What you refer to as ‘space’ in this overarching sense I see as the relational structure of reality itself. Its existence transcends any notion of val...
When you stop typing and just sit quietly, is that ‘space’ really empty, though? Or is it a meeting point for ideas, thoughts, experiences, etc? Is it...
Interesting perspective. When I was studying art in school, we were taught to focus as much on the negative space between objects as the objects thems...
Are you looking for temporary or permanent transfer? A porter provides a temporary service - the burden is returned to you at the completion of their ...
I voted ‘other’. While I understand the notion of ‘information’, it is the question of what information is without the existence of mind that is probl...
I’m not sure why this needs to be in response to anyone. I suppose it does seem like I’m asking pointless questions. It’s not that people can’t answer...
It was in response to the statement made in another thread - to be honest, I didn’t expect this much discussion on it. I thought it was well understoo...
With all due respect, none of this constitutes an argument. You’re taking aim at my speculative approach because I challenged yours. I’m not expecting...
To refute claims to universality, to inherence, in the statement ‘clothing is necessary’. To critique the moral judgement surrounding ‘nakedness’ as a...
Moral systems are man-made in the same sense that the laws of physics are man-made. They are constructed conceptual systems to make living understanda...
I’m not confused - this is where we disagree. Don’t get me wrong - I do agree that any supposedly moral system should aim to be axiomatic, eternally v...
To be perfectly honest, I find your style of writing to be unnecessarily verbose and academic - like you’re trying to make the simplest human processe...
But you are addressing desire here - what I’m referring to is understanding, regardless of law or will. So it makes little difference to the discussio...
Yes, meta-ethics is where I’m headed, but I would argue that human experience is the foundation of morality - that it’s constructed as part of our con...
Interestingly, we can also observe social animal responses to ‘imperfection’ or a sense of ‘less than’ at the level of value/potential, as if they too...
What, you don’t think it’s still a choice: to abide by that law OR to bear the consequences? Just because we longer make these choices consciously, do...
It isn’t about ‘wrong’, it’s about accuracy. You’re inferring from the word ‘knowledge’ that all of it is justified, true belief. But is it? The knowl...
They’re not choices laid out for you, sure - but they’re still choices you make, whether you do so consciously, or according to socially constructed c...
You’re assuming the necessary truth of ‘nakedness is bad’, and then trying to justify the statement. You might as well be doing apologetics. There are...
I appreciate you adding the scare quotes. I agree that clothing has been commonly perceived as ‘necessary’ for millennia within many cultures, for the...
The ‘bad’ I’m referring to is an interoception of negative affect in the body, and is not necessarily conscious. This negative valence would be suffic...
Thank you for your comments. I pretty much agree with your assessment here. We use clothing as a tool: for survival, for symbolic expression, for an a...
Thanks for your comments. You assert that ‘clothes are necessary for basic survival’, but many posters here have pointed out that clothes are needed t...
I have no argument with existence as sine qua non. My issue here is with survival - a living, temporal existence - being as such. In my view, the latt...
Agreed. It is this subjective ‘reasoning’ that sometimes eludes conscious awareness, but that doesn’t mean it ‘just is’. My suspicion is that assertin...
Thank you for your comments. I agree that we wear clothing under certain conditions to maintain bodily health, which is a function of our survival as ...
Do you notice how you’re processing this, though? You’re looking for a purpose and situation to justify the function of covering your body. But can we...
Sensitivity or self-consciousness, as an acute awareness of potentiality in our relation to the world, can certainly feel like a curse. It can sap our...
Good point, Srap. To clarify my question, then: Is there any purpose for which the wearing of clothing is necessary? Clothing can certainly be practic...
It seems to me like you’ve observed others who don’t appear to care what others say about them, are not embarrassed or self-conscious in front of peop...
Just to clarify for you, the comments I think you’re referring to here were from @"TheMadFool". I think when we argue for average physical characteris...
‘Importance’ is neither necessary nor inescapable. You’re quick to dismiss the possibility that clothing is optional. I could get into a long, drawn o...
Possibility believes that the physical aspect of appearance is not necessary for Love. Possibility believes Love exists without anything occurring or ...
It may appear necessary to you, but I understand that this is a choice I make freely, for my own reasons. There is nothing ‘necessary’ about it. It’s ...
Why do you continue to assume that I deny this? You assert that a physical aspect of interaction is necessary to an experience of Love - I disagree. T...
Hi Jack Welcome to TPF, and to this discussion. First of all, I have to admit that I’m not very familiar with your particular situation as a non-binar...
It is this essentialism of Kant’s doctrine that I’m arguing against. We may not ‘know’ the reality of existence, but we at least have the capacity to ...
I agree - I think Kant takes us to a certain point and then appeals to the ‘soul’ as a source of knowledge - we just ‘know’ that it’s beautiful, and o...
On this point he’s admittedly referring to its modality, but his explanation of relation in aesthetics is not as clear (he talks about a form of purpo...
I wouldn’t say that. ‘Having’ refers to the result of being acted upon by any agent, including itself. The agent is irrelevant, the description is of ...
I’ve been exploring Kant recently, so happy to give it a shot, FWIW... Unity (universal) describes quantity in existence perceived as if one - treated...
The appearance conceptualised as ‘free will’ seems to derive initially from a perception of ‘will’: what determines and initiates action. In the body,...
Methodology, for me, refers to multi-dimensional processes that are not just mechanically followed, but depend on conceptual re-structuring. The point...
Coming in late to the discussion...I would agree with @"creativesoul" that Method 2 (and the mentioned hybrid) seem to be revisions of Method 1, reduc...
I’m not going to pretend that this kind of discussion is simple. We can’t really discuss non-material aspects of reality without conceptualising them ...
My approach to objective reality is along the lines of ontic structural realism: there exists no real ‘object in itself’, only a relational structure ...
Barrett’s book is written for the lay reader, sure, but her research in neuroscience and psychology is not. Try this article. Only if the ‘object’ is ...
Purpose is meaning attributed to existence - including life, being, activity, object, etc. Meaning is a relational property of anything that ‘matters’...
Not necessarily the object itself, only an appearance in which this property of the relation - the sentimental value - is perceived as a potential los...
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