Truth Seeker

I disagree.

You are most welcome about the book recommendation. According to Islam, leaving Islam is punishable by the death penalty. Most Muslims think this is m...

I agree.

The problem with having a conscience is not that it exists but that different people have different values. For example, fasting during Ramadan is con...

I agree that having a conscience is important. The problem is our conscience depends on variables we don't choose i.e. genes, environments, nutrients,...

I already addressed my problems i.e. what is the ultimate nature of selves? What is the ultimate nature of the universe? Do gods exist? We don't know ...

I agree.

I didn't claim that compassion and caring make all living things immortal. Living things die for many reasons. Selfishness and ruthlessness have resul...

I am not pretending that compassion and caring solve problems. They actually prevent many problems and solve many problems. I take it you have never n...

I agree with you.

What project? Selfishness and ruthlessness have resulted in the deaths and misery of so many living things. If every human became a vegan egalitarian,...

I agree.

What do you mean by that?

On the contrary, it is the lack of compassion and caring that creates the problems in life. If everyone cared about everyone then the world would be a...

Thank you for your reply. I don't need to find comfort. I have accepted that which I cannot change. I do my best to save and improve all lives. I have...

I am not talking about the future. When the Sun expands it will incinerate the Earth. That does not mean that the Earth is not orbiting the Sun right ...

Thank you for your reply. There are trillions of things that we know with 100% certainty e.g. the Earth orbits the Sun, London is the capital of the U...

Thank you for telling me about Bayesian inference. It is fascinating but it is not possible to answer my questions about the true nature of selves and...

Thank you.

Pragmatism is my solution.

I agree.

It is possible that Hinduism is true. No, I am not a Hindu but there are Hindus on Earth. It is impossible to test the hypothesis that living things a...

I disagree. Evolution is not sentient. It does not choose anything consciously. It is a process that occurs in the real world - whatever its true natu...

I agree.

Thank you for the formula but how does that apply to my problems? Here are my two problems: 1. What is my true nature? Am I a soul without a body or a...

I disagree. If you behead someone, they die. This is not a belief. This is a fact - an item of knowledge.

Yes, there are lots of things we can know for sure. For example, we know that the website address for this website is https://thephilosophyforum.com a...

I disagree.

I disagree. I am experiencing what it is like to be me. This is not a belief. This is a knowledge.

I agree.

It's possible that I am a soul and my body is either a simulation or hallucination or dream or illusion. According to Hinduism we are souls who reinca...

This is a paradox!

As I said, in all three possibilities, I am real. My sentience is known to me. My sentience is real to me. My sentience is not in question. I don't kn...

It does not mean that at all. I can imagine an alien in my room but it is not real. The computer I am typing this message on is real.

Can you show me the calculation, please?

Whatever exists is whatever is not imaginary. I experience my sentience. This is how I know it exists.

That has not changed. What is 100% certainly real to me is the experience of me being conscious. I could be a solipsistic soul without a body. I could...

By "I am" I mean that my experience of being a sentient being is real for me. It is because of this experience that I am convinced that I exist. I don...

I am not convinced these Enneagram types are anything more than unprovable ideas.

Thank you for explaining. What is the basis for your beliefs? I experience the experience of what it is like to be me. This is not a belief. This is a...

I still have no way of knowing whether I am a solipsistic soul without a body or a soul in a body or a body without a soul.

I agree. :grin:

Real is whatever exists. For example, my sentience is real because it exists. My confidence about my sentience is 100% certainty. I don't know whether...

"You are merely wrong. ... It is indeed a hallucination, but, that situation was not inflicted upon you. It was chosen by you, incorrectly." How do yo...

Truth is whatever is real. From my point of view, my sentience is real. Certainty is the confidence I have about my knowledge about what is real. For ...

I disagree for reasons already explained. I don't require anyone to agree with me about anything.

I disagree. My body could be part of a simulation, hallucination, dream or illusion. What is 100% certainly real is the experience of being conscious....

I agree.

I agree.

The body could be part of a simulation, hallucination, dream or illusion. What is 100% certainly real is the experience of being conscious. I could be...