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SethRy

['Member']Joined: March 26, 2019 at 06:09Last active: November 16, 2021 at 03:514 discussions148 comments

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I love Meta-ethics, Metaphysics, and science.

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Popper, Jose Rizal, and Aquinas.

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In: The Identity and Morality of a soldier  — view comment
care to explain?
July 28, 2019 at 03:12
In: The Identity and Morality of a soldier  — view comment
Thank you for pointing that out, apologies for the mistake there. May I ask to each of you; regardless of being punished for violating a law, do they ...
July 24, 2019 at 02:16
In: Maimonides and The essence of God.  — view comment
Accidental as in attributes that are only sufficient by definition. Not literal accidents. And as Maimonides portrays, approximation by worldly eviden...
June 03, 2019 at 04:53
In: Learning  — view comment
For both you're not really teaching yourself - you're comprehending information that is provided to you. The challenge of it only depends on the learn...
June 03, 2019 at 04:50
In: Was Hume right about causation?  — view comment
Inferring to probabilities also proves that we do not really have justifiable evidence of possibility. If everything is so unpredictable, that even po...
May 15, 2019 at 02:49
In: The part is always, in a sense, greater than the whole.  — view comment
As understood by many people, value or merit evaluates and decides the superiority of something, and when triangleness or orange-juiceness is paramoun...
May 09, 2019 at 11:17
In: Advanced Human Race  — view comment
Where would this race of people reside?
May 08, 2019 at 01:11
In: How do we conclude what we "feel"?  — view comment
Maslow's theory of Self-actualization. Perhaps you've heard of?
May 01, 2019 at 06:19
In: How do we conclude what we "feel"?  — view comment
Also explain self-actualization or doing something you're passionate about, isn't that love?
May 01, 2019 at 02:05
In: How do we conclude what we "feel"?  — view comment
If the provided answer was not enough perhaps the thought experiment 'Mary's room' will give more meaning?
May 01, 2019 at 01:24
In: How do we conclude what we "feel"?  — view comment
I think it's more of a linguistic challenge than a problem of certainty in emotion. We are always in love; from family, friends, and self-actualizing ...
May 01, 2019 at 01:23
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Atheism does not imply meaninglessness, because otherwise they would have no moral standpoint or moral ontology. Faith in God, exemplifies evidence, b...
April 29, 2019 at 22:19
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
I just thought that was sarcasm.
April 28, 2019 at 10:39
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
The revolutionizing comprehension of logic over the years to innovate arguments for the existence of God, I would not say were disproved. The argument...
April 28, 2019 at 01:41
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
I apologize and I admit my mistake. Please allow me to clarify. The supporting arguments behind that, were like that of an attack to theism. Theism an...
April 28, 2019 at 01:26
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
ok... I remember adding an argument of Anselm? and no, just because two arguments are used to support each other does not mean I am being selectively ...
April 26, 2019 at 11:22
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Your confidence seems to just piss people off and at the same time amuse them. It's amazing.
April 26, 2019 at 00:50
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
There you are. Classic, egocentric, self-centered, arrogant @"S". The existence of God has not yet been affirmed and you acknowledge it. I guess that ...
April 26, 2019 at 00:49
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
The scrutiny was not applied to my arguments presented, well, at least I think so. Everyone just started to be baffled and attack my claim that theism...
April 25, 2019 at 21:41
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
I understand the difference between philosophy of religion and Theology, hence why my arguments are always initiated with or acknowledged that God is ...
April 25, 2019 at 21:38
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Creation for God, who has infinite resources and time to his disposal, doesn't have to be 'I add this, on top of that this, and this'. The universe ca...
April 25, 2019 at 08:36
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
All good :grin: :up: I am looking forward to seeing defectives in what I argue for.
April 25, 2019 at 08:16
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Infinity in real life I would not think applies to Mathematical concept. Infinity metaphysically would include infinite resources and infinite time, f...
April 25, 2019 at 08:15
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Because Jesus was not infinite, with his death being the evidence. Jesus as an emanate of God in human form, will consist of humanly, inevitable flaws...
April 25, 2019 at 08:02
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Yes, well, no. Anselm's argument, that causes isolation between theists, forms the foundation of necessary and contingent beings. Somethings apply to ...
