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LOL yeah - a pyhrric victory at best.

I reject that this is what has happened. I've made some quite detailed posts about why the premise is wrong (on my view). If you reject those argument...

100% It was very compelling in Parfit, for me. It moved me from expecting to find something akin to the Soul as an explanation for identity, to not re...

I think, for worse or better, this is it. There's no inherent bigotry or biases to people involved. Its to types of information, and styles of present...

Correct. Transfer to another teacher. Then get the coffee.

Why, or why not, is the entire question. It may be that different neurons (in terms of identity) precludes your conclusion. We don't know. That's why ...

I have addressed this point. I shall not labour it, but he does not provide any reason for necessity at birth. Merely necessity for the more developed...

Absolute nonsense. No. You're confusing several positions with one where the brain physically is hte mind. Emergentism might be a better avenue to att...

I didn't claim that was the case. But God is the fundamental parameter for his entire system. Nothing works without it, on his account, and unfortunat...

I understand/understood hte claim, and based on my own parochial understanding of Kant, my replies flowed. My responses (you'll perhaps see after this...

I see where you sit.

I wonder if anyone has the guts to just say the Dems are shit politicians.

can’t argue with that. I would just suggest to you that if morality is objective, this is plainly false to claim. If it is subjective, that’s a strang...

ah I wish you’d said the first up top. I can’t see what you’re seeing because I don’t think there is evidence for a soul. He wasn’t seeing evidence of...

I'm quite unconvinced we can make any kind of claim like this, and is principally why I can't get on too much with Kant (along with his boiling-down t...

Some very interesting, and much calmer takes here, than prior to the election. Interesting stuff.

HUGE yikes.

Sounds like fun!

LOL yes, that's more than likely hte better option.

It really does. They have no experience of difference - which is what is entailed by space and time. They denote difference. Babies do not have a conc...

I got a ping... Just confirming it was accidentally tagging me rather htan Banno for that quote above your post?

Definitely - and one far more nuanced than even this one, imo. Thank you for that.

A clear reading of my post would illustrate this is not what's being put forward. I refer to the Democratic party and their abysmal failures throughou...

I disagree with this, but it is fact-specific to any particular claim so probably not worth following up in this context. Appreciate it :) Are you ent...

"you" being purposefully vague. "one" could suffice. My response to that question, is the quote you've used. I think that quote describes the behaviou...

This is not a republican position, per se. I also highlight something which seems to be missed by all and sundry trying to advocate for various scheme...

Not only this, even if we had a way - that further knowledge would constitute a truth, defeating the claim it is meant to support.

I, also, am referring to these. Babies cannot determine depth and do not see themselves as separate to things around them. They, obviously, have no co...

I claim to be Christian. Never read the bible. Answers the OP? I claim to be an astronomer. I don;'t know what a tensor equation is. Answers the OP? I...

Not propaganda, just hypocritical nonsense, I think, designed to support the emotional responses to politicians you abhor. I was guilty of doing this,...

Even accepting an opinion that its more likely than not Trump, or whoever, committed these crimes, this is true and an inarguably important aspect of ...

"interfered" is a very strong framing. I can't really see how that could be the case, other than being an extremely visible and vocal person. That sai...

I agree with much of your post, I can foresee (and have experienced) this wording being an extremely unhelpful and confusing one. "Ahh, i see" is a to...

:up: That's all I had to say, personally.

My suggestion: Do not approach the conversation as if you are the arbiter of moral truth, and the only available acceptable option. This is partially ...

I don't think you've grasped what I've said. It is an objection to that formulation of Kant's. It does not seem to me that this is the case. Babies ca...

To clarify why I think not, your conclusion requires a different question: What is the nature of consciousness? WHich is not the same as whether or no...

Then your biases seem a little larger. Though, I acknowledged earlier, and do so now as a bit of a olivebranch that I am biased in the other direction...

This seems a bit of a moral panic to me...

Correct. But, in retrospect, my comment makes more sense in this context. Apologies for the mis-quote. Assuming so is ... bad form. Assuming guilt is ...

Please forgive any prickliness here. It seems, outright, you are not reading my entire posts. Eg, the above vs: So, to be clear, I can;t answer your q...

I didn't say you did. It was an example. Which is what I posited it as. Bizarre question. Because you wouldn't think this was the case. It wouldn't be...

You are clearly doing this in bad faith. This one hit like a shitty Twitter response. No. I am a victim of several sexual assaults, who has chosen not...

Unfortunately, the case here is that there is no good evidence. Caring if its true has nothing to do with the discussion I've engaged in. I can see th...

It's actually a pretty damn good indication of this. I can't understand why, if this was your brother or father, you certainly wouldn't rest on these ...

No, not at all. Your example does the same as mine, but the 'biological method' is different. If you simply cannot remember who you are - look down an...

I think no. Despite Leontisko's protestations (which don't seem to go further than that description) it is clearly hte case that a Christian must acce...

This is hte crux; good stuff. When you wake up, would you think "where is my mind?". Surely not. Would you look down - see two legs and think "where a...

Then my suggestion wasn't for you, was it friend? :) It may have been the entire purpose, form and execution of the Mysteries (though, not to box-tick...

I understand, and I'm not quite suggesting this (though, it seems far more reasonable than pretending there isn't one at all). To reiterate something ...