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I like to keep the various senses of foolosophy in play. Fools who think themselves wise. Wise about fools. Wise enough to know that human wisdom may ...

He has repeatedly and without evidence made accusations about election fraud, and now ... he is being investigated for election fraud. He may once aga...

I have often thought that if you want to know what Trump is up to, look at what he accuses others of. Geoffrey S. Berman, U.S. attorney for the Southe...

Again, it is not so simple. Paul himself discusses both his dispute with the disciples and the question of obedience to the Law. The Gospel of Matthew...

The idea that Jesus is divine is paganism. Jesus would have been appalled and outraged.

It is not so simple. What is at issue is the distinction between tradition and commandments. (Matthew 15:3) The background here is likely to be the di...

This is not something I have thought about before. Why this difference in attitude? Some quick musings: Perhaps it has something to do with the Greek ...

This was not an innovation, it is a part of traditional Judaism: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/charity-throughout-jewish-history

That is an uncertainty that I confront every time I start and continue to put time and effort into a thread based on a primary text. There are always ...

I do not consider myself a traditionalist. In part because I don't know what is included or excluded from the tradition. I am a Marxist ... Groucho, t...

I am not so sure. I imagine it very well might be.

I suspect that what is generally meant by a value system is simply those things they value rather than values that are systematically derived, determi...

It may not be a matter of the limits of current schemes of conceptualization, but of all schemes of conceptualization that are available to us qua hum...

Here is a quick and clear summary:

The evidence of significant wrongdoing has already been produced. He is wrongfully and illegally in possession of classified documents. There was plen...

The reason why is simple: he has no regard for national security. He carelessly threw all these things together as if they are his personal effects.

I assume you must have read the documents, perhaps even the missing ones, if you know this. You did not tell us that you are authorized to view classi...

Nietzsche's views on science are something I have not given enough attention to. A few scattered thoughts as to where attention should be given: The r...

I have problems with the idea of value systems. No doubt we have things we value, but I do not think that they form systems. It is commonly held, and ...

He calls human language and mathematics "cognitive prostheses" and identifies "mathematics as a special case of human language.". We no longer expect ...

What I should have said is that AI is only a part of the larger question of limits. And, of course, death is the ultimate limit, or so it seems.

Do you mean what is natural is contested or the contest of different philosophies or different interpretations of Nietzsche?

If you are calling the advances in knowledge over time the world breaking through then I see no problem, but if you mean "reciprocally responsive inte...

A computer capable of self-learning is able to do more than the programs that produce them.In addition, they are capable of doing what we are not. In ...

I think his rhetoric is unfortunate, but a large part of the danger lies in taking what he says out of its philosophical context. Heraclitus "the obsc...

Provincialism dressed up in sophisticated clothing is still provincialism. What does he say to give you that impression? It is not a matter of the wor...

This is not a given, it is a concept of reality that you endorse. It misses the point. It is as if a dog or paramecium (his examples) claiming that ph...

It is not so simple: Aristotle said that poetry is more philosophical and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general or universal trut...

If you feel defeated it is only because you have defeated yourself. See what Nietzsche says about one's best and worst enemies. You are your own worst...

In support of what you say, from the link you provided:

I just heard a segment on the radio talking about Nure-onna (wet woman). Given your interest in the Japanese and mythology I thought this was an inter...

So, you threaten to leave, come back, then claim to leave officially, then come back. You tell me you will not discuss anything with me, then respond ...

I reliabel source of amusement. Unfortunately, there are a significant number of people who agree with him and people in positions of power, shameless...

I just received a PM from Tate: Unfortunately for him, this is a public forum. I will continue to post as I see fit.

The myth of the metals in the Republic is called a "noble lie". The muses tell Hesiod that they speak lies like the truth (Theogony 27)

Right. The Trump Party, where loyalty to the leader must be pledged and demonstrated, where even minimal descent will be punished, where there is no S...

The links I provided are to things I posted on the forum. I do not agree with the claim in the link you provided that: The short answer, I think, is t...

The question of why Plato used mythopoesis is interesting.

Plato's Phaedo. A detailed discussion:here Plato's Timaeus. Discussed in far less detail here

See above: Except the Übermensch might not arrive. Instead there may be the last man. But ...

I addressed this in a previous post.

Yeah, that occured to me, and in a school that was influenced by Dewey's educational philosophy!

Ken Klukowski, co-author of "The Blueprint: Obama's Plan to Subvert the Constitution and Build an Imperial Presidency", attempts to defend himself. So...

Yes, that is how I see it as well. quote="unenlightened;736247"]As if by magic, conservative and progressive align with wealth and poverty, because th...

Right, whatever supports Trump is the truth, whatever exposes him and what he has done is a lie. Even people like William Barr seem no longer able to ...

The investigation uncovered FACTS, which are not to be mistaken for "alternative facts", that is, alternatives to the facts.

It is. Indoctrination with unchanging truth is not what education is supposed to be according to Dewey. The situation is analogous to the conflict bet...

What is the alternative?

You cite an article from August 20, 2021, ten months before the June 8, 2022 hearings began. The committee hearings did provide evidence that it was a...

They do not see it that way. What Dewey calls arrest and fixations, being cut off from the ongoing process, they call the unchanging truth.