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In very simplistic terms I would distinguish between them as being dogmatic and skeptical. Religions tend toward basing ideologies on Holy Books and/o...
October 07, 2019 at 03:20
No one is going to like to hear this ... but, the path to any kind of vaguely ‘classless’ society is through capitalism NOT socialism. Once everyone h...
October 07, 2019 at 02:45
The uneasy, insane and foolish, both want and expect a life of ease, comfort and sanity. It certainly isn’t a manual for life. It is an example of som...
September 30, 2019 at 23:56
The boon of ‘stoicism’ in humility. If someone is to take ‘stoicism’ as some ubiquitous elixir then they miss out on humility and knowing that limitat...
September 30, 2019 at 12:04
Mob rule has more weight today due to communications.
September 30, 2019 at 03:36
It depends. I was curious about this book and even tempted to buy it once or twice. Generally I find it more useful to write my own thoughts on ‘how t...
September 23, 2019 at 17:50
A true understanding of philosophy must be considered limited to them problems that it can address (not solve). Sciences can actually provide practica...
September 07, 2019 at 13:47
It’s just one way of viewing the world. Only idiots take it as an absolute.
August 31, 2019 at 00:16
Look up “assertion” in regards to logic. It makes perfect sense then.
August 28, 2019 at 05:55
If that is your view (btw it should be “In my opinion,” and effect, not “affect”) it is rather blinkered. It would make sense to dig deeper as there a...
August 28, 2019 at 00:43
People act in a manner they deem ‘worthy’. The systems of hierarchy are products of human social activity. Where the most people can attach to a sense...
August 27, 2019 at 07:40
Reread Kant. He talks about noumena in the positive sense and the negative sense ... which is confusing because we can only ever talk of such in the ‘...
August 26, 2019 at 16:54
No thanks. Bye.
August 24, 2019 at 16:53
I never hinted at anything of the sort. I merely pointed out exactly what I pointed out - ‘freedom’ is not ‘free-time’/‘leisure’.
August 24, 2019 at 16:24
I think the ‘misunderstanding’ is due to equating ‘leisure’ with ‘freedom’.
August 24, 2019 at 12:52
Think more simply. When something is ‘determined’ it is known, and when something is predicted it is ‘guessed’ based of determined knowledge (educated...
August 24, 2019 at 07:02
Well observed. Extrapolate and reveal the hidden danger of the Buddhist radicals. Nihilists and Buddhists have a lot in common ;)
August 24, 2019 at 06:52
That isn’t true. The fact that you think like this doesn’t mean the rest of the world view the world as different sized piles of money. Ffs do somethi...
August 24, 2019 at 06:49
Does anyone here actually understand what is meant by “Social Contract” or is this a thread of make-believe and misdirection? To be fair there has bee...
August 24, 2019 at 06:43
Who gives a shit about foreign radicals? How about the US where child abuse is encouraged in the form of ignorant parents instilling lies in their chi...
August 24, 2019 at 06:04
Whatever we wish to define ‘freewill’ as I think we can all agree my ‘will’ has more to say on the matter than a rock. If not please produce a sentien...
August 19, 2019 at 16:51
The very fact that you think he meant to infer I was referring to individual episodes of any country’s particular history (slavery, police brutality, ...
August 14, 2019 at 05:39
80% of people on most forums are quite strange. It takes patience. Mine has pretty much run out now, but I sometimes find the odd discussion interesti...
August 13, 2019 at 16:44
I guess ignorance is a soothing balm
August 13, 2019 at 16:37
I believe a larger factor to be social interaction. I don’t believe ‘language’ is a skill exactly. Being engaged in our inner/outer environment allows...
August 13, 2019 at 08:16
Are you playing devil’s advocate or making an attempt to mock me? Funny response either way. Thanks for reinforcing my point better than I ever could ...
August 13, 2019 at 07:57
When people, for whatever reason, choose to single out groups of people due to one arbitrary trait - that bears no real significance - then I choose t...
August 13, 2019 at 06:31
I’d rather read something with poor spelling and punctuation than something that lacks depth of thought and/or aesthetic weight.
August 13, 2019 at 03:05
There are better terms. People like to push their own small minded agendas though at the expense of clarity, precision and reason. Groups if people ha...
August 13, 2019 at 03:00
Physicists are looked down on in philosophy forums too ... well, they’ve usually better things to attend to so its not common to find them on philosop...
August 13, 2019 at 02:53
In my experience most people don’t know how to read. They merely read words and say to themselves ‘Look at me reading! I’m literate!’ Any idiot can re...
August 13, 2019 at 02:48
Identity politics is as old as homosapiens.
August 13, 2019 at 02:42
Pointless rhetoric from pointless, clueless people. Bojo doesn’t run the country, May didn’t run the country and practically every single PM prior to ...
July 25, 2019 at 09:29
I confess I most definitely could have picked my words more carefully. I was being lazy :) Now ... was this ‘laziness’ fear? Yes, I admit it was. I te...
July 17, 2019 at 04:38
It’s always a danger to read a text for the first time through the opinions of others (‘qualified’ or not). I NEVER read commentaries until I’ve drawn...
July 17, 2019 at 03:22
I meant that as in not facing fears, ANY fears. Bravery is facing up to fears not ignoring them.
July 17, 2019 at 03:02
Fair enough. I guess I should rephrase and say that rather than “laziness is fear of failure” I could be clearer by saying “laziness is lack of concer...
July 16, 2019 at 14:57
Laziness is fear of failure; the fear of not living up to one’s perception of self. It’s cowardice in disguise. Trying is basically learning. In this ...
July 15, 2019 at 07:55
The basic principle of the phenomenological approach is completely/utterly absent of any differentiation between any apparent ‘outside and inside’ dua...
July 14, 2019 at 08:24
Note: I have the Miller trans. It is worth looking at this to appreciate the use of Notion above concept. I’d also strongly argue that is indicative o...
July 13, 2019 at 05:28
Is this the snail’s pace you folks are working with? Is it okay if I post regardless? I’ll probably be done with this sometime before you lot unless I...
July 12, 2019 at 13:27
Cut to the meaning: 27. It is this coming-to-be of science as such or of knowledge, that is described in this Phenomenology of Spirit. Knowledge in it...
July 12, 2019 at 11:58
Of course he means “positivism” I was just stating the context. It’s there in black and white, but the issue surrounds how we understand other terms u...
June 28, 2019 at 13:33
As the vaguest of hints where to look ... I’d suggest you take into account the ‘intersubjective’ as being what binds the ‘prescienctific’ with the ‘s...
June 28, 2019 at 11:28
No misprints. I hand typed it and haven’t bothered to fix the small errors as they’re obvious enough. Husserl is referring to the use of mathematics i...
June 28, 2019 at 11:17
I’m certainly aware about his use of the term ‘science’ as I’ve read the entire work cover to cover and reread parts - especially the opening sections...
June 28, 2019 at 10:09
Perhaps if you posted the post in question here you could point out what part of it you consider ‘flamey’? I recall a slight undertone of derision whi...
June 28, 2019 at 09:16
Okay ... nice to see such level-headed thinking on our part.
June 28, 2019 at 08:52
Er ... have you read Crisis? In the very first few paragraphs Husserl is about as explicit as he ever is regarding his view of science. It is positive...
June 28, 2019 at 08:52
Exactly what is considered “flamey” ... was it you? Did you, can you, see the post? It was nothing. I’ll probably leave the forum because of this. The...
June 28, 2019 at 08:49