L'éléphant

:lol: I like this!

Fourteen joys and a will to be merry. That's all I want to say about that.

But you're missing the point, I think. We don't know when they stop counting of how much each dog eats -- whether going up or downwards quantity. They...

I am not sure what I'm answering in the OP. But, I have comments for the following: Nothing could be further from the truth! The world's terrain, clim...

Yes, you care correct. I don't have a good reason to choose one from the other. I extend the same sentiment to some other beings, like trees. Have you...

When you posted the pic of your dog, then followed it with another post below it, showing your plate containing some meat dish, I couldn't help but pu...

Zeno is right. Not by reason of counting. Rather, by rule #2, the one that eats "the most" and the one that eats "the least" are conceptual quantities...

These explanations are sufficient. To touch a branch of a tree is to touch a tree. No confusion there. I am beginning to believe that you are contrivi...

I see the similarity with the Aristotelian conception of the good/essence of human being. There is the recognition or a deliberation of what good is. ...

If I'm not misreading you, I think you are conflating "skills" with intelligence. Historically, many intelligent people have lived an obscure existenc...

That's even worse. An AI does not have a capacity to do deliberative thinking, but it exercises algorithm.

Something that has a shape and measurement is a physical thing. It is finite and complete.

Okay, so there is a system -- called education -- that could ensure the integrity of the family relationships. But this is a domino effect that we wou...

I think we are meandering away from the question in the OP. The question is: Object, of course, here, is the "thing" that philosophical theories have ...

If we have an eternal life, we wouldn't have a concept of time. We would not think in terms of "time". Right now, since we can't get outside of the se...

Yes, that is what I take it to be. To be human is to be social -- but it starts within the family. It's all good. However, the modern, or urban, sense...

Analects. I want to start here:

You missed the point. Obviously, he's dismayed at the artificiality of the infrastructure for finding suitable mates. And he's dismayed at the type of...

On point observation! It's marketing, I guess. AI technology is very active in the stock market. The connection of representation to the humans, proba...

You'll find your partner unexpectedly.

Impulse is just that. You're not really unaware of what you're about to do -- so this is not a reflex -- but you couldn't stop the momentum.

I find it surprising that nowhere here it is mentioned the security of a permanent place to live. Fix this one first, then move on to other things. Ma...

The Olympics? Hah! You've done your homework! There was, indeed, a fair and honest interaction in carrying out the ancient wars. Believe it or not, th...

This is actually a startling point. Because, yes!, there comes a time when our intelligence undergoes a "mutation". Here I meander to some wider perce...

Thank you, Master. Now I have two more!

I'm glad that there is some room to argue and try to make sense of the question. The act of analogizing a pregnancy with a disease -- which actually, ...

Nice strawberry thumb. That is one good looking pig.

True facts: grilling and deep frying develop carcinogenic substances in the food. But there are ways to mitigate the carcinogens. Cut the meat into sm...

I would say the present and future exist simultaneously or rather, the future is necessarily co-existing with the present. And this is evidenced by ce...

Some musings: Recently, I gifted a colleague two wine bottles (red and white). I had not felt, at the time, to get one for myself. Even though I knew ...

The philosophers write for those who already have faith in philosophy. Peer reviews, , publications in books, journals and pamphlets (the old-fashione...

And how does that fix the view of realism? Or naive realism? They could be realists who don't believe in the tangible quality of ultimate reality.

Materialism or non-physicalism has no bearing in their view of the stuff.

Not true. Sometimes, those who are wicked are shown the right way, too. And forgiven.

So it seems that no one in the forum is retaining anything at all. Have no one discussed the presocratics? They were the first to point out the "stuff...

You're not understanding it. A prayer is asking for a pity. Who asks for a pittance? The lowly humans. This is their way of showing humility. As in, I...

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Have you tried to make a poll on how many here actually understands the writings of Wittgenstein?

If you're not into analytics, and find it unimportant in making a view in philosophy, then Wittgenstein's is not the proper philosophy for your purpos...

Your argument is still deficient. Not just farming, but look into written history. China did not unify ahead of other civilized societies -- but their...

You seem to agree with that idea because you, like others, think that each existence is self-contained or self-supporting. That each unit of reality i...

All countries have the social contract. It's in the name "country". Look up the definition. Unincorporated nations no longer exist.

I couldn't have said it better. Randomness is not a feature of the thing being analyzed.

Sources, please.

This is a very human thing to say. The universe does not have a "point". Existence is a given. We don't question the given, only our place in the univ...

I don't agree with the use of random here. Stochastic phenomena are just simply not precise (this is the word I was looking for) as an analysis. Commo...

Great! Know thyself.

Hah! With you, nothing is certain even with the emoji. Just so you know.

Here is a short passage:

Fair enough. Sorry. I missed it. I was busy in another thread trying to appease the random followers.