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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...
February 08, 2022 at 19:12
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 ...
February 08, 2022 at 19:04
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...
February 08, 2022 at 19:01
Ethics as a branch of philosophy, informed by your definition of a philosopher. What does that tell us of ethics, you think?
February 08, 2022 at 18:48
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...
February 08, 2022 at 18:44
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...
February 08, 2022 at 18:04
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...
February 08, 2022 at 17:51
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...
February 08, 2022 at 17:43
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...
February 08, 2022 at 17:39
Thus, a strong state structure with a bit of Thrasymachus' inclincation toward strength is the only thing that can guarantee that the philosopher demo...
February 08, 2022 at 16:53
And Are mutually exclusive statements.
February 08, 2022 at 15:52
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 ...
February 08, 2022 at 14:28
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 ...
February 08, 2022 at 14:14
It's not, Rand highlighted it in her epistemology decades ago. But, consider this. From a cognitivie perspective, the process of concept generation ta...
February 08, 2022 at 13:50
I'm saying you're right, and providing eveidence of it.
February 07, 2022 at 23:02
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...
February 07, 2022 at 22:05
A very, very well said statement. Let me ruminate on that, this is new sight on the subject for me.
February 07, 2022 at 21:59
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 ...
February 07, 2022 at 21:32
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...
February 07, 2022 at 21:27
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 ...
February 07, 2022 at 20:29
Free won't is the result of the brain categorizing domains of avoidance, building coherent value structures within those cognitive domains, and protec...
February 07, 2022 at 19:43
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...
February 07, 2022 at 19:41
An abstraction with utility, but not an actuality. All things are finite, including the universe. There has never been any reason to suggest otherwise...
February 07, 2022 at 19:24
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...
February 07, 2022 at 17:40
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...
February 07, 2022 at 15:03
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...
February 07, 2022 at 14:35
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....
February 07, 2022 at 14:19
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 ...
February 07, 2022 at 14:10
It's not that the relationship is complex. When you factor in black-market drug association, criminal history, cultural influence, mental illness, rel...
February 07, 2022 at 13:24
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...
February 07, 2022 at 04:07
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...
February 06, 2022 at 14:35
I told you, you're brain will not do what it will not do.
February 06, 2022 at 02:37
Actually, you are in fact committing this fallacy: Disregarding Known Science This fallacy is committed when a person makes a claim that knowingly or ...
February 06, 2022 at 02:11
No, I provided you an up-to-date scientific journal on the subject. I take that back. I provided you numerous up-to-date scientific journals.
February 06, 2022 at 02:06
Sure, no problem. I actually already addressed this. The relationship is: the brain controls them: https://www.brainandspine.org.uk/information-and-su...
February 06, 2022 at 02:05
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...
February 06, 2022 at 02:04
Hmm..... And what keeps the heart pumping.....? ...... Hold on, lemme think on this a bit...............
February 06, 2022 at 01:53
... 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 ...
February 06, 2022 at 01:52
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...
February 06, 2022 at 01:48
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...
February 06, 2022 at 01:32
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...
February 06, 2022 at 01:21
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...
February 06, 2022 at 01:15
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...
February 06, 2022 at 01:12
And this is yours. This statement doesn't make sense, especially with my statement being used as the premise.
February 06, 2022 at 00:59
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...
February 06, 2022 at 00:52
Had a feeling you'd refrain from qualifying an assertion you knew didn't make sense.
February 06, 2022 at 00:38
She's an imbecile, let her speak.
February 06, 2022 at 00:35
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...
February 06, 2022 at 00:34