Wheatley

Very good! It seems like you have proven yourself correct. https://chessentials.com/storage/2016/11/Checkmate.jpg

I believe logic and critical thinking fall under the purview of philosophy.

Perhaps they do. I like logic and critical thinking.

I am not so familiar with those schools of thought. Perhaps my mind can be changed. I also try to keep an open mind.

Not so fast. There's a difference between being logical, and studying logic. The former is an ability: the latter, philosophy.

Logic and critical thinking are skills. I never found it useful to look up rules of logic when arguing with someone.

Does it matter about my personal beliefs about philosophy? Here is how I would define philosophy: I say philosophy is what philosophers do. It's the i...

I mean, I rather not discuss my personal views. If you must know, I happen to dislike philosophy and prefer to take a practical approach to life.

This isn't about me.

I haven't decided.

Moral skepticism?

Philosophy doesn't collect data.

You might have better luck asking a scientist. Do you believe philosophy can answer these questions?

Great. You might also want to check out the Problem of Induction.

Nihilism.

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The same thing goes for lottery tickets.

The right thing to do is what makes us feel good, without breaking the law You might want to change the title of your thread.

It feels good to rip people off.

It feels good for a rapist to rape a woman.

It feels good to take heroin.

A lot to unpack here... :yawn:

I approach this problem differently. I have this idea that "whatever goes up, must come down" (we call it 'gravity'). Suppose you came up to me and sa...

I'm still feeling a bit like this: :rage: But your suggestion is probably the best thing to do. Peace! :cheer:

The elders told me not to listen to strangers. They warned me of those who wanted me institutionalized. Stories of frightening men have reached my vil...

Good thinking! :death:

It sounded like you were.

Did you think I was serious? :rofl:

I know all about the Kalam argument. One of my biggest problems with the argument is that there’s so much background knowledge needed to fully appreci...

Do I know anything?

t You have no moral high ground to be preaching ethics, nor do you have the respect to lecture me about honor. I see you even created a whole thread j...

Suppose it does have "strong" logic behind it, it doesn't make it any more useful than the theory of the luminiferous ether, or reincarnation for that...

Until they come up with a viable scientific experiment, nothing is going to be revealed by panpsychism. It's a pretty much useless theory as it stands...

@"Banno" raised that objection. I got my patent on logic a while ago, and I'm currently working on a science patent. You won't be able to use the word...

What 'truths' do you want to be revealed?

Fair enough. I can use the words 'useful' or 'good' describing theories of truth. This way, we get over your logic requirement of non-circularity.

Theories of truth can be correct or incorrect. Just use the word 'correct' to describe a philosophical approach (or so-called 'theory') to addressing ...

You tell me. And I don't know what "self-servingly circular" means.

The fact that philosophers can come up with so many different and conflicting theories about a single word is convincing to me that the word 'truth' i...

That word never really appealed to me anyhow. Neither 'indeterminism.'

I'm sure there's a whole system of philosophy that goes into the seemingly innocuous word "experience." Hume explained that the problem of induction i...

I had my problem with Hume's problem of induction for a while. Many accuse me of not grasping it, but I get the sense that I am missing something. I s...

It seems more like science fiction than the philosophy of science.

I find this insulting. My reading of Mary Poppins is what was taught to me growing up by the elders. I have deep faith and convictions about Mary Popp...

I don't think it is necessary to explain further. I already awarded the answer to @"Welkin Rogue", so it's all moot now.

I was thinking of chess player Mikhail Tal when I wrote that. His wiki page states that he lived a bohemian lifestyle and that he died relatively youn...

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I don't think you need a philosophical argument why you shouldn't stab yourself in the eye. It's just plain stupid. I'm talking about cases where you ...

You can't overstate how slippery the word 'truth' is. There are at least half a dozen philosophical theories about truth.

It's all hypothetical in which I've yet to determine whether self-harm is wrong in the first place. One thing at a time. It could be ethical, or exist...