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Then it's a good thing no one asked you for your opinion about the thread. If you don't like it, don't vote and don't comment.
April 26, 2020 at 23:37
Makes sense I suppose.
April 26, 2020 at 23:36
Where? Here's what I said, to which you responded about ontos: Not one mention of "ontos." Yes, the word "being" (as in A being, an entity or a "thing...
April 26, 2020 at 21:34
I never brought up ontos.
April 26, 2020 at 01:47
Yeah, or "entity" or "being." What's the relevance?
April 26, 2020 at 01:29
Surely. But I'm emphasizing (vis a vis Heidegger) phusis as "emerging, abiding sway," the presence of an entity disclosed to us in aletheia (truth, un...
April 26, 2020 at 01:24
Yes, that's true, but that's not quite the sense that phusis means. It doesn't necessarily mean a literal "development" of a plant, say. It's more the...
April 26, 2020 at 01:18
"At last"? This implies I've talked about this a lot with you, yet don't remember doing so at all. There's nothing to "get," beyond making a choice an...
April 26, 2020 at 01:16
You're exactly right: phusis is much more a matter of "growth" -- as "blooming" for example -- in ancient Greece. I don't agree with the second part o...
April 26, 2020 at 01:13
Interesting to read this thread, watching people gradually convincing themselves, once again, to elect Trump. Not voting or voting third party is a vo...
April 26, 2020 at 01:11
Not one of a 4-dimensional spacetime or of non-Euclidean geometry. Doesn't really make it "wrong," I suppose, but less explanatory than relativity. Co...
April 26, 2020 at 00:53
From nature, "of nature"? I'm not being deliberately contrarian here, I just really don't know what you mean. My only point in mentioning the quote ab...
April 26, 2020 at 00:29
That's a good point. Your point is a good one but I'm missing how that pertains to what we're discussing, which is at this point whether or not "scien...
April 25, 2020 at 00:09
I never stated anything about a "god of nature." No, because neither you nor I know what "modern science" is. We can't pinpoint when it begins. We can...
April 24, 2020 at 00:05
In: Logic  — view comment
Maybe.
April 22, 2020 at 23:42
In: Logic  — view comment
That's one translation, the common one. There is that meaning in ancient Greece, as well. But in Homer, Heraclitus, and others, the word logos is more...
April 22, 2020 at 23:27
No one is asking for a "grand definition of everything." Nor have I said that -- not once. It most certainly is, as I have repeatedly explained. I'm n...
April 22, 2020 at 23:16
That's fine -- but why only "modern"? That's my point. It's not that we're not very successful, or that observation, experimentation, and predictivene...
April 22, 2020 at 18:56
How could it be otherwise? Of course he was a champion for observation, calculation, and precise reasoning. This has nothing to do with the myths of d...
April 22, 2020 at 00:00
Galileo didn't conduct any experiments besides thought experiments. Aristarchus figured out the approximate circumference of the Earth with basic math...
April 21, 2020 at 17:32
What do you mean by "speculating about nature"? Says who? You present this as if you've stumbled on the true definition of science. But in reality, it...
April 21, 2020 at 00:15
Right, in this case a "falling," I suppose, which later gets interpreted over as an aspect (or "ecstasy" of) temporality. It's difficult to know what ...
April 20, 2020 at 23:53
This has likewise been reported, and will (like your other posts) undoubtedly be deleted by the moderators. But keep going until you're kicked off the...
April 19, 2020 at 19:24
No. Feel free to go away and use Twitter. I've reported your posts -- which should, rightfully, be removed soon. Take care.
April 18, 2020 at 21:58
No. He is, yes. No more than we'd reduce "becoming" to a word or a concept -- or any-thing at all. Does becoming have being? Sure. Is that "reduction"...
April 18, 2020 at 19:57
What a funny demonstration of hypocrisy. It's funnier that you don't see it, I guess. Not interested in my reply, yet everyone in this forum is a "kno...
April 18, 2020 at 19:43
So no, that statement isn't "concrete," but yet it's "true." But then because it's true, it's untrue. To wave your hand and say this is simply a "para...
April 18, 2020 at 01:57
If nothing is concrete, is that statement concrete?
April 17, 2020 at 19:06
You're assuming there's something "out there" independent of our thoughts, words, and interrelations. While that may be the case in a Kantian sense, i...
April 17, 2020 at 14:14
Sounds like hedonism to me. "Happiness" is something even Aristotle said as the ultimate good (as translated from "eudaimonia"), but he talked about i...
April 17, 2020 at 03:07
Wrong to us, yes. But this itself assumes some correspondence theory of truth about something "out there." That itself is the subject/object assumptio...
April 16, 2020 at 14:25
Not in that instance. But yes, you're right -- that wasn't entirely fair. On the other hand, you've quoted very little -- if anything -- from the text...
April 15, 2020 at 22:09
Right, in that case it was "consistent with the universe" too.
April 15, 2020 at 18:47
Eh that's just nonsense. First of all, linguistics has plenty of overlap with philosophy. Second, it's not a matter of "substitute" -- you cannot disc...
April 15, 2020 at 18:45
They don't exist? Do numbers exist? Depends on the meaning of "existence" -- which is a word, with various meanings. Guess that matters. "Consistent w...
April 14, 2020 at 21:10
That's just not true. If it were so easy as simply being a "matter of what kind of world we live in," then we'd all still believe in Ishtar and Yhw an...
April 14, 2020 at 20:59
Sometimes. But in many cases, it simply causes the question or the problem to disappear. Why? Well take consciousness -- the "hard problem." What's th...
April 14, 2020 at 00:58
Yes, it is. Ousia as well, later on. The evidence doesn't support you on this. I'll stick with Heidegger's extensive scholarship over yours, unless yo...
April 12, 2020 at 04:15
Phusis was the Greek term for being, yes. This is exactly what Heidegger says, and he's correct. You're hung up on the capitilization, but that's irre...
April 11, 2020 at 13:27
Saying it's a "verb" isn't quite accurate either, but yes I mean it in the former sense of "is-ness" you mentioned. Not really, although being can onl...
April 11, 2020 at 13:19
I'm embarrassed to say it, but I've never read Wittgenstein carefully enough to say anything useful about him.
April 11, 2020 at 12:37
Yes, very much so. I wholeheartedly agree! And well said, if I might say so myself. :) I still don't see how this equates to "First we must define our...
April 10, 2020 at 23:19
This is your point? In that case I don't see the evidence for it. Neither I nor others have made any such claim, so far as I can tell. Speaking only f...
April 10, 2020 at 23:08
No, the being of entities is phusis, the emerging sway. That "entities may be seen as changing or not changing" is indeed discussing beings. There is ...
April 10, 2020 at 23:06
Yes. That's a good point, and I've noticed it as well. I'm sure I've been guilty of it, in fact. It's especially "useful" to save face when someone el...
April 10, 2020 at 22:38
Sure. So what? Take, as I mentioned, the example of "energy." I know what people mean when they talk about "having no energy today," or something to t...
April 10, 2020 at 22:30
True, no more than you need to find the basis of "sports" to play basketball. What's your point?
April 10, 2020 at 22:22
"Stupid, lazy millennials" (and not just millennials). It's difficult to say exactly what happened with Bernie. On the one hand, the DNC consolidated ...
April 10, 2020 at 22:15
Well remember what's getting translated as "truth" -- ???????, aletheia. The concept of "truth" has gone through many semantic changes. In fact it say...
April 09, 2020 at 17:37
Ok buddy. I like Protagoras too. Appreciate the input.
April 08, 2020 at 23:26