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Sirius

['Member']Joined: November 22, 2023 at 08:51Last active: January 25, 2026 at 10:227 discussions85 comments

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Aristotelian Platonist

Favourite Philosopher

Aristotle & all of his commentators

Favourite Quotations

All men by nature desire to know - Aristotle

I saw the master of those who know [Aristotle] sitting among his philosophic kindred. Eyes trained on him, all show him honor - Dante

Discussions (7)

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In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
You don't need to be harsh on yourself. Your efforts were not wasted. The interpretation you were offering is still a plausible one. But there's not m...
November 29, 2025 at 06:02
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
To be fair, there's no clear answer to this. But there are 3 main interpretations, all of which have problems 1. Noumena is the class of transcendenta...
November 29, 2025 at 02:41
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
Assuming you haven't ignored the quote of Kant I presented, the noumenon (transcendental object here) is the cause of appearance, phenomenon. I don't ...
November 29, 2025 at 02:15
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
I have already told you I believe CPR is inconsistent. So I'm not surprised Kant makes contradictory claims. The best we can do is give his intended &...
November 29, 2025 at 01:11
In: Transwomen are women. Transmen are men. True or false?  — view comment
Rest easy. I never attack those who raise the white flag. I'm no ordinary man, but I'm not a monster either.
November 28, 2025 at 10:54
In: Transwomen are women. Transmen are men. True or false?  — view comment
I'm surprised you are unaware of this. I can't count the articles I have read which established solid links between Wittgenstein's philosophy & his so...
November 28, 2025 at 10:12
In: Transwomen are women. Transmen are men. True or false?  — view comment
And yet, Wittgenstein was a social conservative who wasn't pleased with women having voting rights. I imagine he would be even more disappointed to se...
November 28, 2025 at 08:42
In: The purpose of philosophy  — view comment
The aim & end of philosophy is the contemplation of the Good. This is why it's called the love of wisdom.
November 28, 2025 at 06:20
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
No. I haven't ignored anything. It simply looks like you haven't been reading my posts carefully. I do believe Kant's refutation of idealism (ROI) is ...
November 28, 2025 at 00:55
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
Trust me, my Nietzsche, who holds the torch of Heraclitus, is the true follower of Dionysus & not the postmodernist, timid, scrupulous & "it's just co...
November 27, 2025 at 07:05
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
No. I don't mean to equate the two & they are indeed competing interpretations of Kant. My simple claim is Kant held to the 2 world view & Schopenhaue...
November 27, 2025 at 06:36
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
I don't buy this mystical woo woo interpretation of most ancient philosophers. It amounts to cognitive & spiritual nihilism if taken seriously. This i...
November 27, 2025 at 05:38
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
In my reading of both Kant & Schopenhauer, I believe the latter's criticism of the earlier USUALLY holds very little value. This is a testimony to the...
November 27, 2025 at 05:04
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
Sorry for the confusion. I should have added there's no room for Kantian "thing in itself" for Schopenhauer. In other words, that which is not an aspe...
November 27, 2025 at 04:43
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
Noumena is in the plural. If it's just that which is unknown or beyond naming, then why does it have a singular & plural form which Kant uses (knowing...
November 27, 2025 at 03:44
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
No. He is clearly not referring to any presentable object outside of him. A stationary object involves the intuition of time & space, it is a presenta...
November 27, 2025 at 03:17
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
I think you have it the wrong way here. I'm not defending Kant here & I do believe his claims are inconsistent. I'm an Aristotelian after all, not a K...
November 27, 2025 at 02:14
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
Guilty as charged. Where's my punishment for corrupting the youth ?
November 26, 2025 at 17:10
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
Unc trying to ragebait me. :lol: , it won't work. I'm too playful to get butthurt. No. Whether metaphysics is possible or not & under what conditions,...
November 26, 2025 at 17:07
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
I don't want to derail this thread but I will respond to your objection. The fact of the matter is CPR has a 1st & 2nd edition. Almost all Kantian sch...
November 26, 2025 at 16:48
In: Positivist thinking in the post-positivist world  — view comment
The problem with this refutation is those who claim there are no truths are also often prepared to violate the law of non-contradiction And as Aristot...
November 26, 2025 at 10:17
In: A quandary: How do we know there isn’t anything beyond our reality?  — view comment
Yes. Precisely that. The consequence of this is the term k will be different for one of the two. To illustrate, (K(p),x) =: There exist x which knows ...
November 26, 2025 at 09:43
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
Oh boy, 360 proof, the ground of metaphysics I'm referring to is the principle of intelligibility. It has many different names. The principle of unity...
November 26, 2025 at 07:17
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
My guy, Hume dispenses with metaphysics as well. Don't you know he denied the intelligibility & usefulness of substances & accidents altogether ? It's...
November 26, 2025 at 04:30
In: A quandary: How do we know there isn’t anything beyond our reality?  — view comment
There's a big difference between "We might know p" & "P is knowable" , but I have mentioned this in the post above p ? ?Kp also seems strange. By what...
