Even if I were to concede that those particular philosophers lacked humility that wouldnt mean all of philosophy lacks humility. There are scientists ...
:100: I like the way you put that, no quality control. The worst ideas are equally valid. “Faith” is also used as an expression to say one has reasona...
What is faith though? Faith when given as a reason for believing in something is an empty placeholder for an actual reason. If the person actually had...
Well it depends on how you define philosopher but the humility of which I speak is a person accepting they do not know and then trying to figure it ou...
I think you are confusing low self esteem with humility. Doubting oneself and ones perspective is good philosophy, a necessary part of looking at thin...
The “all” is important too, “all good” implies only one pathway to good and a single conclusion at the end of that pathway. I think there are many goo...
Id call it internally consistent, but not a very good argument based on its premises. I don’t think being “all good” is coherent for example, I have n...
I think the idea is that omniscience grants certain knowledge, thus a certainty of what is good and this is what merges good and god in the way Janus ...
Ok, thats fair enough. The point raised with Fool was that I already know the 101 understanding of it that the video shows. I think if you want to exp...
I Understand that, I have read the dialogues. The Socratic method is about the questions and what they reveal. Im assuming that you and banno who unde...
Im trying to understand what other people mean by those words, they weren’t words I used so why would I seek to offer my own meaning of the words? I c...
Could you elaborate what is meant by “piety”? Piety to what? Are we just talking about ones dedication to justice and relating that to god being defin...
It depends on what the goal is. If the goal is to catch fish as efficiently as possible then A), but if the goal was to take up a new hobby or to rela...
Lol, I know it can be entertaining. Guilty of it myself at times. It’s just going to take forever for him to go away if each of us play with him. :lol...
Click ignore dude, you’re wasting your time trying to discuss anything with Bartricks. Check his post history, he isn’t capable of having a discussion...
Well we had been discussing this in a religious context. You were using it in examples and referencing. Then You said this: “It's not clear that in th...
If there was an ultimate objective good and evil and you could measure it enough to know if she me one would qualify as the most good or bad then you ...
I think he just means he doesn’t want to talk to you anymore because you’re an obnoxious douchebag. I could be wrong but it follows from how much of a...
“ Many religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation and so...
No, the religious conman is real. I’m not disagreeing that there are religious conmen, no question. I just don’t agree that the average religious pers...
To me it just depends on the rules of the forum. Free speech isn’t always conducive to good philosophical discussion and good discussion is the highes...
Ya, that’s the “consequences” of free speech that isn’t protected. A nice little sidestep the woke brigade uses to maintain the illusion of moral high...
You misunderstand. If someone thinks “wokeness” is the “right” view as implied by other views being the views of “dicks” then that person is dangerous...
I wouldn’t rule out either as an explanation. There are many reasons. Also Cognitive dissonance is observable, primarily through the contrast between ...
Exactly, it’s not the theistic concepts per say because some of those are A) not original to that theism and B) are not in opposition to non-theists. ...
It’s not lenience, it is just understanding what’s going on re cognitive dissonance. You asked for an alternative...though it appears your “what else?...
The application of fallacious reasoning is the problem. If that problem goes away, any problems in whatever scenario you construct go away too. (Well,...
I disagree. It depends on what the act is that is based upon on that pre-judgement. And I don’t think it has anything to do with the power and authori...
To the new title: Unacceptable stereotyping is when the stereotyping is either based on something other than merely noticing a pattern (like prejudice...
I wouldn’t call them caricatures, they are generalizations based on common occurrence. Fat people do tend to be lazier. They are unhealthy and have le...
There is plenty lack of conviction in humanity to go around. People have grown used to compromising themselves and they support each other’s lack conv...
Baden is right T Clark, the portion you quoted isn’t racist. As Baden pointed out the mention of “white” was about people who believe jesus was white ...
Cognitive dissonance, humans can hold two contradictory beliefs at the same time. It doesn’t mean they don’t believe in one or the other, it means the...
I agree with that. :up: Ah, I see what you are saying now. They contradict what they purport to believe with their actions. To me that’s a lack of con...
Not all theistic concepts per say, but an opposition to belief in gods/gods as defined by the monotheist religions. It’s what people like Amen3017 are...
I thought Banno was moderating? I assumed there was some PMing going on... You guys assuredly need a moderator, complete waste of time otherwise, you ...
The problem with deleting uncalled for insults is that each party would have the power to derail the discussion by claiming offence. There is bound to...
Someone said insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result. A thread that’s just a replication of this discussion will obviously l...
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