with epistemology. Whitehead can be an example, but should not be the only example.

Yes. Except for Descartes who must prove the duality of existence. After that, yes. Absolutely. No. Philosophers are known to be contentious if there'...

Sorry to go off-topic on this thread. It's my job to deal with people with a wide range of net worth so basically I'm trained to deal with why people ...

Hahaha! :up:

This is good. What was the problem?

This argument is getting more convoluted. You seem to think that causation involves only conservation of energy. If this is not the case, then I stand...

Yes. I said that because in your previous post, you clearly limited causation with the conservation principles. And then followed it with causation is...

Okay, I thought you were joking. Unfortunately, this is not what causation is in metaphysics. Maybe Ethics? The harm principle? Offense?

Good lawrd.

There is energy, but light is massless. Conservation of energy involves mass. Look up phototransduction. I believe this is one reason why causation is...

Sorry I can't educate you. That post is for Banno.

I said previously you must hate optics, to which you responded "How so?". So, here it is. Billiard balls is a favorite example of causation -- after a...

Now that's legit.

That's what I'm talking about! :100:

The good and the bad -- all good. Rubs and drugs, as they say.

A tablespoon for 2 lbs chicken. Get the pods, then ground them -- ready-made ground cardamom does not have lasting flavor in the jar.

That is the only legit ingredient in shawarma -- if we're gonna be ruthless.

I don't know why I keep forgetting to include dental work in my horror analysis. :up:

That is Pad See Ew.

Surely you must hate optics?

I might put it as not understanding what idealism and non-skeptical realism are. The PhilPapers voters overwhelmingly voted for non-skeptical realism ...

Well, ' have cardamom, will cook shawarma.

That's why I watch horror movies. I get to relive the victory achieved when the kick-ass hero beats the evil after having been torn in different parts...

I honestly still do not get your point, except this is leading to the idea that not being born is better. Am I right? I can't have a rational discussi...