Artemis

Hm... There I have to disagree with you. There's more philosophy in one Hamlet monologue/soliloquy than on any shampoo bottle (unless it's printed wit...

That's too bad! It's a uniquely amazing experience. I agree. I think inspiration can also mean being inspired to be a good person, or pursue a certain...

https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/practices/ "An employer may not base hiring decisions on stereotypes and assumptions about a person's race, color, religion,...

That's hilarious. :rofl: Somehow I don't think it'll be catching on in the long run. I mean, John Cage's 4:33 is (in)famous, but I somehow doubt many ...

Okay, I see what you think I meant. I didn't mean "need" in the sense of generally do humans need art at all (though I think they do and thay it's par...

I think the value in it, and other thought experiments like the trolley problem, is that it tries to simplify some moral dilemmas, and through that si...

I will PM you.

This is a cultural misunderstanding. Germans don't try to be unfriendly. In fact, they are really concerned with being civil. But they do have a great...

I think it's pretty dangerous to assume you know what a room full of strangers has been through. And, for the record, we do make these kinds of choice...

It's just a hypothetical. Hypothetically I know whom in my family I would choose over whom as well. My mom over my dad, my husband over either of them...

I think murderers would be a fair choice. And other violent criminals perhaps too. They may be losing the chance to be rehabilitated, but any innocent...

That's true!

That officially makes you something like an internet miracle :grin: :joke:

The OP didn't explain the scenario in which the lives are being saved/taken, so I think the vaccination example does fit here. Actually it's a timely ...

We make decisions like that all the time. Vaccinations and medications and surgeries for example save billions of people, but some people will die as ...

I think men and women can both build buildings and raise children and that both activities are "useful" and important. Men typically "haven't" and "do...

No, you're not jumping in. Terrapin is. He's all out of sorts cause I won't agree with him and also cause I won't be insulted. :roll: Back to the actu...

You're insinuating that women can't build homes or buildings.

Yeah, I'd like to see how that would have been possible without women to feed them and make homes and raise children...

It certainly seems to me that you are reacting in an exaggerated manner to my comment. And you are attributing to me all sorts of intentions and actio...

I think you need to define what you mean by "things" better. I wouldn't define the quality of odor as a thing, personally. Maybe the odor-producing pa...

Indeed! :rofl:

This seems to be a fair amount of projection on your part.

I think the author's defense of common sense was the weakest part of the article, honestly. While the gut instinct is our best starting point for most...

Oh, wow, my pretty benign comment certainly touched a nerve with you. My point was merely that politics and theology are sub-disciplines of philosophy...

Are you saying that John Rawls, Thomas Hobbes, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Soren Kierkegaard are all not philosophers?

Well, shucks :blush:

You might find this an interesting read: http://fas-philosophy.rutgers.edu/zimmerman/privilegedpresent.pdf

Yes, well, a lot of people get defensive around those who make them feel inferior.

In order to define art, you must interpret it. Also, any interpretation is bound to the text/words. Otherwise you'd have no need for any art at all an...

I think people leaving have often posted their frustrations with other members prior to leaving. People who perhaps don't like being challenged, or pe...

That sounds like it's probably true. I'd still like to see an official statement though. Any idea if that's forthcoming?

I understand that you're wrong. I also understand that your defense mechanism when you can't win the argument is to get nasty. I want no part in that....

I'd rather not talk to you if you're going to say things like that to me.

Here: It would be nice if you could stop contradicting yourself. But then you couldn't make your argument, so I guess I understand why you feel compel...

You want it both ways, Terrapin. But it doesn't work that way. You can't both say that an interpretation is about something and then say it doesn't ha...

Does anybody actually know why he was let off? I'm finding a lot of theories, but nothing concrete about the decision to drop the charges.

A book about the moon is still bound to the attributes of the actual moon. You can't write a book about the moon and actually be writing about WW2. Yo...

Fwiw, I don't quite understand why people are calling this thread trolling or clickbait either besides their apparent unease with the subject matter.

One of the basic problems with a statement like "there is no absolute truth" (aside from it's self-referentially contradictory nature) is that it's de...

1. Is the same as saying that there IS absolute truth.

The cleverness shows that the statement "there is no absolute truth" is self-contradictory.

If you need us to tell you, you've already negated solipsism.

I think it's funny how you basically solved the question right there and everyone just keeps talking like you didn't say anything.

Well, then you DO think that interpretations are bound to the actual words on the page. In which case interpretation is bound to some objectivity.

Why not then just stare at a loaf of bread and imagine all the plots of all the stories you want perfectly tailored to your own tastes and desires? Wh...

If the interpretation is made up by the reader, then the reader should be able to read Jack and Jill and derive the entire story of Hamlet?

If it's not bound by the words on the page, then all interpretation is just made up by the reader independent of the words on the page. Either the int...

Because it's bound by the actual words on the actual page, Silly :kiss:

Because otherwise there are limits to interpretation.