Metaphysician Undercover

Hostility, in relation to ideology, is very interesting. We can look at it in two different ways, hostility as caused by an ideological difference, an...

I think any boundaries between distinct ideologies are theoretical and made for a purpose. Consider, that no two people really share all their believe...

Here's a slightly different way of looking at things. Under this definition, there is no distinction between ideology, and facts, as stated by the op....

Nothing worse. Menu says $x for a 20 oz draft, and they serve it to you in a 16 oz glass. In their accounting for the taxman, a fifth of every keg pur...

I think that we need to make sure that we properly interpret how Adorno uses "facts" here. I believe the "given facts" are what is posited, postulated...

I don't see how any of this is meaningful. I took many drugs, chronically, for many years, perhaps as an escape from abuses in earlier life, and I con...

If the abuse you talk about is in the past, then the narrative is in your own mind. It is how you describe the person's actions to yourself, via memor...

As I explained, when others behave badly, you have no obligation to share in their badness. You ought not let them impart their suffering to you, and ...

Again, my suggestion is that you study some philosophy and learn some principles. This will answer your question.

Sure, but my point was that one does not need to empathize with, or share that person's suffering. The better approach is to share one's happiness wit...

I'm sorry, "fictional" was not the correct word to properly convey the meaning. Let me call it "narrative". The point is that the words, and form, of ...

You might consult some good philosophy to get to the bottom of this issue. If you are truly interested, then I assume that is what you will do. Happy ...

Maybe this is where reading has a role to play. In the case of books, we get a very lucid description of the character, and the feelings, and this inc...

The focus on human behaviour, and personal circumstances, is good. But why the focus on those which lead to incomprehensible suffering rather those wh...

That's a completely unjustified, and I will add unreasonable, assertion. The authority who declares war on any particular occasion, obviously, decides...

I don't see how one particular case is relevant. Your faulty generalization implies that all instances of war and revolution are bad. I gave a clear e...

Cops are the obstacles which get in the way of having a phenomenally good time when you properly mix your pissed offedness with the appropriate amount...

I don't think the answer is as simple as you make it out to be. As a power of the soul, the intellect is immaterial, as the soul is immaterial. Howeve...

You still haven't addressed the points I made. The fundamental flaw in your reasoning is your generalization, that "strife, civil disobedience, revolu...

Speculative Moment. It appears to me, that the principal point of this section is stated in the final paragraph. Here's an attempt to understand that ...

The reason why the mind must be immaterial, is illustrated with the tinted glass analogy. The mind's apprehension of the material world, is like seein...

Culture that feeling of pissed offedness. It goes really well with a couple gallons of beer. The two combined provide for a phenomenal enjoyment of li...

No, I'm suggesting that for Aquinas, (following the lead of Aristotle), the human intellect is not purely immaterial, it is dependent on the material ...

Edit: sorry my computer glitched and wanted to post by itself. I was going to say. That's olivier salad? Where's the veggies? It looks more like Ameri...

I believe that Aristotle thought the soul is pure substantial form. Aquinas also thought the soul is pure substantial form. However, maintaining the a...

How about barefoot and half-arsed?

Here's another possible interpretation. First, this is Spengler: https://jnnielsen.medium.com/permutations-of-pseudomorphosis-8afafb6771f4 Adorno's us...

Point accepted. As I said it's confusing to me, but if it's not too important, that's good. So I assume that he' turns around what "infinity" refers t...

I find this section very confusing and difficult to understand. To me, Adorno misrepresents the concept of "infinity", and misrepresents philosophy, i...

Sorry, I don't understand what you're asking here. You can describe the point as having these three parts, but it is still indivisible. Therefore your...

No, we do not agree. I think your proposed concept of "complete and perfect simplicity" is incoherent, and itself an impossible, or self contradicting...

You say, Aristotle says it is "the form". Then you go on to say it is not "pure form'. That is contradiction. For Aristotle, as "the form", it is pure...

Obviously, I don't understand what you are proposing as "complete and perfect simplicity". If this means "all is one" then obviously there cannot be a...

But things which are ontologically simple, are not necessarily ontologically indistinguishable. I don't see why you think that there could not be a mu...

Nothing suggests "nothingness for eternity" like "death" does. The "death of the universe" is an anthropomorphism.

Sorry javi, but I couldn't resist making fun of your slang. Who ever calls it "air con"? That sounds like an airline company. And what's the purpose o...

Right, this is what I meant by "something deeper". Now, how do you conclude that there is "a problem, a danger, something bad"? Consider my example of...

That's not a very good definition. People contribute to things without being a part of the thing which they contribute to. The contribution itself bec...

Did you not understand what I wrote? I suggested that you need to separate good pain from bad pain, and not class all different forms of suffering tog...

I think you need to justify your assumption that "strife, civil disobedience, revolution and war" are "problems". These may also be understood as the ...

If I remember correctly, God is eternal, and angels are aeviternal. I believe that this means God's existence is completely outside of time, whereas a...

Another step toward "The Disunited States of America".

This seems to be your real question. You see fault in human nature, and you are inclined to ask how (or why) is it the case that evolution produced th...

I've seen that the method of getting a pig onto a truck is to twist its tail. I did not know that you had to twist a female pig's tail the opposite wa...

And, can you see the tail in that picture?

How do you know she's happy? She doesn't look happy to me, rather disgruntled. How can you even be sure it's a she?

I always play nice. In my mind, if it's not nice, it's not play.

As javi2541997 has indicated, in the olden days we didn't need an invite. I think Jamal initiated that invitation only practice to keep out malicious ...

I don't see why you call my response "abuse". I merely pointed out a common personality trait which was indicated to me by the op's claimed use of PM....

Good morning javi. I don't mean to be overly pedantic, but I think it's important to note that the op is clearly and specifically concerned with "disc...