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Not at all. Unconscious-deterministic speculations e.g. Spinoza's substance, Epicurus' atomic void, Laozi's dao, etc

The conceptual incoherence of which is made explicit by "the interaction problem" (as well as violation of physical conservation laws) entailed by Des...

I don't grok you.

:lol: Only silly blinkers like you, sir, who have not themselves closely read (and comprehended) the Ethics, so conspicuously misunderstand Spinoza's ...

E.g. celibacy is not a sexual position or preference. Sad Socrates thrives (reason) whereas a Satisfied Swine merely survives (faith). Like magical / ...

There's no such thing. Also, whereas theism is a belief (either noncognitive or cognitive), religion is an institutional practice; and 'false hope to ...

No. The most direct and effective counter-argument to theism concludes by claiming theism is not true. (2019) https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussio...

Perhaps so, but only because you are not "God"; the "Almighty" otoh can "save a person" without "doing evil" or "allowing evil", thus every occurrance...

Like e.g. suffering / vulnerable beings ...

:fire: Again, well said, TS; our respective positions seem quite convergent. As an ecstatic naturalist (à la Spinoza's natura naturans sub specie dura...

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Consider this (synoptic) meditation ... https://youtu.be/iAizY5qJWIY?si=M9n8CcelUj_NMXyB

:fire: This conception of compassion reminds me even more of Buber (dialogic I-Thou) than Levinas (infinition of the Other) and almost naturalistic in...

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True ... and yet, yinyang-like, "compassion" presupposes "chaos" (just as every ceasefire presupposes a war), no?

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:fire: Yes, thanks for this insightful formulation.

What of Levinas' meontological notion of 'ethics as first philosophy' (from Totality and Infinity)?

Perhaps (non-trivial) 'philosophical questions' are only those which cannot have empirical answers (i.e. first-order propositions about non-abstract s...

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:up: Like a vacuum or atom or aether ...

:up: :up: Yeah, (@"Gnomon"'s) pseudoscience —> ridicule.

:lol: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-science-of-self/202510/the-secret-of-secrets-is-the-science-accurate :monkey: :sparkle: wt_?

:chin: That's sophistry, not philosophy. (Plato)

:fire: Here in America, we fuckin' precariats need to grow some Aussie balls.

In so far as 'thinking' helps one to thrive over above one's mere survival, I agree.

:smirk: Nah. Join the club ... https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/979621

I gave examples of ethical decisions that were politically defiant and not "expedient" – ethics is not as shallow (or conformist) as you suggest. Read...

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https://youtu.be/_41D82a-iuI?si=er13g1LiL-RBFV1P

Gracias, señor.

What do you mean by "God is a moral concept"? (or by "moral concept' itself?)

Please explain. :up: :up: :fire: Clearly, "God" infantilizes adults (e.g. Kierkegaard's teleological suspension of the ethical aka "holy ends justify ...

Like chatbox 'romance', another omen of our impending "AI downfall" – https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251016-people-are-using-ai-to-talk-to-god :...

This seems to me a non sequitur.

Consider this article a précis of 'the world-creates/embodies minds' ... https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/newsplus/new-way-to-map-the-unique-bra...

PSA reminder: Contra the incoherent speculations of idealists, mind-body dualists and mysterians, "mind" is not what it seems to itself – subjective f...

In contrast to the FALSE reality? :roll:

E.g. religions indoctrinate "we don't know this or that g/G (woo) must have created / caused this or commands us to obey that" contrary to sciences wh...

:up: :up: In @"Gnomon"'s case: ... too often in a confused and un/mis-informed way (i.e. full of woo-woo). :sweat: Yeah, it shows ...

Still no argument. – that's telling.

You claim NOMA is "baloney" but don't even try to make your case.

I agree with SJ Gould, Wittgenstein, Spinoza et al that 'religion & science' are non-overlapping magisteria (NOMA), or in other words ... https://thep...

https://youtu.be/Xkv6gMr5X2U?si=UQbl5PGqGlK9MtUf

In a world teeming with unwed mothers and unwanted bastards, absentee fathers and neglected children, I suspect very few are doing it right (whatever ...

If you do, explain why you (seem to) assume that "a universal morality" is more beneficial than the absence of one. FWIW, I'd recommend more contempor...