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Philosophy of science. Philosophy is not theoretical but rather is interpretive (i.e. makes explicit – problemarizes – presuppositions and/or implicit...

Read the articles I've linked so you can tell for yourself whether or not "JTB is antiquated". No, but actual knowledge is fallibilistic.

I wouldn't assume that's true. An extraordinary claim requires extraordinary evidence. Anecdotes ain't good enough for me, Seeker.

No. Yes, of course (or at least not as relevant and sufficient "evidence"^^). As I've already stated: ."Clinical death" indicates the limit of (availa...

"JTB" is antiquated. Much more cogent: "belief" https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/justep-foundational/ "knowledge" https://iep.utm.edu/karl-popper-cr...

:up: :up: Every 'civilization' is always most vulnerable to (thermodynamic and/or information) entropy.

This thread topic is "not based on evidence" either.

Belief is assent (true if warranted, opinion if unwarranted, delusion if its negation is warranted). Knowledge consists of truths or not-yet-falsified...

Calvinists, for instance, (seem to) believe that some are pre-determined to be "damned" or "saved". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predestination

Been there, done that. :lol: .

:chin: Even so ...

2April24 To date over 32,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by Israel since 7Oct23 and the (US-backed) slaughter continues ... Feel the Bern: "...

Thanks for posting! Excellent article.

Forgive me but this sounds like you need a therapist or priest and I don't think you'll find either here on TPF.

I'm not sure I understand what you are asking, javi. As a moral naturalist, I believe the "affect" on me has been to help me daily to be a more effect...

IIRC, an existentialist would say you're not committed if you remain able to "abandon" them afterwards. They are not commitments in the existential (e...

Yes. Consider the 'naturalistic morality' I've pointed out already ... And furthermore: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/892545 From ...

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After all, "the Church" invented "Christian Ethics and Values" which, in effect, "kidnapped" pre-religious, naturalistic morality just like other cult...

Well then, apparently, it's "inevitable" for me to "praise or blame" ... :mask:

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@"ToothyMaw" In case you missed this one ... https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/891578

In sum, 'churches' – organized/official cults – are confidence games (i.e. pyramid schemes) and 'heretics' make the grift harder to keep going and har...

I've not drawn any "picture of morality". My point is that the 'AGI', not humans, will decide whether or not to impose on itself and abide by (some th...

I should have written "I don't follow your thinking". And I still don't since it doesn't seem that you are responding to what I actually wrote.

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I don't quite follow you. As I read them, Kierkegaard and Sartre are existentialists (i.e. commitments which manifest an 'essence') and Camus is an ab...

:up: Not at all. I read their writings much later. No doubt. My claim, however, is that, applied or not, 'naturalistic morality' is always applicable ...

Easter? :sweat:

Junkies may opt out too, but ... :smirk:

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I was raised Roman Catholic, educated for twelve years in strict, working class Catholic schools, served as an altar boy for almost ten years and was ...

I'm an anti-supernaturalist. About forty-five years ago, while attending a Jesuit high school, I lost 'my religion'. Since then, for me 'spiritual' me...

"AI Winter is coming." :nerd: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/892509

"I'll be back." :nerd: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/892509

"Human" is imago dei. "AGI" (& formerly "gods") is imago hominis. https://youtu.be/-sB12gk9ESA?si=fDmu40Z-jiV-2f6a https://youtu.be/VAtoqAQ2aEg?si=p86...

I think you've made my 'totalitarian mindset' point (à la Brave New World ... Nozick's Experience Machine thought-experiment ... the android Norman's ...

Here's (a link to post with youtube discussing) why an explosion of terroristic political violence is more likely than not after Biden is reelected th...

Addendum to ... https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/420051 (from 2020) https://youtu.be/3Ek-4_DfO3w?si=9tf0ZQV20GjCIvZV

:up: If this entity is omniscient, then it not only knows more that what any of us can know but it also knows better than all of us what is good for a...

I suspect we will probably have to wait for 'AGI' to decide for itself whether or not to self-impose moral norms and/or legal constraints and what kin...

As Freddy Zarathustra says The Abrahamic doctrine of 'vicarious redemption via human sacrifice' (i.e. martyrdom, scapegoat violence) is evil .. à la "...

What I mean is that the difference between "arbitrary" (as you put it) and "subjective", IMO, is the difference between nihilism and existentialism, r...

"Clinical death" is not irreversible brain decomposition in the case of "NDE / RED" and therefore only a medical status and not a biological terminus.

:clap: :lol: Here's the "real world", kid – https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/890076 – a historically-informed US voter's perspective ...

How about 'subjective commitment' instead?

:fire: :100: :up: :up: Resuscitation is not resurrection (or reincarnation). Death is irreversible brain decomposition. Unless 'dis-embodied subjectiv...

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You can rely on wikipedia for information and I will keep on thinking through the presuppositions and implications of philosophical topics (e.g. 'panp...