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Don't know what that means. The OP was a poll.
July 09, 2020 at 03:38
But objects have relations to other objects. What is the nature of these relations? Ironically, by viewing it as if it is an "object that a human perc...
July 08, 2020 at 18:11
Agreed. Thus my original claim:
July 08, 2020 at 03:26
The simples make arrangements. How does the observer come out of the arranging of simples? That is the very thing to be explained in emergentism.
July 08, 2020 at 03:22
Putting aside your own "incredulous stare" at the mere idea: a) emergentism has no observer, just added clutter to the simples. b) panpscyhism has the...
July 08, 2020 at 02:59
If it is all simples doing what they do, what is the new phenomena clutter that is added to this metaphysics?
July 08, 2020 at 02:47
Ah yes, this is not odd at all.
July 08, 2020 at 02:18
Third time's a charm! Emergence needs to take place with an observer. Otherwise it is just simples doing what they do (mereolgoical nihilism- arrangin...
July 08, 2020 at 01:48
Yeah, this is more-or-less what I was trying to say. The joyful nihilist is not free of the modern superstructure. It is just one reaction or "role" t...
July 07, 2020 at 17:26
Hmm, not sure about hierarchy. In the idea that no level of experience is more privileged? Anyways, it is more like mereological nihilism. Emergentism...
July 07, 2020 at 17:14
Emergentism is as odd, prima facie, as panpsychism in the context of a metaphysical phenomenon. "Wet" is a property only at a certain epistemological ...
July 07, 2020 at 03:20
People train themselves to do this. Most socially-enculturated humans without developmental issues get bored. It's a fact. Just because certain people...
July 04, 2020 at 12:36
Yeah I've read one or two of his books. I generally agree, though not necessarily my brand of pessimism. Still laudable. I'll check out the video. So ...
July 04, 2020 at 00:12
Granted, there is a freeing aspect to post-modernism's dedication against meta-narratives, what I am saying is that it doesn't solve anything against ...
July 03, 2020 at 15:35
I think the literary critique has been there or a long time. Look at Voltaire's Candide and other satires, or example. You can go back to Aristophanes...
July 03, 2020 at 12:03
I'm getting that. I guess you figured out the source of all the problems. You seemed to have not even attempted to discuss minutia-mongering as it rel...
July 02, 2020 at 04:48
Can you elaborate on this? It almost sounds like these people are beyond deliberative capabilities, not just merely ignorant. Then what are we talking...
July 02, 2020 at 04:23
Oh, I still hold the position. And why the scream? Ha, please give us the secret! To be fair, there is no reason not to be antinatalist, I don't know ...
July 02, 2020 at 01:12
On a broader tangent, I think a lot of conservative ideas are post-modern actually. Look at the defense of Trump. Many people well say, look "Bill Cli...
July 01, 2020 at 22:03
I think what I see here applies as well. I wonder your thoughts as well.
July 01, 2020 at 21:29
It seemed you were saying more than that :smirk: . Yes one thread among many is what I'm saying as well (at least how post-modernism characterizes alm...
July 01, 2020 at 20:18
Yes, I agree with that youtube comment as well and as you say is "a little too quick and easy". At the end of the day, the show is not the person watc...
July 01, 2020 at 17:59
Perfect example of the post-modernist tendency for cynical critique, but ironically used on post-modernism itself.
July 01, 2020 at 17:15
I made an edit there
July 01, 2020 at 04:47
It's not taking any grand narratives seriously . It's a boogeyman as it lurks behind all sincere claims. An ironic and cynical skewer against your har...
July 01, 2020 at 04:42
And what is genuine value? What is an honest day's work?
July 01, 2020 at 04:41
Ok, this might be a sin against all social media, but I am going to quote the first comment on this video's comments section in YouTube, because I act...
July 01, 2020 at 04:11
:up:
July 01, 2020 at 04:07
:lol: .. I am not accusing you of nicking the YouTube video.. I just instantly saw a parallel there when I saw what you wrote.. Here is the video I wa...
July 01, 2020 at 03:58
I thin one of his most interesting ideas is how he imagines a compound individual vs. a corpuscular society:
July 01, 2020 at 03:41
Yes, I can't see post-modernism working in anything other social situatedness, It just has nothing useful to say about "modern" themes like science, t...
July 01, 2020 at 03:29
:wink: Join in on the fun!
July 01, 2020 at 03:01
Great analysis overall. I'm going to evince my own "look at the camera/eye roll" moment now and mention that I remember seeing a video about (the very...
July 01, 2020 at 02:56
Here's my take: Post-modernism is a total willingness to deconstruct. Usually this leads to themes like irony or absurdity. Why? Because when you deco...
July 01, 2020 at 00:36
Ironic as the child cannot by mere fact of its non-existence be asked consent, but it is assumed that it is ok to have it. Tsk.Tsk. As an ardent antin...
June 30, 2020 at 23:51
Interesting, but things like the Arche-fossil and such seem like it goes to straight Kantianism, not social constructivists. Constructivists don't nec...
June 29, 2020 at 20:33
Can you provide the context of this? If it is a return, what was the original (I'm thinking Logical Positivism?). If it was a breaking away, then what...
June 29, 2020 at 19:49
I'm game.. Can anyone differentiate "Speculative Realism" from just "Realism" or even "Neo-Realism" besides that it is newer, a new neologism of sorts...
June 29, 2020 at 14:25
What? Understatement? :lol:
June 25, 2020 at 14:56
Assisted suicide should be a valid and legal option. However, suicide in general is a different topic than not procreating. One can recommend not proc...
June 25, 2020 at 14:55
Yes I am.
June 24, 2020 at 02:08
Yep. Won't argue with you there. Your typical objection would be "But what about the average life that is more balanced perhaps than the ones with fam...
June 23, 2020 at 15:24
It is probably from both sides. One feels the need to stare, gaze. The other feels the need to be gazed perhaps. As others have said, the problem only...
June 23, 2020 at 14:54
So we are again back to nature in the debate of nature vs. nurture. And I was so happy on keeping it nurture :lol: . I focused on the revealing/concea...
June 23, 2020 at 13:58
We have very little control over it. Much of what we have now is historical contingency. We cannot change historical contingency. Marx, for example tr...
June 23, 2020 at 05:30
It absolutely has a purpose beyond us. Institutions are often created from historical contingencies and then the cultures surrounding those institutio...
June 23, 2020 at 04:42
Well, now you are going into well-trodden areas of my core philosophy. I'm an antinatalist.. so the more we can catalyze less procreation, the better....
June 23, 2020 at 03:59
No, I'm agreeing with you, that that might be more-or-less the narrative. My only difference is that I think culture indeed helps create direction/imp...
June 23, 2020 at 03:47
Yes, somehow they do. It's not hard why sex differences do.. If a culture wants sexual attraction to be a thing, then society can help this along by t...
June 23, 2020 at 03:26
Yes, exactly. I did mention that perhaps it's because these body parts are the "other". But that gets diminished with exposure, as you are saying too,...
June 23, 2020 at 03:10