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Firstly, I just want to say I think you are brilliant and I am greatly enjoying this dialogue. So, I'm going to use our conversation as our object of ...
November 18, 2019 at 14:51
This sounds like a really great opportunity! I'll break out my questions here and edit the detail over the next few days until I think I have somethin...
November 18, 2019 at 14:22
Yep, or the Meinongian jungle! Well for me, it helps to think of the concept creations as discoveries. Did Kant create Kantian ethics or did he recogn...
November 16, 2019 at 20:34
Yes. Kind of, or that different ethical values are at play absent definition and that the study of ethics too spent time undefined. Take my work with ...
November 16, 2019 at 16:04
I'm glad you asked! Answer me this, how would you react if you were transported to a universe which is composed entirely of air? You are floating ther...
November 16, 2019 at 14:59
I think you're misunderstanding what I mean by pure abstract. This isnt Noumena its phenomena. Pure abstract is just unamed and unnoticed until someon...
November 16, 2019 at 13:10
I will. Keep fighting the good fight!
November 16, 2019 at 03:14
That's what I'm feeling too, for example we might say that confronting a priori truths or discovering them is satisfying to us. The emotions you descr...
November 16, 2019 at 03:13
Would you agree that calm rationality is as much an emotional state as anger, anxiety, love, joy, etc? I often feel that people get into the notion th...
November 16, 2019 at 00:35
should hopefully be the max sentence to make an example of chaotic tricksters like him.
November 15, 2019 at 23:42
I've mulled this over so I can come back to it now. I think the reason this threw me a little is because I only see the use in recognising 1, 4 and 6....
November 15, 2019 at 23:20
Only in a non-linear sense. It's easy for us now to say that the concept of Pi is anchored abstract and that Pi a Priori just was, not so for all the ...
November 15, 2019 at 23:10
Blew my mind a little there.. Might as well ask; what does it feel like to think? It's the only answer I can come up with to your question. Calculatin...
November 15, 2019 at 22:37
To put it simply, to me the anchor point is defined as the physical location that the meaning of the abstraction resides, whether that's a book, someo...
November 15, 2019 at 21:31
A fair point. Would It be fair to say then that the anchor points lie in cognition and the language used to describe cognition? Were certain Qualia of...
November 15, 2019 at 17:21
I did think of cognition at first, however I worry that the mind can arguably be something that is considered anchored abstract in and of itself; so i...
November 15, 2019 at 16:12
I think the most realistic thing to assume here; is that any historical philosopher that were to be given life today would probably be most interested...
November 15, 2019 at 15:23
Think that's a small error. I'm assuming he means anti-Semites not historical Nazis.
November 14, 2019 at 23:47
To a certain extent yes; however I think gene editing and research into human immortality might be frowned upon for religious reasons. I have moral pr...
November 14, 2019 at 22:01
Do you think his Mother and Father would agree with that? Do they feel harmed? So if a man dies not knowing he raised the offspring of another man wit...
November 14, 2019 at 15:42
Couldn't agree more. Marcus Aureliuses is only contextually useful to those in leadership roles requiring decisive action and it isn't useful to them ...
November 14, 2019 at 15:32
Why would Rousseau do all that do you think?
November 14, 2019 at 14:38
I agree with that. It still doesn't provide an answer to the question of what he would think today. Just makes others answers here look a little misle...
November 14, 2019 at 14:37
Some really great answers here! Funny and insightful. @"I like sushi" these are just opinions on what dead people might say. It would maybe help us; i...
November 14, 2019 at 14:08
Nietzsche would probably just do all the new drugs..
November 14, 2019 at 01:05
Hahaha Great wit in your answers there. Really enjoyed that. Got anymore?
November 14, 2019 at 01:03
What if the man in question is your friend or family? What if the assailant is your friend or family? What about people who suffer from PTSD because o...
November 14, 2019 at 01:00
Good points to raise. Wouldn't expect any less from you. Here is a question that will flesh it out more; Were you harmed in being a witness to what ha...
November 13, 2019 at 23:49
Is there no balancing point between perfect stability and extreme instability? Low Entropy Abstract and physical structures for example?
November 13, 2019 at 23:11
Great post! Welcome to Daoism/Taoism. :)
November 13, 2019 at 23:07
I'm a philosopher from Scotland, Hume 2.0 haha just kidding. I come here to have deep discussions about what I feel are the best questions I come up w...
November 13, 2019 at 22:36
Fascinating! I have so many questions I don't know where to begin! I suppose my first question; if these programs are legitimately providing effective...
November 13, 2019 at 21:15
Most of the time yes, we can't forget however that some rules are made to be broken and even the best leaders are human enough to make mistakes. It mi...
November 13, 2019 at 17:18
Me tilting at windmills? Says the person who seems to be attacking every imaginary being called a god right now.. Can you really not think of any exam...
November 12, 2019 at 23:40
I didn't realise that everything outside of religion couldn't possibly be dogmatic in any way! Religion is fine in my opinion. Dogmatism and intoleran...
November 12, 2019 at 23:06
Except; agnosticism is more to do with the concept of knowledge than it is a deity really. For example; I am agnostic toward the belief in the physica...
November 12, 2019 at 00:14
You're right. I mean, its importance was talked about, most teachers would tell us we have to think critically but what this meant and what it was to ...
November 09, 2019 at 13:28
@"I like sushi" Indeed, let’s hope we don’t build Simulants too haha Androids that hate humans don’t sound like something I want to be worrying about ...
November 08, 2019 at 16:17
I actually extend the principle of charity. How about you take it up with the people that aren’t, instead of targeting me specifically for some patern...
November 06, 2019 at 22:21
I’m not the one being needlessly antagonistic here. TS being purposely obtuse is the antagonising factor. I answered your question here and I stand by...
November 06, 2019 at 22:06
Would you at all mind if I borrowed some of your verse to craft my own? More than happy to discuss Taoism and Universalism with you. :) I’ll open up a...
November 06, 2019 at 21:34
don’t deflect. Consider your argument voided by the belief in superposition argument. Really can’t be bothered debating you anymore.
November 06, 2019 at 20:13
How about you actually read Dennett instead of assuming you know what the argument is or what any of the nuance, logic, premises and evidence might be...
November 06, 2019 at 20:09
I’m autistic, I’m not very good with jokes. Sue me. So it’s not humble to honestly tell someone your qualifications when asked? Okay. I’ll lie next ti...
November 06, 2019 at 16:53
I’m sorry I just don’t get it.
November 06, 2019 at 16:20
in what way is it a joke to misquote yourself and then mock me for the response to the full quote you omitted? It just makes you seem dishonest.
November 06, 2019 at 16:19
Was I being pissy about it? I was answering you tagging me? Are we going to get into another pointless debate over me agreeing with you that it is poi...
November 06, 2019 at 16:14
Simple. You’re either an ethical pragmatist who believes there is an objective moral truth that you don’t know; or an ethical pragmatist who is living...
November 06, 2019 at 16:12
As they should be really. I don’t require anyone’s belief in my claim for it to be an honest one. I’m not a moderator here so it doesn’t give me any a...
November 06, 2019 at 16:02
Indeed, although whether or not this is always tragic is up for debate.
November 06, 2019 at 14:01