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jasonm

['Member']Joined: May 24, 2019 at 07:18Last active: June 14, 2024 at 10:4514 discussions8 comments

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Another thought: If we die and reach the afterlife, what if there is life but not eternal life? In a sense we have cheated death, but death still awai...
June 13, 2024 at 08:54
I have a different answer: don't good verbal arguments exist? I.e., as in law, politics, or philosophy? Positivism assumes that the only sound argumen...
December 12, 2022 at 08:15
To those who think that there is no such formula, consider the "GRE Analytical Writing" section...
December 26, 2021 at 08:32
I just realized something about my questions: the phrasing of the questions is not clear; do I mean hypothetically, do I mean for all practical purpos...
December 25, 2021 at 09:45
No: again: an observer doesn't even generally 'require' a reality to observe either. I.e., Descartes' Meditations. So scratch all of that...
December 25, 2021 at 06:17
On second thought, maybe the 'observer' is in something like the Matrix, and the observer isn't observing something 'real.' Then my conclusion isn't t...
December 25, 2021 at 06:14
I think that debate confuses something: we can't have an observer without a reality to go along with it; what would such an observer then be "observin...
December 25, 2021 at 06:09
I mean in general. I don't think it is possible to identify every variable with respect to anything in philosophy. What are the answers for you?
December 25, 2021 at 05:01