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In: The Ultimate Question of Metaphysics  — view comment
Consider this ... I gave it a go in this old post and then later on a different thread Yeah, yeah: semantic, concept jugglery (aka 'Hegelian' metaphys...
July 16, 2022 at 07:02
In: Whence the idea that morality can be conceived of without reference to religion?  — view comment
Are we talking about god-based morality or nature-based morality or not nature-based morality?
July 16, 2022 at 05:34
In: Whence the idea that morality can be conceived of without reference to religion?  — view comment
Okay, then I misread you. Yes, nature-based moral systems (e.g. disutilitarianism / epicureanism, (modern) virtue ethics, (modern) stoicism, deep ecol...
July 16, 2022 at 04:59
In: Whence the idea that morality can be conceived of without reference to religion?  — view comment
Deduced from "God"? Not soundly.
July 16, 2022 at 04:33
In: Whence the idea that morality can be conceived of without reference to religion?  — view comment
"God" is a fiction, so such reasoning / deduction is necessarily unsound.
July 16, 2022 at 04:22
In: God, Agnosticism, Metaphysics, Empiricism  — view comment
:up: Spinoza's "bondage".
July 16, 2022 at 04:16
In: Bannings  — view comment
:up:
July 16, 2022 at 04:08
In: A way to put existential ethics  — view comment
We're prisoners – "lifers" – of existence (à la gnosticism). No one here gets out alive. :death: :flower:
July 16, 2022 at 04:07
In: God, Agnosticism, Metaphysics, Empiricism  — view comment
I was alluding to emotions (limbic system) and reason (prefrontal cortex), respectively.
July 16, 2022 at 03:52
In: The Ultimate Question of Metaphysics  — view comment
:smirk:
July 16, 2022 at 02:10
In: A way to put existential ethics  — view comment
I agree. Every choice is either 'mostly helpful' or 'mostly harmful' or 'mostly indifferent' to oneself (e.g. Sartre) and/or another (e.g. Levinas). T...
July 16, 2022 at 02:07
In: The Good Samaritan by Hanover  — view comment
:cool:
July 15, 2022 at 18:19
In: The Frame by Baden  — view comment
A ratfook'd pub's brew that's 1 part Irving Welsh & 2 parts Michel Houellebecq on the rocks. :yum: Another round, please, for old Sam Beckett and me. ...
July 15, 2022 at 18:06
In: Is there a progress in philosophy?  — view comment
Addendum to &
July 15, 2022 at 17:21
In: God, Agnosticism, Metaphysics, Empiricism  — view comment
"Feets is good", they say, "but wheels is gooder." :smirk:
July 15, 2022 at 17:11
In: Understanding the Christian Trinity  — view comment
:rofl: :yikes: :rofl:
July 15, 2022 at 06:29
In: Whence the idea that morality can be conceived of without reference to religion?  — view comment
:fire: :roll: Like theocracy, ... only religious morality "requires" g/G. :point:
July 15, 2022 at 02:37
In: Whence the idea that morality can be conceived of without reference to religion?  — view comment
(A) I'd replied to the baker, not to you. (B) Confucius is Chinese, not Greek. :roll:
July 15, 2022 at 01:45
In: Whence the idea that morality can be conceived of without reference to religion?  — view comment
I quoted the question. What are you smoking / drinking? https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/718532
July 14, 2022 at 21:24
In: Whence the idea that morality can be conceived of without reference to religion?  — view comment
Read them in their cultural-historical contexts. The moral systems they present are in contrast to the superstitions / religious practices prevailing ...
July 14, 2022 at 18:31
In: Whence the idea that morality can be conceived of without reference to religion?  — view comment
There is "no appeal to authority". No "argument" required. I answered with some classic examples a question raised in the OP. Maybe you and some other...
July 14, 2022 at 17:50
In: The time lag argument for idealism  — view comment
:clap: :lol:
July 14, 2022 at 07:31
In: Short Story Competition Discussion June 2022  — view comment
In the context of this story contest, I interpret "Not for me" as I like the story least (of rhe options) – one star out of three – rather than "I don...
July 14, 2022 at 07:25
In: Whence the idea that morality can be conceived of without reference to religion?  — view comment
Besides the Nicomachean Ethics, these (more or less contemporaneous) works come to mind as proponents of secular morality: Confucius' Analects, Plato'...
July 14, 2022 at 07:11
In: The Ultimate Question of Metaphysics  — view comment
"Far more unstructured than any vacua" makes no sense to me.
