Artemis

Yeah, a bad teacher can tamper enthusiasm for sure. But spend an hour in the class of even the best teachers and you'll see an ever increasing number ...

In my experience, classroom learning works and sticks just fine. The students just need to be open to and ready for it. The current US-American educat...

I legitimately do not understand what you're asking for, hence my request for clarification.

What methods? Classes, reading, writing, exams, classroom discussions, lectures, etc etc etc.

But I'm not even questioning your philosophy. :roll:

See, the thing is, I have repeatedly now pointed out that I'm not actually discrediting the substance of your worldviews at all, because I haven't loo...

Nothing you've said actually discredits the parallel between the disciplines we're trying to draw.

You espouse a curious mixture of disdain for the discipline and the experts therein and yet eager desire to have your own (self-admittedly, uneducated...

If you for some reason think academia as whole doesn't provide what you mean, can you please elaborate what elements of jiu jitsu (or other) training ...

Again, any quality undergraduate Phil program would provide this kind of training.

Probably depends on the quality of the program you enroll in... but generally speaking, Phil programs cover the how-to's extensively.

You mean like.... getting a PhD? (I'm trying hard to tell if you're just being sarcastic by suggesting we don't have advanced training methods for phi...

Well, no. I can only judge the quality of your thoughts expressed in your posts by going through your posts. Your lack of education is something I'm b...

I'm confused: are we talking about whether one in general can/should do philosophy without training and/or reading the "canon," or are we assessing yo...

I wanted to believe in free will for a looong time. I'll have to look up the article, but then I read an explanation that turned my understanding upsi...

The meaning of life without theology is simple: Life has whatever meaning you give it. That's it. As for the difference between theology and philosoph...

Trying to do philosophy while rejecting the basic readings and any formal tutelage sounds like trying to build a car without training or looking up an...

Two reasons to avoid squashing bugs on purpose, unless they're harming you: 1. The more research you do into bugs, the more complex you'll find they a...

For one, I don't think it makes sense to compare the impact of the diets of a rural meat-eater with an urban vegan. So what if the rural meat-eater ha...

First I'll say what I broadly agree with that you seem to be saying or implying. I agree that there is no objective source of ethics outside of human ...

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/metaethics/ The SEP is as always a good resource for such things. In the framework of this discussion, it's about a...

Nope, you still fail to address my concerns. Both of you have. It's a pretty simple request that someone be clear about their metaethics before contin...

Soooo, you got nothing and continue to evade--frankly, I'm not surprised. Let me know when/if you ever figure it out.

Still waiting for you to enlighten me as to his true meaning....?

As sweet as it is for you to sweep to your friend's defense here, both of you have only suggested how obvious and clear G's statement was without actu...

It seemed at first like you were a smart and interesting new interlocutor. Now you're becoming unpleasant, and I don't have the time or patience for t...

You'll have to be more specific, because other than animal use for food (which is only of pleasure value and not genuine value), I'm not sure what you...

"Well, that's more or less my point. I am saying the cow does not have an express interest in living. When I speak about a "biological" disposition, I...

I already did.

I didn't ask you to. My post was all about your waffling on animal and human moral value.

Well, actually only some vegans would make that claim. To be an ethical vegan only requires the recognition that the interests of a cow to live and be...

Pick a position please and then please actually try to make your case. First you use an example to show that they are not of the same worth, then you ...

Not every human shares your interests either. What's your point? And the "farming" of cows could only be done without harming them if you waited until...

That's contradictory. If you'd known that your example does not prove moral worth, you wouldn't have employed it to make a case about moral worth.

Again, the extreme scenario doesn't help you determine moral value AT ALL under normal circumstances. It tells you nothing about how cows or humans sh...

We don't determine ethical value based on extreme scenarios though. That's like me saying, who would you save, your son or your daughter, and whoever ...

Cows can and do do all that.... Especially when you're willing to include the betterment abilities of severely disabled and comatose people into your ...

Potential to do what exactly? Are you really going to base a system of ethics on any given individual's ability to "potentially" create a Mona Lisa or...

Well... This is the first time a ban has been really unexpected. Or--I should say--the behavior leading to the ban. I thought he was a good cookie :(

I mean, it's your baby. But there is an ethical argument to be made that you shouldn't publish about private persons without their knowledge and/or co...

Only a vanity press would accept a manuscript the author himself can't categorize. Pseudonyms and change all names, places, etc. for anonymity's sake.

It's kinda like asking, if I can learn without going to class, why bother taking lessons? From learning math to a new language to an instrument, the v...

Like I said from my very first post, if you want to bring in OTHER arguments, you can probably make a good case that being female should not be a deci...

If you say that most Germans barring Hitler are better than the French, you should upon meeting a non-Hitler German conclude you've met someone who's ...

Actually, it does. If your argument leads to the conclusion that most women (barring Bathory) are better than men, then yes it does in fact show that ...

Because an anomaly does not make data. I'm afraid your equation of the general criminal populations with outliers evinces a pretty weak grasp on how t...

But you haven't revealed anything. You mentioned a single case, which can easily be written off as an anomaly. It's absolutely irrelevant.

Something like 80-90% of the world's violent crimes and murders are committed by men... but sure, let's take some nut job from the 1500's to prove we'...

Philosophers have recognized that the emotion/reason dichotomy is a false one for decades. For example, you cannot reason without emotion. In order to...