Altruism is a natural behavior of social animals. It is part of what defines them as social. You also might want to educate yourself on game theory. F...
Right, so what is valid is what is contextual. An invalid argument is where the premises have no bearing on the truth value of the conclusion. In othe...
and with what I have said. So, we're both right? Does it make sense to say that some argument is valid yet not true, and if so, is that really an inte...
From that same link: True premises and a valid argument guarantee a true conclusion. An argument which is valid and has true premises is said to be so...
So, the goal of this forum is to have interesting discussions, not truthful discussions? What is "interesting" is subjective, while what is "truthful"...
:scream: This is one of the most ridiculous comments I've seen you make. Where did you learn philosophy? Logic is the branch of philosophy that reflec...
. So it wasn't discussed since being mentioned the OP. That was my point. And here you have a great example of how the left is just as guilty of placi...
What is being overlooked in this thread is the psychological development of a child BEFORE it gets to school. The environment that the parents provide...
My suggestion would be to display the name of the people who upvoted so we can determine if any favoritism is skewing the results. In such systems I'v...
This seems like a contradiction. Nature does precede culture as nature is the amalgam of all states/environments. Nature is reality - what is real. Li...
First, thanks for your participation in the thread. Second, it was never my intent to try to change those that have a political agenda to push because...
It depends upon the context. Blind obedience is the kind of logical fallacy that you are talking about where someone assumes something based solely on...
So "gender" is a cultural characteristic - something that is part of the identity of a culture, not an individual, and "gender identity" is one's perc...
Go back and read the page again. I asked that question twice. Once before your question, and then after in an attempt to get you to answer. You're not...
I asked you what it feels like to be a woman or man first. Stop evading. I have been addressing the contradictions (they are numerous) in virtually ev...
Is there wiring in the brain for menstrual cycles? http://www.health.am/gyneco/more/brain_memory_modifies_wiring_during_the_female_menstrual_cycle/ If...
As far as I know minds only exist in individual heads on a particular body with a particular sexual characteristic. Are you saying that society has a ...
So then "gender" only refers to that group of people that feel that their biological sex is different than how they feel (I thought the term for that ...
Sounds like it is all personal thought processing to me, based on one's own individual experiences. Are you saying that if a cisgender or transgender ...
Ah, so you finally read the whole post and created a whole new post to respond to the same post. All this does is make it more difficult for readers t...
Again, your post doesn't take into account the rest of my post. I would again, suggest readers to go back and read my post prior to the one TP replied...
Isn't it useful to recognize and be knowledgeable of the statistics, especially when it's as high as 99.9% for the topic we are discussing - the real ...
I'll agree with the last part, but not the first. In regards to the last part, do you agree that minds themselves are independent, and do you consider...
Right, which would't be a social construction. If different people believe in different things then that isn't a social construction. It is personal p...
You probably want to read the previous exchanges between NKBJ and I to understand the context of what you quoted.. Does psychology precede politics in...
In which case, we could label them as non-gendered because they aren't part of, or don't participate in, the social construction of gender. They have ...
So where is the evidence that a man actually feels like a woman, or vice versa? You seem to accept ideas that have no evidence that support your polit...
Did you even read the definitions I provided? If you want to claim that it is subjective, then it can't be a social construction. It would be personal...
Well, I've asked twice now how you determine the distinction between what is socially constructed and what is natural, but you avoided the question bo...
It's not just about differences, but also about similarities. If every organism had a completely different form, and nothing looked similar, then I wo...
For a transgender, how they feel (gender?) is in direct contrast with social norms (gender?), hence the stress that they report in being treated unequ...
Okay, so you can claim anything that you want but that doesn't mean you are right. Isn't that why we have things like evidence? Doesn't David provide ...
TheWillowOfDarkness claims that sex is just another social construct. The logical inconsistency is in how you are conflating social construct and some...
You said that transgender people feel they should not have to conform to either traditional gender role, but instead their "innate" gender identity. I...
There is no "maybe" about it. The claim that sex is a social construct undermines centuries of scientific knowledge (and I was lambasted for questioni...
You are conflating social construction with personal choice. Here's the definition of social construct per Merriam Webster: an idea that has been crea...
I believe that evolutionary biologists will not say that they are referring to social constructions when using terms like "males" and "females" when e...
Then why is it that some people want to focus on culture as the primary source of one's gender and focus on changing only culture. I have yet to see a...
I'd like to expand on this part a bit. If gender is a social construct, then a gender's binary, ternary, decimal, unitary or sexagesimal quality is ju...
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