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Because explaining how mind "relates" to entities not having the characteristics of mind is so much easier than explaining how mind "interacts" with e...

When you say "most people" do you mean most "people" or most "philosophers of mind"? Either way, it seems to me that most "philosophers of mind" (incl...

I suspect that any feeling is an example of what it does "feel like to be energy."

Agreed. And therein is the Chimera (ultimate truth). In a sense, Plato's idealism is premised upon the notion that we are incapable of any certainty r...

Exactly. Disagreement is inherent to some issues. There would be no philosophy without it.

Interesting question. What do we even mean by academic philosophy? when I was an undergraduate, I mistakenly presumed academic philosophy was primaril...

I agree. There is a reason The Allegory of the Cave comes early in the study of philosophy.

Philosophy is not easy. Even posing the issue raises issues. For example, I am unconvinced that "rational agreement" is elusive. Certainly, adherents ...

I agree. My original undergraduate major was political science with a minor in philosophy. But the residency requirements at the school I was attendin...

And how minimal did I claim it to be? I was referring to the historical body of written philosophy which does not indicate that contemplation of the b...

You may rest assured I speak only to those philosophical views that resulted in writings. How could I possibly speak to those that did not result in w...

I am not convinced that the above is anything new. Such tensions have always been in philosophy. The actual amount of historical time in which philoso...

is this any different than saying "those who do rational theology should disagree with Kant's claim that we cannot know anything of God through ration...

Has this not always been the case? I suppose philosophers may not have always been writing for philosophers. But they have always been writing for a s...

Indeed.

Indeed!

Good stuff.

As opposed to proudly pretending not to be ignorant?

:-)

excellent point! I would go so far as to say that if I cannot put it my own words, then I do not understand it.

My experience is very much the same. Now I continuously read Being and Time in conjunction with other writers. I especially like William Blattner and ...

Good stuff.

All should question their beliefs on a regular and ongoing basis.

Then why did you spend so much time arguing that the definition given didn't count? Perhaps I misinterpreted. Either way, we had an excellent discussi...

when asked if I believe in God, I usually (and honestly) say "sometimes."

Again, you are the one who is making this in to something bigger than it is and I can only guess as to why, i.e., you seem to think that definition an...

me too.

I have stated on many occasions that Heidegger is not a good person for many reasons with his Nazism being foremost among them. And this is an example...

Indeed!

Whether you consider it a "serious" definition is beside the point. And as I already stated, it is William Blattner (not I) who argues that by "meanin...

I disagree. First, I do not understand what you mean when you say it is not necessarily Heidegger's claim. Whose claim is it? And second and most impo...

"Being that upon the basis of which entities are already understood." Being and Time, pp. 25-26. As for the "meaning" of being, William Blattner argue...

We do tend to attach cool sounding labels to that which we cannot explain and then proceed as if the label explains all.

His lectures were published at his leisure while Being and Time was rushed. Both the History of the Concept of Time and Basic Problems of Phenomenolog...

I like beer.

We are so Cartesian.

I agree. The same is true of some of the lectures immediately following Being and Time as contained in Basic Problems of Phenomenology.

I did not mean to suggest otherwise. I was speaking about the the thread in general. I agree. I am unaware of any significant contribution to ethics o...

No. That is not the problem. I raised the question and the question was not being asked of Heidegger. There seems to be an unstated and essentially un...

Well said. It is often difficult for some (especially those whose native tongue is English) to get a grasp on Heidegger's concept of care. One could c...

Tribalism fuels hatred which fuels politics which fuels tribalism. . . I suppose it is a matter of where one jumps into the circle. . .

Emphasis added. A bit of a stretch.

Tribalism fuels hatred which fuels politics which fuels tribalism which fuels hatred . . . ad nauseum, ad infinitum.

What would make the above definition of free will (or any other definition) a "libertarian" definition?

Are you suggesting that there are definitions of philosophy the practice of which would require one to be a good person? And is a focus upon being som...

I do not know what that means. Being "informed" about history would not make you an historian, being informed about science would not make you a scien...

Do you have to be a good person to be a good philosopher? Do you have to be a good person to be a good Doctor, lawyer, teacher, mathematician, writer,...

Exactly. Even his greatest critics have read him.

I disagree. I define a term when I want people to understand the manner in which I am using it. Rarely is the manner in which I am using the term the ...

I agree. Heidegger was not a good person for many reasons with his Nazism foremost among them. It is sad that anyone wastes time trying to apologize f...