In response to a participant who denied the possibility of objective knowledge (in the case of consciousness). In that case, the question is: Can cons...
Indeed, but it is not simple intersubjectivity, a simple matter of perception. The general criterion is what has been called the "adversity" index. Th...
The empirical entities (phenomena) that science studies exist outside of scientific theories. It is another thing if the concepts that science uses to...
To explain an event, it is necessary to define the event exactly in observable terms and to deduce it from a set of general laws and factual circumsta...
Dostoevsky was a religious fanatic, an irrationalist, a devotee of autocracy and an anti-Semite. His vision of the Russian people was totally illusory...
I do not believe that the interpretation of the Torah, nor the extension of faith to the Gentiles, nor the "rationalistic" interpretation of miracles ...
In no court would an anonymous and contradictory text written hundreds of years ago (it is not very well known when) be admitted as testimony, telling...
Your justification of faith is not a justification at all. Intuition is the same as faith if it is not supported by another instance. You simply chang...
I'm sorry if I'm interfering in this discussion. John drastically asserts that there are two things: seeing (evidence) and believing. He attributes to...
Gee, that sounds like irony or hyperbole to me. The thing is simpler than everything you write. You gave a number of examples of things that are not "...
The lights of reason promoted by enlightened philosophers have led to open societies and the doctrine of human rights. What has faith contributed? The...
I don't see the difference you make. Usually we talk about a difference in shade, indicating that it is a slight difference. You propose examples of d...
Faith is a type of belief. Belief means an opinion or idea that is held to be true. Faith is a belief that is not based on rational arguments. It is a...
Excuse me, but you entered the sphere of science when you stated that science is based on faith. I have replied to you about this. If you do not want ...
I believe, with Camus, that the role of philosophy is not to comfort without lucidity. Philosophy is a project for human self-knowledge and consolatio...
I'm sorry to say that I still don't know what you're talking about. The only law of momentum I know says: It is a law of physics. Sociology has its ow...
No. Predictions are not a matter of will. Prediction is the basis of the scientific method because one can control the facts by means of it . The posi...
Excuse me, but I find your writing rather confusing. You use too many colloquial expressions and it is not easy to follow your arguments. But, to begi...
What do you mean there is no difference? Close your eyes and paint the house red. You can do it. Open your eyes and paint the house you are seeing gre...
I'm sorry but your answer doesn't clarify anything about the two things I asked you: 1) How does a difference differ from a distinction? How do you de...
A hypothesis is not faith. It is something provisional that must be contrasted in experience. No scientist says that a hypothesis is true before it is...
That is impossible. The man who chooses to submit to the will of another is doing so freely and weighing the advantages of doing so. The doctor knows ...
It is not a paradox. I agree. But Camus' reproach to Plato and rationalism is that it substitutes life for abstract thinking. It is a vitalist point o...
It is not very clear. It seems that, according to him, happiness can be in lucidity, the awareness of not expecting anything that one does not give to...
Camus did not say that life has no meaning. He said that the world has no meaning in itself. In fact, The Myth of Sisyphus concludes with the hope of ...
There is no paradox, but different philosophies. Plato's myth of the cavern is a myth-poetic metaphor. It should not be interpreted literally. (tale o...
I agree. The principle of uniformity of the past is justified because of is universal. Everybody believes it. Other practical reasons can be discussed...
You're not the first case I've met. But I find it hard to believe that you have never felt that the real world is indifferent or hostile to your most ...
I am not the one who refers to illusions in those texts. They are by Camus. From the Introduction to The Myth of Sisyphus. Anyway, you centre your obj...
We can accept a provisional definition of absurd in Camus. This tension manifests itself in a strong sense of the futility of human existence. (Note t...
The belief that the sun will rise tomorrow is based on the belief that the past will repeat itself in the future. This is the basic principle of induc...
It depends on what you mean by "conscious faith". Can you consciously choose slavery? Is it rational to choose irrationality intentionally? Where does...
It is usually said that faith is the motive why people believe and do certain things. However, I can't find any way for people to do things if they do...
You repeat so much the experience of seeing the sun rise every morning that you end up believing that it will always be like that. The believer who re...
An intellectual pleasure and a personal concern. 'Joy' is too strong a word that I reserve for personal relationships and other special circumstances....
Why? The only way to overcome the anxiety produced by a vital desire that cannot be satisfied is to stop having it. But I believe that this recipe can...
At least it does not coincide with Camus'. As I said, the absurd is above all a feeling. I sometimes feel like Camus. But not always. I'm not sure abo...
Even if you are reading the original Greek, you must be an expert in the popular Greek of the time (Koine) to understand certain passages that transla...
I agree. The epistles attributed to Paul never or hardly ever mention any miracle. At least, they do not mention the spectacular miracles of which the...
You are giving your own version of the absurd. This is not Camus' idea. For Camus the absurd is a feeling that emerges when man notices the unsolvable...
In your example faith (belief without justification) is caused (motivation) by habit. In this example habit is the cause, faith is the effect. Nothing...
Sisyphus' rock doesn't symbolize for Camus a particular burden that you can avoid. It is the absurdity of life itself. The only way to get rid of the ...
I have no reason to think that, generally speaking, those who believe in a violent or compassionate god have other different reasons than their belief...
Except among Episcopalians, Papists, Muslims, Hindus, Shintoists, animists, Scientologists and a long etcetera that adds up to a few billion human bei...
When he wrote The Myth of Sisyphus Camus believed that life had no meaning, neither objective nor subjective. Not only that, but the human being lived...
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