Arcane Sandwich

Why would Plato need an allegory to say that? He could have just said it plainly, instead of resorting to poetic language. And even if he did indeed n...

You always do.

And here's the English version, courtesy of Yours Truly:

Are you sure?

And you care about the interpretations of academic philosophers since when, exactly? Academia itself is just an institution, a human construct, if you...

It's not obvious to me that we're living in disaster capitalism as opposed to, I know don't, postmodernity.

I've read it many times, tim. I've also read Korman's book about it, and most of his articles as well. I've also been exchanging emails with Dan for y...

It's the national poem of Argentina. It's part of my identity.

Ok. Except that it doesn't. Not all fruit flies like a banana. Some fruit flies like an apple. You mean fruit flies? As in, biological individuals of ...

Not really. Plato is 4D, through and through.

EDIT: Tagging @"javi2541997"

Do we?

Yep, that's a possibility.

:roll: I already was a poet, and unlike you, I don't use Artificial Intelligence. Mario Bunge is Einstein's greatest intellectual disciple, philosophi...

Well, then you might be interested in the work of Mario Bunge. Sure mate, happy to help. Cheers.

That sounds like nonsense.

Well, see the SEP entry on Ordinary Objects, since it answers those textbook questions about the metaphysics of ordinary objects. I'll quote the openi...

At this point in this specific conversation (which I've had many times, in the past), I would say the following: Time is something that, figuratively ...

Sure, no problem. If you have any other questions, I'll try to respond to them, to the best of my ability. Which is proof of nothing, though. There ar...

@"Count Timothy von Icarus", @"BitconnectCarlos", I'm under the impression that the concept of propaganda is neither a religious nor a theological con...

Dude, I'm dying :rofl: :death:

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It's not common to all things that are. Basilisks are, since they are something (i.e., they are fictional creatures), and yet they're not real. As to ...

What is it, exactly? It's an ordinary object. Generally speaking. It's also a fruit, specifically speaking. It's also a physical object, again general...

:rofl: You've been listening to -dare I say- too much heavy metal. :rofl:

Think of it like this, MoK. The title of this Thread is "God changes". That's an unproblematic claim for a Hegelian. Of course he changes, is what the...

In that sense, Plato's cave allegory can be interpreted in a similar way. My personal interpretation is that Plato is almost literally recalling the t...

You know what Plato's cave allegory might be really talking about, at the end of the day? Maybe it's talking about the time, before the Paleolithic (b...

No problem, happy to help. :up: That's an extremely complicated question as far as Hegelian scholarship is concerned. Why don't you tell me what you t...

Ok, I'll comply with your request.

Well, you're not wrong. And you should be. Why? Because the process of merging left and right is the process by which fascism is synthesized, in a Heg...

The reason has already been stated: one of them (the apple) only has perceptible qualities, while the other one (the magnet) has both perceptible and ...

Then you should have said so. You've been reported for trolling.

Which is why I edited my original comment. Again, you've been reported for breaking the forum guidelines, since you are not being charitable towards m...

Choose a premise and deny it, or I'm reporting you for trolling.

That's off-topic. This thread isn't about proving my non-ignorance to you (besides, why would I even want to prove a negative in this case? Who cares?...

Or maybe one could treat apples and magnets differently, from a metaphysical point of view. Perhaps the apple is nothing more than a bundle of percept...

No, you don't. No one does. You have the tactile sensation of the magnet, and the tactile sensation of the iron. You don't have the tactile sensation ...

Yes, I have done the experiment, many times. And you can do the exact same experiment. Anyone can. That's what makes it scientific. (Edited)

Assuming ignorance on my part also goes against the Forum guidelines, since it goes against the rule that says this: By assuming ignorance on my part,...

Thanks. I promise that I'll try to make things a bit easier in that sense as well. :up:

Hey Bob, what do you think of the SEP entry on Divine Simplicity? Courtesy of .

@"frank" I don't want there to be any acrimony between us, so please try to make things a bit easier in that sense. Just a request.

No, I think it was either Machiavelli or Robert Nozick. Completely different thinkers, that's why I said "the conservative". I can't remember which on...

If you accuse me of strawmannig, then you're accusing me of charlatanry, hence sophistry, and therefore you are assuming ill intent on my behalf, and ...

No, it isn't, because there's no such thing as poor post quality out of context. The quality of a post is determined by the context of the Thread in w...

No, it isn't, because there's no such thing as being incorrect without further ado. If it's incorrect, then it's incorrect for a reason. A sufficient ...

Because he believes that Democracy is the system that is closest to human nature. Human nature, according to him, is naturally good. Democracy corrupt...

Two people, specifically: John Locke, and some conservative thinker whose name I can't remember. Anyway, the conservative, unlike Rousseau, believes t...

People, I propose that we get this thread back on track. Have the magnetic poles of the Earth been disrupted in some way, as of 2025? That doesn't see...