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Wheatley

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Discussions (149)

Intuition

November 09, 2021 at 01:06 60 comments General Philosophy

Messiness

October 12, 2021 at 22:43 11 comments The Lounge

Stuff Thread

July 12, 2021 at 01:00 163 comments The Lounge

Is god dead?

July 03, 2021 at 13:47 18 comments The Lounge

NYC Thread

July 12, 2020 at 04:52 40 comments The Lounge

Invisibility

February 26, 2020 at 21:16 10 comments General Philosophy

Fake Bannings

November 21, 2019 at 01:15 17 comments The Lounge

Retribution

January 18, 2019 at 08:15 7 comments Ethics

Mental Theater

October 15, 2018 at 05:27 0 comments Philosophy of Mind

What's a grue?

October 09, 2018 at 20:56 10 comments Philosophy of Science

Word game

March 22, 2018 at 02:16 94 comments The Lounge

Do numbers exist?

December 31, 2017 at 06:07 154 comments Logic & Philosophy of Mathematics

Comments

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November 22, 2021 at 22:46
"If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." --Abraham Maslow
November 21, 2021 at 00:42
"if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail". And if your hammer is conceptual clarification, you are doing analytic philosophy.
November 21, 2021 at 00:39
I'm sorry, you must have the wrong address. He-who-listens-to-@"Hanover" is not here.
November 15, 2021 at 22:11
That's funny because my ancestry is also from Eastern Europe, and I have never studied not one Guatemalan ovary in my life.
November 15, 2021 at 21:56
Juliane Koepcke (born 10 October 1954), also known by her married name Juliane Diller, is a German Peruvian mammalogist.
November 15, 2021 at 21:46
https://youtu.be/f-boa0YL7Rs
November 15, 2021 at 20:51
I wonder what Julia Child's neighborhood was like with growing up with her childhood neighbor. How many children a Child would child if a Child would ...
November 15, 2021 at 20:29
I can always sell you some on eBay. I know where to get them. :cool:
November 15, 2021 at 20:02
"The Childs are coming for dinner."
November 15, 2021 at 20:00
https://youtu.be/DF31qCrclC0
November 15, 2021 at 19:22
I was just working with the information you gave me in the OP. I am not an expert philosopher who can give you professional advice. I thought it could...
November 15, 2021 at 19:18
Never watched it. And I probably never will now that you mention that.
November 15, 2021 at 17:45
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100486/characters/nm0000460
November 15, 2021 at 17:19
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The problem with social science definitions is that they use what is called an operational definition. As far as I am aware, philosophy doesn't use op...
November 15, 2021 at 11:04
You have no idea.
November 15, 2021 at 09:11
I'll try to be more respectful.
November 14, 2021 at 23:05
I edited it.
November 14, 2021 at 23:02
Back to square one. The problem lies in those descriptions of happiness, values, and wealth, respectively. Happiness leads to values. Values lead to w...
November 14, 2021 at 22:32
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Exactly. It all seems uncertain to me.
November 14, 2021 at 09:46
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I don't believe there is an exact definition of "intuition". Dictionaries provide definitions, however, we don't use dictionaries in philosophy.
November 14, 2021 at 09:43
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I'll reply again. :smile: I wouldn't say "any kind of knowledge". I believe that we all have personal knowledge that is not shared with the public. In...
November 14, 2021 at 07:55
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Np.
November 13, 2021 at 23:40
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:party:
November 13, 2021 at 23:37
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I have nothing to say about the content of your post because (like you said) it is based on anecdotal evidence. I didn't agree with your conclusion. S...
November 13, 2021 at 16:58
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This is the last time I'm using Britannica. :angry:
November 13, 2021 at 15:43
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:up:
November 13, 2021 at 15:31
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It doesn't seem right to use Kant's system as standard to judge other systems merely on the bases that Kant's system hasn't been disproved. The fact t...
November 13, 2021 at 11:47
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How so? If anything, science has introduced doubts about our intuitive ability. Presupposing them then would be counter-productive. I agree.
November 13, 2021 at 11:17
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Then I must be "mind-mindbogglingly arrogant". If I had to choose between a book that contains knowledge and a book that contains somebody's intuition...
November 13, 2021 at 10:43
Is any media good for your health?
November 13, 2021 at 10:12
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Alan_Wolf
November 13, 2021 at 07:47
It is Immoral to be Boring Damn straight!
November 12, 2021 at 17:09
Physicist Sean Carroll explains observers in QM. https://youtu.be/Ebycar22Y0E
November 12, 2021 at 16:22
We're not in ancient Greece. :yawn:
November 12, 2021 at 09:52
What is Being? (Let's keep things simple. :smile: ) A noun. Nothing more, and nothing less. It's not even an intelligible concept. An artifact of the ...
November 12, 2021 at 08:21
They should include antinatalism in Darwin Awards.
November 11, 2021 at 18:28
It has everything to do with inequality: 99 % vs 1%. It's a natural human reaction to feel stressed to see privileged snobs who inherit billions of do...
November 10, 2021 at 16:43
How Economic Inequality Inflicts Real Biological Harm. Scientific American Yikes! I forgot that @"Xtrix" don't like me spamming links. :snicker:
November 10, 2021 at 16:40
The government is taking our money! https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/A1H5WKyQK0L._SL1500_.jpg
November 10, 2021 at 16:12
A stagflation swamp: Joe Biden is Jimmy Carter 2.0 Keynesian economics dominated economic theory and policy after World War II until the 1970s, when m...
November 10, 2021 at 15:37
I was joking. :smile:
November 10, 2021 at 05:46
In: Messiness  — view comment
Interesting. I guess there are different ways to go about philosophy. :ok:
November 09, 2021 at 05:09
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We have evidence in OP that well respected philosophers have historically utilized intuition. And then you have David Chalmers (prominent philosopher)...
November 09, 2021 at 04:25
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Philosophy without Intuitions Herman Cappelen ABSTRACT The claim that contemporary analytic philosophers rely extensively on intuitions as evidence is...
November 09, 2021 at 04:21
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In Philosophy Without Intuitions, Herman Cappelen focuses on the metaphilosophical thesis he calls Centrality: contemporary analytic philosophers rely...
November 09, 2021 at 03:58
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I know about the cognitive biases. That's similar to what I said.
November 09, 2021 at 02:54
I never bought into philosophical pessimism. IMO, there's nothing philosophical about being pessimistic.
November 09, 2021 at 02:36
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Is that a psychological fact, or speculation? And have you acquired any knowledge with your "highly-developed intuitive sense"? Perhaps you can give m...
November 09, 2021 at 01:57
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We definitely have intuitions, I agree. However, the OP is concerned about intuition as a mental faculty. From my understanding, intuitions are develo...
November 09, 2021 at 01:23