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Evolutionary theory suggests otherwise.

Thank you, and yes. Well, respectfully Terrapin, you may not be the best example to use in this argument because (and correct me if I'm wrong) you hav...

Most people who do defend and define ethics just outright don't buy your initial premises. Something is only then indoctrination when critical thinkin...

Okay, that makes sense.

Is it objectively or subjectively true that truth is subjective?

Well... I'll just let the scientists answer that one: https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/context/why-quantum-mechanics-might-need-overhaul

I guess it becomes as epistemological question then in the sense of, how do we know once we've encountered something that is "unknowable" versus "not ...

I don't think there have been any negative effects from philosophy in my life per se. The unexamined life is not worth living, better to be a Socrates...

Well, if quantum mechanics works that specific way, then I suppose we have to radically alter logic as we know it. But within the scientific community...

Are you basing this claim on your personal general intuition or some actual question that can be shown to be unanswerable?

Can you give an example that would not be cleared up by simply having more information available? Otherwise, it's a lack of info and not a limit of re...

Well, then at least two of them are wrong. Or they all are wrong in some ways. Or they're all mostly wrong and something else is true. And "understand...

And do you mean that understanding of the universe has to be collective or can it be singular? Let me rephrase: does a single human being have to be a...

I assume the abilities of someone like Einstein or Hawking or Kant or even someone lesser known like Harvey Siegel to comprehend certain aspects of th...

Question: Whose mind are we referring to here? Your average Joes and Janes? Or the greatest minds of our entire species?

Forget all the technical garble. It's just the study of what we can know. Simply put: it's the area of philosophy that tries to distinguish justified ...

Because it only involves recognizing the human rights of human beings who have settled an area before others. What's race got to do with that?

Which is a far cry from recognizing or emphasizing difference, no?

I was going to respond to you, but that last paragraph disparaging trans persons made me lose my interest in anything you have to say.

Ah, but from whom?

Right, capitalism has made education and medical care expensive in America compared to other countries. It still does not follow that there's nothing ...

I agree that schools in America are outrageously expensive. And I agree that capitalism has pushed especially for-profit schools to accept more and mo...

I said bachelor's degree. And I don't mind being more specific: I hold a dual degree in Philosophy and in another field and my senior thesis was on th...

I'll answer this here so as not to further hijack the education discussion. Your first paragraph tells me that you still don't really get it. The stud...

And not to split hairs, but an accusation of lying again implies you know intent. You don't know my intent and have been baselessly accusing me of all...

Except here:

I never asked for them. But you're still wrong about business ethics.

For the love... I'm not interrogating anyone. I asked a simple question and then pointed out that he's wrong about business ethics, and continues to s...

Like what? Qed. As is your prerogative. Does your agreement with the class determine whether it is a branch of applied ethics? Nopity nope nope. That'...

I've been asking him what he specialized in. Same dif.

Methinks the Mark doth protest too much. Far from being annoyed, I'm rather amused. What does this have to do with trust? I never invoked trust. I was...

I realize that. But in the course of a master's degree in any field you'll narrow your research down to a specfic project by the end, even if you did ...

It's funny because, actually, business ethics is a kind of applied ethics, as you should know (?). And as broad as applied ethics can be, presumably y...

That could still be law or business ethics :lol:

You mean like law or business ethics?

FWIW, I think it's interesting to see the percentage of people here with formal training versus self-taught. I mean, I always had my suspicions, but i...

I wanna know who here claims to have a PhD in philosophy. :brow:

That was your teachers' goal! :wink:

If you don't understand how an ad hominem works, I suppose that explains a lot for your lack of understanding of the rest of this entire discussion. P...

I don't think you understand what an ad hominem is. If I were to say, "amen is a stupid screenname, therefore you're wrong," that would be an ad homin...

So why do you do this? Why do you string people along endlessly and without any intention of learning or taking them seriously? What's the point of yo...

Cute. But you know Einstein never laughed at people when he was arguing with them in good faith.

Does loling at people make you feel better?

I guess you've chosen willful ignorance then.

You're a politician? Who knew. We're not the only ones to point out to you in this thread that you're not engaging people well. You can be stubborn ab...

Then learn something about philosophy instead of trolling and using words you don't understand.

I'll take that to mean you're not interested in actually learning anything here and your questions are therefore disingenuous to begin with. Same thin...

This very question shows you don't understand what metaphysics is. Go educate yourself and only then is a conversation possible.

It would be helpful if you understood what "metaphysics" even is. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/metaphysics/

Are you branching out into phrenology now? Smart people tend to have certain life outcomes (maybe), smart people tend to do well in school (or not, be...