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Heidegger is easier to understand if one grasps that his primary concern is ontology rather than metaphysics no matter how much of a fiction one consi...

Perhaps. Have you read Being and Time?

Russell gets too much credit for suggesting a set that cannot be.

And therein is your flaw. Considering the whole to be limited is simply a mistake in logic. And we already knew that.

Interesting. Though I agree that knowledge is derivative of being, what is the basis upon which you imply "reality" is any less derivative of being th...

This reminds of Heidegger's notion that being is that upon which beings are already understood. There is no being in the absence of at least a "vague ...

But why is language any less a "thing" than whatever "thing" it represents? Can we even talk about language if we do not consider language to be the "...

I thought so.

Interesting. I have long defined and consider philosophy to be an ongoing discussion over the nature of reality/being (ontology?). So in some sense an...

Descartes. And I reject the notion that what constitutes a paradigm shift in one area defines a paradigm shift for all areas. Philosophy of mind, onto...

I agree. It is the exceptional man "who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's te...

First everyone was enslaved by the "ego or conscience", both which you left undefined. Now everyone is enslaved by "the will", which you have also lef...

Substituting "the will" for "ego or conscience" changes nothing. The self can be slave to "the will" ego or conscience, or the self can be master of "...

I agree. People do tend to treat their beliefs as if they were facts and no good comes of it. On the hand, I am resistant to the notion that establish...

What is your question? You seem to be asking all sorts of questions but the title of the discussion refers to "a question." And are only Christians al...

sort of like identical twins. they are exactly the same until they aren't.

You seem to be asking us to choose between a post modernist view of the self or a "false" view of the self. Is that not akin to seeking my opinion reg...

The epistemological status of belief is relevant only to those who insist it must be.

I have no problem with anyone (including Plato) presuming the moral perfection of the Gods without argument, especially an idealist such as Plato. Why...

The self can be slave to ego or conscience, or the self can be master of ego or conscience. You have provided insufficient support for your claim that...

Kaufmann, Walter A.. Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist (Princeton Classics Book 3). Princeton University Press. Kindle Edition. in tand...

Richard Rorty suggested to the effect that modern philosophy is more about "skillful" conversation and less about "interesting" conversation.

as Vaskane suggested, it is not a quote from Nietzsche. Instead, it is a scholar's "summarized" description of Nietzsche's overman/superman/ubermensch...

"To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom" - Socrates

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What does that even mean? What do you mean by "existence"?

I looked at your OP several times and it is void of your understanding of "being" and "nature of existence". The notion of such a thing as a "logic of...

I agree. But that does not mean a first clause is precluded.

this only begs the question. Even if "our" best tool required a first cause, then that would only mean that "our" best tool required a first cause. Th...

to say that "logic" necessitates a first cause is not the same as saying the "nature of existence" (whatever that means) necessitates a first cause. B...

Determinism is a tautology. If everything were exactly the same, then everything would be exactly the same. This is philosophy as industry. The freshm...

If there is free will and you live as a slave to ego and conscience, then that is tragic. If there is no free will and you live as if there is, then y...

I take little comfort in the notion that truth is either that which we agree to be true or that which is arguably true. It strikes me very much as ano...

I suspect that anyone unable to tell me what they mean by the terms they use does not know what they are talking about.

French is a Latin language.

I suspect Quine would consider the process by which words are attached to meaning is far more organic than people prefer.

My bad. I mistakenly presumed your post was about "Overcoming all objections to the Analytic / Synthetic distinction." Good luck with that.

or verified as not true. Cats are rocks. An analytical statement that is verified false is still an analytical statement. And the same can be said of ...

You misunderstand. I am not saying your "definition" of either the analytic statement or the synthetic statement is ambiguous. Instead, "tokens" of th...

Well said. But I suspect both materialism and dualism require "thing-ness". The "I" is subsumed by the "thing-ness" of the former while the "I" is eve...

you may be correct in that the reliance upon sense data to configure the meaning of a statement renders the statement synthetic. But the truth value o...

We are not bound by the already existing definitions created by others. We can use existing definitions, we can modify existing definitions, or we can...

There is freedom because nobody is slave to ego or conscience. Please note I offered as much support for my refutation as you did for your claim.

First, Nietzsche did not say it worked. And second, there are more weak than there are strong.

are you talking about the actually real, the really actual, the really real, the truly real, the really true, the actually true, the truly true? Pleas...

I agree.

never mind.

and are not the same. I would agree that science is not "the" pursuit of truth.

Agreed. The purpose of science is to tell us what it can about nature, not to define it.

be all of that as it may, the manner in which relation, or interaction, or whatever you want to call it still needs to be explained. And I am not a du...