In response to @"Postmodern Beatnik" and @"Baden", I wanted to say: is there any way that perhaps we could make post counts invisible? Post counts can...
Perhaps it's a 'Let's Pretend Democracy' that was formerly an oligarchy. It was designed to be a democracy where votes were restricted to the wealthy....
"Socratic irony" should have a more modern name. Perhaps "malicious bracketing?" :P On a more serious note, I am a bit at a loss to ask the right ques...
I think that there exists a class of people who take capitalism as a kind of metaphysical statement about reality. Everything must be judged according...
I am not accustomed to hearing "irony" in the context in which you're using it. Can you say a thing or two about what it means here? EDIT: normally I ...
Well, I think I may have some unusual views here that are reflected in how I think about this. This is my unusual view: I don't differentiate between ...
I would guess that Paul's motive was cash, and that's probably it. As PF grew more popular, the amount of money probably grew larger and more and more...
"Woo" can mean pseudoscientific nonsense. It can also mean science that offends people; I can see a creationist referring to evolution as "woo," or a ...
Reading thesoren's (or should I say, "thesockpuppets") first post kind of made me wonder if he didn't just read some random Wikipedia articles on phil...
That's why I am curious as to his view on causality. He says, Granted, the truth of a belief doesn't always effect the actions taken by the person who...
As to causation, I think that we're going to get into the metaphysics of causality here. Morals may or may not cause things, but there seem to be an a...
I agree that disquotationalism is, prima facie at least, not a position that implies realism. This makes sense: disquotationalism is a deflationary th...
The question, "Why should I be moral?" is not sensible, because it amounts to the denial of a tautology. By asking it, you are asking, "Why should I d...
Good God, I come back to PF after a few months' hiatus and the place is suddenly a cesspit run by some 24 year old smartass from Brooklyn who likes to...
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