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The point being, he didn't commit any crime and Congress never made an effort to enforce its own subpoena.. Hanover, I don't believe your telling the ...

Beyond the simple metaphor of a person exercising their body not intended for hypertrophy, we can exercise our brains rather for overall health and fi...

It's like aspirin it's a miracle drug!! LOL

Good point...I guess it would depend on what is meant by 'sanctions' and the like . In a democratic-capitalist society , the free market generally act...

Hi Artemis! I would caution you not to get too hung-up on the exceptions. No pun intended, but are you saying that most things in life are black and w...

Considering Dershowitz's shady past (let me know if you need any information on his past record/court cases and who he typically represents) unfortuna...

Schiff and Dershowitz are channeling their inner John Rawls here: https://youtu.be/mRlgvJmTFBE

I'm in the same boat Virgo. Because I don't believe in killing; war's, capital punishment, and abortion. Rather, I believe in a non-cushy prison life ...

Hey Forrest, I couldn't participate because I'm a moderate independent. (We need more moderates in our political and religious institutions.)

Sure, agreed.. Please keep in mind all the other so-called classifications of Love viz ancient Greek philosophy.. And accordingly, not only love of se...

Hey Schop1! Being a glass half-full (not half-empty) guy myself, and although perhaps a little idealistic, I don't think that's really the case there....

You're fine I was just clarifying your concern relative to the remarks you made about physical finitude.

Think of it this way. Enjoy physical activity as long as your body will allow you to... . Then like in all other seasons of one's life, you can then l...

Yes it indeed works. The keyboard player in our band turned me on to it many years ago. It's nothing new really. It's shared by both Eastern and Weste...

I wasn't referring to love proper, in describing that heirarchy of needs. I was referring to any kind of need, particularly needs of higher self-aware...

I feel the need to briefly elaborate here, only because this quote from cognitive science stays with me to this day: 'All he knows is that he is despe...

Forrest....that's pretty rockin dude! Love the website!!!

It's kind of ironic you mentioned this, I was just reading today that Millennial's are now considered the therapy generation. I don't have any philoso...

Hey CtW! Just to speak for myself, I only argued through the lens of LP because it was an intriguing comparison to other analytical approaches. For in...

"Chronological Addendum" 25. Feb 6, 2018: A federal court approved a $25 million settlement with students who said they were duped by Donald Trump and...

Interesting question(s) no doubt. The analogy of 'jogging' made me think of immaterial/material entities and processes and/or metaphysical phenomena. ...

Hello P ! And what is your theory behind such a fear? There's an important point to be made here. I am not talking about volition. What I'm referring ...

For the most part I agree with Schop1 analysis from that previous post. As an existentialist I try very hard to be conscious of dichotomization. And i...

Yep. It fits the reverse Modus Tollens principle: if it walks like a duck, squawks like a duck, smells like a duck, it probably is a duck. As Adam Sch...

Thanks Schop1. I like Schopenhauer, particular his metaphysical philosophy. For instance when I studied music, he was really the only 'philosopher pro...

24. 1/24/20- An audio tape surfaced from Ukraine/Giuliani associate Lev Parnas that revealed not only that Trump lied about not knowing Lev Parnas (re...

Thanks P! Just for clarification purposes, I failed to mention one other point about Romantic Love. From my particular experience relative to my 'self...

Perhaps another or easier (at least for me) way of looking at it would be through lens of the movement known as Logical Positivism. This Analytical ap...

Thank you P. I am sure it brought back memories...and I do appreciate your attention to this matter. I admire your candor, particularly from the vario...

Hi Possibility! I read this thread and found it most interesting, and I thank you for your candor... . In adding to the intrigue with the love phenome...

Yes it should be, but you can never be absolutely certain ( at all times and in all places). That's because you have a consciousness and subconsciousn...

I hate to call you out on this minor detail but you just contradicted yourself by asking for help when apparently your suggesting that you don't need ...

Well, perhaps a slight teaching-moment detour is in order. How has pride enhanced your cognitive abilities in understanding the distinctions between n...

I realize you prefer ad hominem when pushed in a corner, but that's ok. (Unfortunately, many people resort to that behavior as a deflection mechanism ...

Yep, I agree. That's my belief as well...that we didn't invent mathematics as a human construct but rather we discover and uncover it's truth... . Do ...

Not sure what you're referring to, or are getting at... I'm simply showing you that necessary and contingent truth have their relevance per your OP. B...

Are you thinking Berkley's Idealism? (Kinda reminds me of it, in your OP.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjective_idealism If nothing else, I suppos...

Hey Alcontali, your quote got me to thinking about Intuitionism: "...while other philosophies of mathematics allow objects that can be proved to exist...

Existence is a property, it's just not what is wrong with the ontological argument. In layman's terms, this may help some: https://youtu.be/5H9l_VVk2I...

I think it was Einstein who said basically if human's weren't sentient creatures, Religion would have no meaning. There would not be a need to posit G...

Sure. Kant studied/taught math and thought the act of computing mathematics itself was a synthetic a priori exercise in cognition. I tend to agree wit...

Also, I would recommend something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Made-Simple-Complete-Important/dp/0385425333#reader_0385425333 I have a...

In a cosmological context, this would be an example of 'why': 1.Every contingent fact has an explanation. 2.There is a contingent fact that includes a...

I think of necessary and contingency when I think of Cosmology. And when you say 'all bachelors are unmarried men' I think of that being an analytical...

In other words, if you said 'all events have a cause', then you would be suggesting a necessary truth. On the other hand, if you said 'all events have...

That's not an example of liars paradox, but this is: 1. this statement is false. Liar's paradox is usually from the paradox of self-reference. My exam...

If you are saying that you think all events have 'cause-s', you are saying that it is both a necessary and contingent truth. ( At first you said 'Fals...

Please share how you think it is false?

Sure. That is where he uses the word predicate as "concept" instead of the literal meaning of an action word/verb. Similarly, imagine a spinning ball ...

I realize you prefer ad hominem when pushed in a corner, but that's ok. (Unfortunately, many people resort to that behavior as a deflection mechanism ...