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This lack is also the source of joy, relief, and a belly full of warm feelings. Maybe you are stuck outside in cold weather without the right clothes....
November 05, 2018 at 20:11
I'm kind of in this camp, but 'we' don't at all think everything is a terminological dispute. Indeed, 'our' goal is to avoid wasting time on grammar p...
November 05, 2018 at 19:54
That's a good question, or is at least a natural question. Before long we ask: what do we even mean by 'meaning' in the first place? What is meaning? ...
November 05, 2018 at 19:39
Good point. But I think political fanatics on both sides would gladly see their kind of tyrant trample over the 'red tape' in the way of what they jus...
November 05, 2018 at 18:23
Sounds great, if you are already rich. I'd settle for a few friends and not much travel if 'lots of girls' were still on the table. If you aren't rich...
November 05, 2018 at 18:13
That was awesome.
November 05, 2018 at 05:04
Well said. And we might asks exists how? Presumably not like an asteroid. If God is a 'spirit,' then this already suggest some strange mode of existen...
November 05, 2018 at 05:01
I know you are a fan of Wittgenstein. What I mean is at least associated with the later Wittgenstein. In short, people assume that they can do 'math' ...
November 04, 2018 at 23:31
I adore Wittgenstein. He's one of my very favorites, and I did have a kind of 'mystical' response to parts of that book. For me the great philosophers...
November 04, 2018 at 23:14
The same sentence offers itself both to profound and shallow interpretations. And then people who have had profound experiences can 'forget' them with...
November 04, 2018 at 23:08
Yeah, that's a very suggestive line. We might also say that the limits of my experience are the limits of what I can mean --and, more troubling, what ...
November 04, 2018 at 23:07
Well other philosophers talk about living one's own death. I think of it as the continual incremental death of the small self. Now it's very easy for ...
November 04, 2018 at 23:06
I hope they are pieces of wisdom. One man's meat is another man's poison. I'm often ambivalent about sharing. In some moods I find a great joy in it. ...
November 04, 2018 at 23:03
About irritability, yes. But I can only speak from experience. This was also written about in Steppenwolf, a great novel. I'd say that there is a cert...
November 04, 2018 at 23:01
I doubt it, but we don't really need it in its general form. What humans really crave and indeed find at least for stretches is certainty enough about...
November 04, 2018 at 22:57
For instance, I was raised in a 'red' state with a 'red' perspective on the world. But over the years I moved more and more away from that, which mean...
November 04, 2018 at 22:53
Sure, I think that's in the mix too. Basically the point of a friendship is largely that one can finally be sincere in a world of prudent faking. And ...
November 04, 2018 at 22:47
Have you ever looked into artificial neural networks? I'll use them as a metaphor. Different 'souls' are trained on different datasets (experiences.) ...
November 04, 2018 at 22:45
I do think there are limits. As I mentioned, we have to start with a minimum of affection, respect, and curiosity. A very strong or open spirit can fe...
November 04, 2018 at 22:37
What if philosophy is something like the essence of being human? Or one of the highest modes of human existence? I think it is or at least can be.
November 04, 2018 at 22:34
I'd say look to the difference between a talk between friends and a kind of evangelism that insists it has THE truth. Some of the best and most deeply...
November 04, 2018 at 22:31
I would phrase this in terms of the limits of the analytic approach. These things are understood globally, not locally. What Billy means by 'God' or '...
November 04, 2018 at 19:35
I'd say go for it, too, but I think it's hard to predict how you will feel about it. When the instructor is bad, he or she just wants you to see the w...
November 04, 2018 at 19:16
Yes, though not all traditional approaches. Both had various heroes within the tradition. From my own perspective, this is misguidedness-in-retrospect...
November 04, 2018 at 04:21
We need only look to the OP. Is there a subconscious? Does a subconscious exist? How this entity is supposed to exist is the crucial factor. If someon...
