Jim Grossmann

Every form of the ontological argument that I've ever heard of assumes that greatness is a property of some entity rather than a speaker evaluation of...

I share your doubts about the political will to stall or reverse climate change.

Thanks for telling me about Pierce. :-) Good to know you've got a handle on pragmatism, whichever one of you you are! :-)

"Pragmatism" in philosophy refers to a specific movement, whose champions include William James and John Dewey. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pra...

@ Janus: one: The term "hard" as in "hard sciences" has no scientific meaning. two: re: your words: "We cannot establish "facts" in the human sciences...

Both means and the characteristics of the agent tend to condition the ends. one: The availability of the means varies with circumstance. A person whos...

@ Tim3003: Fair enough. The time and prerequisites for the tipping point are issues for climate scientists. As for the human response to climate chang...

Dismissing the results in the social sciences because they are not "hard" empirical scientists seems ill-considered to me. The reason that sciences li...

I didn't order anyone to shut up. I simply questioned whether this thread is a philosophical one. Nothing in my post encourages you to stay away from ...

True. But the factors that you mentioned can be addressed in social sciences such as sociology and political science.

It's odd that this question would be posted on a Philosophy forum. Whether human beings can stop--or slow--climate change seems to me to be a straight...