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In: What if a loved one was a P-Zombie?  — view comment
Not care. It's about my "sentience", not theirs.
July 10, 2022 at 00:01
In: A Newbie Questions about Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus  — view comment
:sweat:
July 09, 2022 at 18:44
In: God, Agnosticism, Metaphysics, Empiricism  — view comment
Amor intellectualis dei. This is why I describe "faith" as make believe – believing the unbelievable (often in order to defend the indefensible) – fal...
July 09, 2022 at 18:16
In: God, Agnosticism, Metaphysics, Empiricism  — view comment
1. necessary contingent facts (unbounded immanence) 2. naturalism 3. empty name 4. n/a (see #3) 5. Deus, sive natura G'nite, Smith. Zzzzz
July 09, 2022 at 09:51
In: How to do philosophy  — view comment
:smirk:
July 09, 2022 at 07:42
In: Short Story Competition Discussion June 2022  — view comment
Why should "your favorite" affect the final vote?
July 09, 2022 at 06:38
In: Philosophy begins in ....  — view comment
Very much so. The so-called "Presocratics" like Thales and Pythagoras who attempt to replace 'mythic-religious stories' about the origins/purposes of ...
July 09, 2022 at 06:36
In: Short Story Competition Discussion June 2022  — view comment
Just say in a comment of your "favorite" that it is your favorite and maybe explain why compared to others you gave the top vote.
July 09, 2022 at 06:09
In: Affirmative Action  — view comment
I agree. However, do you believe that the original AA for straight, white male, Protestants since 1619 will be completely given up (as a birthright en...
July 09, 2022 at 06:04
In: Why We Need God. Corollary.  — view comment
:ok:
July 09, 2022 at 05:52
In: Artificial intelligence  — view comment
But you stated that "consciousness" is "feeling of mind" "which is a feeling." This circularity makes no sense and renders the OP gibberish. Unless, o...
July 09, 2022 at 05:51
In: Why We Need God. Corollary.  — view comment
So, if "God" is not a mystery, that is, not inexplicable to human reason, then why all the mumbo-jumbo about "revealed truth" or "He reveals His prese...
July 09, 2022 at 03:46
In: Artificial intelligence  — view comment
What do you mean by "mind"?
July 09, 2022 at 03:29
In: Artificial intelligence  — view comment
What do you mean by "consciousness" in this query?
July 09, 2022 at 03:24
In: Why We Need God. Corollary.  — view comment
For my 2 shekels ... Of course not. "God" is the ultimate "mystery" (according to Abrahamic (& Vedic) traditions) and a "mystery" does not explain any...
July 09, 2022 at 03:19
In: Justifying the value of human life  — view comment
:fire: This statement, which I mostly agree with, has nothing to do with the post from which you've quoted me quoting Rabbi Hillel's "maxim" (which is...
July 09, 2022 at 02:48
In: Agnosticism, sensu amplo  — view comment
Of course, in the absence of defeasible (or abductive) reasoning, the perennial alternative (crutch / fetish) is Woo-of-the-Gaps. Philosophy, as I und...
July 09, 2022 at 00:24
In: Is there a progress in philosophy?  — view comment
Dialectical monism.
July 08, 2022 at 08:06
In: Is there a progress in philosophy?  — view comment
In sophistry that's the plan, but in philosophy it's Fool —>—>—> Lesser Fool. " :flower: "
July 08, 2022 at 07:41
In: Small Gods by Benkei  — view comment
The narrative is too cerebral for me to care about the characters. It makes me think of a fractal of simulations – matroyshka-doll "universes" – with ...
July 08, 2022 at 04:56
In: Doing Away with the Laws of Physics  — view comment
From an old thread:
July 07, 2022 at 23:25
In: Is there a progress in philosophy?  — view comment
I like that. :up: My own peculiar paraphrase: "Theoretical models are increasing in explanatory power, but are reasonable criteria of judgment and/or ...
July 07, 2022 at 23:14
In: Boris Johnson (All General Boris Conversations Here)  — view comment
:mask: :up:
July 07, 2022 at 22:30
In: The Ennui of Hungthor the Great by hypericin  — view comment
:smirk:
July 07, 2022 at 19:44
In: Affirmative Action  — view comment
Well, given that there's been Affirmative Action, in effect, for straight, white male, Protestants (in the main) established in every manifest institu...
