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In: Can anyone speak any languages other than English/What are the best ways to learn a second language?  — view comment
Since it hasn't been said directly, I'd say that it's good to pick a book on the basics and stick to it -- a good one, preferably. As far as the forma...
December 15, 2017 at 22:40
In: Does suicide and homicide have moral value?  — view comment
I don't know if we should put moral value on individual human lives, but I think most of us do put it there naturally; for one, our own lives are boun...
October 30, 2017 at 14:16
In: The morality of fantasy  — view comment
True. I considered the fantasy one-sidedly, just listing the aspects that came to mind. And yeah, Japan is pretty restrictive as far as I can tell, bu...
October 14, 2017 at 16:37
In: The morality of fantasy  — view comment
I think there is something to say about a person feeling weird about some fantasies afterwards, so to make it something to avoid, but one has to wonde...
October 14, 2017 at 15:56
In: Presentism and ethics  — view comment
Since the obvious effect of the past on the present has been mentioned, I'll just offer the point of view that the past is potentially, e.g. if one wa...
October 07, 2017 at 17:50
In: Kant and lying to the murderer problem  — view comment
Yeah, I think the criticism (as presented) is mostly disrespectful honestly. Is this really the point where one of the greatest thinkers in history st...
October 05, 2017 at 16:21
In: Mechanism is correct, but is it holding me back?  — view comment
I think there is a mistake being done, and I think it is implicitly done in the OP, when just by denying the free-will, one assumes the equally absurd...
September 25, 2017 at 15:14
In: This Debunks Cartesian Dualism  — view comment
The mental and the physical are related through the thinking thing. Although I think this might mean that they are related necessarily just by the mer...
September 23, 2017 at 18:50
In: This Debunks Cartesian Dualism  — view comment
'tis true, being a substance dualist would hardly make sense if you thought they're completely unrelated and the assumption of the physical would be q...
September 23, 2017 at 10:21
In: On being overwhelmed  — view comment
A thought at a time, is how I'd go about it. If you really can't relax not knowing, then you're already on the path to do what you need to do, namely,...
August 29, 2017 at 11:02
In: Question on Plato's cave analogy  — view comment
It is only an analogy, so I wouldn't be surprised of another possible interpretation for it, but that hardly matters. Explaining an analogy is one thi...
August 05, 2017 at 18:26
In: Essence of Things  — view comment
I think that's an empirical question, so, I've no idea. But if it is, the essence is there; this doesn't mean that we have to be aware of it in any wa...
March 19, 2017 at 13:33
In: Essence of Things  — view comment
Been a while since I've read Aristotle, but here goes. The essence is something that is abstracted from particular things. In this way a property is u...
March 19, 2017 at 13:24
In: All Talk No Action  — view comment
While he definitely needs to act to reach any goal of his, I don't think that that the "philosophy" is a crutch to not do them, though it is an act it...
January 13, 2017 at 12:18
In: Substance Dualism: Plato, Aristotle, and Descartes  — view comment
The soul is (for Aristotle, according to me) indeed the form of a living body, but this body is material and the form of a living body doesn't exist w...
December 19, 2016 at 11:45
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