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Science explains nothing about our day to day living. And Kant was virtually a reactionary. He tried to make practical affairs a metaphysics.

What does that mean exactly?

I don't think we are in a survival prison. There is more to life than eating and shitting.

I see.

What do you prefer? IPA?

Used to make it in my brewery.

What is wrong with barley wine?

We deduce from seeing a baseball that it is comprised by particles. We do not see the particles.

Indeed.

I see your point. But I think we act on our metaphysics not because we take it to be true, but because it is all we have.

We see baseballs, not physical particles. The difference is important.

Perhaps. But I think all people have a metaphysic whether they articulate to themselves or not.

Maybe not. But we don't see the objects of science no matter what the model is. We see things, not physical particles.

Yes, it seems pretty straightforward. Defining terms starts at beginning to make sure people are using the words the same way.

Funny how metaphysics never stays dead and buried.

Goodnight.

Not really. It is the story of the Garden of Eden and the Fall.

Good to know, thank you.

I see it as valid.

That is a good description.

Ok, thanks both!

Technical forum question. After I type out a reply to someone and decide not to post it, stays up each time I come back to the thread. How do I perman...

The cave is said to be "an image of our nature in its education and want of education". (514a) By image I mean an actual spatial thing. Your sense is ...

I don't. I take it to be about philosophy and truth.

It is similar to the problem of skepticism. Doubt does not lead to knowledge.

In the myth of the cave, Plato is describing silhouettes, not images. An object is projected by a light source onto a flat screen. Plato in incredibly...

Fair enough.

Again, do not understand what that means.

Ok, but not my point.

Aristotle's understanding of tragedy is quite insightful. Nietzsche misread Aristotle's notion of pity as a Christian concept.

I do not understand what you mean.

No, words are not images.

Statements of first principles. How one thinks the universe as a whole is. As to specific philosophers, I don't read in that topic anymore.

Arrogance. A psychological problem.

I am afraid I do not understand the problem.

I think you are correct. Though, I do not think Nietzsche discusses Aristotle.

Check out https://philpapers.org/. There is a list of categories of published papers by philosophers. Metaphysics has over 50,000. Rorty used to say t...

Lots of philosophy articles being published in metaphysics. I do not see the problem.

Metaphysics is no different from every other branch of philosophy.

The US has a lot of undeclared wars all over the planet.

I am more Aristotelian. Plato is too romantic and false for me. And as an artist, Plato's bashing of images is offensive.

That seems pretty normal.

My criticism of Plato is that he reduces the universe to knowledge claims. That the universe itself is a form of knoweldge.

Good point.

False modesty. I know what I know and act on it.

I don't find that inspiring.

I never read posts about wiki. Later

You could say that of logic, epistemology, aesthetics, ethics, or politics.

It is a branch of philosophy like epistemology or ethics.

How is Wittgenstein a mystic?