July 14, 2022 at 04:19
In: The Ultimate Question of Metaphysics  — view comment
:fire: e.g. Eternal vacua of fluctuating, virtual universes/clocks. (Otherwise, there's "nothing" to prevent not-nothing from coming-to-be, continuing...
July 14, 2022 at 03:36
In: Short Story Competition Discussion June 2022  — view comment
What's confusing? The options are listed vertically: top - I enjoyed it, middle - It's OK & bottom - Not for me (i.e. first / "liked best", second / l...
July 14, 2022 at 02:53
In: Agnosticism, sensu amplo  — view comment
:smirk: So a non-physical / im-material "cause" of physical / material processes, yes (i.e. woo-of-the gaps)? corollaries: • How does your "Meta-physi...
July 13, 2022 at 18:36
In: Agnosticism, sensu amplo  — view comment
It doesn't. :point: This doesn't makes any sense since quantum uncertainty necessitates the absence of "a First Cause". (E.g. the Hartle-Hawking No Bo...
July 13, 2022 at 12:49
In: Darwin & Science  — view comment
Why Evolution is True, Jerry A. Coyne Dawkins vs Gould, Kim Sterelny
July 13, 2022 at 12:22
In: A universe without anything conscious or aware  — view comment
Ask @"Cuthbert".
July 12, 2022 at 22:27
In: What is mental health according to Lacan?  — view comment
Like idealism, psychoanalysis in any form is bullshit. :zip:
July 12, 2022 at 22:25
In: Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)  — view comment
"American carnage" —> January 6, 2021 :mask:
July 12, 2022 at 19:47
In: The Death of Roe v Wade? The birth of a new Liberalism?  — view comment
Addendum to https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/714160 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln%27s_Lyceum_address
July 12, 2022 at 17:32
In: A universe without anything conscious or aware  — view comment
:fire: :up:
July 12, 2022 at 17:18
In: Pantheism  — view comment
I think "pantheism" overstates the case (though not as flagrantly as "pan-en-theism" or "pan-en-deism"). A woo-free speculation much more consistent w...
July 12, 2022 at 16:10
In: The time lag argument for idealism  — view comment
:up:
July 12, 2022 at 07:40
In: Short Story Competition Discussion June 2022  — view comment
:up: Get some sleep, Jack.
July 12, 2022 at 07:38
In: James Webb Telescope  — view comment
Ever since Copernicus's heliocentric model (re: mediocrity principle). :smirk:
July 12, 2022 at 06:02
In: The time lag argument for idealism  — view comment
A 4.6 billion year "time-lag" argument for physicalism: :fire: https://youtu.be/oxObsdE9qQE
July 12, 2022 at 02:23
In: James Webb Telescope  — view comment
:starstruck: :party: https://youtu.be/VWjbGHb2ZC4
July 12, 2022 at 01:51
In: A universe without anything conscious or aware  — view comment
So it's magic, huh? :sparkle: :lol:
July 11, 2022 at 23:21
In: A universe without anything conscious or aware  — view comment
:ok: :roll:
July 11, 2022 at 22:32
In: How do we identify the ego?  — view comment
I think "ego" is the drive (i.e. megalomania) to be bigger than everything and everyone else and not "to lose oneself in something greater".
July 11, 2022 at 21:52
In: A universe without anything conscious or aware  — view comment
I'd say state-Y is after state-X and before state-Z. Yes ("gets" = becomes), the state after the coffee was hot (i.e. the future state of the hot coff...
July 11, 2022 at 21:37
In: A universe without anything conscious or aware  — view comment
Answer my question first and I'll consider watching your video.
July 11, 2022 at 18:51
In: A universe without anything conscious or aware  — view comment
So, without further heating, a hot cup of coffee does not become a cold cup of coffee? Okay. I misunderstood. You already had the answer before you as...
July 11, 2022 at 18:46
In: A universe without anything conscious or aware  — view comment
Yoi may not have intended this but it is an implication in the context of my post about relative states (which are used as "reference points" to one a...
July 11, 2022 at 18:18
In: Foundational Metaphysics  — view comment
Ninja'd. :cool:
July 11, 2022 at 18:10
In: A universe without anything conscious or aware  — view comment
Nope. Unlike abstract objects "6 & 7", lower entropy is relative to higher entropy. There is no "absolute reference point". Thus, relativity of simult...
July 11, 2022 at 18:07
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