You're not answering the question. I'm not interested in your opinion about this thread's topic, of which you've contributed nothing. There's nothing ...
Who exactly are you responding to? If no one, what are you talking about? And he "enjoyed" it? What does that mean? And what, exactly, are you claimin...
I agree -- if we're ascribing to the word "being" as something "changeless," for example. In that case, yes of course that's radically different from ...
Yes, I see the difference. The analogy was flawed, of course. The point remains: something is being interpreted. We all agree. I'm not denying that th...
This assumes there's a difference, which is not obvious. But let's say there is. In that case, nature is everything as well. Everything within nature ...
We can't talk about the universe in any way, yet you are talking about it. We can't sense the universe in any way, except its parts -- and what are it...
Then why bother distinguishing the two and say nature happens "in" the universe? We'll be getting out of it a better understanding of the philosophica...
If I could interject here. Zeno's paradoxes are precisely that. Paradoxes. There are many of them. Or take the ship of Theseus -- is it the same ship ...
OK. And not reciprocally? What part of the universe isn't nature? If everything that happens "in the universe" is nature, then why not say the univers...
It's true that the distinction between "being and becoming" have their origins in Plato and Aristotle. But think about it for a minute -- what, exactl...
No. As Heidegger points out, and quite rightly, Heraclitus and Parmenides are saying the same thing. They're both discussing being. "Being and becomin...
"With the question of the meaning of being, our investigation comes up against the fundamental question of philosophy. This is one that must be treate...
An excellent place to start, no doubt. Now to study the morphing of this understanding in the time between Parmenides and Aristotle is especially fasc...
Very well said. Yes indeed, I couldn't agree more. It's not only the emphasis on "practical" behavior which is novel, as overlooked as that has been i...
There's no sense taking this personally. I respect what you say about science - there's plenty of truth in it. But as much as I'm normally not a stick...
About the word "being" itself in Greek I don't have much knowledge. I didn't think there was such a word, actually. Phusis (as that which emerges), an...
That's a very important point - you're absolutely correct. The word logos as "discourse" is what's commonly assumed, and later becomes a matter of pro...
Where is this "elsewhere"? What are you implying? If the empirical is exclusively scientific, it doesn't mean science is exclusively empirical. It inc...
That's not what Galileo or Newton thought. But regardless, if those things are all "physical," then anything we can understand is physical. Not much o...
What part of "you're missing the point" don't you understand? I haven't argued that it's a great bill. We're in a pandemic. I don't think he cares abo...
You may have noticed we're in the middle of a pandemic. Bernie is principled, but also pragmatic. This bill was by no means perfect, and he spoke out ...
But this just isn't saying much. It seems to me you're defining science in a reaction to religious or supernatural claims. But religious believers wil...
It's really not that simple. But if you have passages you want to share that you believe support this thesis I'd be happy to take a look. I realize th...
Sounds more like empirical to me, but I take your meaning. What about the forces of nature? Are those "physical"? Newton thought that notion was absur...
The fourth chapter. But yes, in that he discusses the various "restrictions" made through history. I don't understand why you say that Plato and Arist...
Sure, although I'd rather just quote directly from Heidegger so there's no mystery: Remember that "metaphysics" was coined after Aristotle. "After the...
There was no metaphysics in Aristotle. "First philosophy" is his physics, and what's later called "metaphysics" is just as much physics. What this wri...
No. Because not only is there no evidence, it fails at being even interesting speculation. That's how it relates. Yes, questioning the motives and pre...
"Aristotle’s Physics is the hidden, and therefore never adequately thought out, foundational book of Western philosophy." Perhaps I should have starte...
This entire thesis rests on suppositions: (1) that there's such a thing as the mind/body problem, (2) that there's a subject apart from an object, tha...
I want to repeat part of my initial post: So the question "What is 'nature'?" ends up leading to a more fundamental question: "What is the 'physical'?...
It's not my opinion -- it has never been defined. Maybe it will be some day. I don't "believe" because I see no evidence for the claim that you and ot...
OK -- why? This isn't an argument. You're offering nothing here. Are you going to present any kind of analysis? Making vague statements and asking fat...
Well "inborn" is an interesting translation. I've heard a more common one is "birth" or, in Heidegger, an "emerging, abiding sway" (kind of a strange ...
That's fine -- once we know what "nature" is. Saying our senses and our reason are part of nature is sensible, but nothing new. I don't agree with tha...
I really don't agree with this. What "concept of science" did Aristotle have, exactly? To say there was an "outmoded method" is also anachronistic, if...
"Useful to determine a current scientific theory" is incoherent. Philosophy plays no role in scientific theory? Of course it does. The basis for moder...
Yes indeed. But not only religion -- philosophy as well. You can't have science without philosophy. Remember that science was simply "natural philosop...
Wanting only temporarily ceases depending on the want. Other wants come up to guide our actions. If we're hungry, we seek food. Once we're full, we're...
You're not alone. And that's a respectable position, no doubt. If anything "non-natural" is completely unknowable, then of course what you say logical...
Just give it up man, for the love of God. There's no chance in hell this happens. None. Zero. That some "speculate" about it to rile people up, create...
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