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180 Proof

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In: The Book that Broke the World: Hegel’s “Phenomenology of Spirit”  — view comment
Adorno's negative dialectics is more on point political-economically than Marx-Engel's "dialectical materialism" (i.e. inverted dialectical idealism)....
October 23, 2022 at 22:08
In: Antinatalism Arguments  — view comment
Of course you're not ...
October 23, 2022 at 22:01
In: Antinatalism Arguments  — view comment
Another "so what?" thread. :meh:
October 23, 2022 at 21:57
In: Antinatalism Arguments  — view comment
:roll: :yawn: :up:
October 23, 2022 at 21:43
In: Is Buddhism truly metaphysical?  — view comment
They told you right. :up:
October 22, 2022 at 08:26
In: Is Buddhism truly metaphysical?  — view comment
The 'metaphysical concept' at the heart of Buddhism (and other dharmic traditions) is "reincarnation" which when interpreted literally makes no sense ...
October 21, 2022 at 21:28
In: Liz Truss (All General Truss Discussions Here)  — view comment
https://youtu.be/aIh7XJVxCAY
October 21, 2022 at 19:01
In: Grammar Introduces Logic  — view comment
:100: :up:
October 21, 2022 at 17:45
In: A definition of "evil"  — view comment
Psychopathy in h. sapiens and, more broadly, opportunistic predation in nature.
October 21, 2022 at 17:42
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Revolutionary Jews from Spinoza to Marx: The Fight for a Secular World of Universal and Equal Rights, Jonathan Israel
October 21, 2022 at 09:45
In: How to begin one's day?  — view comment
:up:
October 21, 2022 at 09:41
In: How to begin one's day?  — view comment
Open eyes ... "Aw fuck – this shit again?!" :sweat:
October 21, 2022 at 04:08
In: Is Buddhism truly metaphysical?  — view comment
:halo: :up:
October 21, 2022 at 03:34
In: Philosophical Chess Pieces  — view comment
The antithesis of philosophy (i.e. reflective / dialectical discursive practices aka "reason").
October 20, 2022 at 07:42
In: Does Camus make sense?  — view comment
Tempermantally or clinically?
October 20, 2022 at 07:35
In: What does "real" mean?  — view comment
Yes. Fictions, or interpretations, may consist of 'truth-telling lies' which (can) indicate realities.
October 20, 2022 at 06:16
In: Does Camus make sense?  — view comment
https://youtu.be/J0aX8QMkFAI :death: :flower: addendum to 180 Proof
October 20, 2022 at 05:57
In: Does Camus make sense?  — view comment
Absurdism =/= nihilism. Absurdism =/= existentialism. :rofl:
October 19, 2022 at 20:28
In: Antinatalism Arguments  — view comment
October 19, 2022 at 20:23
In: What does "real" mean?  — view comment
Mostly 'metacognitive dissonance.' Yes, even more so.
October 18, 2022 at 19:26
In: Philosophical Chess Pieces  — view comment
Chess is a finite syntactical game of strategy played within rigid parameters (64-checkered squares board & 32 pieces). Philosophy, however, is an inf...
October 18, 2022 at 19:19
In: What does "real" mean?  — view comment
:smirk: Since science is epistemic, not ontic, I don't see what "QM" has to do with "reality" as such (i.e. map (QM) =/= terrain (reality); therefore,...
October 18, 2022 at 18:20
In: Deep Songs  — view comment
That "little band" was (is) soooo good. :cool:
October 18, 2022 at 18:19
In: What does "real" mean?  — view comment
This "idea" is pragmatic, or existential. Here are some of my own attempts ... So I use "real" to indicate some X is ineluctable, subject-invariant an...
October 18, 2022 at 06:38
In: Antinatalism Arguments  — view comment
"Philosophical pessimism?" 'To exist sucks' mostly because – even though you ought not to exist – as Cioran points out: it's always too late not to ex...
October 17, 2022 at 19:21
In: A definition of "evil"  — view comment
Freddy is talking about the religious, or priestly, valuation of "good and evil" – to move "beyond" the other-worldly back to this-worldly, naturalist...
