I think what you're ambling toward is the recognition that "good" is relative. What's good for me might not be good for you. Killing the bacteria that...
Personally, I have none. Science and mathematics have axioms. It's an impressive-sounding synonym for "guess", to avoid directly admitting to guesswor...
Yes! And so perhaps it is worth considering, as my OP requests, whether the axiom of causality is universally applicable? After all, axioms are accept...
Sorry, I'd have to disagree with that. Perhaps we could say instead that "Guesswork is the bedrock of reality", at least from a human perspective? :ch...
It's a common observation, but it seems it needs saying one more time: not all religion is Christian, or even Abrahamic. "The supernatural" covers muc...
I agree with this. But what you say applies to any and all scientific theories concerning 'reality'. After all, our theories serve only to map 'realit...
Agreed, and there are other strong arguments opposing what I said; arguments that I would often have deployed myself. I said what I did because we're ...
Again, it's the terms that bother me. Please don't misunderstand: I'm not being a vocabulary-nazi here. I'm not insisting on the creation of a new ter...
I don't dispute what you describe, and I too find it very interesting. :up: My point is only that I think it misleading to use the term "causality" to...
If the effect precedes its 'cause', this isn't "causality" (as we define, and understand, it), is it? It is more a redefinition of our existing term t...
I think this is a great example of how unhelpful the concept of "objective truth" can be. As for lying, I think it includes an element of intention. I...
No, this isn't about existence, or creation, it's about causality. So, as you suggest, let's ask if it is possible for any event to happen spontaneous...
Yes, this topic recognises that causality is a dogma that is created solely by definition, and wonders whether the creation of this axiom is actually ...
A rather one-sided quote, don't you think? Humans are a co-operative species, and it's that co-operation, and our adaptability, that has allowed us to...
I think your view is quite widely shared, especially amongst those keen on science and analytic philosophy. But I'm not addressing that view directly....
I think our prejudices form a central part of who and what we are. To blithely state that they should be rooted out shows a belief that this is even p...
This assertion worries me. It doesn't ring true. Why "must" every being have an accompanying explanation? Is this knowledge that has escaped me thus f...
I disagree. Science is a powerful and useful tool, which has delivered all kinds of useful stuff. It's just that science is not applicable to every pr...
It seems a shame to delve into the one and only statement of Objective Truth that can - knowingly and correctly - be made by a human. Personally, I am...
I am puzzled that, in this discussion, some posters seem to minimise the importance, or even presence, of creation in the creative process*. Have I mi...
Can't help you, I'm afraid. I was educated in a religious cult (Roman Catholicism), and all other colours of religion - including atheism - were colle...
An Objective statement is one that correctly describes some aspect of Objective Reality, i.e. that which actually is. A statement correctly identified...
Of course I wouldn't, in absolute terms. So I'm reduced to guesswork, as we humans so often are. There has never been even the smallest piece of scien...
I'm sure there will be many other opinions expressed here, but mine is this. Your mistake is to apply logic and reason to a being whose existence is n...
That's exactly how it is, and it's (IMO) the reason why Objectivism and analytic philosophy are a pointless waste of time. In fairness, there's rather...
We already have philosophy that is as suited to aliens as it is to humans. It's a sad consequence of us trying to be 'objective' (unbiased) in our inv...
OK. I was only seeking to clarify what you meant by the phrase "objective world". Subjectivity/Objectivity debates can often be fun. But because they ...
Yes, that seems right. But, although creativity and art are, in some ways, distinct, we should remember that art is creative. Creation is at the heart...
There are some who contend that we have no knowing access to Objective Reality (that which is), and that the world we observe with our senses is not n...
As an autist, I'm in two minds about this. :wink: No I'm not. I can see no direct contribution that autism makes to philosophy. We have some traits th...
You grasp Objective Reality by logic and reason? Lucky this topic concerns the supernatural, then. You are clearly much loved by the Gods, to have giv...
I'm from the UK too, where my schooling taught me that the British Empire was us spreading our civilisation to the rest of the world. It was us doing ...
No. Like Josef K., I don't know. Better still to recognise the truth of your first sentence. If you apply it to the second, you may see that you can't...
So you think it's helpful to describe Picasso's Guernica (falling back to that example) as a rearrangement? In this example, we presumably view the wo...
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