This is the key to understanding my point. The person who has done wrong and knows oneself to have done so, does not necessarily feel guilt. Therefore...
Despite the fact that many here are arguing on the premise that the artwork is something more than the physical object, I see no principles to support...
Have you never heard the word "shameless" used to refer to a person who has done wrong, knows oneself to have done wrong, yet is not at all ashamed, i...
Actually, "verbal" usually distinguishes spoken from written. I think a verbal statement from the artist would be even better than a written statement...
I'm not a biblical scholar, but this appears as a misinterpretation to me. There are no people other than Adam and Eve. Eve has come into possession o...
As I told Noble Dust, this is all nonsense to me. The artist's act of creating the piece of art is an obvious attempt to affect your "work of art expe...
I am sorry Unenlightened, I am willing to follow your instruction, for participation in your thread, and I apologise for any unnecessary persistence. ...
I was distinguishing between "shame", as that which is cast upon a person by others, and the feeling of being "ashamed", "embarrassed". The latter is ...
I wasn't "equating" anything, I was comparing the interpretation of the artist's art, to the interpretation of the philosopher's word, just like you s...
Sure, each of us does "an incredible amount of work". But that work is not part of the work of the artist. Therefore it is wrong to portray the work t...
What I've demonstrated is that it is impossible that there is such a feeling as "shame". This is why we can have shameless guilty people, guilt withou...
What you are saying is that the artist's "work", is the psychological affect produced in the viewer. But that's simply wrong, the "work" is the physic...
The point is that when you make claims such as "the viewer is half the work", you need to support these principles. If you support them with faulty ma...
There is no such boundary between culture and nature, cultures are natural. You've merely suggested a faulty starting point, which needs to be rejecte...
It is the way we use "shame". "Shame on you!" Shame is what is cast on to others, not what one feels. We feel embarrassment upon being shamed. We also...
[ That's not true, because we use signs in our minds. A person can make up one's own system of association within one's mind, that's why there can be ...
I think that an important aspect of shame is the attention which others give to the shamed person. This is why shame and embarrassment come together i...
The boundary between "learned" and "innate" is not so clear, so I do not think reference to such a boundary could make a useful moral principle. Furth...
No that's not what I'm saying. You said that the symbol relates to an idea, and the idea relates to a thing. But the idea doesn't necessarily relate t...
You said "the viewer", singular, passes an inevitable "50% contribution to the work itself". Since there is a vast number of viewers this would add up...
To reiterate, you have just redefined "calculation" such that it may not necessarily be an act of reason. But the act of "calculating" which a compute...
Right, I don't see how it is possible to derive a valid concept of "virtue" from a philosophy of psychology, without begging the question of the conce...
As they say, there's always a first time for everything … might be an eternity before the second time though. However, it occurs to me that when I fir...
This is nonsensical. The artist produces a piece and offers it to the viewer, allowing the viewer the opportunity of interpretation. It makes no sense...
Sure, but the point is that such calculations are still "rational", so it is wrong to portray them as "pre-rational". The computer proceeds according ...
Clearly, the problem here is that "the state" doesn't itself act. Human beings act for what they might claim is the sake of the state. But this is not...
Exactly, you have demonstrated my point clearly. Those, such as yourself, who hold an anti-globalization ideology have lumped together a "set of ideas...
This is exactly what I am objecting to. How can you say that these calculations are "pre-rational". This would mean that there is a way of calculating...
This all depends on how you view the purpose of punishment. if you think that punishment is to extract revenge, or hurt the culpable person, you might...
I don't think this is correct, "globalization" is a descriptive term, describing what has already occurred, or what is ongoing. It is clearly not an "...
This is simply argument by equivocation. It is based in an unacceptable definition of "justice". Once you assign "justice" to what is determined by "l...
The problem here is that 1) and 3) are incompatible. You must respect the fact that globalism has already occurred, so it is too late to prevent it. T...
Right, that's the problem I described, as soon as we try to say "what" we're sensing, we're not talking strictly about the sensation any more, but we'...
I don't understand how you arrive at this conclusion. What you are sensing is some sounds. The only way to conclude that the sounds are coming from a ...
I'm not too interested in commentators, I'd rather get it from the horse's mouth, the primary source. That's why I'm in favour of artist's statements ...
Has Klee written any books on colour that you know of? I'm really fascinated by the way that different relations of colour can affect us in a way simi...
The thing is that there is a logical process by which we determine north. Look at the sun, the stars, compass, whatever is required, and deduce the di...
I don't understand your thought process here. You want to restrict "perceiving" to what is perceived by the senses, but then allow that all sorts of "...
What I think is that this is a misrepresentation of the history of moral philosophy. Many people, in the past, have wanted to justify their sense of w...
I agree that strictly speaking, it is not the endeavour of philosophy to make the stuff up. However, made up stuff is abundant in our society, and to ...
I think you misrepresent the potential extent of analytic philosophy. Do you agree that the made up shit, where it seeps into various forms of manifes...
Your conclusion is not supported. The premise that "making shit up is called 'fiction'", doesn't produce the conclusion that it's impossible that phil...
Don't forget, the artist is a cunning creature, sly as a fox. With the growth in media, public critics abound, and they may seize the artist, interrog...
That's clearly not true. Moral philosophy determines what's good, what ought to be done in the future. "Morals" are judged in relation to actions whic...
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