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Isn't philosophising just musing, but a little more formal? :chin:

Oops! Sorry. My poor formatting made @HarryHindu's words look like they were mine. :blush: I reformatted the original post to correct this.

Could we look at gambling addiction, and honestly say it's any less damaging than (say) alcohol addiction? I think addiction is the problem. :chin: Dr...

I can't relate these two snippets, even though one follows directly after the other. Are you for or against ... or some other position?

No. I use gabapentin and cannabis to mitigate the unpleasant effects of MS. The MS is harmful; the drugs help to moderate that harm. Isn't everything ...

The relief of MS-related unpleasantness that I get from cannabis is real and worthwhile. The additional relief I get from gabapentin is also real and ...

I'm not especially good at telling stories. But I do know that humans learn (and retain) best of all from stories. I suppose that's why we like the st...

Yes, consensus is sometimes mistaken for objectivity. I've never understood that. :confused:

I think we can all agree (?) that the answer is "no".

If you can prove (to the same objective standard that you reference) either of these things, you will change the face of science and philosophy. But y...

Science is a tool - a remarkable and very powerful tool (within its area of applicability) - that grew out of several related schools of philosophy. I...

Nit-pick: you think that maths, a human invention, is more fundamental than the stuff of which the universe is built? I don't think so.

Thanks. :up: I started a topic in General Philosophy to discuss this, and it seems to have concluded that there is no accepted or agreed way of doing ...

:up: Thanks for that! :smile: Interesting... :chin:

I beg to differ. We are capable, on occasion, of logical and rational behaviour, but you don't need me to provide a host of examples of humans not beh...

Christianity does. I think Islam and Judaism do too. But what about Taoism, Buddhism, or any of the other Eastern religions? "Religion" includes all r...

Yes, but the problem stays the same as for your other suggestions. If you were a Vulcan or a Romulan, an alien seeking to learn more about humanity, y...

For me, religion/spirituality tells me much more about how I might conduct my life, than what will happen later. I don't think science can investigate...

You see, this is part of the problem. A scientific view of art and music fails to see the things that make them relevant and desirable to humans. The ...

Thanks. :up: So how do you see the Tao te ching being used to help us do - or show us how we (should?) do - philosophy?

You know of empirical evidence for (or against) the existence of God? I thought the main problem with that particular question is that there's no (emp...

Politics? Music and art? Religion and spirituality? Katie Price (as a media phenomenon, not a person)?

highlighting.] But, as I think you have already pointed out, when the subject matter is thought and thinking, empirical evidence is thin on the ground...

So you recommend that philosophy should (must?) adopt the scientific method because public confidence in philosophy might otherwise wane? More general...

Having read it, I found it to be a vague and very general examination of how philosophers do philosophy, with none of the details you might expect or ...

We're surely "light on observation and experimentation", as science explores the matter-energy universe, while we explore the world of thought and thi...

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That seems better! :smile: I'll read it shortly. Thanks. :up: Scientific method? Would we look in a cookery book to find out how to service a car engi...

Yes, I found the site, and many others like it. Thanks for the link. But I look there (and elsewhere), and I can find nothing written down that descri...

Here's a quote I found on Quora:

Really? Which one(s)? :chin:

This started me thinking. What exactly is philosophy, in the sense of your words? What is it that philosophy demands of us? Is there a body of knowled...

Yes, and not feeding the trolls can be really difficult! :wink:

Does mathematics exist? It seems to have the same existential justification: it's a human invention, which exists only in our minds.... :chin:

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Dictionaries (as we have agreed, they're only a starting point) seem to support the varied meanings that spirit carries. There is clearly some overlap...

Accept life as it is? By this I mean that much of the problems that assail you are outside your control. Those, at least, you can safely and rationall...

But what if the answer to your question is that there is no meaning or purpose in life, other than that which you bring with you, or otherwise acquire...

To me, philosophy is structured, considered, thought on anything you can think about. So the answer to your question is: anything you can't think abou...

It's interesting to note that science (as described on mainstream news) has just discovered that air pollution is killing more people than smoking. It...

:up: And I think spirit forms part of the mind, in the context of mind/body. There is a connection, that some people find valuable, to "religious/magi...

No, they don't, but they still accept the truth (and the consequences) of what that (admittedly narrow) definition refers to. All is unknown, in absol...

I often consider spirit to be the counterpart to body. The mental, immaterial, part of us. The really confusing and difficult-to-know-about part of us...

Indeed so. :up: But it's still an interesting topic (to me).

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:smile: Yes, it's easier with rocks. :up: In this case, our spying is not literal. Spirit - at least in some of the many meanings that the word carrie...

Hmm. If you consider Objective Reality (that which is), you will probably discover that we can (knowingly) have no Objective knowledge of it at all, a...

I haven't attacked you, only your approach to this topic. If you want to stop posting here, go ahead. No-one will be offended (except maybe you). :up:

This is a topic that I find interesting, and enjoyable to discuss. There are others too, who agree, and who have posted some interesting thoughts. And...