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No.

I read what you wrote and I'm quite confused about what you're trying to say. One the one hand you say metaphysics doesn't serve any purpose, and on t...

Sociopaths and psychopaths aren't all bad or immoral though. For example, about 1/100 persons is a psychopath. You've quite probably met some of them,...

So, Wayfarer, of what use is metaphysics? Because it seems to me that one can read and become acquainted with many many metaphysical theories, and sti...

Yeah, this is an important point. Many times I've first read Wiki and other secondary sources before diving into a philosopher, and it turns out that ...

Yeah, but then pretty much all society functions that way unfortunately... The interesting thing is how such things can be countered or kept in check ...

Sure, some bits of it are. But even things like Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morals, etc. etc. they are still in discourse form - they aren't narratives o...

Yes, unfortunately, this is unavoidable when literarily all mods are atheists or lean towards atheism. It's a problem that I've signalled for a long t...

:-d Done X-) I first read Osho when I was 12-14, so yes. Not a "fan" as such, I disagree with him on a lot of things too. But not on the bit that I've...

One might add here, just like Peirce's life was poor, despite his great intellect. So of what use that intellect, if all his theories couldn't bring h...

Authority and dogma are not opposed to mysticism, they can and often do go hand in hand.

Why is this of relevance? This cannot be the core of spiritual practice since it is not valuable in and of itself. It seems quite self-concerned in ma...

No, this actually has nothing to do in particular with Christian metaphysics, anymore than it does with Buddhist metaphysics, or pretty much any other...

Is the word "dichotomy" present in the part that you quoted from me? :P In the bit you quoted I referred to it as a distinction. That's how Wittgenste...

What's wrong with threats of divine punishment? Threats of divine punishment are useful for those who cannot see the negative effects of immoral actio...

The "law" is really an automatisation of justice, much like Bitcoin would be an automatisation of payment systems. If you look at human history the tr...

I would comment on more things and in more detail, but I'm going to sleep first.

Regardless, this is precisely the kind of Scholastic quibbles that are actually irrelevant to value. All you see is empirical and conceptual things, a...

Wittgenstein would say that this is the fundamental metaphysical illusion - the bewitchment of our intelligence by language. Language isn't meant just...

Exactly - so the law is actually only as good as the people behind it. That means that whether it's based on the law, or based on the dictates of a su...

What a petty aim - I would most certainly hope that wasn't his aim. No, his aim was to introduce a new way of doing philosophy. That it dismantled wha...

So... what does this have to do with anything? :s And why are you bringing the analytic-synthetic distinction in discussion? This has nothing to do wi...

https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/137842 You are wrong because Christianity is both the cause and the solution to nihilism. Only a fal...

So whoever manipulates others the best ought to govern? Will that justice be enforced? At least with a despot you have an enemy, you can go after him....

One basic human fact is that people get bored. Another basic human fact is that people like arbitrariness and freedom, and detest being forced to do t...

What does being proven wrong by history mean? That it changes and disappears? Then history has proved everything wrong, and it will continue to prove ...

No. But I said that to clarify a possible objection from people who would take emotions, feelings, etc. to be perceived for example.

Yeah, empirical is anything that can be scientifically perceived to be even more accurate.

This is false, since language is social and collective, not individual.

What does this mean?

It is its arbitrariness that makes both the emperor and the peasant grateful, and makes both of them not take their positions for granted.

Existence is arbitrary though. That is precisely part of its beauty. Not to be arbitrary is to be monotonous - it is what Nietzsche would call being n...

Everyone else profits from empires, because they create lasting order, when well-administred. That is why they will lose their empire, obviously.

Sure. So that means they have both already learned conceptual grammar. When they learn each other's language, they merely learn new words that will be...

Do they both speak one different language before meeting? Yes or no?

And in fact Wittgenstein is right - feral children and similar cases who have NOT learned conceptual grammar, struggle mightily to learn any language ...

So languages even if they are different often have the same concepts. The concept of red is the same as the concept of rouge in French. The language, ...

No, you misunderstand what grammar means. Grammar doesn't mean what you've been taught it means in school in this case. It has nothing to do with ling...

I think you are misunderstanding what grammar means. "red" in English is the same as "rouge" in French. The grammar of the two concepts is virtually i...

Yes, why does that surprise you? Did I ever suggest it wouldn't be possible?

They already know the grammar of (any) language. Not grammar in the common understanding - I was actually talking to someone about this last night - b...

As far as I'm concerned, that is a good development. It means that we (the middle class) are spared of golddiggers - who would want to marry a golddig...

Wow, I just saw this thread. I agree with you. Btw, congratulations for your family's new purchase of a car! (Y) Empires are built on blood, since loy...

And Nietzsche was right. It was Christianity that first brought the scientific attitude into the world and justified it as understanding God's laws. I...

I think Wittgenstein proved quite definitely that the idea of an isomorphism between language and reality, or that language can act as a picture for r...

That's the same thing worded differently. That he instinctively desires one thing is just the same as he trusts that it's good. The ideals invite you ...

Yes, that's what happens when your atheist father has Osho books lying around >:O .

It's our culture that promotes this kind of way of life. I disagree, since Nietzsche set it up as his task to find a way to overcome nihilism.

Pass me the whip then please X-)

Because the fact that drinking the milk will eliminate the discomfort of hunger is not an a priori given, but must be taken on faith. If the child did...