July 07, 2022 at 19:25
In: Why We Need God. Corollary.  — view comment
Thus, the atavistic prevalence of group / wishful / magical thinking (i.e. faith) over defeasible thinking (i.e. truth-seeking); the cognitive priorit...
July 07, 2022 at 18:54
In: Is there a progress in philosophy?  — view comment
"Worldview?" Yes, subjective. Philosophy? Not subjective. (See below.) Wtf – I can't think without using my brain, or without thinking, can you? Gibbe...
July 07, 2022 at 18:24
In: Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)  — view comment
:point: Is Bolsonaro next? Putin catching a bullet soon? Federal and/or state indictments of TR45H by this Labor Day for fuck's sake? :shade: An oldie...
July 07, 2022 at 17:47
In: Boris Johnson (All General Boris Conversations Here)  — view comment
The #1 UK Trumpist resigns. God Save the Queens! :victory: "He's resigned but he hasn't fucked-off?" https://youtu.be/lKrLBPmRsrM
July 07, 2022 at 17:01
In: Is there a progress in philosophy?  — view comment
The principle of non-contradiction is "subjective"? Logical fallacies are "subjective"? The problem of the criterion is "subjective"? The problem of i...
July 07, 2022 at 09:40
In: The Death of Roe v Wade? The birth of a new Liberalism?  — view comment
The recent SCOTUS trashing of stare decisis leaves it to rightwing state legistlatures to impose pro-fetus (anti-child! anti-mother!) criminal and civ...
July 07, 2022 at 08:54
In: Speculations in Idealism  — view comment
:up: :up:
July 07, 2022 at 08:30
In: Speculations in Idealism  — view comment
:rofl: Incorrigible to the last.
July 07, 2022 at 05:43
In: Justifying the value of human life  — view comment
"What you find , do not do to others." ~Hillel the Elder :100:
July 07, 2022 at 05:32
In: Is there a progress in philosophy?  — view comment
:smirk: :up:
July 07, 2022 at 05:28
In: Speculations in Idealism  — view comment
Yeah. Meaning is use in a language game (vide Wittgenstein). :fire: Composition fallacy. Refuted. (All too easy.) Like I said, kid, the Bishop begins ...
July 07, 2022 at 05:11
In: Speculations in Idealism  — view comment
What "self-evident true premises" (A) do you believe Berkeley reasons from and to what sound truth-claims (B) do you believe Berkeley concludes? Speci...
July 06, 2022 at 23:42
In: A Sort of Duel by Noble Dust  — view comment
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July 06, 2022 at 22:48
In: Speculations in Idealism  — view comment
:up:
July 06, 2022 at 22:45
In: Speculations in Idealism  — view comment
Context, kid. Pay attention.
July 06, 2022 at 22:44
In: Short Story Competition Discussion June 2022  — view comment
:up:
July 06, 2022 at 22:07
In: Speculations in Idealism  — view comment
I'm a philosophical naturalist and methodological materialist-physicalist; to my mind, the latter presupposes the former. These are not truths (re: ph...
July 06, 2022 at 22:02
In: Agnosticism, sensu amplo  — view comment
Wiki & SEP are your friends, just sayin'. :wink:
July 06, 2022 at 21:28
In: Sugar by 180 Proof  — view comment
As for the story itself, only the "workers" are named (thereby dignified) – I like the show of solidarity. The encounter, however, feels rushed or abb...
July 06, 2022 at 21:14
In: Is there a progress in philosophy?  — view comment
Just as I thought ... :roll:
July 06, 2022 at 20:58
In: Speculations in Idealism  — view comment
They may be. If they are factual truth-claims, then there are truth-maker facts to which they correspond. Thus, they're expressions of science, not ph...
July 06, 2022 at 20:58
In: Is there a progress in philosophy?  — view comment
Analogously, I see philosophy as the Ship of Theseus (i.e. continuously repairing itself in dry dock by replacing worn-out parts) and science as Neura...
July 06, 2022 at 20:45
In: Why We Need God. Corollary.  — view comment
:up:
July 06, 2022 at 20:21
In: Speculations in Idealism  — view comment
A definition (e.g. "idealism" "physicalism" etc) is not a factual truth-claim.
July 06, 2022 at 20:14
In: Sugar by 180 Proof  — view comment
:victory: :rofl:
July 06, 2022 at 18:14
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