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Sure, I'll join you. I'm only occasionally available at the moment though. I think I've found a phrase I like for my take on all of this: meaning holi...

I think it goes that deep. What could someone mean by 'it is not the case that there is an external world.'? To whom are they talking? To deny the ext...

I agree that we can find lots of dubious presuppositions therein, but for me this is a problem with all discussions of this issue. We understand well ...

I haven't looked deeply into critiques of the phenomenological approach. I'm sure arguments can be made against the phen. approach, but I suspect that...

What comes to my mind right away is that there is no neutral answer to this question. If I give you my favorite books, then I give you my own sense of...

I'm inclined to agree that no proof can be given. I suppose that would depend on a conception of logic and a set of axioms. In any case, such a proof ...

I think the 'object in itself' is associated with something like inter-subjectivity. It's more like a distinction between the object for us and the ob...

I sometimes think this is the genuine, burning question. Lots of the other answers seem to be functions of tentative answers to this one.

But the stakes of the belief are a function of whether or not one believes. A belief has to already be genuinely plausible and not just logically poss...

I agree. And also with the part about human dignity. Can we really get along very well without it? I'd put it near the center.

That's a tough imaginary situation. If logical rules strictly applied to human behavior, then we'd no longer be talking about humans as I understand t...

For me the scandal/absurdity is just that arguing/proving already assumes an other to be convinced. While we can't compare the object itself with our ...

Wow. Well put. This is my general view, too. We 'are' the sense-making, and this sense-making is 'tied' to a particular body and sees through particul...

For me the issue is what accuracy can mean here. It's like grunge being more accurate than hair metal. 'Life is really X.' 'No, life is really Y.' How...

I recently saw a sign advertising a philosophy club. It advertised philosophy terms of lots of (to me) annoying questions about the meaning of various...

I roughly agree with your attitude. Lots of philosophical debates seem cosmetic to me. 'I like to call what is usually called X a nice new name Y.' Or...

I guess for me the problem with this is that is already understands nothingness in terms of a physical framework. It's (for me) an uncomfortable blend...

Again, well put. And I'd say philosophers in particular tell stories about how devoid of plot-holes the stories philosophers tell themselves (or ought...

I can see where you are coming from, but there is always already something if anyone is there to look for logical explanations of what is there. I do ...

Is a bishop a religious guy with a cool hat? Or is a bishop a piece in a certain game that moves diagonally? There are connections between the hat-guy...

I must ask: how do we know this? Yeah, it applies to ordinary affairs, and it has an intuitive appeal. But I find it just a little bit iffy as a found...

Well put. I guess the complexity is in that finding of a story.

Hi. Do you know the phrase: Life's a bitch and then you die ? And then in lots of comedy we get characters joking about the meaninglessness and terrib...