November 04, 2018 at 00:42
Yes. I've heard different phrases for this 'background,' but the most important thing IMV is to just become aware of it. It recedes. It's so close tha...
November 03, 2018 at 21:27
Note that your attempt to define 'exist' was basically a list of synonyms. I don't blame you for this. It's natural. I would probably do the same if a...
November 03, 2018 at 20:58
Note however that you critique my approach in terms of utility (the useful.) As I read you, my approach is possible but not useful and therefore not g...
November 03, 2018 at 20:41
In short, I think people mean all kinds of things by the word 'exists' in different contexts. IMO, treating words as if they refer to clear and distin...
November 03, 2018 at 20:38
I think the meaning of these synonyms will themselves depend on context, starting with the context of the sentence and expanding outward to include no...
November 03, 2018 at 20:31
I respect that position, but my natural response is to question what it means for something to exist. My natural answer is that it means all kinds of ...
November 03, 2018 at 20:15
I generally agree, except that I find that mind-independence and intersubjectivity sort of blur together. Why? For the usual reasons. We can't compare...
November 03, 2018 at 17:58
Great post. As far as the no-brainer, I find that one difficult myself. I hope to respond more after a little thought, but I'm excited about this thre...
November 03, 2018 at 17:47
In my opinion, that's a tangential issue. I'm trying to point out in general terms what sensible people might have in mind when they talk about the un...
November 03, 2018 at 17:44
Perhaps you are right under a particular interpretation of the terms involved. I was admittedly using a rougher language. But I'm aiming at a more cha...
November 03, 2018 at 17:40
For me it's still about an interpretation of the terms. Most would agree that we are only partially aware of our own psyches. For instance, where do m...
November 03, 2018 at 17:30
That's a good point.I suppose what I had in mind is the linguistic sophistication that goes along cooperation. And I also like the point about conspec...
November 03, 2018 at 17:26
Great theme. I agree that there can be an increase in the readiness to die, and I think this is related to settling down. One way of thinking of this ...
November 03, 2018 at 06:03
You leave out what to me is the most plausible response, which is that the question itself is flawed. It lives back in the time of pre-critical metaph...
November 03, 2018 at 03:00
Thanks! I've identified with a kind of nihilistic relativism before, so that response was an opportunity to try to give the position its due while ree...
November 03, 2018 at 02:41
Here's what I think a good retort to that position. First, if you understand the 'objective' in sufficiently absolute terms, then, indeed, nothing is ...
November 03, 2018 at 01:04
Wittgenstein addresses this in his 'Brown' book, and I agree with his interpretation of the disagreement. Some prefer that 'thought' only be applied t...
November 03, 2018 at 00:50
Roughly, yes. IMO, there is a great interdependence between the 'atomic meanings' of words. To overstate, there is only one meaning or one embodied co...
November 03, 2018 at 00:29
The genius of humans is their ability to work together. What a waste our relatively massive brains would be if we didn't network them with language (l...
November 02, 2018 at 07:41
I agree with you, except that I would say that self-consciousness is born with language. But this is just a preference with respect to the use of 'con...
November 02, 2018 at 07:25
I like the theme of seeing as, which suggests a unity of sensation and imagination. I see the dirt and what I can do with it more or less simultaneous...
November 02, 2018 at 07:14
It seems to me that it's hard to decide whether a will is good without thinking in terms of the goodness or value of certain objects in the world and ...
November 02, 2018 at 06:54
I agree, and what fascinates me is how so much of these unthinking habits function as a sort of dark foundation for habits that still require thinking...
November 02, 2018 at 06:45
I like this. I would just add that world is largely 'made of' or often experienced in terms of tools used almost transparently. I share this general p...
November 02, 2018 at 00:14
Hi. When it comes to the meaning of 'meaning,' I'd say context, context, context. Or just holism. Just as there is no single piece of equipment, there...
November 01, 2018 at 22:33