As a spinozist, I take a dim view of Leibniz's (metaphysical) superstitions. :up: :up: Another philosophical suicide (aka "pussy"). Better a slave " :...
I agree. Nothing in my reference to reason alludes to (narrow) 'logico-mathematical rationality'; my conception is closer to the (broad) "sense-making...
Life without choice may survive (i.e. slavery). Life with choice however thrives (i.e. agency). And choice without life is 'life insurance' (i.e. poli...
Yeah, which is why I characterize reason as "in some respects is inadequate ..."; and yet reason is also indispensible, no? Not "perfect", but good en...
Reason, while misusable and in some respects inadequate for adapting to reality, works better – more reliably, more defeasibly – than all of the alter...
All you did was present a more intellectually incorrect (i.e. uninformed / dishonest) interpretation of N. No doubt, you're a belated student (acolyte...
Not to worry, Smith. If you're not a fertile female of child-bearing age, then it's very unlikely you will ever have to decide to terminate your pregn...
In the following US States, etc, abortion without limits (e.g. third trimester) is currently legal by statute in the following states: Alaska Colorado...
Back in the day, folks said the same about Abolition ... and desegregation ... and mixed-raced marriage ... Actuarial inevitability, sir. Prenatal hom...
I suspect we Humans are the only bored species which, more than language or reason, distinguishes us from all other animals. More than a virtue in flo...
A dog is as a dog does (e.g. "walks around with a lantern at noon"). :fire: "And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who co...
I would characterize Freddy Zarathustra as an advocate of Cultural (i.e. psychological-intellectual-artistic) Self-Mastery and not a defender of Civil...
No, hermeneutics is the philological-critical discipline of interpreting (ancient) texts such as "sacred scriptures" (in which "gods", etc are feature...
:100: Unfortunately, US law refers to the technologically relative term "viability" rather than the biologically determinative threshold of (average) ...
For fucks' sake ... No. No. No. ... "theology" in relation to "philosophy of religion" is as apologetics in relation to hermeneutics, respectively. :v...
Yes, for instance at a slave auction. Given the comparative scarcity of the productive, or desired, attributes on offer, setting a "value" – price – d...
Okay, it's wrong. It (i.e. natura naturans —> conatus) will continue to be wrong, at least, until the next global extinction event. So given it's both...
I think those of us who do learn from our errors learn far more often from small errors than from "great errors". Just as walking is learned by fallin...
Without errors (in judgment), some of us would not learn / create anything new (beneficial or not) to drive onward – ratchet-up – the rest of our hide...
... "buggering on" with that old philosopher's stone. :smirk: Mainländer didn't "find life" so "intractable" ... For fuck's sake, man, stop whinging a...
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