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I understand that's what Kant says. I'm probably missing something. How do you make sense of it in relation to this:

and Haven’t read Ortega, but the issue that I find is this: Is “immoralism” to be displaced by the whims of some authority that stands removed from th...

This is a hunch on my part, but rather than finding a sharp demarcation between humans and lesser animals in terms of reasoning and abstraction - both...

Since no one has yet commented on your post ... As is also the case for causality within us. Whether we as conscious agents actually cause anything (b...

Without denying the epistemic importance of egos in all of this, nations and cultures can be said to have differing agencies of behavior and different...

Also, many animals are known to recognize types and categories, which are conceptual/abstract rather than concrete particulars. As one easy to digest ...

You’re kind’a putting words into my mouth that I’ve never stated. For instance, didn’t use concepts of moral/immoral but of health (commonly interpret...

Man, I had this all prepared and then poof, the vanishing occurred, of a thread that is … I’m gonna post it in this irreverent-ish section for the hel...

While I don't want to derail the thread from the OP more it already has been, for the sake of historical accuracy, Darwin himself was a teleologist. (...

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I see that. Thanks. Something to consider. One however cannot reduce all teloi to laws since laws, at least as traditionally interpreted, are invarian...

Right, I can see that when it comes to purpose. As I initially said, to me it's a fairly fuzzy term when it comes to precise meaning. It's why I initi...

:up: All things in moderation is, I think, a good motto. My thoughts were framed in terms of what Epicureanism has come to commonly signify today. Tho...

Funny in its oddness but true: Epicurus’ hedonism was pretty much about aiming to be an ascetic to obtain the greatest state of pleasure that could be...

Yes, indeed. For Dawkins, the implied final cause is immortality, of genes that is. Which in turn makes them selfish. Dawkins’ Selfish Gene has become...

Not easy issues to explain in soundbite form, but I'll give it a go. As one example: Do you need to consciously plan on choosing that alternative whic...

Hmm. I ascribe to the law/principle of noncontradiction, which expresses that contradictory propositions cannot both be true at the same time and in t...

Thanks for that. Though I'm positive there's plenty about here that disagree. Just saw the Western Buddhist Review quote. To confess, haven't yet read...

Yea, I maybe unthinkingly opened up this can of worms ... I'll work with it for the time being. Purpose is nowadays a fairly fuzzy term. In terms of t...

Yea, and I have my hunches that it goes hand in hand with the turn to reject teleology as well. When teleology is only understood anthropomorphically,...

Ah, got it now. Yea, there's the truism that the pen is mightier than than the sword to further back this up. Funny thing though, when it comes to "lo...

Wanted to more properly back this up with a quote or two from my copy of Heraclitus’ translated fragments … can’t locate the book in my haphazard pile...

Will be erring on the side of caution here (I'm sure you'll correct me where needed): The Word? Hmm. Causation isn't made up of words, never mind a wo...

:grin: Yup. I agree. Like other things though, its something easier said than done. :razz:

Here interpreting "reason" in the common modern sense, I rather like your take. So as to emphasize, to me both yet being aspects of the Stoic notion o...

Are there any non-philosophical contexts where this does not hold? I’ll offer that to “justify” means, at the very least etymologically, to make, else...

While I don’t believe this will resolve much here, a possible metaphysical missing link in this thread is the relation between reason and causation. R...

It strictly depends on the intention with which one watches a boxing match, for example, doesn't it? Some of us have needed to physically fight in the...

The agreed upon value of a piece of paper we label as money is a cultural artifact. Taking a step back, are cultures real or imaginary? Most would say...

Such reactions to sneezes are customary, traditional, and so don’t imply much in terms of magical thinking. But humans are brimming with magical think...

My vote is for Bernie Sanders. I see them as rare but not nonexistent.

Only read the cover page to the linked to episode but, in case it’s of interest: From my multicultural studies I’ve so far gathered that “magick” is c...

Again: belief-that-X ... hence, belief - that - event/situation. Where X is event/situation. I'm going to withdraw from this conversation for the time...

No, its in fact what I'm point out. Consider the simplistic case of perception, for example. One's perception of X can either be true or false. Same w...

While I don't want to drag this into the mire: Yes, the difference between attitude and fact is of significant consequence. Yes, and in so equating, h...

My own appraisal is that you’ve misread what I’ve said: entails the attitude that X is true; not the fact that X is true. But OK.

No. Definitely not. As just one measly example: A bee can and will decide for itself whether it will or will not sting a human. Well, on the best, tho...

To be clear, you're referring to this post. On first reading, I agree with what is said in it. But I gather that it only addresses proportional format...

Can you exemplify a belief-that-X wherein X is not upheld to be true? E.g.: If one believes that Santa Clause is fictional, doesn’t that entail one up...

I can see it both ways. But then power/ability can be subcategorized into power/ability-over-other and power/ability-with-other: power-over and power-...

Very candidly stated. I can find admiration for that. Maybe akin to the moto of not fixing what isn’t broken? Just as candidly, I remain curious … and...

Other than what I previously mentioned here, I don't have anything against virtue ethics. The plurality of goals you mention to me misses the point. O...

This reminds of a somewhat tasteless analogy: that of a headless chicken (which is set on the ground rather than held upside-down by the legs to hurry...

Thanks. :grin: And a noteworthy aside! :up:

:grin: I second that. Then again, there is the philosophy of mind to take notice of psychology, at least in principle. Yup. Hmm. Tentatively addressed...

At the end of the day, though, I agree. And it's not high up on my list of priorities regarding beliefs/opinions that need to be maintained and justif...

If I do have an agenda, here it is: I uphold an evolutionary cline in the abilities of life. That's it. I don't uphold a miraculous metaphysical divis...

There was a drastic change in religion between ancient and modern Egypt, wasn't there.

In case this is of interest: Setting aside tribal societies the world over, both ancient and modern - a fair enough portion of which are best inferred...

OK, yea. I can't express my beliefs regarding the cat without doing so. I was however aiming at the notion that the cat expresses its propositional at...