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In: What are the First Principles of Philosophy?  — view comment
Contemplate the shitpiles :eyes:
March 26, 2020 at 20:19
In: What are the First Principles of Philosophy?  — view comment
Well, "world" (object), "the soul" (fiction) and "God" (fiction) can be abductively inferred by differentiating objects from fictions.
March 26, 2020 at 20:08
In: How Do You Know You Exist?  — view comment
???
March 26, 2020 at 19:49
In: The fundamental question of Metaphysics: Why something rather than nothing  — view comment
:up:
March 25, 2020 at 17:20
In: The definition of intellectual  — view comment
An "intellectual" is someone who always reads with a pen or pencil in hand. (G. Steiner?)
March 25, 2020 at 17:15
In: Have scholars surrendered to nihilism?  — view comment
Well, if you ignore that 'nihilism' is not the right, or relevant, question / problem (pace Freddy Zarathustra), then okay ... Freddie's diagnosis fro...
March 25, 2020 at 06:25
In: Have scholars surrendered to nihilism?  — view comment
From an old thread ... :death: :flower:
March 24, 2020 at 22:39
In: Belief in nothing?  — view comment
:yikes: :monkey: :lol:
March 24, 2020 at 14:58
In: Belief in nothing?  — view comment
Another example of the Dunning-Kruger effect on stunning display ... :rofl: “It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make ...
March 24, 2020 at 14:08
In: The fundamental question of Metaphysics: Why something rather than nothing  — view comment
:rofl:
March 24, 2020 at 00:43
In: The fundamental question of Metaphysics: Why something rather than nothing  — view comment
... a word to the wiseasses: STFU & listen. Amor fati. :death: :flower:
March 23, 2020 at 22:27
In: TPF Quote Cabinet  — view comment
"Anything said in advance of a pandemic seems alarmist. After a pandemic begins, anything one has said or done is inadequate." ~fmr US Secretary of He...
March 23, 2020 at 22:14
In: The fundamental question of Metaphysics: Why something rather than nothing  — view comment
:clap:
March 23, 2020 at 05:27
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
:cool: :up:
March 23, 2020 at 05:25
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Any commentary (even by way of review) on this book I'd appreciate. Meinong was a touchstone for my approach to 'the god question' over the last few d...
March 22, 2020 at 22:35
In: The fundamental question of Metaphysics: Why something rather than nothing  — view comment
:yum: :up: :party:
March 22, 2020 at 19:27
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
... making it a "Doomsday Dozen" with 9 more novels (and no effin' vampires, zombies, etc): • Clay's Ark, Octavia Butler • The Pesthouse, Jim Crace • ...
March 22, 2020 at 19:24
In: The fundamental question of Metaphysics: Why something rather than nothing  — view comment
:yikes: What do you mean? Of course a ham sandwich is better than God - assuming you also have water to drink daily, you can live on 'nothing but ham ...
March 22, 2020 at 18:09
In: The Long-Term Consequences of Covid-19  — view comment
:eyes: :mask:
March 22, 2020 at 17:48
In: The fundamental question of Metaphysics: Why something rather than nothing  — view comment
:up:
March 22, 2020 at 12:31
In: Why Nothingness Cosmogony is Nonsense  — view comment
:up:
March 21, 2020 at 22:29
In: Belief in nothing?  — view comment
You can't be serious. :rofl:
March 21, 2020 at 21:36
In: What are the First Principles of Philosophy?  — view comment
If you think what I am (you can't get much more anti-p0m0 than me) saying here is "postmodern", then you're not "versed" at all.
March 21, 2020 at 21:33
In: What are the First Principles of Philosophy?  — view comment
Apparently, try as you might, you're not engaging with what I've actually written or my speculations (re: OP), so I'll leave it to you to sort out wha...
March 21, 2020 at 20:47
In: Belief in nothing?  — view comment
Summarize please. As my previous post points out: If set T is empty, then members of set T are, at most, fictions. True or not true? If true, then you...
March 21, 2020 at 20:07
In: Belief in nothing?  — view comment
Insofar as "god" is undefined, the statement "god is false" says nothing but "@^%*# is false" (i.e. nonsense). Otherwise, if 'theism is false' is true...
