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Sure. The point is not a criticism or condemnation by any means. It is just to clarify the statement is unsupported in any meaningful manner without p...

“It is disgraceful for a philosopher to say: the good and the beautiful are one; if he adds 'also the true', one ought to beat him. Truth is ugly. We ...

The "If" part needs backing proofs with evidence before the whole sentence could be accepted as a meaningful statement.

If you really asked me about this issue from my own perspectives, then mind is not something emerged from matter. You could say that, but then you wil...

This is a thread for you to understand, explicate and defend "absential materialism". It is not for "to articulate with maximum precision of detail th...

In that case, it sounds like the terminology "absential materialism" is incoherent.

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Mind can do a lot more than knowing the world. It hopes, imagines, feels, desires, plans, anticipates, criticises, reflects, remembers and reasons ......

The definition "external", which is outside of our minds itself is inside our minds because it is a definition formed of a sentence, and the words "ex...

It seems undeniable that the gap between actions and intentionality is meaning. Meaning is purely conceptual and logical. If I see rain coming down, t...

But isn't beauty in the eyes of beholder? Or is there such a thing as universally objective beauty?

:ok: It is certainly an interesting writing in your quote. It sounds like a depiction of close link or cooperation between matter and ideas, rather th...

No I don't think I was going on sentiment at all. I was just letting the OP know why he was confused when he posts an addlepated questions like ", whe...

Your questions and posts have been mostly based on the false assumptions and misunderstandings on the other party's stance. Therefore they give impres...

Your confusion seems to be based on your misunderstanding that my stance is some sort of an idealist. I am not an idealist. I am more in the direction...

Your "If" statement is implying that it is not a relevant condition for the point, hence your concluding question in your statement is absurd. No one ...

Claiming mind is a process or activity like respiration or digestion and not a static thing sounds weird and illogical. And I never said anything abou...

Or if we make a very unusual inference that there is such a thing as Absolute Nothingness, I think it has to be the space. Space is nothing, and it is...

For present, I reckon the dualist theory seems to be more plausible than materialism.

Yeah, but if you could remember, that question was only possible to be thrown at you because you claimed that mind is matter. If you claimed that mind...

I thought about it again, and Nothingness must be always about something. Nothingness also implies that it has its past and past existence. But some c...

That is what they call the "hard point", which has many explanations. If mind is matter, then where is it? What shape, size and weight is your mind?

Interesting point. Why do you think mind is same substance as matter?

It has been a few months since that post has been written, so I was wondering about it myself, but it was for this point, I think.

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Mind causes matter to change, move and work. A simple evidence? I am typing this text with my hands caused by my mind. If my mind didn't cause the han...

Is it not time to commit the old materialism to flames? It has been around since the ancient Greek era even prior to Plato. It is has not progressed e...

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A good hearted person can be name-called as an idiot in real life even these days suppose. I don't think Jesus would have minded being the person who ...

C G Jung's seminar seems to suggest AntiChrist was a brother of Jesus who tried to undermine Jesus' values. I am not sure if it is correct fact or mis...

That doesn't prove that materialism is correct. It is a poor logic (again :roll: ). It would be like saying eating loads of McDonald hamburgers everyd...

Here is a good article on Nietzsche's idea on Jesus and Anti-Christ in Wiki, and it seems to be the case that Nietzsche thought Jesus was not quite th...

Couldn't Jesus be a symbolic figure for Nietzsche too? After all, Jesus was a loner, preached truths to the mass, and became a martyr, who suffered th...

If you could define the concept "absolute" and "nothingness" separately, then it would help for getting more concrete perspectives on "absolute nothin...

The C G Jung's seminar seems saying that Zarathustra has nothing to do with the Zoroaster religious figure or Mazdaznan sector. They seem to be in fav...

Materialism is a view that everything is made up of matter. If they say, even mind is made up of matter, then it is an incorrect view, because there a...

So it was natural for Zarathustra was depicting Jesus, and tacitly Nietzsche himself too. I am glad that I am learning something about Nietzsche with ...

The automobile is a part of the capitalist society based on the technology and free market. Without them, the society will stop functioning smoothly. ...

I totally forgot about this thread. Nice to hear back from you. I feel your arguments seem to be still unsound. It starts from the wrong premises. Whe...

Maybe you don't understand the question, and doesn't know the difference between happiness and good in morality. It was not a joke, but just a plain p...

Is a happy thief morally good, because he is happy?

Isn't Good the foundation of morality, rather than happiness? Maybe happiness is linked to Good. If so, how so? Is happiness always good? Therefore be...

What is the arguments for Camus' idea of despair in his existentialism? i.e. why does he think it is the case?

Everyone is unique in their experience, background, content of life, thoughts and perception, and also in value judgements too. In that respect, I am ...

Who is supposed to be Zarathustra? Here in your statement above, it sounds like you are implying Z. was N. Would he be Nietzsche himself? Or some othe...

Who are the average man and common man?

If materialism is a belief that even mind is matter, then it is an addlepated belief.

What do you mean by "mind-independent world"? Did Kant say anything about it? What significance does "mind-independent world" have with CPR? IEP seems...

This is a completely different interpretation from what I think, and I am afraid to say that it doesn't make sense. In Kant, our daily perception is v...

I am not going to say you are wrong, because you can interpret Kant as you think right for you. But some arguments are more valid or invalid, more pla...