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In: Post truth  — view comment
Lol, people conflating "truthfulness" with epistemological notions of truth... Is the general public talking about epistemology these days? No. "Post ...
December 31, 2016 at 14:28
In: Most Over-rated Philosopher  — view comment
Most overrated philosopher? Mencius. That guy is ass.
December 31, 2016 at 14:22
In: Who is the best philosopher of mind?  — view comment
Franz Brentano.
December 29, 2016 at 08:44
In: Most of us provide no major contributions...  — view comment
No problem. ;)
December 27, 2016 at 20:21
In: Most of us provide no major contributions...  — view comment
"Huizi said to Zhuangzi, 'I have a large tree, which men call the Ailantus. Its trunk swells out to a large size, but is not fit for a carpenter to ap...
December 27, 2016 at 06:17
In: Most of us provide no major contributions...  — view comment
"Effort said to Destiny: 'Your achievements are not equal to mine.' 'Pray what do you achieve in the working of things,' replied Destiny, 'that you wo...
December 27, 2016 at 06:08
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-D1KVIuvjA
December 25, 2016 at 15:51
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrJbHxzJxRI
December 25, 2016 at 15:50
In: Philosophy is an absolute joke  — view comment
While I like your enthusiasm, I'll just note that those are not the main charges against dogmatism. Anyway, why study philosophy? Many reasons. One mi...
December 20, 2016 at 22:10
In: Platonism lead to Skepticism?  — view comment
Lets take a look at Diogenes Laertius' "Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers: I. ARCESILAUS was the son of Seuthes or Scythes, as Apollodorus st...
December 14, 2016 at 21:19
In: What are you playing right now?  — view comment
PS2: SSX 3. Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3. God Hand. PC: Ultra Street Fighter 4 (practicing tatsu loops with Sakura).
December 12, 2016 at 02:33
In: Is it good to cause stress in others?  — view comment
"I know not what I seek; carried on by a wild impulse, I know not where I am going. I wander about in the strange manner (which you have seen), and se...
November 26, 2016 at 21:06
In: What will Putin ask for?  — view comment
I'd ask for more Russians to be putin the Ukraine.
November 26, 2016 at 21:03
In: gestalt principles and realism: a phenomenological exploration  — view comment
OK. That's not possible. "Raw experience" as such is an abstraction, not an actual phenomenological way of experiencing. Even with the presence of som...
November 26, 2016 at 21:00
In: Can you start philosophy without disproving scepticism?  — view comment
I think scepticism is fine. Then again, I determine nothing.
November 26, 2016 at 06:19
In: The people around me having conscious experiences makes no sense!  — view comment
"The other can be evident to me because I am not transparent for myself, and because my subjectivity draws its body in its wake. We were saying earlie...
November 26, 2016 at 06:16
In: I want to be a machine  — view comment
What, like a washing machine or a vacuum cleaner? Why would you want that?
November 26, 2016 at 06:14
In: Your Favorite Philosophers that No One Else Has Heard Of?  — view comment
-Wunengzi. This guy: http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Literature/Daoists/wunengzi.html -Carneades: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carneades -Leonard Nelson...
October 10, 2016 at 20:48
In: What is the point of philosophy?  — view comment
"Hexagram 18, nine at the top means: He does not serve kings and princes, Sets himself higher goals. Not every man has an obligation to mingle in the ...
November 06, 2015 at 08:05
In: The Future of the Human Race  — view comment
I voted "not at all". "Heaven and earth do not act from (the impulse of) any wish to be benevolent; they deal with all things as the dogs of grass are...
October 27, 2015 at 06:32
In: What distinguishes real from unreal?  — view comment
@ OP: I suggest taking a look at the ontology of Alexius Meinong.
October 26, 2015 at 05:01
In: Welcome PF members!  — view comment
Hey Baden! Whatsup! :)
October 26, 2015 at 04:04
In: Welcome PF members!  — view comment
This place looks nice dude, props!
October 26, 2015 at 03:32
In: Welcome PF members!  — view comment
Hey folks.
October 26, 2015 at 02:27
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