Yes, it served as the final point of Universal Unity the Western Roman government would ever attempt, with a good deal of success. But, the wave was n...
I won't put you on the spot anymore, but I'll tell you what I think, given that I agree with your definition completely, which I do. If a philosopher ...
A good point about the long-game, but are we sure about the selfless benefactor? Sure, passages of the kind are there that say such things, but aren't...
Oh, boy, have you touched a good one. So, what you'll notice about Jesus, just from a cognitive level in the sense that the brain desires conceptual f...
Exactly, Alkis. Nailed it. I may also love music, doesn't make me a musician. So, I've got an awesome question for you regarding one of philosophy's b...
No, it may not. You cannot live in space. That's because you are confined to exist within the domain of the restrictions placed on you through evoluti...
Anecdotal reports are not evidence. What are they? Can't imagine why one would desire such, other than as a means to espace this one. There would need...
Because you are using your mind to investigate the question, using senses produced by your body, which can be felt and verified, with another body (me...
Thus, a strong state structure with a bit of Thrasymachus' inclincation toward strength is the only thing that can guarantee that the philosopher demo...
No evidence to suggest there will be an afterlife, and why would anybody desire one? No, even from the perspective of the laws of physics, everything ...
It's not that he misunderstands, or that I do for that matter. He's simply talking about a different conception of sovereignty than what Arendt is on ...
It's not, Rand highlighted it in her epistemology decades ago. But, consider this. From a cognitivie perspective, the process of concept generation ta...
Me too, man. One thing you'll miss if you don't look close enough at this particular piece of history. Lincoln wasn't a champion. In fact, there is an...
Never underestimate what human hatred can achieve. Remember that a civil war was once fought over the right to OWN human beings. It took 400 years of ...
It's hard to disagree with that, when they literally published it as their intention for the world to see: https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-electi...
Maybe. To be as honest as possible, it took the greatest, multi-year mobilization of media and public court condmenation in the history of mankind to ...
Free won't is the result of the brain categorizing domains of avoidance, building coherent value structures within those cognitive domains, and protec...
Bingo. I've spent days in another thread providing a LITANY of scientific studies that show there is no evidenc ethat suggests this isn't the case. Th...
An abstraction with utility, but not an actuality. All things are finite, including the universe. There has never been any reason to suggest otherwise...
Yes, there are ceryainly aspects of the just city that do not necessarily aligne with the more politically incorrect views espoused them. I for one, w...
Yes, he did. And in his time, he had good reason for saying so. However, in the spirit of Nietszche, I would the real philosopher is he who realizes t...
It's easier for a criminal to steal a gun, than it is for me, a non-criminal to gain one. I must save the money through labor, then go through the pro...
This seems like reason, and an many occurences you're right. But, frankly, the correlation between access and crimes is simply not there by and large....
This is a contradiction. It is only throught truths that the rational mind can comprehensively establish a path for itself both ethically, as well as ...
It's not that the relationship is complex. When you factor in black-market drug association, criminal history, cultural influence, mental illness, rel...
Pretty cool concepts. However, interesting abstractions compared to what the data to this point seem to suggest is hard for me to move beyond, especia...
I don't think will is an illusion, I think self as distinct from will is an illusion. Freedom of choice makes sense within the context of the brain as...
Actually, you are in fact committing this fallacy: Disregarding Known Science This fallacy is committed when a person makes a claim that knowingly or ...
Sure, no problem. I actually already addressed this. The relationship is: the brain controls them: https://www.brainandspine.org.uk/information-and-su...
No, that's not the case, man. The brain literally controls the heart through brain stem: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsta.2015.0181...
... What's not? Whad'ya read there in that? You see how you just presented a quote again as if it constituted an argument? Didn't I just call you out ...
No, that's not what it means. Here's the definition: the continuation of something by itself without external agency or intervention. Now stop being s...
It only stops when it is dead, never before. Yes, it is self-perpetuating. Read what I am saying to you. The brain, through natural processes, only al...
To be free from interpersonal force is to be recognized in your sovereign boundaries. The word sovereignty covers both the state perspective of the wo...
The whole thing, as the last paragraph of the essay illustrates. Arendt isn't making an elaborate argument, she's presenting the history of the concep...
No, more like I know you can't, because such a thing hasn't happened, and I'm just toying with you because it's fun to watch someone squirm who attemp...
Yes, this has been something that has been impeding some of the sciences for some time. For example, check out this article on the nature of conscious...
Yeah, I just didn't know if you were drawing from the article, or the essay. Because the article is using the essay's content in what I can only concl...
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