+Ron Cram Though Spinoza came before Nietzsche, I think Nietzsche's 'death of God' doesnt apply to Spinoza's God, because Nietzsche's attack on God is...
It is exactly the same argument. Logicial Positivsm accuses philosophical works of being meaningless, on the grounds that it doesn't meet the verifica...
Nobody can force you to do philosophy that falls outside of Logical Positivism. And nobody can force you to invest time into understanding the positio...
Fairly straightforward, if Hawking claims that he is making a true proposition, I take him at his word. If Nietzsche is claiming that he is not concer...
I did not say there are no propositions. I said you reduce the history of philosophy to propositions. Just like you now reduce Nietzsche and Sartre to...
I agree, though Scientism does seem to leech on analytic philosophy. Figures such as Stephen Priest who do analytic philosophy, would not make the cla...
Would it be fair to say that in making this claim, you reduce the history of philosophy and philosophical literature to analytic philosophy? So do you...
Pseudonym, if the discipline of philosophy is characterized as being concerned with questions, not answers, would you dismiss the discipline of philos...
If the discipline of philosophy is characterized as being concerned with questions, not answers, would you dismiss the discipline of philosophy? In ad...
Do you see Nietzsche as a philosopher who contributed to our understanding of the world? Because Nietzsche's main contribution is asking questions tha...
This seems like a silly thing to say, when you make claims to authority yourself: "but I'm certainly one of those many people, as is Bertrand Russell,...
So you equate the meaning of words to propositional content. This is a position that has been considered highly problematic since Wittgenstein's Philo...
What do you mean by meaningless nonsense? Heidegger is a key figure in the history of philosophy, and is still one of the most influential philosopher...
Although this is pure speculation, it could be that Scientism provokes angered reactions because it operates in the public domain. Scientism and figur...
I agree we should avoid arguments around taxonomy. Personally, the antipathy I feel (and think) toward the approach of Scientism relates to my previou...
I agree that "we" seems a bit problematic there. But I dont think Scientism as we have used the term in this discussion is a branch of Physicalism. Sc...
Properly grasping something in philosophy is necessarily to the extent of one's personal satisfaction. Arguments can persuade and not persuade, and th...
What do you think about my opinion on why Scientism has an "excessive" use of science? Also, it now seems to me that Scientism could be differentiated...
If by Positivism you are referring to the movement of Logical Positivism, the difference between Positivism and Scientism seems to me that Positivism ...
Facing the risk that you might become as hostile to me as you seem to be against Wayfarer, I would like to throw you a coconut. Lets take Sam Harris a...
It seems to be you who is obsessed with sex. I dont notice it in the streets, because its normal to me. To have sex is just a playful act to me, but i...
And what would that have explained? How would Descartes be able to communicate his philosophy with that? One has to make the step of the logical neces...
With all due respect, I feel you have a poor grasp on the philosophy of Descartes. This is not the argument Descartes uses to disprove the Evil Genius...
You have an self-defeating argument. If you dont feel the force of a logical conclusion, then I dont understand why it removes the compelling force fr...
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