Great topic! :) I have had two main issues in this life. One is a dental problem. Basically, I cannot eat on my back teeth - they do not touch each ot...
To say that truth is true is a tautology; same as reason is reasonable. It's an empty, vacuous statement. Reason cannot be a value itself, and I have ...
Anything goes not in terms of you personally (you have your own ethics), but in terms of human beings generally. It seems to me your (meta-ethical) po...
This ignores Camus' use of "Absurd" which is what @"darthbarracuda" was referring to through the word. To wit: "The Absurd is the confrontation of the...
Moral obligation? Morality has nothing to do with philosophy, and everything to do with religion... Ethics is merely Reason's demands. But they don't ...
Faith is a response to the lack of global meaning. Suicide is also a response to that. Resistance to it (ie making your own meaning), that is what mak...
So nothing - just that one helps people, while the other one is just interesting for you (and maybe others too). If we had to prioritise one, we'd pri...
Well Epicurus taught me that I should not be concerned about such hard to attain bodily pleasures. Peace of mind is the real good. So I think this God...
Well Camus' Absurd does not depend on whether there is a God or not. Even if there is a God - life is still absurd - perhaps even more absurd that way...
Ahhh finally! Something about suicides, absurdity, nihilism, etc. :D Well in the first "argument" the conclusion doesn't follow from the premise (I th...
@"Moliere"Well I agree wholeheartedly with Epicurus - philosophy is a therapy for the soul. I mean yes, there are others, who are by nature healthy, w...
Respect for your outroduction @"unenlightened" ! :) I wonder if the new owners of PF ever took into account what would happen if the community moved.....
Well not all philosophers live in the service of Reason - I doubt Kierkegaard, Shestov, et al. would agree for example. Some philosophers have also st...
I disagree about all ethics presupposing themselves. That is just another ethic - the ethic of anything goes. Reason, and its ascendancy within an ind...
But reason can certainly re-train the reactions of the limbic system, that is why it is possible to overcome fears, such that when exposed to the obje...
From: http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/101723/a-philosopher-of-small-things That's just some interesting stuff I came upon these...
Except that I would disagree about the "facing up to great challenges" bit. Heathcliff does not look at it as a "great challenge" to get back Catherin...
How very Humean of you BC! It will remain mere wordplay unless we clarify what are the practical differences between Reason also being a passion and R...
Hey guys! This new forum seems great! I might stop posting on the original PF for now, and keep all new things posted here, unless I find something in...
I guess my "ethical" question goes deeper - should reason be dominated by the passions, or should reason itself become a passion dominating all the ot...
I don't know @"Thorongil"... you seem to be worried about being deceived by believing that which is false. But as Kierkegaard states: "One may be dece...
It seems pretty similar to what Pierre Hadot states - theoretical discourse is useful only in-so-far as it can lead to the practice of a good life. Of...
You are mis-reading me and projecting your own thoughts onto what I have said. To wit: "We only evaluate that which we think MAY not be good" + "if so...
But the entire decision to evaluate it betrays a doubt - a doubt about its value. After all, we only evaluate that which we think may not be good. So ...
No, but reason does not play a role in it being captured - it is supra-rational. Certain experiences in life are extremely valuable to those who have ...
Yes, obviously my post is using reason as well, that's not the point though. The point is that there is more than that to life - something valuable th...
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