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Here is yet another scenario: Say someone has a relatively annoying situation (a physical ailment, mental health condition, bed bugs, whatever), they ...

I used it as a diving off point. I still maintain I don't like discussing much with you for various reasons.

Another thing to add, just to loop it back to Schopenhuaer (because why not), if Schopenhauer/Buddhism is correct in the diagnosis that life's sufferi...

Also, going with my previous post- I can think of two scenarios: 1) The first scenario is one in which a person did not suffer much and had a meaningf...

I bring this up because I find it an odd paradox that some things that are "meaningful" require suffering or pain. The fact that suffering might bring...

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I would like to address what you are saying, but first let me ask you something. Do you think that something that is "meaningful" trumps what is good?...

I think I agree with Schopenhauer that non-ideality can be likened to an always "becoming". There is in a certain sense a "lack" which presupposes the...

I don't know what this means "in the bounds of reason". Is it not "in the bounds of reason" to mourn the loss of a loved one? What does it mean to be ...

Your characterization of my premise is incorrect though. I am not saying it is a "moral obligation to be upset and to grieve at the loss of a loved on...

Interesting points. I think it's just that some of the "discoveries" of psychological research don't seem to carry the same baggage as say, the applic...

I think Schopenhauer's main criticism of Stoicism in The World as Will and Representation, was that Stoics left room for things like "preferred indiff...

Schop's version says complete and full out asceticism in an all out denial of will (something most cannot reach). Otherwise, get out of individuated w...

That's the point- Pessimism knows the "empire" is abusing them and is not content with it.

I can see how Stoicism could be used to ensure people are content even if their empire is abusing them.

I guess you used the word seem, so I can't fault you completely. But, that is not what I am saying at all. Rather, I am saying that it is ok to feel t...

Interesting.

Call it anything you like but misconstruing what I am saying is what it was doing. So replace "category error" with whatever you like.

Well- so much for people for new people without enmity from the old thread answering... Now who is strawmanning who? You are making so many category e...

Yes, this is all well and good at an anniversary of death or a birthday, but to quickly move forward after the death doesn't seem appropriate. Rather ...

I couldn't honestly tell you except it seems intuitively wrong not to FEEL some some sense of loss for family or people that you loved. The nature of ...

This is what I particularly have a problem with. No, that is correct there is nothing you can "DO", but not focusing on the such a personal tragedy of...

Not that you will respond, as you aren't interested, but I personally don't think that a verificationist methodology should be undergirding philosophy...

I rather have that than what you presented earlier. I will not be offended.. Maybe someone's interest will be piqued. I just thought of you because th...

This is exactly what I am talking about. Thank you for the link and the information on the study. I agree with you that this is a problem with psychol...

Honestly, does everything you don't agree with have to be followed with a snarky remark about being "pedestrian" "stupid" and "beneath you"? I would b...

All I ask is that you don't strawman me. I didn't mean to imply that all realists are secular humanists whereby the humanity as a replacement to the t...

Again, just emphasized that many don't think the world is for them but they work to promote science and technology. Use whatever term you prefer- scie...

Did this advance anything? So we are parsing terms? Fine, scientific naturalist.. etc. but any term I use you will find fault with.. I just used secul...

Also, I think I hit a lot Brassier's stuff right on the mark with that comment. You haven't shown me where I am wrong. 1) Brassier doesn't believe in ...

I feel like Thomas Nagel said something along these lines..but that could be a false connection. Is it bad that most evolutionary biologists and other...

Just a bunch of ad hominems.

That is about the same as every other secular humanist philosophy. To me, that is no big insight. I mean, this seems no different than any other athei...

I'm having a hard time unpacking this. What does that mean "what that object can be thought and therefore be said to be"? My interpretation of that is...

As Schopenhauer said:

As I said to TGW before: The illusion that everyone seems to tell themselves is that the pain in pursuing romantic love is worth the rewards, but for ...

I don't see how Platonic love is romantic love then. This actually seems to be a defining point in Platonic love- that it isn't romantic. However, if ...

Notice it is a definition of romantic love as opposed to other kinds of love. You can care about someone deeply in a Platonic love, but that wouldn't ...

But you are now conflating marriage with love. Can you have a relationship beyond the social construct of marriage where both parties are mutually car...

But not all "good fathers" are simply fathering someone else's child. I don't know though. Don't some (many perhaps) women cry and show emotions of pa...

I am not sure. You might find a lot of instances where fathers are very concerned about the well-being of their children. Although it seems to be true...

Couldn't this be studied in such a way to verify this behavior scientifically? It makes sense in a theoretical way, but this seems like something that...

Good point. Evolutionary psychology can also be invoked for those who don't like the Schopenhauer metaphysics aspect. So in other words, it is all to ...

Ok, I see what you are saying now. Do you think this is due to biological or cultural reasons? But is what you are saying more to do with living arran...

Can you explain what you mean by structural reasons vs. idiosyncrasies? Are you saying men are pressured into caring for women more than women are pre...

Interesting post.. I had a post a while back describing the general term of love as encompassing the idea of "care". Caring for someone strongly is lo...

Indeed, I think much of what concerns non-material/non-real has to do with two fundamental topics: 1) Philosophy of Mind- how is it that the biology a...

Oh yay- Speculative Realism.. I am not sure if that is supposed to be sarcastic or not. :s

Is there a reason why one cannot delete their entire posts?

I think I said my main arguments against stoicism in some of my longer posts. I see no reason to continue this. I think at this point, I see how this ...