RegularGuy

No! Don’t GO! You just got here, and this forum needs irreverent, dark humor! You add a needed flavor, and it won’t be as good if you leave! :groan:

Joe Louis vs. Rocky Marciano, who was better? Never mind. That could get racial.

Unfortunately, my wife falls for these snake oil vendors frequently. I haven’t been immune myself in the past. This is an important thread that you’ve...

Can you give examples just for clarification? I think I agree with you, btw.

I’m beginning to think that knowledge is a belief that things work a certain way, the belief that they will continue to work that way until they no lo...

I was born in 1979 (at the border of Gen X and Millennials). My parents were a part of the counter culture. I grew up with their rock and roll. I had ...

:starstruck:

Do I get a ribbon? Just kidding.

When you say, “I don’t know,” you are avoiding belief. Right?

A transcendental idealist says that some things are empirical experience and other things are mental constructs. Sense data are by their nature from o...

I have been following the progression of this thread, and I do find it interesting. I’m eager to see where it goes! I was wondering if you could expla...

I thought about it. Then I agreed with you.

I am in agreement with both of you. I understand the Critique of Pure Reason and see what it says as the best model of reality that I’ve encountered. ...

I suppose I agree with this.

I don’t know. Perhaps two teenagers without knowledge of intercourse were marooned on a desert island. Certainly they would figure out what to do. Cal...

I’m sorry to bombard you. This is just very interesting to me. I’m sure you’ve heard of the neuroscience experiment involving “the God helmet.” It’s a...

For example, how does a baby know how to suck on a bottle? Isn’t this an example of innate knowledge? If not, why? Don’t we already know things coming...

My other question is: in the case of JF Nash, he had insight into his illness. Someone else may not have this insight. Does someone who hallucinates a...

I understand the gist. My question specifically is: is there knowledge that can come from something other than sense data, or that doesn’t have as its...

My question is: is this empiricism, rationalism, or neither (such as in Kant’s view)?

Is there a “hard problem” in your view?

And when chemistry happens, we can end up with biochemistry. When biochemistry happens, we can end up with multicellular organisms, some of which have...

Thank you for that interesting take. It’s going to take me a couple of reads to understand it, though.

As feelings

Ok. Conclusions cannot be drawn, but the feelings of awe and wonder are self-justifying, in my opinion, as long as one admits that one doesn’t know wh...

What you say is true. What I have learned from these debates is that speculative philosophy is impossible to defend. However, there is still wisdom in...

That’s profound. Thank you

I understand now that abductive reasoning isn’t very good in practical matters, and when it comes to spirituality, there is no logical or otherwise ar...

There’s no good reason to trust them, seeing as how they only touch truth by chance, and one cannot know which ones do and which ones don’t.

Yes. Don’t burn bridges. Make bridges.

What you say is all true to my understanding.

Yes, that makes sense.

I think I know what you mean. Wherever you go, there you are. I am trying to be helpful and not harmful, but sometimes my emotions get the better of m...

I’m not necessarily in disagreement with you. I have what I call spiritual experiences. Interpretation of them is difficult. Jumping to conclusions is...

You seem to have insight, to me.

It’s been 39 years in the making for me. I think I’m finally making progress there, but medication is still necessary to keep at bay the psychotic epi...

I would. I don’t know how one would even touch truth, though, when it comes to spiritual beliefs other than through abductive reasoning.

Ok.

I am the father of mankind.

Ok.

Well said.

He’s either a continental philosopher, a psychiatrist, or a schizophrenic. That’s what I’m thinking pending further evidence. Either way, I can tell t...

My point is that there are different epistemic standards for different domains.

Science to me is not just knowledge, but it has to at least have the possibility through falsification to become knowledge. I know I don’t have the kn...

Then why isn’t the same epistemic standard used for science used for ancient history? Because they are two different domains.

I’m not disagreeing with you.

I realize that as a metaphysical truth. I was making a normative claim.

Because I’m not a physicalist! Sheesh

Except in science. I was hoping to brainstorm with people here on this subject. Interesting about the Buddhists.

I wouldn’t say “ridicule” is appropriate for any religion, except maybe Satanism. Questions are completely appropriate, though.