So, it's been a while. How did your presentation go ? You never did get back to us. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/4878/nietzche-and-his-in...
Welcome, Aleksander. When educating the young, is it necessary to establish 'a moral fundament of what is cruel and selfish' ? Depending on the age an...
Welcome, mejonat. I think what you think points to a basic and continuing problem for all living beings. It is a power issue at different levels and i...
Trying to stay on subject. And working out how this fits in with 'paths to wisdom', 'spiritual truth' or just plain old how to be a well-functioning h...
1.Can you teach people how to feel ? Not always. Most people already feel. Humans are sentient. However, if they lack this, then sometimes action or t...
I agree the the word 'goodness' implies the opposite 'badness'. Such black and white thinking is used in various political battles. You are either wit...
Thanks for link. Most helpful. I was intrigued by one of the meanings: 'of the tutelary genius of individuals'. And that brought me right back to Socr...
OK, thanks. Understand your clarifications. Except about the divine aspect of his 'daimon'. Where does it say it is divine ? And if only felt as such,...
Thank you for taking the time to answer, so clearly. It is useful to hear from different perspectives. I get the sense of a spiritual truth as somethi...
Asking a good question - or asking a question in a good way...that would seem to be the aim of a quality OP. But sometimes we just got to start with w...
Is that an example of wisdom ? When you have more questions than answers ? When you can say 'I do not know' but still be willing to broaden perspectiv...
'Purpose' as a word or concept is a made-up human word. Created by the mind for what purpose ? Purpose here meaning function. To communicate. Purpose ...
I agree about the importance of understanding all human capacitites. How to carefully think, feel and describe so as to improve communication and acti...
There is some good sense here; an ability to connect words and experience with self and others. It is not an easy task to accurately describe feelings...
Everything you write here makes sense to me. The overall sense of purpose at different levels of awareness of one's self acting within a community. I ...
:smile: I feel deprived and cheated. I never read the Hungry Caterpillar :sad: I like what wiki tells me about it: " One Sunday morning, a caterpillar...
You need to clarify what you mean by: 1. A 'socio-cultural concept of what constitutes Happiness' 2. Eudaemonia Also, explain why your response to 1. ...
Understood. Dealing with real life issues takes priority over any philosophy forum input. However, sometimes - as you know - forums can be a positive ...
Fooloso4 chooses his words carefully; it is not harsh to use the word 'accusing'. For that is what it is. It is a continuation of your personal false ...
Wallows, this is your thread, your discussion, started 9 months ago with so much promise. What happened ? Given recent exchanges, it seems that the ai...
Understood. From: https://donaldrobertson.name/2012/12/20/the-serenity-prayer-and-stoicism/ " The most fundamental principle of Stoic psychotherapy ca...
A bit like 'voluntary discomfort' ? Time, patience and energy spent to seeming no avail. But other people might just be following the discussion and g...
This doesn't reallly answer my question. What is 'peace of mind' and how is it being sacrificed ? Your original 'willingly' seems to refer back to the...
Voluntary discomfort is one of 3 Stoic exercises described in this article: https://dailystoic.com/practical-stoic-exercises/ 1. A view from above - M...
Don't underestimate yourself or your golden gem. Best get it copyrighted. I have designs on it :cool: Don't worry. The secret of the Hard Problem of C...
Even if it were possible why would we need to instil hope, or emotion, into a computer. If some computers are given varying degrees of humanity, the s...
'Tries to' and 'in one aspect ' being the operative words here. Human consciousness is more than neurons firing. Yes. Of course I can see the benefits...
I find it strange that some people cannot see what I can. But perhaps that indicates the point I am trying to make. We may all have the same brain str...
I challenge you to go out into the streets of London and ask that question. Transported from an earlier identity to a new consciousness, people and me...
I have no idea what a virtual mind is. I understand that there are models of a virtual brain out there in science world which can be manipulated to as...
An undercover author infiltrates a particularly gruesome gang of dangerous, babbling thinkers. No initiation required; although will be put to the tes...
If it's consciousness and identity you are concerned with, then there are varying levels of consciousness which can be researched to try and explain w...
I think you meant you would say 'Yes, killing them would be morally wrong'. So would you then say that an undercover officer is morally wrong simply f...
Undercover officers already know that they have to assume an identity whereby they might be asked to perform illegal or immoral activities associated ...
Previous comments about identity living inside our minds, got me thinking about how our sense of identity is formed and how it changes over time. So: ...
I am interested in why you think that consciousness is a pattern of matter-energy. And what does this even look like ? How can something as nebulous a...
A brain transplant, if ever possible, would have to be done before someone died. I began to think along the lines of freezing a brain or its memories....
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