To investigate and to see the truth of what what is being investigated are not the same. An inquiry into Forms does not yield knowledge of them. If it...
Aristotle: We are all stuck in the cave. We cannot escape, but some can be turned around to see the light of the cave fire and what the shadows are im...
Saying absolute nothingness is impossible is saying something. It does not follow from saying something that something is a metaphysical necessity. In...
The problem is that if logic is about something then it cannot be about nothing. There are no implications of absolute nothingness. Logical implicatio...
Ravens are intelligent birds but they do not need nuts to survive. They do not need logic to eat. A newborn baby latches. It does not reason that by d...
Yes, you did say that. But it is not true. I have played string instruments for most of my life. I have put in the time to study music theory and harm...
If logic is necessary for survival then other animals require it as well. Isomorphism to reality is not necessary for survival either. We respond to w...
Absolute nothingness is impossible for us to comprehend. This marks a limit to human understanding. That there always was and always will be something...
If you took the time to read what I said, and don't worry you would still have plenty of time left to spew, you would see that I am not talking about ...
Your participation here follows a pattern we have seen before. An inordinate number of vague and insubstantial low quality contentious posts critical ...
A human being is not a lyre. Socrates is not describing "harmony". He is arguing that: This is true in so far as a human being, unlike a lyre, is not ...
You skip over the first part: These consequences do not follow if one does not assert that the soul exists before in enters the body. Simmias' argumen...
He might say: Yes, I've been in your Academy for 20 years. I know this bit of philosophical poetry quite well. I am busy now creating my own. Better f...
Attunement is how Horan translates it. It is how Sedley and Long translate it. It is how Brann translates it. It is how many others translate it as we...
My apologies for the continued derailment, but since MU is insistent and refuses to move this to another thread I will respond here. I do not think th...
This is where it begins. Reading Plato as if the dialogues are reasoned arguments surrounded by extraneous filler is a mistake. Most recent scholars h...
I have struggled with Hegel over the years. Some years ago I participated in this thread. My intention was not to argue but rather to pose what I take...
I have not listened to the podcast, but based on what is said here, rather than putting the question of mind into question it sounds as if the questio...
Yes, it does. But out of respect for your present thread on physicalism I am trying to not veer too far off topic with a discussion of Phaedo and the ...
Short answer begins here A more adequate long answer here It is clear from that thread that you disagree with my interpretation. If you wish to pursue...
It might help to back up a bit to see what is at issue. Socrates defines death: (64c) The framing of the problem is the problem. Body and soul are tre...
It should be kept in mind that Socrates, as he is about to die, is trying to convince his friends not to fear or despair death. It is significant that...
If there is one thing predictable about Trumpism is just how unpredictable it is, and how fast change can happen. Look how quickly Republicans who opp...
We can go round and round about what fascism is and who is or is not a fascist. What should be clear is that there is a good chance that Trump will be...
And yet, some of us take seriously philosophy as practice and do not think it beyond us. We are capable of thinking about the kind of life we should l...
With the exception of money making, and it should be pointed out that Socrates accepted financial help from his friends, what distinguishes Socrates f...
According to the article you cited: What is the source of the claim that the revolt was in response to a threat to their system of jobs depending on h...
He lied to them and you and the rest of the Trumpsters believed it. But he knew he had lost the election. But he did not simply want Congress to a mak...
The standard fallback position. There is no evidence of a fraudulent election. Trump's own people told him that. His legal attempts to overturn the el...
For the third time: That is what he sent them there to do. When he said: that is a call for action to prevent it from happening. Walking down the stre...
What is just not true? All the quotes are from the speech. He said: He said: He called them "patriots", these "warriors". He said at the end of the sp...
Once again: How does one fight like hell by peacefully walking down Pennsylvania Avenue? Trump may be stupid but he is shrewd enough to not spell it o...
Here are the two elements of the Brandenburg Test: The speech is “directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action,” AND The speech is “likel...
Since I was flagged I'll jump in. Much is made of the Forms, but they are posited as hypothetical, and inadequate as explanations. They are “safe and ...
Nietzsche's quotes are from BGE 17. On first reading it may seem that he is denying that there is an "I" or individual. He is not. What he is denying ...
You, Trump, and the mage faithful have rendered the term 'lie' meaningless when you use it. Except when you think you might win points for yourself an...
No. This is what you said. In full: And this is what it was in response to: Like Trump you say something then say something else to modify it. As if y...
If you seek argument for the sake of your education and growth then you do not seek argument for the sake of argument. Except it is evident that you a...
I think our disagreement is mostly a matter of terminology. As I understand it, a thought experiment is hypothetical. Something that can be entertaine...
So then, it is not arguing for the sake of argument. You often seem to forget this. The truth is, though, that this does not square with your compulsi...
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