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Me too. But I expected the high quality and we got it! TPF is full of talent and intelligence :100: This has been brilliant. Enjoyed near enough every...
June 15, 2025 at 13:37
I hope I haven't offended anyone by my crazy guessing. Trust me, I'm hopeless at this!
June 15, 2025 at 13:36
Well, I've only got 2 left and you are one of them!!! :chin: I'm veering towards My Soul...
June 15, 2025 at 13:32
Am I the only one that is gonna make wild guesses?
June 15, 2025 at 13:25
OK. Strange that he didn't recognise his own essay...hmmm....
June 15, 2025 at 13:23
What? Are you sure?
June 15, 2025 at 13:20
Cognitive Experiences are a Part of Material Reality - ucarr
June 15, 2025 at 13:12
Who's left? Bob Ross, I like sushi, ucarr. Hmmm... Essays left - Cognitive Experiences, Exploration Between the Balance, My Soul is like the Dead Sea....
June 15, 2025 at 12:53
Hey there! Thought I'd post the List of the 13 wonderful essays. Now all we need is for @"Moliere" to start the 'Meet the Authors' thread, or whatever...
June 15, 2025 at 12:01
Response Part 2 According to Ray Monk, Wittgenstein saw philosophy as ‘the understanding that consists in seeing connections.’ For him his philosophy ...
June 14, 2025 at 19:18
Response in 2 Parts Part 1 This essay is heavy with dry theory. The author attempts a comparative analysis of foundational certainties. Structural par...
June 14, 2025 at 19:07
Absolutely! :100: No 'may' about it.
June 14, 2025 at 11:09
I am so disappointed that this hasn't received more attention. There is plenty to love and comment on. At least to point out the parts that grabbed yo...
June 14, 2025 at 11:08
This has been explained to you before.* If you don't understand it by this time, you are either an idiot, being deliberately obtuse (boneheaded) or ha...
June 14, 2025 at 09:31
Thanks for the reminder. To engage with the passages. I meant to return, especially to this: Why no closer to a meaning? What does it mean to be human...
June 14, 2025 at 09:27
Still clinging to the narrow perspective of philosophy writing, then? Stay in the windowless boxroom of the palace of philosophy, if that keeps you ha...
June 14, 2025 at 09:10
What a beautiful and encouraging thing to say. I love your choice of passages. I will be returning to this for some quiet meditation. I only have one ...
June 11, 2025 at 21:41
This was the first essay I read. I return now to share this thought. The structure intrigued me. I wondered why or how the author chose the representa...
June 11, 2025 at 10:01
I think this sums up well the problems of freedom. Both as a philosophical concept and the practice. Is it possible to create a fair and balanced soci...
June 11, 2025 at 09:12
Yes. Same here. I've enjoyed our meandering musings. Amusement in mystification. The author had better put us out of our miserable happiness. It's all...
June 10, 2025 at 15:59
Yes. He was ethical. However, in the Myth of Sisyphus, he writes of an ethics which is less about accepting social moral codes and more about individu...
June 10, 2025 at 14:59
No. It isn't. It is a suggestion. Take it or leave it. I am not about to spoon-feed you.
June 10, 2025 at 13:24
Try reading the essay carefully. Not only what the paradox is, but its effects. Recent events have shown the danger of Trump to American democracy. Tr...
June 10, 2025 at 11:40
A reminder - see bolds. Authors can, are encouraged to, respond to other essays not their own. The more the merrier.
June 10, 2025 at 08:10
And so, the demand is created: Oh, God. This is hilarious. The sales pitch for EKMs. Buy one, get one free! Batteries not included.
June 10, 2025 at 06:55
Even not knowing what to say, you still typed the words, your thoughts. Look where they led. To a deeper exploration. I'm now thinking about the issue...
June 10, 2025 at 06:26
The liberty paradox - more dangerous than mere hypocrisy - is shown in its extreme form. Trump, the current criminal in charge of the USA, uses the co...
June 10, 2025 at 05:58
Yes, of course. I mean no disrespect to the life/mind being explored. I meant that there is no need for me to know the past. It would make it more int...
June 09, 2025 at 19:20
I don't pretend to fully understand it either. It is a challenge. I appreciate the further prodding to look again. Here I go... The reader steps in to...
June 09, 2025 at 17:35
I don't know about the authors, or other readers, but I'm enjoying taking time to read and respond to each essay. To puzzle things out before someone ...
June 09, 2025 at 12:12
Perhaps, it is more simple and straightforward. A revealing and healing of a human's torn soul or mind. A beautifully described transformation. From o...
June 09, 2025 at 10:08
My Soul is like the Dead Sea This song comes to mind. 1974 My Soul - Lesley Duncan (singer/songwriter - a rare public performance) https://www.youtube...
June 09, 2025 at 09:25
I look forward to reading the author's feedback. Until then, then. The 16th June.
June 09, 2025 at 08:20
One more time, Vera? I know that it sounds painful and hopeless. However, I think it is the pain of not being who you are and the struggle to unveil y...
June 09, 2025 at 08:03
Yes. I agree. Some acts are done without thinking through all the consequences. The act deliberate but also spontaneous and not necessarily directed t...
June 08, 2025 at 14:53
OK.
June 08, 2025 at 14:35
Good attitude, I think. But there are Guidelines to follow, doncha know?! Sounds like it was probably the final straw. I'm just interested to know the...
June 08, 2025 at 14:33
From the Shoutbox: It would be interesting to hear about the book and @"Moliere"'s response. What was it? Rather than a swift deletion of the OP witho...
June 08, 2025 at 14:24
My thoughts about Trump and his common sense are revealed in previous posts. No further comment.
June 08, 2025 at 14:01
He has not vanished. I hope he is still around and not taken action which may be even more drastic. That people can change is self-evident. I will not...
June 08, 2025 at 12:41
The common sense of an authoritarian: Edit to add: Previous comment related to common sense as described in the essay: https://thephilosophyforum.com/...
June 08, 2025 at 12:20
:lol: Well, that's all I ever needed to know about the Shoutbox. I want some of that. But first, some ice-cream. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpv3J...
June 08, 2025 at 11:14
Done. Perhaps all posts, irrelevant to the essay, can now be moved there, or deleted. Thanks. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/16007/deleted-...
June 08, 2025 at 10:58
I am sorry to say that we have a completely different approach and understanding of this. I don't see what you see, and you don't see what I see. It h...
June 08, 2025 at 10:54
I tend to start with the title. Then the subtitle: The author introduces us to a worldview. A study. A way of looking at power and freedom. The effect...
June 08, 2025 at 08:46
Drama Queen! :razz:
June 08, 2025 at 07:46
@"Jamal" - so sorry to hear of this dramatic turn of events. All of this and the way it has been handled is most unfortunate. I would like to add my t...
June 08, 2025 at 07:42
This essay is not a breeze. Ironically, it's the first time I've been tempted to use AI for translation purposes. I appreciate your engagement and rec...
June 08, 2025 at 06:33
Good, I'm glad!
June 07, 2025 at 14:18
The essay presents an axiomatic and parsimonious framework before the question. What question is being posed? The questions of philosophy? What does t...
June 07, 2025 at 14:09