Okay, so how does the mental trajectory which you admitted is constrained change course? Does one part of the mind act upon another? Isn't this just t...
I am wondering why we still treat humans as causal agents with rewards and punishments that are functions of that supposed agency when reality is so o...
My point was the mentioning your occupation was irrelevant to the idea you were putting forward. In my opinion, the only reason you mentioned it is be...
I had attempted to portray class as not part of identity politics, as identitarians would interpret it. I understand that properly you can say class i...
Well, I think that like subjectivity, introspection can be considered a filter through which you experience the world, which are by definition, experi...
so let me see if I understand what you are saying. I am going to slightly alter the terms here, but maintain your logic. So basically: A is never the ...
My problem with "identity politics," is that, as you already highlighted in your OP, it reduces all conception of an individual or group to their iden...
Since there is a mental state which relies on genetics, or some non-mental state, and this mental state is the first mental state, doesn't it follow t...
this is a beautiful and thoughtful post. Thank you so much for taking the time to share this. Many people cannot understand the coercive elements of o...
I think your explanation is a good one. The illusory aspect of the change being the fact that it is really a transmutation, not a transformation, and ...
Fair enough. I think that is a good analogy, and captures the idea behind this. We can be like the blind men describing the bits of the elephant we ar...
I think a great analogy for this, is people who create artificial difficulty in video games. (like challenge runs) Some people have a taste for it, ot...
I agree with the general sentiment, and this is what makes writing in overly complicated ways (and by this I mean in ways that are not necessarily com...
Yes, I would agree, that most people would agree that optimizing communication can expedite transmitting ideas (which is supposedly the point of commu...
Good points. I do agree I think there is a lot more nuance than what my OP seems to suggest. I do think there are occasions where my post is apt, and ...
If a mental state results from a previous mental state, going all the way back to the first brain state, like when a baby is looking into a mirror for...
I agree that there could be cases where my original argument applies. Also, with respect to Mww's and Janus's weighing in on this specific case, there...
You may be right, I might be misunderstanding. I am a lay person and fairly new to all of this stuff. I do not even have a degree so my lack of traini...
Assuming for the sake of argument that there is "internal deliberation," where does the information come from to initiate the deliberation process? Ar...
I was linking to the profile of the person with whom I was conversing, not directly to the conversation. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/651...
Fair enough. I was having an echange with https://thephilosophyforum.com/profile/3486/echarmion regarding determinism vs free will, and he appeared to...
That is a good suggestion. I agree, this idea should be scrutinized, and I should not be allowed to just use it as a fall back position if I feel corn...
I do not disagree that to be challenged can be a good thing, and often esoteric communication can draw out the mind into a wider range of possible tho...
beautifully said. thank you for your contribution. As usual, you have provided a valuable insight. Perhaps this bright flashing light is meant to be b...
Definitely agree with this, and I like the way you phrased it, with regard to being able to convey the idea to your son. (I especially like the part o...
I do not disagree with this. One thing I was noticing in this forum, that occasionally I will be speaking with someone, and we are talking about somet...
I never thought about that. I guess what I perceived as "posturing," could easily be a veiling. My description made it sound more pernicious so I actu...
I do agree with you, as that is what is implied with the whole idea of jargon being time-saving. I guess I should have been a bit more clear as to my ...
I just fundamentally disagree with you. I do not think there is any value in speaking about "responsibility." You are attempting to shift the burden o...
Well, we have been livestock for the rich and powerful since economic hierarchy came into being. In fact, we are actually heading towards a dystopia a...
People have generally taken "god" to mean whatever created all this stuff we seem to be experiencing. That being said, it is amorphous enough a concep...
Thank you for laying out your case. Instead of dissecting your post and nit-picking it, I am simply going to engage your argument, if you do not mind....
Yes that is a very good passage. I do not think I made the argument that science gives us "the truth." I was arguing basically what the passage sugges...
Yes I am familiar with the idea of reality behind reality, ie brain in a vat, simulation theory etc. So I do not really want to keep quibbling on minu...
The problem with the free will is that the experiencer and the experimenter are the exact same person, and as you acknowledged, with no reference poin...
This is the whole problem isn't it? You can simply redefine repeatability to make your claim appear to be coherent in a scientific sense, but that doe...
I do not think I framed it as "accountability." I believe I framed it as taking a pragmatic approach to isolating dangerous elements of a system. So i...
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