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['Member']Joined: November 28, 2018 at 10:24Last active: January 04, 2019 at 08:17None discussions7 comments

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Plato, Machiavelli, Kant, Husserl, Merleau-ponty, Foucault, Derrida

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In: Heidegger's vision of philosophy in 1919 — view comment

Dasein is da (there) and sein (being), fused in same word. I'm in the Husserlian camp that consciousness and being are inexplicably linked, and ontolo...

January 04, 2019 at 08:03

In: Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here) — view comment

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December 30, 2018 at 22:54

In: Welcome to The Philosophy Forum - an introduction thread — view comment

Thanks!

December 30, 2018 at 22:46

In: Heidegger's vision of philosophy in 1919 — view comment

big difference between being in the world and an object's specific state of being. The latter can inform the former, but Heidegger views the two as in...

December 30, 2018 at 22:41

In: Are there philosopher kings? — view comment

Plato was concerned more with order than power, the dichotomy you mention's a result of a contemporary confusion between the two.

December 30, 2018 at 01:47

In: Calling a machine "intelligent" is pure anthropomorphism. Why was this term chosen? — view comment

Difficult not to use anthropomorphic terms in describing computer processes, but what irks me is the AI folks confusing metaphors with capabilities. H...

December 30, 2018 at 01:15

In: Heidegger's vision of philosophy in 1919 — view comment

Haven't read B&T but seems Heidegger mixes-up ontology with existentialism which to me is an big mistake. In that case here's a better title: 'Being a...

November 28, 2018 at 11:08