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Max2

['Member']Joined: November 27, 2023 at 22:46Last active: May 21, 2025 at 06:02None discussions8 comments

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I am skeptical that there is any one ultimate "purpose" which is the sole source of feelings of meaning and significance in our lives. It seems to me ...
May 05, 2024 at 20:12
Presuming that you do dislike this particular argument from Putnam against BIV-type skepticism, could you maybe elaborate on your disagreements a bit?...
May 05, 2024 at 19:43
Well I am not sure if I have persuasive or great reasons or arguments against solipsism but I must say that I nevertheless do harbor a strong belief i...
May 04, 2024 at 21:45
I also totally agree with comment, especially when it comes to it being unhelpful to define "objectivity" as something like mind-independence and ther...
May 04, 2024 at 21:08
What do you mean by these truths not being actually objective? How would you characterize these supposed "objective truths"? Edit: I am at least partl...
May 03, 2024 at 18:40
Hi, Silghtly off-topic I suppose, but I've found these sorts of Aristotelian "human good" accounts of morality, which I take you to be espousing, to b...
April 22, 2024 at 21:39
Interesting analogy which may or may not withstand further investigation. I would like to point out that the OP is titled "All Ethics are Relative" bu...
April 21, 2024 at 11:13
Given that we acknowledge that we sometimes make mistakes in conversation, we must in some way - I won't attempt here to say just how - be able to ide...
April 12, 2024 at 21:45