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Possibly. The general view as the concept of god growing from a ‘loss of parental guidance’ thingy theory is kind of along those lines too. I don’t bu...

Cause and effect is quite distinct from logical necessity. One deals with physical reality (space-time), whilst the other cares not a jot for it. Anyw...

That doesn’t exist. It is an abstraction.

Time is not a thing anyway. It is just our poor human way of measuring something we don’t understand much about (something called entropy).

I still don’t get what is going on here? Logical Necessity is not Physical Necessity. One deals in the abstract (where causality is of no consequence)...

The origin is probably little more than a physical craving for something and some belief that it can be obtained. Hunger/Thirst is likely the ‘first’ ...

Our appreciation of change (‘time’) is a logical necessity for causal experience. That is a vague connection I guess?

For the empirical sciences ‘causality’ is a ‘logical necessity’. If not experimentation would be pointless. What am I missing coming late to this disc...

Sexual preferences don’t necessarily have anything to do with gender dysphoria (or whatever you wish to label it). That said, it could be argued that ...

This turned boring quickly. Use your own judgment I really don’t care what you think or if you have weird interactions with your friends where you don...

Maybe you should read what I wrote again? Trans women are NOT women. But to use pronouns that correspond to how someone appears is what we do everyday...

Pretty sure the OP didn’t stipulate ‘philosophy books’ in particular or I would have answered differently. For ‘must reads’ I have a fairly limited sp...

So you propose a whole new set of pronouns for trans women? You think it is somehow bizarre to refer to someone who clearly looks feminine as ‘she’/‘h...

Yes. A trans woman is referred to as her/she because it makes sense to say that not because I believe they are female nor would I say they are female....

That is a weird lens you have on the world. People are people. What the hell has economic status got to do with how you treat people?

Duck that! In that kind if situation I would strongly oppose any ‘demand’. As a basic common courtesy I am happy to refer to people as they wish to be...

I don’t see any ‘falsity’? Why is referring to someone who has the outward appearance of a woman ‘she’/‘her’ a ‘falsity’ in your eyes?

I think the issue most people have with such statements is that ‘this domain’ is ‘existence’ and that there is no ‘outside’. At best it is not somethi...

That is a disingenuous line of questioning. I never said anything about ‘sacrificing truth’ I simply stated I am happy to you a ‘cunt’ if you so wishe...

I the bigger picture I don’t think we create ‘equilibrium’ (let us call it) in order to ‘get comfy’. I honestly see it that we do this simply to creat...

This is not about you? Forget it. Maybe someone else has something to say even though it is off topic.

I think it was Schiller who said something like ‘if things work perfectly well humans will take them apart to see how it works/ give them something to...

What mad man actually craves absolute liberation? Not me for sure! There is only so much one can carry on their back ;)

Animals that have evolved. Animals that are not exactly born ‘self-conscious’ as far as we know. How the brain adapts to the environment in vitro and ...

It has nothing to do with your ‘definition’. No one calls me ‘man’ they refer to me by name or with he/him. If someone prefers to be called he/him and...

That is why I mentioned youth and novelty before. I have read some of his stuff. I’ll have to look into what neuroscience has to offer about boredom a...

I think we’re roughly on the same page. Regarding ‘happiness’ I can only say I managed to get into a certain state of consciousness (by fluke) and rea...

I think it goes without saying that work is required to live? I guess the transition from ‘animal nature’ (based on hand to mouth living) has always f...

I don’t want to show anything.

In western society (where most people are bothered) there just aren’t that many ‘sexual predators’ to worry about. Plus, on the continent unisex is co...

We create the distinctions in language and the social significance of these differences. Be this for political reasons or simply down to low resolutio...

Toilets are irrelevant. Plenty of countries have unisex toilets so I see no issue with anyone using any toilet. Currently men and women cannot be phys...

We created the white and black balls. The human experiences and feeling are only partially, and imperfectly, captured in mere worded terms. To be ‘hap...

Overall I don’t really see how a ‘better sense of humour’ would massively impact on sexual selection and general success. If you are a caring individu...

I don’t think either are ‘choices’. They are necessary life experiences. Without them life would be … null/grey/meaningless/void. The pessimist exists...

You marked yourself as an ‘anti-theist’ here. The point being an anti-theist can be critical about certain aspects a theist holds. You did not origina...

An existential crisis is an existential crisis. This seems to arise with age more readily. In youth everything is fresh and new, the horizons seem lim...

In terms of medicine it is kind of important that someone let the doctors know they are trans rather than just saying they are a woman. I think this i...

I can only assume you don’t take part in physical sports? There is a significant advantage physically. It is that simple. I can tell you exactly what ...

The ‘supernatural’ cannot be proven as it falls outside of natural sciences. Atheist is a term coined by religious folk. Atheist movements have happen...

But the term ANTI- does. Not always, but it certainly can imply hostility.. Why are you acting like I have not made that clear as day you stubborn foo...

Kant if you are serious ;) Crime and Punishment is certainly one I’d highly recommend to most people (and have done). 1984 was one that really cut thr...

1) Not really. It has been tried with children but simply doesn’t work. If it was to be made mandatory then most people can perform basic logical prob...

I cannot help it if you act dickish. If you are anti-nazism you are utterly opposed to a nazi, right? Surely that follows? Whilst if you are anti-raci...

I do not think philosophers do this tbh? As for the ‘consciousness’ issue I tend not to bother listening to most people who have poor knowledge of the...

Existential comics are great fun :)

https://existentialcomics.com/comic/183

emojis are now philosophical points? :D

Inspired by Diogenes?

1984 (or anything by Orwell) I wouldn’t recommend any work of philosophy as a ‘must read’ tbh. If I had to pick one I’d go for The Republic. If we are...