Caldwell

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! May you have a prosperous 2021. Continue to power on -- if you are in a stressful job, may you gain more energy and perseveranc...

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!! Awesome! Way to go, Proof! :grin:

While this requires qualification, I say no, no, and no to the three points above. We should say that despite the increased knowledge and modern techn...

Pax et Bonum

To be more organized -- I am already -- but I'd like to not have anything go beyond the deadline. I'm trying to get my place as empty as possible. Als...

Shocked and amazed. Try to calm down and gradually assessed what just happened to me. I'd give the people around me the benefit of the doubt. Trust is...

And battling the future that has yet to arrive -- one can be consumed anticipating the negative things that 'are' coming and thinking of ways to fight...

Why do you post to this forum? I'm not clear on this -- do you mean the lounge? Cause sometimes I want to connect with posters through their posts on ...

There is also bias and cultural/environmental background -- no matter how well the communicator of science has laid down the points, the ideas, or the...

Nice graph! But okay. We're not in disagreement here.

This is not the only measure. There are ways to look at a new company, for example. Seasonal or cyclical changes can askew the earnings. But, for inve...

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This is just partially correct. You need to also include the fact that speculators ignore the (necessary) market fundamentals responsible for the incr...

I like this little snippet of contemplation. Though I cannot justify a comparison between the contemplation of the existence of the universe with the ...

Oh I understand what you're saying -- I want you to put more effort in giving an account of how pain plays a role in our lives. For example, can you t...

And what are you saying there? It's not like you're making any more sense than when you started this thread.

Which is this thing below...?

That's why I'm not voting in @"schopenhauer1"'s poll.

The concept of agency explains all that's required of a moral person or society. There shouldn't be a confusion as to the intention, understanding, ra...

I have a small book shelf -- it's filled with books, but small. So I don't have a lot of books-- just a realistic number. But I like all of them. All ...

When arranged in the "right way", it is no longer a rock. I think we have to be fair when trying to argue for something as commonly understood as cons...

The existence of moral principles is not like proving the existence of physical entities. Obviously, there is a distinction. Some truths can be unders...

So, morality is optional, then?

Yes, every word counts, and no extraneous effort needed to make them get your point. Same with stand up comedians -- if they need to use more words to...

Unless it's a haiku.

59 seconds of voicemail is a bit too long. (you said earlier it's 59 seconds). That's about a minute. You want to keep it shorter than that. It doesn'...

We've come a long way in not actually getting the problem of free will. No wonder some of our thread makers have lost motivation.

What does it even mean to say this! Absolutism claims universal moral truths -- not that you are put in shackles to follow them.

I'd like to get more into the intelligibility of moral views. So, I'm gonna try to explain further using the traditional arguments we're all familiar ...

@"debd" Yes, this is a good way of putting it. That's why early on in the thread I tried to make a distinction between saying that the person "passed ...

:up: I solve visually. Part of my work. I can't.

:smile: Hi Proof!

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So are we just gonna ignore the fact that the person in the room passed the program instruction, and not the understanding of the Chinese language? So...

Thank you for putting what I wanted to say into perspective.

I will refer you to vital signs, if we are talking facts. All the measurements of pulses, heart rate, blood pressure, and things concerning organs -- ...

Good point! I think observations such as "everything that happens is necessary" is often misconstrued as 'everything' is known, therefore, determined....

Couldn't agree more. But there's always behavioral cues, Big, that you can gather from me without me being aware, small, I'm giving away my secrets, i...

It's a good thing to be able to overcome pain, but I see your point. Pleasure is not the word we want, to me the word is 'satisfaction'. Normally we d...

You know it, subconsciously or mostly you'd be made aware of it because it's a 'good' feeling. Equilibrium is not just in how we feel, but it is a mea...

Pleasure is not the end goal. Equilibrium is. Most of us might not be aware of this revelation -- but upon examination, this is truly what peace is ab...

How about this -- there is something else that controls our desires. Rationality has been the center of this human ability to go against our desires.

I see the point you're trying to make. But this scenario is not the reality we are questioning here. However, if this had been actual event, Jane was ...

I don't know how to argue for or against the will in terms of metaphysical reality. I do use the likes of Hume and Mill to drive the point that agency...

Lab experiments are certainly not fit for this kind of study -- it would be unethical, if not criminal. Natural observations of organisms/animals/peop...

Yes, it is normative. Foundations are required in any inquiry. Rationality provides the foundation for an inquiry regarding existence, for example, or...

Please explain. Interesting point. :up:

Good observation! It is curious as to why it seems it is always the harmful actions that makes the question of responsibility or obligation relevant t...

I'm not going to talk about 'meaning', 'goal', or 'achievement' here cause talks like that don't excite the five senses as much as a thing of the now ...

I think we're duped to believe that there is a thing called 'will' and then another called 'free will'! Would you agree that if we have a will, it's n...