David Mo

I think we have a problem. This thread is confusing consciousness with mind. Put it simply, consciousness is the mental state of realizing or to be aw...

If the soul were something different from the body, it would have no problem depriving itself of the senses. It would be freer. But the soul's depende...

An imitation? I'd say the mind is the body in action. Without my eyes, my fingers and my kidney, consciousness would be nothing and the mind would hav...

I agree with your first sentence. But I don't understand the concept of actualization here. Neither does "metaphysical". In what sense is consciousnes...

Consciousness is not a thing with point coordinates in space. Consciousness is a state of mind and body distributed among my nervous system, muscles a...

No science deals with the Being as a Being. Each science has its own particular field. If you think the opposite, give an example. Do you know of any ...

Because if you exclude by definition most of the class of objects that are usually called X, what the hell should we call them? That's what's called m...

I could point out a few things you've written that an expert in philosophy would not have said. You haven't studied philosophy in a faculty and it sho...

Maybe this is all a matter of common sense. Don't be so dismissive of common sense, because even philosophers use it. Sometimes quite badly. But the i...

I totally agree. Thank you for your clarification.

It's a very good argument that you only solve by getting rid of most of the contemporary philosophers. If you give a definition of philosophy that doe...

You've chosen the worst example of all for your interests. Descartes was fully aware of the difference between his metaphysics and his treatise on opt...

As I said above, it is very difficult to find words without any vagueness, except for well-defined concepts in science. But giving a rude example, you...

I took a look at the sample pages in Google Books. At least in these I haven't found any example where the author starts from a mathematized hypothesi...

Not the proponents of eudaimonia, of course. Because they combine virtue with duties (See Aristotle or Marcus Aurelius). Your refusal to include dutie...

Not that I should be good because someone has a right. It's that choosing to be good involves analytically recognizing the rights of others. This has ...

Well, I don't see any writings on history in his bibliography either. A historian who doesn't write history books is quite rare. By the way, this is n...

I suppose it would be a duty to himself or something similar. But that kind of duty is not considered moral. By definition we understand that morality...

The difference between ontical and ontological in Heidegger is as confusing as everything about him. I'd like to know how you understand it. I thought...

Chomsky's not a historian. To make an occasional reflection on the history of a problem does not make him a historian. The article you quote does not ...

Indeed, because right and duty are terms that describe a reciprocal relationship. What Ciceronianus is pretending is like saying there is a father wit...

It's not a question of whether I like it or not. It's that there is a real difference between virtues that affect oneself and virtues that affect my d...

That's very good when we're talking about virtues that aren't moral. One can be a piano virtuoso without be dependent of others. Or one can have the v...

Then you should read well Marcus Aurelius: Meditations, VIII, 5: duties and nature. I think you got a bad read on Ryand. It happens.

You can apply the concept of science to whatever you want. You can apply it to the ritual dance of the geese in heat, if you like. As you expand it it...

I've read about Chomsky in both linguistics and politics. If you go to this bibliography and to Chomsky's official website at MIT, you will see how th...

I suppose you must know what it means that "natural philosophy" includes the sciences. If you don't know it, the idea is "a little" confusing in your ...

First of all: I prevented some comments ago that I was speaking of natural sciences. If you want speak of human sciences some clarifications should be...

I remember very well, but you have failed in two essential points of your explanation: you have not been able to explain how the obligation of someone...

Philosophy does not includes the natural sciences. You have invented a meta-scientific knowledge that does not exist. Moreover, you give it a totally ...

Two previous data: Aristotle, Metaphysics A1. 980aff. : "It is from memory that men acquire experience", As you can see, the distinction between sensa...

It is well known that Aristotle did not coin the term "metaphysics". It is also well known that it was a good invention because the book to which this...

I think you've lost sight of what we were discussing. We were discussing whether it's possible to capture the singular without prior abstractions. Wha...

That at certain levels of science there is an interaction between science and philosophy does not mean that they are the same. The fact that there wer...

Headache, more like. But this is another matter.

Indeed, because you have changed the instance from a question of right to a graceful donation. There are no recipient rights in a donation. That is no...

And how do you justify this empirically?

Both.

Of course you remember when you open a door. It is your memories that allow you to recognize what is in front of you as a door and not a wall. In an i...

By that standard, killing a child is good if it makes the killer feel good. Experimentally proven.

Aristotle places metaphysics at the top of his classification of forms of knowledge. See if it was important to him: the science of sciences. In the T...

In the renaissance. It was clear at the time that a Nuova Scienza was emerging. It basically consisted of two innovations: controlled experimentation ...

No. There are moral rights and legal rights. Whether moral rights are natural or not is another question. This is not an explanation of the question. ...

I did not mention natural rights, but moral rights. Therefore, the rest of your comment does not relate to my proposal. Furthermore, the examples you ...

I did not propose the feeling of anguish as knowledge, but Sartre's theory on the feeling of anguish. They are two very different things.

I think my philosophical opinions are better than yours because I raise objections and questions that you do not answer, while you ask me questions th...

I didn't ask you to look for ten bona fide philosophers. I asked you to look for ten cases of philosophers pontificating. It's not difficult. Above I ...

For example: You choose which is the philosophical one. It's not difficult.

Philosophy is what philosophers do in academia. It is not that a philosopher cannot be self-taught, but if we want to avoid philosophy being an empty ...

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