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['Member']Joined: December 19, 2016 at 02:25Last active: March 18, 2017 at 16:043 discussions10 comments

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Sartre

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In: Is Climacus's comic ironist within humour, or irony?  — view comment
Never mind, I found the answer. Comic is humour, tragic is irony.
March 18, 2017 at 16:04
In: Cogito, ergo sum  — view comment
1. I would think it should be "I am here because I think" not "I think because I am here". We could not be here without perceiving here. 2. "Thus I pe...
January 13, 2017 at 20:44
In: Substance Dualism: Plato, Aristotle, and Descartes  — view comment
Interesting. We didn't even get to write about Aristotle on the exam. It's good stuff to know though.
December 21, 2016 at 18:38
In: How can we justify zoos?  — view comment
A lot of zoos are shifting focus to conservation. I suppose most people figure animals are happy at zoos, granted not as happy as in the wild, but the...
December 21, 2016 at 16:23
In: Substance Dualism: Plato, Aristotle, and Descartes  — view comment
Thank you! Well, that exam was a hot mess. The prof changed all of the questions he gave us. I forced my Plato dualism knowledge in though by tying it...
December 21, 2016 at 16:19
In: Substance Dualism: Plato, Aristotle, and Descartes  — view comment
True. For one exam, which I got an 86 on, I went to talk to him about it. Some of the class got 10-25% on that exam, as most people just wrote down jo...
December 19, 2016 at 16:54
In: Substance Dualism: Plato, Aristotle, and Descartes  — view comment
Thank you! Very good advice. This prof, while a nice guy, is confusing. His PowerPoints look like he did them at 1am while drinking lol. And he doesn'...
December 19, 2016 at 16:16
In: Substance Dualism: Plato, Aristotle, and Descartes  — view comment
Thank you for the replies! I wonder if my prof knows that Aristotle isn't technically a substance dualist. I feel like if I put that on the exam he wi...
December 19, 2016 at 15:19
In: Substance Dualism: Plato, Aristotle, and Descartes  — view comment
Thank you for the reply. So he thought the substance to my body is my soul? Which clearly differs from Plato. And differs from Descartes as he thought...
December 19, 2016 at 03:57
In: The key to being genuine  — view comment
Sartre believed we never could truly be authentic or sincere, it was just a form of bad faith. As once we set out to be sincere, we destroy the person...
December 19, 2016 at 03:06
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