October 16, 2022 at 22:34
In: A definition of "evil"  — view comment
All I've got is this old bit of scripture:
October 16, 2022 at 22:25
In: Deep Songs  — view comment
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gMdcE8jdz70 "Taxman" (2:36) Revolver, 2022 (remix) writer, G. Harrison, 1966 badass guitar solo, P. McCartney :fire: The...
October 16, 2022 at 06:38
In: Luck  — view comment
:up:
October 16, 2022 at 06:04
In: A definition of "evil"  — view comment
:nerd: :up:
October 16, 2022 at 06:02
In: Immanence of eschaton  — view comment
:sweat:
October 16, 2022 at 05:50
In: A definition of "evil"  — view comment
Addendum to https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aaNT0neuTB0 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XeDrx7Jxk1g With g/G, scripture says "evil is sin against g/G". Ho...
October 16, 2022 at 05:46
In: Why Must You Be Governed?  — view comment
Neither 'stateless individualism', which is license, nor ''statist individualism', which is legalism; are forms of liberty insofar as liberty means so...
October 16, 2022 at 05:00
In: Immanence of eschaton  — view comment
Living on high ground in the Southern Hemisphere will be sustainable for centuries at least so "the Malthusian eschaton" isn't "immanent" everywhere (...
October 16, 2022 at 03:15
In: A definition of "evil"  — view comment
No. Self-victimization doesn't make sense. No. The evil act is done to the child, whether or not she is his child. Same as above.
October 16, 2022 at 02:48
In: A definition of "evil"  — view comment
Not if it is victimless, which it almost always is.
October 15, 2022 at 22:51
In: A definition of "evil"  — view comment
"Quick & dirty" is just a common phraase.
October 15, 2022 at 21:57
In: Antinatalism Arguments  — view comment
And as I have asked you on other threads: So What? :eyes: There is joy in affirming the struggle to live for its own sake; not enough joy to compensat...
October 15, 2022 at 21:30
In: A definition of "evil"  — view comment
I don't know. Besides, I think that's a psychiatric problem and not a philosophical question. No. They are more lethal pathogens than bad people. I've...
October 15, 2022 at 20:55
In: Luck  — view comment
Never mind.
October 15, 2022 at 20:20
In: Deep Songs  — view comment
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7tE7D3fOARA w/lyrics "What a Fool Believes" (3:41) Minute by Minute, 1979 writers M. MacDonald & K. Loggins The Doobie B...
October 15, 2022 at 19:45
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucx6xQ3syN0 "She's Nineteen Years Old" (3:14) A-side single, 1958 Muddy Waters * https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aUaO50nWn...
October 15, 2022 at 19:43
In: Luck  — view comment
I've been waiting for over four decades for someone to point to or cite an description of 'the sufficient reason for the PSR'. Since +99% of nature is...
October 15, 2022 at 16:33
In: The Futility of the idea of “True Christian Doctrine”  — view comment
:fire: :100:
October 15, 2022 at 16:08
In: A definition of "evil"  — view comment
'To deliberately inflict and prolong, willfully ignore or derive pleasure from suffering' is my quick & dirty idea of evil.
October 15, 2022 at 16:02
In: Luck  — view comment
:up: No.
October 15, 2022 at 15:31
In: Near death experiences. Is similar or dissimilar better?  — view comment
:sparkle: :ok: :meh: What "phenomenon"? :roll: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/586454
October 14, 2022 at 14:04
In: Does Camus make sense?  — view comment
Not "aggro'd", just calling you out on your conspicuously uninformed misinterpretations of Camus and the other philosophers you've mentioned, misinter...
October 14, 2022 at 13:58
In: Does Camus make sense?  — view comment
:roll: For those too "busy" to read Camus ... https://youtu.be/f5IFEE2uk8E
October 14, 2022 at 03:36
In: A merit-based immigration policy vs. a voluntary eugenics policy in regards to reproduction?  — view comment
:up:
October 13, 2022 at 04:30
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