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But I don't buy that there is any inherent meaning. That notion is incorrect. "Knowing what something is" is another way of talking about a person app...

No. Hence why I specified that as the time frame. Just trying to get us to say things that make sense.

"3 billion years ago, there is a world to be interpreted" wouldn't normally be saying the same thing as "3 billion years ago, the world is already int...

Meaning is a way of thinking about something. So, yes it is. I already explained this above. Re identifying things--for example, if you're thinking ab...

Also, when I do think about things I perceive in ways involving meaning, that's not wrapped up in the perception--well, at least not usually. It's anc...

The vast majority of things that I perceive I do not think about in a way that involves meaning. If that's what you're asking. I can't imagine that an...

If you're in the mood to argue, let's do one thing at a time, so we can solve that thing and move on from it. People who exist are capable of granting...

Things have meaning only because and only insofar as people think about them in the associative way I outlined. So the only way I can make sense of a ...

I think it is a good reason, because the odds are by far in favor of not being miserable. Maybe you don't take good bets, but I do. I think good bets ...

Yeah, socialism in no way implies any particular view of or concern with Marx.

I think he was just highlighting the differences in the "unsure" responses.

Maybe part of it is that under some majors there's a tendency to think of socialism as an endorsement of someone like Marx, whereas philosophy majors ...

Why is it such a common sentiment among philosophy majors? I don't know, but maybe a willingness to endorse positions outside of status quo beliefs ha...

A good reason in my opinion is that the balance is on the enjoyment/pleasure side for most people.

I don't know about that. I think a toaster can make toast much better than I can, but the toaster didn't do a very good job when I asked it to write t...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H2h1MY70uag

It's a Grateful Dead song/album. Here's the title track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I7CLy70WtI The Dead are one of my favorite musical artists. ...

That's simply one of those things where you're basically saying that you can make whatever moves would be necessary to interpret anything that way if ...

Body, actually, of which brain is a very prominent part, since that's the part where mentality obtains, and people usually focus on mental aspects whe...

I don't know what that phrase amounts to, but all the stuff I said in my reply, not just part of it paraphrased. In an autobiography, obviously I'm go...

A complex of different dynamic bodily parts and functions, where for "personal identity," the focus is on a complex of different dynamic brain functio...

My "real me" isn't something that I believe is ultimately under my control, and it's not something that I take to be simply a compilation of my tastes...

Basically what he's asking you, although I don't know on what grounds as he's not a realist, is how the world was interpreted when the "timeline" is t...

Yes. It's not possible to perceive meaning on my view. Meaning is something mental that we do. Namely, it's the mental process of associative thinking...

What would you say that meaning is if you view perception as always meaningful?

Exactly.

Try something like Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues, edited by Curd, Cover and Peacock. You might want to see if you can get it from a librar...

Are you also saying that because of language a la Banno (who was agreeing with Wittgenstein, wasn't he?) or are you saying it for some other reason? (...

Sure, you could say that descriptions are "tools for understanding" --although maybe more often they're tools for misunderstanding, especially because...

I like (broad-sense) fantasy fiction for stories. For my tastes, philosophy sucks if I want a story. :razz:

Ah--I just realized that I misread the first post. I thought you were saying that they removed neurons from the brains and that's what they were exper...

I think they were being overly optimistic that consciousness would likely occur simply by stimulating some neurons in a very different environment.

This seems like a strange opening claim to me. The acceptance of fallibility might help make someone not come across as an arrogant asshole, but is th...

I don't really look at ethics as a "tool" (or set of tools), by the way. I look at it as phenomena to be described. In general, I approach philosophy ...

If we were to imagine all possible topics of discussion as a lake, this strikes me as a thrown rock arbitrarily skipping across the surface for a mome...

I wouldn't say I adhere to any "school"--as the number of claims that someone else makes increase, the chances that I disagree with some of their clai...

When someone else doesn't see it, which is relatively rare, we'll be able to diagnose what's going on with them in terms of perceptual and cognitive p...

For once--well, twice really--we agree.

I'm not arguing that he's wrong because of these facts. It would only be the genetic fallacy if I were doing that. Why he's taking the track he's taki...

Dreams are based on waking experiences and thoughts. So it would be odd if you didn't parse others as being independent of you in dreams. This is obvi...

Then we're just being silly? You might as well take time to be this painting: https://pacificnorthwestartschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Saltwat...

I don't think what he's saying at all resembles an "ideal world," and it doesn't have anything to do with rationality or education. The rejection is o...

The misunderstanding would be on your part. Giving a fuck about interpersonal behavior is what morality is in a nutshell. I've pointed out a number of...

I thought you were done? lol "You don't need to hit the transgressor yourself" in no way equates to "don't have to give so much fuck." That doesn't pr...

You just wrote: "Civilization as we know it: you don't have to give so much fuck." This is not true. Civilization as we know it gives just as much of ...

Neither of these resemble understanding what I wrote above. Hence why you should slow down.

Repeating again: arresting someone is giving a fuck.

That's the straw man you're assuming. I explained this already. Again, slow down so we don't have to keep repeating stuff.

Both hitting someone back and arresting them are giving a fuck how other people are behaving. Not giving a fuck is when they hit you and there are zer...

Did you miss the part that you're factually wrong in thinking that all moral transgressors are basically just high school goths? Let's slow this down ...