Ugh, you’re gonna make me pull out B/T aren’t you? :lol: The prior paragraph he’s talking about how being is prevalently understood, and how it’s ther...
I don’t recall Heidegger ever talking about, let alone believing in, the notion of providence. Yes— Tillich does. Not Heidegger. So I’m still not sure...
I don’t see that. He’s pretty clearly un-Christian. He says in a number of places that god as uncreated substance is simply more substance ontology, a...
Yes, I’m very familiar with that one line. Once context is put back, it’s not necessarily Heidegger’s claim. And it would be very odd indeed if this c...
I’ve almost never been impressed by attempts to explain Heidegger’s notions of conscience or authenticity, and this is no exception. To determine if i...
Count me in the group that thinks it’s often very important. Countless useless digressions could be avoided if we were clearer about what we mean. Thi...
An easy decision. An adolescent style of rigidity and dogmatism. Thought everything fit nicely into a flowchart. Constantly uncharitable, frequently i...
Wittgenstein has some similarities, especially in terms of “average everydayness,” but I see little similarity with Heidegger’s conception of being-in...
Then why talk like a mystic? There are reasons (and causes) for meditating, for philosophizing, etc. To claim otherwise, and then citing Russell, is j...
So we’re replacing “plans and intentions” with “instinct and natural line,” etc. Fine. When I first started playing guitar, I needed to think about wh...
Russell isn’t saying actions have no cause either. Because such a view is frankly incoherent. He’s making very specific criticisms of things which I’m...
Imagine thinking that philosophy follows a recipe conjured in the mind of some internet guy, and that everything not conforming to it is “pseudo philo...
Yeah, if wu wei requires that we abandon the law of causality, it really is woowoo. I don’t interpret it that way— I see it as a kind of “flow” situat...
“Still” we go on babbling about them, getting nowhere. There’s a new article on this site every other week about consciousness or some grand unifying ...
Chomsky’s really not a mystic or “mysterian.” He’s saying there’s not been a technical notion of matter/material since the 17th century, so the mind/b...
You wouldn’t say that your philosophizing is an uncaused action, right? It has its causes and reasons. I would say it has even (non-theoretical) goals...
You know what's funny? I hadn't even thought of this forum as being a kind of "pop philosophy" thing. But I guess there's a decent argument for that c...
:up: When we started to professionalize and mathematicize philosophy, especially in the late 19th century, it was the beginning of the end. Which is w...
Good question. Being curious is a reason, and the purpose is to learn something, or understand, or "see," etc. There's no way around wanting something...
Good point. I assumed that's what he meant, but now I look at it and it isn't that clear even with the context put in. I take him to mean something si...
Give me a guy who reads nothing but pop philosophy books and who is healthy, happy, creative and productive over one who has spent his time reading th...
It’s a fine line to walk, let me tell you. Agreed. But when it’s done well, it can pique a person’s interest. In my own experience, pop philosophy/psy...
I like the coffee analogy. Yeah I definitely see mindfulness going "mainstream" the last decade or so. Even prior to that, in the 90s, I remember read...
There's a lot going on today (April 4th, 2023) in the United States and elsewhere. I feel the need to summarize it all in one place, so here it is: * ...
I’m sorry I missed this course. Seems interesting indeed. I meant to join, but life happens. I haven’t read through the entire thread, but does he men...
You seem to be simply naming people you’re familiar with. Haidt and Zimbardo aren’t philosophers. Neither is Sean Caroll or Richard Dawkins or Stephen...
Sure. Who would you point to as a living philosopher? Not a chronicler. Nagel is still alive, and Charles Taylor and John Searle and Dan Dennett…I gue...
It would have helped in this case. And at least it’s a sensible start. Gotta start with the low hanging fruit. But I don’t disagree: for significant c...
Eh, at this point it’s like whack-a-mole. Almost random snippets, but no consistency and no logic. Perhaps leave the man and his fascist agenda to his...
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