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I just realized I've been completely oblivious to the existence of Existentialist Psychology and Psychotherapy, so the answer is, "of course some peop...

That does make sense to me. If God IS, then He would be practically inconceivable. And I've also said, "I don't believe in a God, but I'm not an athei...

Thanks for that. I'll take a look. The studying I've done suggests that wise people throughout the ages have seen stories about God as just that, stor...

@Wayfarer. I've met some really cool people as well, people who showed mercy and compassion, some of whom were believers, others definitely not. What ...

I assumed that Christians believe that theirs is a revealed religion and that they believe the Bible is that revelation. My question still stands. Wha...

What do you mean here by PX OS? OS is operating system, correct? But PX? I like what you wrote here. Systems can be helpful, but they can also make us...

Thank you for those thoughts and links. I'm okay with almost any conception of God, even in regards to Christianity. If God, it doesn't really make se...

That is a good point.

Perhaps it's nitpicking, but would you call any of that "formal"? How long was Wittgenstein tutored before he wrote his Tractatus, was awarded a Docto...

Don Cuppitt makes it look pretty attractive. podcast. Book 1 Book 2

I'll be 50 this year, and I'm thinking about pursuing a philosophy degree. But, I sometimes wonder if I could accomplish the same thing by reading on ...

I suppose I do Sound like a relativist.. but I reject that label.

I like it.

It does seem odd that people are certain that we can't just choose whatever we like, but also can't suggest what we "should" choose. If we don't know ...

Does that mean that there is a "correct" system? Is it obvious, or has it just yet to be found? Even if there is something objective.. can't we still ...

@ the OP... Ever looked into Absurdism? As I understand it, it acknowledges that we're living in a confusing universe, but it also asserts we can choo...

For me, life does have meaning. I don't spend much time wondering why, and I've never felt I was "assigning" anything, it just does have meaning. I do...

I've been thinking about it... perhaps I'll rewrite my OP this way.. (title of thread:) HYPOTHESES I'm assuming we all accept that there is an objecti...

Are you denying that anyone anywhere has ever created a narrative? If not intellectual certainties, then aren't we left with narratives? Or would you ...

Does anyone else see defenders of Christianity as just people defending their favorite narrative? It's like they're saying, "c'mon, it's a complete st...

Literally the first time I was exposed to the term "scientism", was when it was used by a Christian Creationist to disparage evolution. The gist was "...

What sophistic point? I want to go on record as saying that I don't believe that man is the measure of all things, and I see the dangers of Sophistry....

I'm not so sure this point would be so trivial if not for postmodernism.

Postmodernists have helped us as a society to be honest about the fact that even in science, certain ways of looking at the world (our lenses, if you ...

It seems to me that it could be described as a period of history, but it is also a movement and school of thought. They even have their own journals. ...

Postmodernists speak of the "lenses" through which we see the world. Maybe they were on to something. I doubt that each narrative is just as good as a...

I guess I'd have to say, that IF we are in a deterministic universe, then technically any free will we think we have would probably look like programm...

You sound like Dennett. I'm not aware of Harris or any of his followers blaming the universe for their own inappropriate behavior, are you?

This is one of the better talks on free will that I have heard in a while.

There are times I wonder if we are in a position to know if we have free will. If we're wrong about this being a deterministic universe, then it's pos...

If he was, he didn't make that clear. But that reminds me of the debate I had with another fellow who is convinced that both Dennett and Harris actual...

I had an interesting conversation the other day with someone who claimed to be a compatibilist, but after a rather uncomfortable exchange, he denied t...

Perhaps it's slightly more complicated... but doesn't this essentially come down to whether or not we are actually responsible for our actions, OR tha...

Are you familiar with Quantum indeterminacy?

I find Sam Harris' ideas about morality and free will to be odd and poorly supported. New Atheism (of which he is a part) has a political agenda with ...

Epicurus did believe in the gods. He even had an argument to defend his belief. He just also believed that they had nothing to do with us, and that ra...

I've noticed that as well. One of the reasons I backed away from Atheist groups and got more interested in Philosophy, is because I broached the subje...

Sure. I don't deny that.

Reading, talking to people. We all appear to be experiencing the same reality.

This is fallibilism as I understand it: Can someone prove that that prinicple is false?

I've always assumed that I was experiencing an objective reality, not manufacturing one. I think I have pretty good evidence that my assumption is cor...

The question then becomes, is there an objective world to experience? Do you agree that there is evidence that an objective world is there to experien...

I do believe there is an objective truth. I don't see how there could not be. But, fallibilism is also the case. Asimov's article does nothing to diss...

I'd like to become more like Socrates. I'd like to be able to engage in philosophical discussion with equanimity, and to truly engage in honest dialog...

I'm reminded of Isaac Asimov's The Relativity of Wrong.

I see it as an either/or. Either we all just have our own opinion about what is the case, OR there really is one objective truth independent of opinio...

I like Searle's explanation. He does argue for free will, and he makes a lot of sense to me. It seems we can't help but think in terms of our responsi...

Remember, we're talking about God and sin. For all I know, God does exist And He wants us to hurt each other. For all I know, Not hurting people is a ...

Good points, all. And I agree that hard determinism has yet to be proved. I think it's more likely that I do have free will and that no one knows for ...

LOL. I can tell all kinds of narratives (in one of my favorites I'm the best at X- and I don't want to tell you what X is.) It doesn't make them true,...