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No. I see only another of your straw men. :chin:

And I said that this is normally taken for granted. Does it really need stating, even here, in the midst of a debate in a philosophy forum? I suspect ...

Any help if I admit to presenting an argument that the psychologists also agree with? :wink:

According to psychologism, everything is a psychologistic argument, n'est ce pas? :smile:

Apparently not. I'm observing that you have ordered your words in a peculiar way, one that is not easy to understand, so that they would resemble the ...

You just bent the facts under consideration into a very strange shape, so that they will resemble your thesis. Wouldn't it be better simply to express...

:grin: Nicely put. :up: :smile:

Lots of contributors to this topic are using the term "ought" over and over. Fair enough. But, given your use(s) of "ought", can you please clarify wh...

Thanks for that. It seems psychologism is a way of claiming that every branch, sort or style of knowledge is part of psychologism. It's just a land-gr...

Ah, OK. ... Does that make me a psychologist, then? :wink: For I believe that maths and logic were created by humans. They were created for a purpose ...

And the brain is a collection of atoms. Whose comment is the least useful and relevant? It's a close-run thing, I think. :wink: I wonder if you have g...

So you suggest that we can recognise that which is morally right because it makes us feel good, and I am the one who's incoherent? Hmm.

This is Boolean logic, and it has little application to humans or to human life except when we want to consider digital electronics. If you mean to re...

"feel good about" = (morally) "right"? No: straw man.

Yes, of course. It imposes doing-right. Sometimes, we are able to recognise and obey that imposition. :wink: In theory, where you live, we do that all...

The only part of your argument that's being questioned is the "ought"! Ought says there's a reason to believe facts. What is that reason? Above, you s...

The first thing that strikes me about this is the word "ought". "Ought" says that there's some kind of reason or compulsion that requires us to believ...

You have said this a number of times, in different ways. You always refer to consciousness as a passive thing. Consciousness is "being in the state of...

No. I think that may refer to a law. :chin: Morality is knowing what is right and wrong, and using that knowledge to make judgements of what is right ...

Says who? No, but the obligations are not moral obligations. Being a member means accepting the rules of the 'club'.

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:razz: Trick question! :smile: Philosophers since Hume, and probably long before, have struggled with this one, as you surely know. :naughty: :wink:

So it's the brain that controls the body, in your world? Does the (immaterial) mind have no place in your scheme? Forget for a moment that the 'consci...

Haven't you realised? Sensory data cannot be processed in zero time. By the time it has been processed, and reached the conscious part of the mind, ab...

How do you connect right and wrong to accepting community membership?

No need. Science will surely tell us that prayer will do no harm, so why not let the believers try? If it works, maybe it's placebo or maybe it's a mi...

No! Not "you will be right" but "you may be right".

No. Consider: I am a paedophile (no, I'm not, this is a little thought experiment), the greatest bogeyman of our time. To me, my practices are morally...

Agreed. Historically, science is a tool developed by one or several schools of philosophy (the ones that include words like "analytic" and "logical" i...

My changes indicate where I think you're over-stating your case. You are describing work in progress. Work that, one day, might justify your conclusio...

I think it was clear from the original text that it includes, er, committed atheists too. What can science say about prayer? Only that such experiment...

Many are, but some are not. As I said: Religion doesn't cover the same area of thought/culture/life as science does (although the odd overlap does exi...

I already did: I found nothing so contentious that I would espouse, or challenge it. But the article does contain a number of interesting thoughts. I ...

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In my view, as a believer but not a Christian, those believers who oppose science on its own ground - with literal/objective claims, and the like - ar...

Oh, no. This is binary thinking at its worst and most imperceptive. The OP asks "Is it immoral to do illegal drugs?" Our answer, to summarise, is "not...

Why would anyone be convinced by assertion without persuasion or argument? You seem to be relying on your co-respondents to go and read the articles y...

Matters of religion are not easily considered in a literal manner. The whole issue is more about spirituality and the like, not logic and literal trut...

OK, yes, but greed, consuming and consumption define all of my generation. We even pretend it's good: take "retail therapy", for example. :rage:

What can I say? I personally have done what I can, but it probably wasn't enough. Most others of my generation have done nothing to make things better...

Exactly. So why turn it into one? :chin:

What logic? Please elucidate.

Maybe because you keep making the same assertions, over and over, without listening to what others are trying to say to you? Science has shown no such...

I have always found some philosophy to be disconnected from real life. And I have always wondered why we bother with it. On a more positive note, ther...

No, it doesn't. But there is a real live fact here, hidden amongst the emotional stuff: if there are no (available) guns, no-one will be harmed or kil...

Where is this "shown", please?

A sin? Maybe not. But unacceptable? Yes. The so-called N-word was used for centuries in an intentionally pejorative way. And gratuitous insults help n...

Why do you keep saying the same few stock phrases? It's almost as if you read a couple of articles that convinced you, but didn't understand them well...

I thought that, but it's nice when someone else does too. :wink: :up: Some people fall back on insults when their position is challenged. Sad.