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In: Criticism of identity and lived experience  — view comment
I am quite familiar with the Dana Schutz controversy. The museum stood by her: “The 2017 Whitney Biennial brings to light many facets of the human exp...
April 24, 2022 at 23:01
In: Criticism of identity and lived experience  — view comment
What is white male experience?
April 24, 2022 at 22:23
In: Criticism of identity and lived experience  — view comment
I have the experience of being a biped, too.
April 24, 2022 at 22:05
In: Criticism of identity and lived experience  — view comment
Hume was a critic of the concept of identity. Even a person is not identical to itself.
April 24, 2022 at 21:19
In: Criticism of identity and lived experience  — view comment
Opening paragraph of the article: "Did Dana Schutz, a white artist, have the right to paint Emmett Till? Was it fair that a white historian, David Bli...
April 24, 2022 at 20:59
In: Criticism of identity and lived experience  — view comment
Where did I say that?
April 24, 2022 at 20:54
In: Criticism of identity and lived experience  — view comment
You should not be on a philosophy forum.
April 24, 2022 at 20:45
In: Athiesm, Theology, and Philosophy  — view comment
Mu
April 24, 2022 at 20:41
In: Criticism of identity and lived experience  — view comment
Yes.
April 24, 2022 at 20:36
In: Criticism of identity and lived experience  — view comment
I do not know what it feels like to be a white male.
April 24, 2022 at 20:23
In: Criticism of identity and lived experience  — view comment
This raises questions for epistemology and ethics, let alone aesthetics. Does being a white male mean you have white male experience? I have no idea w...
April 24, 2022 at 20:18
In: Eternity and The Afterlife  — view comment
Why think about something you don't believe in?
April 24, 2022 at 18:43
In: Eternity and The Afterlife  — view comment
Why do you believe in an after life?
April 24, 2022 at 18:31
In: A priori, self-evident, intuitive, obvious, and common sense knowledge  — view comment
Hume is smarter than Kant. Kant was just an authoritarian.
April 24, 2022 at 03:18
In: Question regarding panpsychism  — view comment
Good point.
April 23, 2022 at 22:29
In: Athiesm, Theology, and Philosophy  — view comment
Aristotle,Metaphysics, Book XII, sections 7 and 9.
April 23, 2022 at 21:59
In: Athiesm, Theology, and Philosophy  — view comment
St Thomas is not attributing to Aristotle that his concept of God (Prime Mover) was an efficient cause. It seems quite clear that for Aristotle God ha...
April 23, 2022 at 21:52
In: Athiesm, Theology, and Philosophy  — view comment
The Summa. St Thomas refers to Aristotle as "The Philosopher." I do not remember exactly the section, but he says The Church believes the world was cr...
April 23, 2022 at 21:45
In: Athiesm, Theology, and Philosophy  — view comment
That is the question I am asking. How does God do that?
April 23, 2022 at 21:37
In: Athiesm, Theology, and Philosophy  — view comment
My point is that St Thomas used Aristotle's concept of God but added the efficient cause of causing the physical universe to exist. The Prime Mover do...
April 23, 2022 at 21:35
In: Athiesm, Theology, and Philosophy  — view comment
God has legs? What is the kick start?
April 23, 2022 at 21:34
In: Athiesm, Theology, and Philosophy  — view comment
Formal cause just means the shape or form of something. Final cause is the that for the sake of which something happens.
April 23, 2022 at 21:25
In: Athiesm, Theology, and Philosophy  — view comment
Aristotle is talking about the cause of all motion.
April 23, 2022 at 21:24
In: Athiesm, Theology, and Philosophy  — view comment
The cause of motion without itself being in motion.
April 23, 2022 at 21:19
In: Athiesm, Theology, and Philosophy  — view comment
The Prime Mover does not move.
April 23, 2022 at 21:14
In: Athiesm, Theology, and Philosophy  — view comment
Prime Mover is only final cause. There is no efficient cause.
April 23, 2022 at 21:03
In: Athiesm, Theology, and Philosophy  — view comment
What I find engaging in Aristotle's thought about God is that it is both similar and very different from Christian theology.
April 23, 2022 at 20:57
In: Athiesm, Theology, and Philosophy  — view comment
Aristotle never refers to a demiurg.
April 23, 2022 at 20:55
In: Athiesm, Theology, and Philosophy  — view comment
A few comments. Aristotle clearly does not think God/Prime Mover is the maker of the world. This is a Christian concept. For Aristotle, God has no age...
April 23, 2022 at 20:48
In: Origin of the Universe Updated  — view comment
Agree with that.
April 23, 2022 at 19:42
In: Origin of the Universe Updated  — view comment
Why is matter dumb?
April 23, 2022 at 17:48
In: Origin of the Universe Updated  — view comment
Why? And if matter is dead, wouldn't that mean it was once alive?
April 23, 2022 at 17:42
In: Origin of the Universe Updated  — view comment
It is.
April 23, 2022 at 17:28
In: Origin of the Universe Updated  — view comment
Please refrain from ad hominems.
April 23, 2022 at 16:56
In: Origin of the Universe Updated  — view comment
What is the emotional part?
April 23, 2022 at 16:54
In: Origin of the Universe Updated  — view comment
ok
April 23, 2022 at 16:45
In: Origin of the Universe Updated  — view comment
To you, not me.
April 23, 2022 at 16:42
In: Origin of the Universe Updated  — view comment
Saying "God" is first cause is myth. Like I said, that is okay, there just is nothing further to discuss.
April 23, 2022 at 16:39
In: Origin of the Universe Updated  — view comment
Infinite regress of cause. God created the universe. Nothing created God. Not an explanation, just a myth. And I am fine with myth, just not this one.
April 23, 2022 at 16:33
In: Origin of the Universe Updated  — view comment
Yes. As far as explanations for what our universe is.
April 23, 2022 at 16:31
In: Origin of the Universe Updated  — view comment
Yes. The idea that God created the world for love just does not mean anything to me.
April 23, 2022 at 16:30
In: Origin of the Universe Updated  — view comment
I never found that interesting or compelling.
April 23, 2022 at 16:26
In: Origin of the Universe Updated  — view comment
What is the reason for God's existence?
April 23, 2022 at 16:19
In: Origin of the Universe Updated  — view comment
Agree. The world exists. Any cause needs to be explained by a cause.
April 23, 2022 at 16:07
In: What is metaphysics?  — view comment
Ok.
April 22, 2022 at 17:35
In: What is metaphysics?  — view comment
Are you claiming belief is a physical object? Explain.
April 22, 2022 at 17:31
In: What is metaphysics?  — view comment
Notice I said, physical. Physical object.
April 22, 2022 at 17:05
In: What is metaphysics?  — view comment
Philosophy does not require a reference to physical objects in order to discuss an issue.
April 22, 2022 at 16:00
In: What is metaphysics?  — view comment
Okay.
April 22, 2022 at 15:08
In: What is metaphysics?  — view comment
I do not think philosophy has anything to do with science.
April 22, 2022 at 15:00
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