Are you omniscient? If not then how can you make any truth claims at all? I was simply distinguishing between something being ‘true’ and something bei...
But he said ‘true’ not ‘true or false’. If you say something is ‘true’ then you must know it. Even if you state that something is either true or false...
That does not surprise me. Just to add … if we are defining everything as a ‘game’ then does this term actually mean anything? I think a lot of people...
Seems like an empty point. You previously said that we are social so you are kind of having your cake and eating it here. The ‘rules’ of life are unkn...
Paranormal easily. This would reignite waning religious beliefs quite a lot I imagine. ET is a given in my mind and that of many others whereas parano...
I find conflict a key attribute of a healthy and optimistic outlook. My fundamental outlook for over a decade now has been an amalgam of ‘pessimism’ a...
Do you read the replies? It is not an either/or choice. Both hemispheres act together even if the corpus callosum is severed or if the person lost one...
Yes, and good to take note of it. Do not get me wrong, I admire Harris and his approach and stance in many areas but like everyone else he has shortco...
And his area of expertise is NOT philosophy, ergo he is maybe a reasonable amateur philosopher (he would likely state this himself if pressed hard eno...
He is not a philosopher really. He is a neuroscientist with an interest in politics regarding the atheist movement (which was certainly called for in ...
Personally I think Sean Carroll does a better job of reaching out to other branches of knowledge than Harris (accepting he possesses little to no expe...
But he did argue this without even realising it. That was my point. I think he does a reasonable job of being a spokesperson for ‘science’ in general....
A particular moment of stupidity was when he recited a cooking recipe adding religious overtones to it as an example of how you can imbue any mass of ...
I have said, but I could do better. I prefer to throw out first drafts and see what does and does not hit. The Trolley point was just stripping down t...
My argument is that Antinatalism has two lines of attack (1) An ’ethical’ one (2) a ’moral’ one. Both opposing each other, which is why there is an is...
@"schopenhauer1" I would think an Antinatalist is against procreation because they are against ‘suffering’ not the other way around. It therefore foll...
I never believe any of them. As per usual the war is a proxy war and reputation of the US will continue to decline in the eyes of Europe and the opini...
https://www.diffen.com/difference/Ethics_vs_Morals https://www.britannica.com/story/whats-the-difference-between-morality-and-ethics Obviously this is...
When I refer to (M) I mean ‘morals’. When I refer to (E) I mean ‘ethics’. Debate over the exact differences are argued about in meta ethics. Generally...
I will just deal with one question for now. I used the Trolley hypothetical based on ‘suffering’ which is one key factor in many antinatalist position...
No idea where you got this from but it is not a very accurate of how the term ‘pre-science’ is used in anthropology. What I believe to be the singular...
Where I live most people simply take something apart when it breaks and fix it. I imagine this statement is closer to the truth in some western cities...
I am telling you flat out you are wrong. You made the OP asking about irrealism (which stems from phenomenology). I have read Kant and Husserl so you ...
The ‘what’ is irrelevant. You can have sensory experiences that are not true to the physical world (ie. Dreams or hallucinations). Whether the experie...
Are you suggesting that what you experience has nothing to do with what is ‘real’. That does not make much sense. If you believe noumenon ‘exists’ the...
Sounds like Solipsism? Again, there is no direct interest within phenomenology when it comes the concern of what is or is not ‘real’. The interest is ...
but generally 99.9999999999999999999% of people do not give a flying fuck I suspect. I think this is a case of people imaging people care and that the...
‘Irrealism’ has its root in Husserlian phenomenology (something people have a hard time grasping). It is not solipsism. The point of phenomenology was...
Ever considered that ‘suffering’ may be a goal rather than something to be avoided? Think about it. What have you ever achieved in life that was of va...
Maybe you did not read my response. The OP asked how do we decide what matters. I said, plain and clear, we do not ‘decide’ at all. What I say ‘matter...
Profits are used/abused by varying degrees at different times in s company’s history I would imagine. It is a little like asking ‘where do your person...
Like I said, irrelevant. My reality is the only reality I know. Such a scenario only shows this better. You cannot expect me to be completely fooled b...
This is basically the foundation of philosophy is it not? I think there may be some issue with assessing more opened ended ideas. Meaning sometimes th...
We do not decide what matters. What matters is present it is just a case of paying attention and being honest with yourself. - not that this is an eas...
Shame they didn’t back it when Lib Dems tried to make it happen. Maybe because the Lib Dems were basically the true opposition for decades in terms of...
I think it would make more sense to let public decide who leads the party … seems bizarre that the last two candidates standing were probably the wors...
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