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Yes. No. It's a way of differentiating two things that are different. If you want to call the pope a philosopher, you have to differentiate him from t...
May 21, 2020 at 09:22
You've skipped the hedonism here. Hedonism claims that something is good when it produces pleasure. If I find pleasure in hurting, hurting is good. Of...
May 21, 2020 at 09:18
Every experience is concrete. There is no such thing as the experience of the universal. Your mistake consists in believing that the universal categor...
May 21, 2020 at 08:29
I repeat my argument: the definition of a word is to make its meaning explicit and the meaning is the use of that word. You cannot avoid using a word ...
May 21, 2020 at 08:02
Wittgenstein does not dismantle particular claims of Aristotle, but the heart of Aristotle's philosophy: metaphysics.
May 21, 2020 at 07:21
The fact that there are exceptions to a definition does not invalidate it. It is difficult to find a word that does not have margins of vagueness. But...
May 21, 2020 at 07:20
Sorry, I asked him for examples of philosophers pontificating. I don't think the Pope is an example of a philosopher. And the list of "spiritualisms" ...
May 21, 2020 at 07:08
You are right. I have deleted my previous comment.
May 21, 2020 at 07:05
First: To say that it is good that produces pleasure is an empty statement if you do not specify what pleasure you are talking about. The difficulties...
May 21, 2020 at 07:00
Sorry, comment deleted. It was not directed to you.
May 21, 2020 at 06:50
Since I don't know what knowledge is for you, I will answer according to my criteria: The concept of anguish in Sartre is the feeling caused by the kn...
May 21, 2020 at 06:41
I thought so, but you oppose concepts that I do not understand or that do not seem to be opposed. For example, supposition and presupposition.
May 21, 2020 at 06:35
And do you think that Sartre's concept of anguish -for example- does not speak of the world and man's relationship to the world? Sartre would not be a...
May 20, 2020 at 14:30
Cogito ergo sum. The rest, more or less justified opinions or analysis work.
May 20, 2020 at 14:24
Could you give some examples? Let's say ten. If there's a lot of them, it should be easy to do. Please give examples of "pontification", as you called...
May 20, 2020 at 14:20
There's a fallacy here. The moral good cannot be elected by a majority like the government. A majority of Nazis will define the supreme Nazi good. A m...
May 20, 2020 at 08:48
But it is not the same to share an experience of the same phenomenon, as to share the experience of an event that only happens inside my head. The fir...
May 20, 2020 at 08:31
On the contrary. Different ethical theories think they know what good is, they just don't agree. For example, with hedonism. I don't agree with hedoni...
May 20, 2020 at 08:27
That's a simple philosophical opinion. You should argue better to be a reasoned opinion. Because the characteristic of philosophy is that it reasons w...
May 20, 2020 at 08:20
Hedonism is only a theory within ethics. Where do you leave all its opponents? One's own experiences are very different from scientific ones. These co...
May 20, 2020 at 06:44
Can you answer your own questions? Some of them are not very clear and I don't like to play riddles. :grin:
May 20, 2020 at 06:29
This is very confusing. "Thinking alone", "armchair"... You mean philosophy doesn't do experiments? This would differentiate philosophy from the natur...
May 20, 2020 at 06:26
This is a definition that matches mine. All the examples you mention define or regulate legal rights. For example: building codes regulate various rig...
May 20, 2020 at 06:16
In my opinion that's a subject for psychology, not philosophy. In any case, if it had a philosophical dimension, it would have to take into account th...
May 19, 2020 at 08:22
All these things can be studied from other branches of knowledge that are not philosophy. What makes them different from philosophy?
May 19, 2020 at 07:16
You put a lot of things into your concept of consciousness. It is not the same to have perceptions as to capture the 'I'. Among other things because y...
May 19, 2020 at 07:13
Well, didn't you say they were the same? Are they the same or are they different? Because the same and different are opposites. Or aren't they?
May 19, 2020 at 06:58
That there are various scientific methods according to the various sciences and that they are the best way to present evidence about facts seems to me...
May 19, 2020 at 06:54
Your answer does not clarify your concept of the law, which is what I was asking. That's why I'll clarify what I mean by law. I understand the word "l...
May 19, 2020 at 05:28
[ I don't know how you use the term conscience. The way you use it is just like sensation. Sensations are not knowledge in themselves. They can be dec...
May 18, 2020 at 05:31
Philosophy ends when science establishes the facts. This has been the case since the time when science got a reliable method. Therefore, I do not incl...
May 18, 2020 at 05:16
St Teresa's world was governed by the will of a personal entity. Where is this personal entity in quantum mechanics? Neither in Plato's. St. Teresa's ...
May 18, 2020 at 05:06
I think it's a very weak relationship. That way you can equate St. Teresa of Jesus with Albert Einstein. It seems to me much more what separates them.
May 17, 2020 at 14:58
Explain this and what it has to do with our subject, please.
May 17, 2020 at 11:12
I agree that this is necessary. Many centuries of empty metaphysics have made me apprehensive about these kinds of "universal" tasks. When I hear the ...
May 17, 2020 at 06:16
Being interested in someone's work does not mean interfering with what they are doing. The philosopher and the scientist who operates on a certain the...
May 17, 2020 at 06:07
In my commentary I noted that I was referring to today's philosophy. In any case, Plato's dialogues are debates that make explicit the modes of reason...
May 17, 2020 at 05:45
Human nature is like that. Everyone puts in what they like. Or what they don't like sometimes. There is a basic question that is difficult to answer: ...
May 16, 2020 at 08:53
If you don't mind I would say that these are examples to which my ten criteria can be applied.I find the last one more difficult. Especially because t...
May 16, 2020 at 08:29
I think we will never agree on this point, but I will give my opinion. I propose a series of points which may serve to identify whether a discourse is...
May 16, 2020 at 06:20
It's more than just dissent. I explained the reasons why I dissented from your position. It's because we don't agree on what a law is. A law is a pres...
May 16, 2020 at 05:52
That's a play on words. The meaning of the law is to allow or forbid something. If the law allows something immoral or prohibits something moral, the ...
May 15, 2020 at 06:22
There is nothing you can learn for yourself. Everything you learn is mediated by language and social environment. When you learn something through "pe...
May 14, 2020 at 05:55
In my opinion a moral standard is mandatory because I feel very bad if I break it and I think it is reasonable to feel that way. In my opinion. Other ...
May 13, 2020 at 08:51
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May 13, 2020 at 05:53
If by causa sui and autonomy you refer to Spinoza and Kant, both are philosophers of other times. They have all my respect and surely can suggest curr...
May 13, 2020 at 05:49
I was thinking of those who think that there is no rationality in morality and that we make decisions based on our emotions or particular tastes. The ...
May 12, 2020 at 14:50
Are we talking about moral theories or moral systems? A moral theory tells us what is the nature of what we call "good" and a moral system dictates to...
May 12, 2020 at 14:43
The quality man (agathos) must ensure the success of his community (oikos) and must prevent, for the oikos or for him, the loss of ground compared to ...
May 12, 2020 at 08:52
No. I'm talking about myth as something different from philosophical reflection on morality, including that of Aristotle. If you don't define what mor...
May 12, 2020 at 08:44