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ivans

['Member']Joined: November 23, 2017 at 20:29Last active: November 28, 2017 at 20:491 discussions11 comments
Location: Fort Guaylandiastaneytoninggrad City Town, United Democratic Socialist People's State Republics of Guaylandiastanney

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just a random person

Favourite Philosopher

Kant, Hume, Carrier

Favourite Quotations

"Thou shalt make sense."

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In: Semi-Kantian Argument to Personhood  — view comment
The problem is that it fails to define exactly what makes something "able to stand as a universal law" without relying on either a subjective standard...
November 24, 2017 at 16:08
In: What is the meaning of life?  — view comment
Well, in metaphysical naturalism, purpose/meaning is subjective, and that seems the most viable view. But here are some more answers given by other ph...
November 24, 2017 at 15:04
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
Andrew Huang - Good Run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkjSIUUvCRU
November 24, 2017 at 14:52
In: The world needs more teachers  — view comment
We need more education but not for that reason. Educational apathy is growing, and many fallaciously conflate "the education system is boring" with "l...
November 24, 2017 at 04:07
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
which country's thanksgiving?
November 24, 2017 at 03:08
In: Is 'information' physical?  — view comment
Information is the idea, within the conveyor's mind, of the information conveyed in a medium. Therefore, a phrase in Catalan and that same phrase in F...
November 24, 2017 at 00:46
In: Sometimes, girls, work banter really is just harmless fun — and it’s all about common sense  — view comment
Some workplace banter treats the subject of the banter as a sexual tool and is thus wrong. This is not always the case, but sexual harassment, even in...
November 24, 2017 at 00:24
In: Demonstration of God's Existence I: an Aristotelian proof  — view comment
But there are several concrete ways around this: The universe could itself exist by logical necessity. Physical laws (modern, not Aristotelian physics...
November 24, 2017 at 00:13
In: Time and such  — view comment
Time is a dimension of the universe which we perceive as change. Motion is not illusory any more than taste - humans simply have a sense of time.
November 23, 2017 at 23:34
In: Truth - defining true and false  — view comment
Truth and falsity are the fundamental units of epistemology. True statements are accurate in relation to some universe, and completely logical. False ...
November 23, 2017 at 21:10
In: The actual worth of an "intellectual"  — view comment
Astrology has several logical issues: -The position of a nearby observer in relation to celestial bodies does not have a known affect on mental develo...
November 23, 2017 at 20:59
In: Thankfulness  — view comment
Thankfulness is fundamentally a respect for another person's treatment of oneself, and thus it does not make sense to say "I am thankful for this meal...
November 23, 2017 at 20:49
In: The Facts Illustrate Why It's Wrong For 1% To Own As Much As 99%  — view comment
Examples do not imply general statements. But I do agree with the conclusion - at a certain level, unregulated capitalism objectifies the worker and c...
November 23, 2017 at 20:40
In: What's Wrong With 1% Owning As Much As 99%?  — view comment
Marx would say it is false that the wealthiest have created the wealth, since in fact they have created the wealth with the assistance of several work...
November 23, 2017 at 20:38
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