April 25, 2019 at 07:57
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Jesus is a portion in a way that he is separated by the label 'God the Son', and likewise God is 'God the Father', his human emanate differs from an i...
April 25, 2019 at 07:51
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
I think it is a fair point to make that if the universe was not created by a transcendent being, then there is no transcendent being. For the origins ...
April 25, 2019 at 07:01
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Yes he can, but in a way he already did. He created Jesus, which emanates from himself as a piece of him with the holy-spirit dwelling inside him. God...
April 25, 2019 at 07:00
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Likewise, there is also no evidence to prove otherwise?
April 25, 2019 at 05:50
In: Mind or body? Or both?  — view comment
Phenomena, by what I would know, is an unexplained occurrence. And neuro-scientists from around the world have proposed research findings that our tho...
April 25, 2019 at 05:47
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
The problem of evidence is a problem already acknowledged by the God-Existence debate. It's nothing new. French Philosopher Blaise Pascal argued that ...
April 25, 2019 at 04:11
In: A Paradox of Human Evolution or Advancement in The Sciences  — view comment
The defective in there is that identity would not be exactly the same. The memory theory, by British Empiricist and Philosopher John Locke, would not ...
April 24, 2019 at 05:58
In: Mind or body? Or both?  — view comment
Care to elucidate the skepticism?
April 24, 2019 at 02:26
In: Mind or body? Or both?  — view comment
:lol:
April 24, 2019 at 02:17
In: Mind or body? Or both?  — view comment
Contemporary Philosopher and Mentalist ColinMcginn argued for what he calls 'Mysterianism' — Which states the Physicalism will never be proven and the...
April 24, 2019 at 02:14
In: Mind or body? Or both?  — view comment
A Reductive Physicalist view upon it would not call it phenomena. For the reasons for thinking can be justified and reinforced with reactions in the b...
April 24, 2019 at 01:43
In: Revisionary Pronouns  — view comment
Galatians 3:28 "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus."...
April 24, 2019 at 01:32
In: I think, therefore I am (a fictional character)  — view comment
Ah, mistaken for our original argument start to attack a different statement, cool. Descartes was wrong to find certainty in his existence only for th...
April 24, 2019 at 01:11
In: I think, therefore I am (a fictional character)  — view comment
Is that definition mutually exclusive to Numbers having a causality to our metaphysical reality? I am sorry, but I don't think you understand what I a...
April 22, 2019 at 23:50
In: I think, therefore I am (a fictional character)  — view comment
Certainty is absolute truth. I agree, Descartes is indubitably wrong when he claims he is certain about his existence. However, saying; worsens the al...
April 22, 2019 at 03:09
In: I think, therefore I am (a fictional character)  — view comment
Wouldn't that defeat the purpose though? Descartes found certainty in himself for the reason that he thinks, if he applies his skepticism into that, w...
April 22, 2019 at 02:47
In: Multitasking  — view comment
I am sorry. Machines are programmed to do, humans are programmed to learn the process and hence be able to do, although not as powerful as machines wo...
April 21, 2019 at 23:47
In: Multitasking  — view comment
Perhaps this will satisfy you. The bananas-oranges statement would be more similar to this multitasking action, it is as it follows; With your left ha...
April 21, 2019 at 23:28
In: Multitasking  — view comment
That is a step-by-step process, the given instructions are transformed to moving our physical bodies as a output. Our thoughts on the other hand are n...
April 21, 2019 at 23:22
In: I think, therefore I am (a fictional character)  — view comment
English Archaeologist and Philosopher R.G Collingwood viewed these various Universes of discourse as a work of Art; he believed that our Aesthetic app...
April 21, 2019 at 23:04
In: I think, therefore I am (a fictional character)  — view comment
Well, no. Fiction is realism in a different universe of discourse, wherein the paradigmatic properties of the particular discourse changes entirely.
April 21, 2019 at 07:36
In: I think, therefore I am (a fictional character)  — view comment
Reality varies in different universes of discourse. In the real world, Harry Potter does not think for he does not exist to begin with, however in his...
April 21, 2019 at 07:34
In: Is it natural to live without religion?  — view comment
It was. People still believe in the Flat-Earth theory, despite it being scientifically justified.
April 20, 2019 at 08:19
In: Is it natural to live without religion?  — view comment
All good. Same word remains for me; I don't see how any way the presence of religion is required for humans to garner, as you mentioned; For the menti...
April 20, 2019 at 06:27
In: Is it natural to live without religion?  — view comment
Lmao. It is true though, the meticulous details of our words contribute to to the certainty of our conclusions.
April 20, 2019 at 05:33
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