November 26, 2025 at 02:44
In: A quandary: How do we know there isn’t anything beyond our reality?  — view comment
"Every Truth is knowable" is subject independent. It does not presume the existence of knowers. "Every truth is known" is subject dependent since it p...
November 26, 2025 at 02:26
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
No. You have the cart before the horse. The metaphysics of being is a fiction because the metaphysics of Nietzsche is related to becoming. Thanks for ...
November 25, 2025 at 23:08
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
It's useless to tell us whether this or that is unverifiable until you tell us your criteria for verification. Not only that, you will also have to ju...
November 25, 2025 at 22:23
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
Then that's a terrible reading of Nietzsche & "seduction of grammar" is such a Wittgensteinian turn of phrase that you can forgive me for thinking you...
November 25, 2025 at 21:09
In: Can a Thought Cause Another Thought?  — view comment
I don't mean to be rude, but I won't respond to this given your inability to connect the link between the active & passive mind...the answer is alread...
November 25, 2025 at 15:56
In: Can a Thought Cause Another Thought?  — view comment
Ultimately, NO. First of all, it does not make much sense to speak of the mind's objects without establishing an identity between the mind & its objec...
November 25, 2025 at 14:57
In: Can a Thought Cause Another Thought?  — view comment
This answers your question. Thinking is the identity of mind & its object of thought. Ultimately, it isn't algorithmic or sequential, what the ancient...
November 25, 2025 at 14:02
In: Transwomen are women. Transmen are men. True or false?  — view comment
Not self flourishing, lacking virtue, not attaining required happiness, not fulfilling one's purpose etc. You can check Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics...
November 25, 2025 at 13:25
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
I will leave Laozi aside for now. He is a Neoplatonist to me, a perfect non-dualist. The infinite & indivisible substance of Spinoza is a bare substra...
November 25, 2025 at 08:02
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
I understand where you are coming from. Does the atom of Democritus belong to the same kind of atom modern physics posits ? A simple way to go about t...
November 25, 2025 at 05:06
In: Transwomen are women. Transmen are men. True or false?  — view comment
Transmen & Transwomen are not natural kinds. It's a category error to assert or deny a male can be a transman or a female can be a transwoman biologic...
November 25, 2025 at 04:01
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
Lol. Except Wittgenstein doesn't regard any of these as fictional or non fictional for that matter. That would involve backdoor metaphysics & Wittgens...
November 25, 2025 at 02:59
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
This isn't fair. I regard the Neoplatonist polytheists, Muslims & Christians as some of the best commentators of Aristotle & you can't grasp the perip...
November 25, 2025 at 02:37
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
:up: ... That said, I often wonder (like Heraclitus, Buddha & Nietzsche) if it's even possible to understand movable & immovable, material & immateria...
November 25, 2025 at 02:19
In: The term "metaphysics" still confuses me  — view comment
This is too permissive in my understanding. Aristotle regards metaphysics as the first science since it deals with all that is unchangeable & immateri...
November 25, 2025 at 02:02
In: Is the distinction between metaphysical realism & anti realism useless and/or wrong  — view comment
The problem here once again is even a realist would be committed to the claim that a cup which exists out there must have the potential to be used as ...
November 13, 2024 at 03:28
In: Is the distinction between metaphysical realism & anti realism useless and/or wrong  — view comment
It's good you brought up space and time. It's one of the facet of reality which physics has reasonable shown to be both relational and substantival. I...
November 12, 2024 at 13:38
In: Is the distinction between metaphysical realism & anti realism useless and/or wrong  — view comment
Is monarchy mind independent or mind dependent ? Both. Or none exclusively. There would be no monarchy without everyone accepting this social institut...
November 12, 2024 at 11:22
In: Is the distinction between metaphysical realism & anti realism useless and/or wrong  — view comment
I don't think this is true because the correspondence theory of truth to which you alluded is compatible with breaking both the law of non contradicti...
November 12, 2024 at 10:58
In: Is the distinction between metaphysical realism & anti realism useless and/or wrong  — view comment
But the whole point of confirmation holism is any change in a single set of belief will invariably change the rest of your beliefs. Your knowledge isn...
November 12, 2024 at 10:31
In: Is the distinction between metaphysical realism & anti realism useless and/or wrong  — view comment
Well. That's if you subscribe to some kind of foundationalism and you hold there is a clear distinction between knowledge & belief. I don't hold to ei...
November 10, 2024 at 21:06
In: The Mind-Created World  — view comment
Langauge and the rules of interpretation in semantics don't make any sense unless you have something to fix them beyond your mental states. So "goodne...
November 10, 2024 at 14:05
In: The Mind-Created World  — view comment
Why would you create duality between subjective & objective means ? If God does exist, then his being qua being would both be nondelimited prior to ma...
November 10, 2024 at 13:51
In: The Mind-Created World  — view comment
How could 2+2=4 be wrong ? Our mathematical knowledge is more certain than any philosophical argument you can bring against it. If a philosophical vie...
November 10, 2024 at 13:45
In: Is the distinction between metaphysical realism & anti realism useless and/or wrong  — view comment
Yep. This is my precise point. The boundary where you draw the distinction between the mind and the world other than the mind is relative or contingen...
November 10, 2024 at 08:10
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