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We're responsible for what we do with our thoughts.

More babytalk. :yawn:

Thus, Einstein et al consider QFT (QM) an incomplete theory, and work on QG follows directly from this (e.g. LQG, RQM, String theory, etc). Anyway, as...

Pro tip: "ontological status" =/= pragmatics (or cognition) aka "the behavior that supports it ..." :roll:

I've no idea what you're talking about on either account. Whatever. :roll:

No. One, however, has a better chance of reducing misery (i.e. frustrations, dissatisfactions, self-deceptions) than not. I think the function of phil...

... "escapism?" ... "mindlessness?" :chin: :fire: Science or history provide explanations of e.g. matters of fact, whereas, for me, philosophy reflect...

Isn't avoiding / striving against this not a prescription for eudaimonia?

Agreed, but the issue at hand (this thread topic) is far narrower than your/our legitimate broader concerns.

Simply then, is it your position that, all things considered, POTUS should not appoint a well-qualified Black woman jurist to SCOTUS? (No further expl...

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You stretch the notion of "political expedience" so far to include campaigning when it usually refers to governing that you've rendered it meaningless...

Since when is it a matter of mere "political expedience" for a duely elected politician to keep a campaign promise to the greater share of his or her ...

If an "idea" is just something made up by each of us that's confined to our own minds and none of us are mind-readers, then you haven't conveyed anyth...

In philosophy, reflection (i.e. reflective inquiry and reflective practice) denotes "paying attention" by questioning your questioning / practices whi...

In the abstract, maybe not; you're objection, however, is both ahistorical and politically obtuse. Biden's selection of a well-qualified Black Woman j...

:up: Our brains / minds work and we use them to do everything, yet we still don't know how they work. Thus, "the mysterian's hard problem"-of-the-gaps...

I gave an example of a far more sufficiently speculative "characterization" of pandeism than yours, ucarr. Compare them; my meaning implied by those d...

No "false dichotomy" on my part as I've not made an argument (re: systems of control) with an "either-or" premise. :roll: By "system of control", Aaro...

The "chain of events" would be unbroken but otherwise, that is, it'd remain first-order (i.e. meta-free).

You've quoted the value I've plugged into Socrates' "good life" variable. I suppose mine is more of a criterion (which, of course, can be unpacked fur...

Well, I think, according to most 'lovers (seekers) of wisdom', to engage in incorrigibly foolish (maladaptive) conduct and/or relationships is demonst...

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Philosophy consists in understanding – rationally interpretating – the Real. Religion, on the other hand, has always been a communal (i.e. cultic) sys...

It's perfunctory and insufficiently speculative (re: by contrast e.g. ). They are abstractions merely subsisting (Meinong).

Yeah, that's how I see it: "traffic lights" are just (semantic) signals, not (physical) causes. Okay. Right. 'Maintaining homeostasis' is the physiolo...

To quote the great man: Imagine ol' Sisyphus happy, Smith. :smirk:

:up: Sophistry in pictures and folktales rather than reasoning with coherent concepts and valid arguments. Yeah, at best philosophy reflects (2nd/3rd ...

For the sake of discussion, I think it's reasonable to claim 'to the degree a philosophy is fundamentally disembodied (immaterial) and/or transcendent...

One either 'seeks salvation' (safety) or 'opposes stupidity' (danger). But can one do both consistently, or without cognitive dissonance? Yes, compart...

Religion : philosophy- :: mythos : logos :: pathos : ethikos.

In this case, power-sharing is being granted constitutionally. No one has invoked "ends that justify unlawful means" (i.e. "means" which undermine – d...

The concept as a Type of deity (e.g. theism) can be shown to be empty, establishing every Token of that deity Type (e.g. Allah, YHWH, Zeus) as imagina...

No more than, for example, traffic lights "cause" drivers to step on the breaks or the gas. Simply put, they are only signals which inform habits, and...

Addendum to https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/17/black-native-americans-fentanyl-deaths-rise-opioid-crisis

Addendum to https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/feb/17/if-they-could-turn-back-time-how-tech-billionaires-are-trying-to-reverse-the-ageing-proces...

I hadn't noticed before "Flying high in the sky" instead of "Blotted out from the sky" which, beside Mick's clear vocal, makes more sense. "Mistake?" ...

You're argument is valid; nonetheless, I disagree with your conclusion: Eyes open, sleepwalking, coma aka "junkie heaven". :yawn:

Anecdotes (i.e. correlations at most) do not "compete" with Experiments (i.e. causal / stochastic relations) in truth-making. :roll:

Okay. We're using "explain" differently: you –> intentional-"Why" (1p, dispositional ~ telos) & me –> causal-"How" (3p, propositional ~ episteme). No ...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_becomes_the_Universe As the link to an old post in my previous post shows, I think the "demergent deism" speculati...

Just pandeism ...

Explain what the first quote "explains".

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. Rationally, one 'ought to care' first and foremost about what happens before one's death: agency; beginning, daily, with :fire:

February reading When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People: How Philosophy Can Save Us from Ourselves, S. Nadler & L. Shapiro

That's a description of motivated behavior, not an explanation of how it happens. :roll: Agreed. That's how it differs from an "physical explanation" ...

IIRC, with respect to physics, yes.

Yeah, like one's present-self IS a future-self of one's past-self (re: temporal mereology) ...

As I've pointed out many times, a scientist's methological position in no way is indicative of – or entails – any specific metaphysical (ontological) ...