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A moniker refers to its antecedent. So your name is not totally empty. It refers to you yourself. You have simply chosen to rename yourself. Aristotle...

Philosophy should not be corrupted by money. Philosophy grads are normally double-majors including another more practical lucrative field.

That's somewhat of a major fallacy.

I play tennis when I get a chance. It serves the purpose of exercise and also the development and practice of skill. My favorite opponents are very cl...

In philosophy you always need to be careful about using only precise language. Philosophy is not a creative writing exercise with flowery language. Ph...

Chronic depression is a biochemical disease. Like any other disease it requires medication. The only medication I require is hay fever tablets. I take...

Being trained in mathematics since elementary school, infinite to me means a sequence of anything that has no end. Such as outer space. As far as we c...

I simply do not get depressed. I was born with enough brain chemistry that depression does not affect me. This makes me an eternal optimist. And as a ...

If you think really hard about it, emotion is the root of everything.

I don't know of anyone who has "recovered". They only cope. They do not recover.

I don't see anything infinite about that. Creative yes. Infinite no.

Everybody does.

Logic and ethics also appeal to emotion -- the emotion of agreement. But abusing emotions by appealing to fallacies is a crime of illogic.

This sounds like mathematical bunk to me. When I think of God I think of Aquinas' proofs. Not math.

Self medication is a very dangerous game of playing doctor with your own body.

You were resilient. That is a good thing. Somewhat rare too.

Disability pay is a benefit from society that enables you to do just about anything you want or can. I knew a lady on disability with a similar chroni...

Atheism is a belief system. It has fallacies like any other belief system. God is not a number. But I know of several mathematicians and math teachers...

Mental illness is when you are so debilitated that you cannot leave your room for any reason. Medicines are the only solution to this affliction. Once...

Coffee in the morning is a good stimulant to help get you going. Iced tea with your lunch and hot tea in the afternoon will help too. Once you get jum...

In my opinion definitely a need. Most people need to work to survive. Take away that need, and then you enter the world of the rich. They don't need a...

Russell was not infallible. His two greatest fallacies were (1) thinking math exists outside of the human mind and (2) subscribing to atheism. Other t...

You really need to get up and go. Wallowing will just make things worse. You're not going to accomplish anything in bed. Bed satisfies the need for sl...

I try to keep my list of needs short. Guess that makes me a Stoic like Marcus Aurelius, the most famous Stoic of all. Needs: 1 - oxygen 2 - physical w...

Infinite is a rather vague word. Is space infinite? This is a valid question. Is the mind infinite? This is an invalid question. Sorry, but that's how...

Judaism and Christianity load a person with a ton of guilt from the get-go. If you can avoid this brainwashing you will be infinitely better off. If s...

Intelligence is the capacity of the Mind to work through complex situations and come up with an appropriate response, yes. Good job. You are right.

How ?! 1 - get out of bed. 2 - take a shower, shave, brush your teeth and get dressed. 3 - google the local rescue groups in your agency. 4 - go to a ...

He/she must be a good therapist then !!

Don't get side tracked on Plato's fantasies. They are as bad as religion is for deceiving people. And the problem with religion is that once you lose ...

Do something. That will shake it off, yes.

You must be independently wealthy if you don't need to hold down a job of some kind. That is the only way I could imagine that you can lie in bed all ...

Your list is a good starting point for fallacies. Ultimately you can consider all fallacies as simply appeals to emotion of some kind. It is good to b...

I support and subscribe to Russell's notion of putting Religion in its own separate box and treating it as both non-scientific and also non-philosophi...

Reality has a structure to it, yes, and it looks mathematical. But our own mathematical models are no guarantee that we are even close to understandin...

This is all very pleasant and entertaining. But it is NOT where I would steer a novice to learn Philosophy. A good graduate school thesis would be "ho...

Perception is reality !!

Philosophy is supposed to free you from any dogmas and all brainwashing. With a skill set in Philosophy you should be able to free your mind.

Modern Philosophy is not an Augustine approach. We are not chained to a book translated out of ancient Greek and Hebrew.

Just want the newby to know that Plato is not the only thing. Indeed it is a big mistake.

I would not waste my time on Plato. If you waste your time on every philosopher mentioned in history you would have a lot of knowledge about irrelevan...

Nihilism is a popular concept in Buddhism and Hinduism. In Philosophy it is the opposite view of the Mind. You can google "the mind in philosophy" or ...

I'm not interested in sociology. I am interested in Philosophy. Back to the original matter though, Russell teaches everyone to put Philosophy, Scienc...

Immigration law and policy is a status quo issue. All nations limit entry. This suggests there is nothing wrong with it, although on its face it is a ...

Nihilism is the exact opposite of Mind. It is a proposition. It is not a proof.

Sounds like a contradiction to me. "We know that Tim does not achieve Heaven therefore the argument fails."

You have lots of different questions rolled up into one. And this clutters the matter. Try uncluttering it. Good vs not good is an ethical issue. Pain...

You must learn to phrase your questions in a more neutral manner. Right now you have loaded the question. This is a fallacy according to any list of f...

Constant change is one of the proofs of God by Aquinas. There must be One Thing that never changes. That thing is God. Roughly quoting.

You really need to read Russell's book.