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This is interesting to me, because I believe many of my own problems stem from the fact that I grew up with a concrete belief system.

Reading Putnam edited by Maria Baghramian

Thank you!

Cicero liked some Stoic ideas - but he was an Academic Skeptic.

I'm okay with just saying "seeking after systems" instead of Dogma. Not everyone who is looking for a system is going to be dogmatic about it (assumin...

Regarding systems: It seems to me like the paradigm is, "What you need to do is to think and analyze... that is THE most important thing to do in life...

Another way to interpret the parable, is that the river is life, and because we're in the middle of it, we need a raft. We all need to assess our raft...

I was saying that I'm eclectic, because I tend to pick and choose from among various ideas from a wide range of philosophical thinkers.

There is something to be said for being eclectic. I like exploring ideas from a wide range of categories.

It may be just too Eastern for my Western mindset. And I've never had a master whose teachings I was fearful of doubting. I do feel like I'm on a jour...

I read the parable, but I'm not sure what to make of it.

That's definitely worth considering. Perhaps I am just projecting the dogmas of Platonism onto Plato. I do think that good philosophers are those who ...

What do you think of this definition? Definition of dogma plural dogmas also dogmata play \-m?-t?\ 1 a : something held as an established opinion; esp...

Plato as non-dogmatic? Maybe. I think others have made the case that he was pretty sure that his theory of the forms was "the right way" to view knowl...

Dogmatism isn't all bad. I've been looking into Hilary Putnam. He seems to have been on a quest to find "that system" and promoting it's dogma. But......

I think we're on the same page. I see no reason to disagree.

What about the differences between Aristotle's views and Plato's views? Weren't they each basically promoting a different set of dogma? (and didn't ea...

Isn't foundationalism just a theory of knowledge? I'm talking about complete systems of philosophies that would include a theory of knowledge.

If nihilism is a dogma, then can't the same be said of foundationalism?

For me, existentialism is considering the possibility (for some it may be "accepting") that there truly is no system, no dogma to discover and/or adhe...

I suppose one could choose to be eclectic. But still, wouldn't one then be an eclectic Dogmatist, Existentialist or Relativist? I'm trying to decide w...

Would you like to know what I think existentialism is supposed to be?

@ the OP I've found this app to be very helpful. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/28211 Quite often I see complaints about certain be...

I'm still working on Anger and Forgiveness by Martha Nussbaum. And I just started How the Laws of Physics Lie by Nancy Cartwright.

@Wayfarer & Noble Dust Thank you for those comments. Much appreciated. (I just ordered God Has Many Names). I always thought Jesus displayed a plurali...

I'm looking over the wiki entry on pluralism. (bold and underlining are mine) I am also thinking about pluralism vs monism in regards to metaphysics, ...

What I'm wondering about, is: is it necessary to find "the one system"? And what if one's preferred way of viewing ultimate reality is in conflict wit...

Are you are stating that pragmatism is the best system? Or are you open to a plurality of competitors to pragmatism? What if someone says, "I don't fi...

That sounds like a pretty good policy. But, what about adding "... admirable acts and qualities"?

If man does have a nature, then it seems to have changed over time. What was man's nature 1 million years ago? 200000 years ago? 20000 years ago? Rous...

The wrong idea about what?

Is there any doubt that some people really do live better lives than others? Must we accept that mass murderers just have a different idea about what ...

It all ties into whether or not one can say what it means to be a good person, or to have lived a successful life, or is flourishing as a human, doesn...

So, someone dies.. and they're judged by an unfair judge... You propose that this dead person then start murdering people? How would that help?

Is there anything I can do about it?

If I'm not judged, that would be okay, too. If I was to know in advance there was no afterlife, that would be okay, too.

Having read Plato, I think I'm okay with being judged by a good, objective judge, if it comes to that.

Wittgenstein Putnam Kripke Quine Shestov Gabriel Marcel Berdyaev I'm not sure how to sell anyone on reading them. The first four are important philoso...

Have you considered and rejected Epicureanism?

I've looked into different views of what happens after we die. Aristotle: Believed the soul survived, but also that there would be no consciousness, s...

I suppose you could ask, "why are there quantum fields rather than nothing?" But if by something, you mean something physical, then it appears you can...

Yes, something does come from nothing. https://www.thenational.ae/uae/science/something-from-nothing-is-a-quantum-possibility-1.542263 At least in the...

You're welcome. I enjoyed his book, The Mind of God.

Paul Davies is a scientist and has written a couple of books exploring the possibility of God. He's not religious, by the way.

Regarding personal histories: Existentialism may mean more to me than it does to other people because I grew up in and with a very rigid system of fun...

It does seem likely that one could subscribe to a system (like Stoicism, or Christianity) and just treat existentialists as those who remind us that: ...

Sounds very similar to existential psychotherapy.

What makes you think so?

I'm listening to this today. It's from Berdyaev's The Destiny of Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjczKNt-kmQ I like the way he thinks. I just ord...

Did Berdyaev write about how the creative act is sometimes not so idyllic as it's usually portrayed? I believe Shestov pointed out that artists and au...