But Socrates (or Plato) was perhaps mistaken on this point. If someone's going to be wicked then I'd prefer them to be dumb as well. But if they're go...
If all the good people were clever, And all clever people were good, The world would be nicer than ever We thought that it possibly could. But somehow...
It's premiss 2. From the fact that we can imagine something, nothing follows about its existence. Imaginability and existence are logically distinct. ...
What is socially constructed is not the skin and hair colour and nose shape but the importance of these things in influencing our judgements and categ...
I think most philosophy is a grammar lesson or should be. Careless language costs thoughts. On the topic, there is a view that both sex and gender are...
Yes, you're right that false beliefs are not *sufficient* for delusions. You can have false beliefs and not be mentally ill or deluded. My point was t...
It is interesting that the list of symptoms does not specify that the belief is false. Suppose someone is being followed by the secret police in a cou...
I would say that theism is a mental illness if there is no God. It is a kind of delusion. But if there is a God, then theism is not a mental illness: ...
There is an interesting anti-compatibilist argument based on moral responsibility. Assume someone is morally responsible for something. Assert that if...
I think W's point was that language is a feature of a way of life and our ways of life are so different from those of lions that a common language wou...
I think your purpose is to be an existentialist. It's the freedom, potential and coming-to-be that count. Actually being makes an object of you and pi...
Bitter Crank: Well said. And another point. If you find the dog hesitates over whether to accept your apology then it's probably time to get other kin...
"How about an example of a claim which is unfalsifiable, but the idea that the belief in its truth provides value is falsifiable." Here is the unfalsi...
Liquidate the plutocracy, in other words - Bitter Crank I went on a march in the 1980's and some anarchists behind me were chanting 'Eat the Rich' as ...
I don't think arguments from design are valid. — Cuthbert Do you mean 'valid', or 'true'? Because I don't readily see why all arguments from design wo...
I don't think arguments from design are valid. But the problem they are trying to address is a good one. Given that there is a material universe, why ...
"And I smell a false dichotomy. Either something is random or it is designed, the thinking goes. Well, not every non-random thing is deliberately desi...
"Ask as many questions about my character, as you like then make a guess. You can even have a few wrong answers. Any challengers?" Do you live on a hi...
"Alternatively, we could all have a stick up our respective arse." It's the 'don't be a prude' objection that I mentioned.. But if a person has to dem...
"...how do we get from here to there?" Not via democracy, according to Plato. Governments have to use restriction, social manipulation and force with ...
A point made by Plato. "Unless . . . philosophers become kings in the cities or those whom we now call kings and rulers philosophise truly and adequat...
"Contextualizing a workplace conversation helps us determine what falls on which side of the harassment line, but it’s still a distinction that’s extr...
On whether it's likely that a highly intelligent and educated person might also have some totally foolish beliefs - well, I'm afraid not only likely b...
"A touchstone to determine the actual worth of an "intellectual" - find out how he feels about astrology." I can't agree. Take two "intellectuals". Bo...
But I don't think it is the case. It's not a view that I support in the least. It's a view I introduced for discussion. It seemed to be hovering on th...
True. But we can't infer that men are more criminally minded or less ethical than women. Black people are also disproportionately imprisoned but I don...
It may also be used to imply that they need not bother themselves too much with politics, law, duty and matters of principle. Let them concentrate on ...
Am I to understand that women's philosophy is about care, education, families, communities, virtue, being a good person and matters of personality and...
I hestitated whether to click "About right". I think that "About right" is about right. I'm surprised that we weren't offered the option "About right"...
The hard problem of consciousness is the question how physical events can give rise to the phenomenal experience of consciousness. This problem may be...
The bad guys will still get guns, because they are not afraid to break the law. The good guys will have given their guns away, being law-abiding. And ...
They allow everyone to have guns and then the good people use guns to protect themselves and their families from the tiny number of bad people who als...
It is a mystery why gun crime is so bad in the United States in comparison with other countries. Almost everyone in the US who has a gun is a good per...
A culture where it is acceptable to deceive women into thinking they can have a better life overseas and then forcing them to work as sex slaves is, a...
Where would we be without Stanford..? https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/parmenides/ . But it's a bit dense. This is easier but not as authoritative: ...
'Ethics is the majority's common interests' is an ethical theory. It has good points and bad points. What are they? How do you answer the challenges t...
The distinction between epistemology and ontology was not clear cut then - and not entirely clear cut since, perhaps, as you say. Parmenides wrote of ...
His commitment to civil rights carried through into his business and personal life. He stood up for the right of every human being - young or young, w...
It's a rhetorical trope. "Say I'm dumb. But don't say I'm insincere." Despite appearances, that is not an instruction to call me dumb. It's a way of s...
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