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I was not denying the existence of those extraterrestrial entities. But I was meaning that they are out of reach, and unknowable, no one has been ther...

The Big Bang stories, other galaxies, and aliens ... these stories were in science magazines for teenagers a long time ago, and I used to read them wi...

I don't feel it is necessary or meaningful for me to clarify or define these concepts. Because they are not controversial, obscure, diverse, or esoter...

I am even sceptic if anyone can live in Mars even after hundreds years of trials. They are wasting crazy money on these projects, which actually does ...

hmmm sci fi speculations. Not sure on these. They just fill the media spaces with these imaginative sayings so they can be paid for the month. :D OK -...

Sure in that sense, Science is not much different from Mysticism. There are myriads of questions Science cannot answer. For instance, they still don't...

You are welcome my friend :) Ok that's fair enough.But please remember not all scientific knowledge is true. It starts with premises or hypotheses whi...

I have a copy of "The Oxford Handbook of Wittgenstein", and one of the chapter is about "Wittgenstein on Religious Belief" by Stephen Mulhall. https:/...

Thanks for the link. :up: :pray:

Could it be the case that Wittgenstein's ideas on God have little philosophical significance, or you personally are not interested in his God topic?

Thank you for your recommendation. I would love to read and learn about all those subjects, but my interest in reading only lies in Philosophy and Psy...

I have come across some commentators sayings on Wittgenstein's writing being aphoristic, which I agreed with after reading some of his original texts ...

I would have thought your genes may control your personality, traits, looks and bodily immunities, but not your momentary actions, speeches, and daily...

1 and 2 sounds like the biological or ecological topics. 3 4 5 6 sounds like the magical abilities only possible in the Harry Potter movies. You were ...

ok, let us suppose still you insist you are not free for the reasons you stated above. But would you not admit that there are huge part of your life w...

Is it not the case of your free choice to be unfree with all the reasons you stated, why you are not free, therefore that was your free choice not to ...

Both TLP and PI seems written in richly aphoristic style, which attract broad range of different interpretations by the academics and readers. What is...

If you had dolphine's genes, then you wouldn't be sitting in your room in front of your PC or on the phone typing in English, asking these questions. ...

In the case of AI machines, would it not be the state of "powered ON" being them conscious in the human terms? My PC has ON OFF and also SLEEP options...

You simply decide to go for a walk or sleep etc. You don't need the other constraints and variables for making these simple decisions. Please explain ...

Witty is an interesting and significant philosopher, because the issues he had raised were compelling and important. I used to read Witty with minor i...

Everyone will die sometime in their life, so it is determined. But they can go for a walk, or read, or listen to music or have a nap. They are free.

Having been born, living and dying inevitable deaths are universal fate and destiny no life can escape from. Only in that sense, life is deterministic...

Being an agnostic is perfectly fine, if that is the stance you have decided to take. Nothing wrong with that, especially from a philosophical point of...

Analytic philosophy is still great for critical exercises. But if you are moving towards the continental philosophy, then Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Hei...

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In that case, would you not feel that referentialism and logical positivism are blind system? I mean, the world is not just material, but there are al...

Does the "object" also include mental objects such as fear, anger, pain, joy and hope ...etc? Or does it just mean material objects in the external wo...

Yeah, I don't presume or even imagine anyone with real personal crisis of their life would come to Philosophy Forum, and cry out seeking for help. :)

No problems mate. They are all great philosophers. Their importance in the history of philosophy comes from not the truths they concluded, but from th...

You are welcome my friend. :) If I quickly and roughly try to summarise their points, Descarte - Truth and knowledge comes from your mind, and knowled...

If you are still interested on the topics of Truth and Knowledge, I would recommend you to read :) Rene Descartes (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/...

I feel Socrates was right in saying that. He was the first philosopher in history who turned the philosophical focus into human life i.e. what is life...

Was it Socrates who said, "Unexamined life is not worth living.", and "the ultimate goal of human existence is not just to live but to live a good, me...

Reality keeps on existing as it has been. To the sleeper, the reality disappears, as he/she enters either into a dreaming state or total black out (un...

"Death does not concern us, because while we exist death is not present, and when death is present we no longer exist.” - Epicurus :cool:

The OP seems well aware of what life means. It seems clear what he seeks is the significance, purpose or meaningfulness of life.

Questions on the meaning of life have been asked millions of times from ancient times by the Stoics, philosophers of Religion and Existentialism, and ...

Some people are content with just living, and some seek the meaning of life. Each to their own. Meaning of life doesn't have to be something grandiose...

Read somewhere, meaning of life is to find / create meaning of life. :cool:

Thank you.

Yes, it is just my own opinion :)

Meaning of life is to be searched / created by each individual to suit their own desire, purpose and taste in life. :)

When dreaming being unconscious, the person cannot communicate with others, hence cannot be conscious.

For an object to be conscious, it has to be 1. a living - such as a person, dog, cat, monkey ... etc. Non living objects like machines cannot be consc...

When one asks "What is real?", it implies that he / she feels the situation or object perceived could be unreal or fake. Usually in this situation, on...

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Having seen the tree, the brain will convert the image into the ideas of the tree in perception, memory or imagination i.e it will become a mental sta...

The word "reducible" sounds problematic. Why do they have to "be reducible"? Could they be viewed as "being caused by" ? "If these experiences are rep...

Energy gets generated from matter's movement (e.g. fall), gravity, chemical process etc. Energy is a physical entity. Energy is not material. Matter i...