Artemis

I also have a cynical view towards organized religion, so it's not like I'm favoring one over the other.

I'm not going to derail the conversation by getting into whether they are or not. For the sake of my argument it suffices to say that they think they ...

It's a sign of bias to constantly tell other people they don't understand things when they simply don't like your attitude.

I stand by my conviction that you're just biased and not worth talking to--possibly just trolling this forum.

Wow. Well, if you have such a nasty opinion of philosophy and philosophers, I have no clue what you're doing here. I do know that it means you are bia...

Assuming you're right about the decline of Christianity and rise of Islam, I could venture a few theories: In the west (predominantly Christian) cultu...

You don't think philosophers are "real intellectuals"?

"In short, Metaphysics of Science is that part of metaphysics that enquires into the existence, nature, and interrelations of general kinds of phenome...

The branch of philosophy called metaphysics deals primarily with two questions: 1. What is there? 2. What is it like? "The earth is round" answers tho...

Except that is a metaphysical claim.

:smile:

I found some discussions among scientists and philosophers here: https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_science_a_part_of_or_separate_from_philosophy an...

Those would be a group of pretty whiny/thin-skinned scientists. "Whaaaaa, people call me something absolutely benign that I kind of maybe possibly don...

Thank you :smile:

Reducing philosophy to just academia is pretty useless. IMHO Like reducing chemistry to just academia would be just as useless.

And there are better and worse ways to define things. If I define "philosophy" as "tree" that's a really bad definition. If I leave out from the defin...

Wow, yeah, I didn't realize we all had to bow to Imperial America and conform to American English. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/23/53/ad/2353addb818...

You can have that definition if you want, but it's simply not a complete one. It would be like someone insisting that "cat" only ever refers to "house...

The irony... :roll:

It's a bit premature to assert that.

I don't think we should base what we currently view as desirable on what people might in some unlikely case view as undesirable in some distant scifi ...

It doesn't and it isn't. But keep blabbing about stuff you don't know anything about. I'm satisfied that you haven't got anything of substance to add ...

I think that's possible in some cases, although not desireable in all. Parental nurturing instincts are a good thing. We should both aim to understand...

Your lack of coherence doesn't make a good case for you not babbling.

All sane parents know what I said is true. Some non-parents don't know it (including you). Your examples are beyond ridiculous.

It's not an ad hominem, since I've said nothing about you as a person. I also didn't claim you are blabbing. I stated it as a hypothetical possibility...

Then you'd know that self-preservation is only one of the primal instincts. Protecting another or others can (for parents) be just as primal and insti...

I understand the colloquialism. But in the context of this specific thread, it takes on new meaning. Unless, of course, you're just blabbing and not a...

You'll have to ask wholly if that's what he means. My reading of his post was that he thinks we all think it DOES.

You literally did. You said "all" humans think the universe revolves around humans.

Dream on! :kiss:

It's narcissistic to assume we're all like you :P

But we're also genetically programmed to be social beings, so I think our very nature drives us in two directions.

I think that's probably true in a sense. We often act selfishly and think only of ourselves. Few, however, would seriously maintain that the universe ...

No, it's only a reflection on you. The rest of the world is not determined by your narcissism.

You're proving yourself to be one of those self-centered persons right now.

Not sure what you'e saying here. I don't think it is.

Speak for yourself! I don't think that's true in the least.

Doesn't change the fact that you are and that you are thinking.

You realize Descartes already thoroughly tackled this question? Even the most ardent of skeptics comes to two irreducible facts: cogito ergo sum. You ...

Anytime :smile:

You're clicking the dots on someone else's post. You have to click your own.

The three dots under the post you want to edit and then the pencil. (In my opinion :P)

You need to reference the person you're responding to in posts here or it gets confusing. In my opinion.

It's just your opinion that it's unreadable. It's MY opinion that if you can look at such an accurate website and get a general idea of what's being s...

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/truth-correspondence/

Is it a fact that you strongly believe you have opinions?

Is it a fact that you have opinions?

Is that a fact?

Oh, so if I just think to myself "absolute relativism is wrong" then it's a fact as long as I keep my mouth shut about it? Yeah, okay, I'm definitely ...