Sorry but this is just nonsense. I personally know people who've spouted antisemitic things who are anti-Zionists. And changing the definition of anti...
As a musician, whenever I am lulled into feelings that I was "born in the wrong era" or some such belief that things really used to be better and they...
I'm not sure you can demonstrate the validity of a metaphysical presumption by looking at what scientists do. That just seems like sneaking an appeal ...
The reference to Plato was merely an example of how I tend to disregard metaphysics even when dealing with philosopher who have quite a bit to say abo...
I don't think all philosophy constitutes a 'system', so even if your sentence is correct it still leaves me a lot of things to think about. Besides wh...
A confession: metaphysics has always seemed to me like a bunch of men sharing just-so stories after smoking a crack pipe. I'll admit the problem is pr...
The concept you are looking for is less likely to be a Greek word and more likely to be something derived from the many indigenous groups across the w...
I assume this is irony, but I'm not sure where I suggested that the mods are not hard-working. I'm simply pointing out a technological mechanism which...
I was being slightly tongue in cheek with my suggestion, but on a more serious note I know that in Facebook groups, moderators have an option to turn ...
I very rarely post on this website, and prefer to remain a reader most of the time. However, for what it's worth I found that for every post Street ma...
What your link doesn't mention is that most of these 'contributions' are in fact barely concealed ripoffs of Albert King. Which is ironic given his (l...
I don't deny that people have different (subjective?) experiences of music, I just think that music can also be described more or less objectively, an...
How you listen to music is often a matter of attention rather than subjectivity. Good music teachers can direct your attention to things which enable ...
Some impressions from someone who still regrettably sees themselves as a musician: 1) The so-called subjectivity of music is overblown. Yes, everybody...
1. It seems fairly obvious (to this non-American, at least) that verdicts like this one are an inevitable byproduct of a society which has normalised ...
Incendiary Art The city’s streets are densely shelved with rows of salt and packaged hair. Intent on air, the funk of crave and function comes to blow...
https://youtu.be/eyW0OVzGDtI Oriente Gilberto Gil Se oriente, rapaz Pela constelação do Cruzeiro do Sul Se oriente, rapaz Pela constatação de que a ar...
Ah ok I hadn't seen that useful Wiki page. Nevertheless the same page reveals that Switzerland and Australia have fully approved Pfizer. They're devel...
I'm pretty sure all 4 vaccines are approved in Europe: https://www.pei.de/EN/medicinal-products/vaccines-human/covid-19/covid-19-node.html;jsessionid=...
Still the greatest unadorned album ever recorded. The only of my favourites which I knew upon first listen, at age 15, that I would be listening to it...
I'm not sure why the hangup on semantics and grammar given that you've already pointed out that there is an actual non-semantic possibility here. Nor ...
Sure, but the latter part of my post was pondering why we should need philosophy to conduct scientific experiments in the first place? Children playin...
One of the interesting things about consciousness, though, is that its situating of 'itself' can be anything other than straightforward. The body tran...
As well as the concept of 'disembodied life', @"Saphsin" also raises the prospect of what we might call newly-embodied life. A believer in afterlife d...
Seems a bit nitpicky. Replace 'life' with 'consciousness' - 'Is there individual consciousness after death?' seems like a pretty coherent question. Un...
Murderers are historically looked down upon and treated as inferior, and surely their lives are far from ideal. So an oppressed category of people? Th...
You say that this would be a difficult proposal, I'm just wondering what you make of the failures not just of Oslo but also Camp David and Taba? It se...
I understand what you're saying but it would probably help for clarity to explain exactly what you think this means in practical policy terms... I ass...
A question for everyone here: a) What sort of political realities or solutions would you like to see in Israel/Palestine? b) How likely is your imagin...
I still don't follow. If genes behave 'as if' they had self-interest (that is, only metaphorically speaking), why would this have any bearing on our b...
To all of those who insist that Dawkins is being metaphorical all along, how are we to make sense of this line? If this is a metaphor I don't understa...
I watched the video, and aside from being boring it also did not address the question of risk, nor the relative risk of this outbreak compared to othe...
I've often wondered why sci-fi assassination conceits always involve Hitler. Much more would be gained if you went back in time to kill Luther. This w...
Do me a favour. You made a claim, I countered your claim with a specific question about risk and what is deemed to be sufficient risk to establish a c...
The relevant element though is 'awareness of risk': how much risk? No human action is without risk, so essentially we are assessing which degree of ri...
I'm happy to be educated on US law, but... the idea that you can try someone for second degree murder or negligent homicide because of exposure to a p...
This will be a long and rambling post, but since the rest of this thread is long and rambling, I figure it fits here. (N.B: I am not an American, and ...
I'm always curious about the certainty with which people predict the outcomes of elections. In the event that you're mistaken, how would the re-electi...
The problem with your posts, Fool, is that they're completely lacking in history. They are just-so stories unencumbered by the insights of several dec...
Does anybody have a backup of the old PF website? I'd like to search for some old posts but it seems to be not functioning any more. Even just selecte...
All heavy-handed state measures are justified under the banner of 'protection'. This is what sets the Leviathan going - we ask the state to harm us in...
I pity anybody who has never experienced a woman (or a gay person) in love. Women love all the time, even when it serves them no purpose, and does the...
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