March 21, 2020 at 18:39
In: Belief in nothing?  — view comment
In others words, predicates of X entail search parameters for locating X (i.e. whether or not X exists where & when). E.g. (A) Elephant sitting on you...
March 21, 2020 at 18:08
In: What are the First Principles of Philosophy?  — view comment
:up: :smirk: I don't. "Teleology" is an artifact of antiquated folk epistemology (pace Aristotle) refuted handily by the advent of Galilean-Cartesian-...
March 21, 2020 at 16:44
In: On the existence of God (by request)  — view comment
Troll is as troll does ... :mask:
March 20, 2020 at 13:50
In: What are the First Principles of Philosophy?  — view comment
I think each one presupposes (or, otherwise, supplements) the PNC. Also, 'contradiction' has modal ontological implications (re: 'impossibilty' e.g. i...
March 20, 2020 at 13:27
In: On the existence of God (by request)  — view comment
Yeah. All Frankie's got is trollin' ... and some of us are bored enough to play whack-a-troll with him. What a hypocrite though: he allows himself to ...
March 20, 2020 at 13:15
In: What are the First Principles of Philosophy?  — view comment
IMO one of two (or both) candidates for western philosophy's 'first principle' are (A) the principle of non-contradiction (PNC), or ~ or (B) the princ...
March 20, 2020 at 11:06
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
:cool: :up:
March 19, 2020 at 19:30
In: Belief in nothing?  — view comment
True - in the abstract. But that's not my argument. If you're genuinely interested - not just in trolling (like Frankie) or scoring points against str...
March 19, 2020 at 18:25
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Taking a brief *pandemic break* from Piketty's latest tome ... re-reading: • The Plague, Albert Camus • Wittgenstein's Mistress, David Markson • The R...
March 19, 2020 at 15:59
In: Belief in nothing?  — view comment
:up: Stop trolling.
March 19, 2020 at 15:18
In: Belief in nothing?  — view comment
Better yet: I'll make a sound argument. But will you understand it? (Frankie surely doesn't.) :sweat:
March 19, 2020 at 15:12
In: Belief in nothing?  — view comment
Scroll up or flip back to previous pages and read my "evidence".
March 19, 2020 at 15:05
In: On the existence of God (by request)  — view comment
Stop trolling.
March 19, 2020 at 15:01
In: Belief in nothing?  — view comment
"What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence." ~Christopher Hitchens Another "blind guess" (i.e. assertion without co...
March 19, 2020 at 14:58
In: On the existence of God (by request)  — view comment
Nonsense (or in your crotchety parlance - "bullshit"!) Not. Even. False.
March 19, 2020 at 14:45
In: Camus vs Sartre  — view comment
:death: :flower: Happy Equinox. Camus on Coronavirus (Alain de Botton, 03.19.20)
March 19, 2020 at 14:29
In: Metaphilosophy: Historic Phases  — view comment
:up:
March 19, 2020 at 04:57
In: Metaphilosophy: Historic Phases  — view comment
:100: :clap: :fire:
March 18, 2020 at 23:12
In: On the existence of God (by request)  — view comment
This is what's wrong with it. Read for comprehension, Frank, as many times as it takes for you to get the gist. A hint: what is wrong is that you have...
March 18, 2020 at 22:11
In: The Road to 2020 - American Elections  — view comment
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March 18, 2020 at 13:45
In: On the existence of God (by request)  — view comment
This is what's wrong with it. Read for comprehension, Frank, as many times as it takes for you to get the gist. A hint: define the gods - classes or p...
March 18, 2020 at 11:55
In: On the existence of God (by request)  — view comment
This from a man who says, in effect, he neither believes nor disbelieves - neither knows nor does not know - whether &÷#@$% exists or does not exist. ...
March 18, 2020 at 10:21
In: The Road to 2020 - American Elections  — view comment
@"Maw" @"Pfhorrest" et al - Bernie didn't take out doddering, "sleepy" Joe (like Warren took out Bloomy) the way he needed to on Sunday night, and got...
March 18, 2020 at 09:15
In: Metaphilosophy: Historic Phases  — view comment
Non sequitur via strawman. :mask: Yeah there is: philosophy. :monkey:
March 18, 2020 at 08:48
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