Harry Hindu

That would be ridiculous. If it is shown that objects only exist in the mind, then why would there be a distinction? Objects would only exist as thoug...

The same way and role that the peacock's feather plays. It encourages mates to choose them because it shows fitness.

I really don't get the point of this debate. What is non-physical and what is physical? Who cares? What point does one hope to make when one finds tha...

Some theories of mind claim that space-time only exists as a mental construction to help us make sense of the world. In this sense, the mind would be ...

What do you mean "falilibility" of all processes? How do they fail? Is it our senses that fail us, or our interpretation of what they represent? When ...

You're describing something that possibly doesn't even exist. How does one provide evidence for things that our senses and scientific instruments can'...

Another thing that no one seems to think about is how do we know that the evil demon isn't being fooled by another more powerful evil demon and so on ...

If asking questions means that one is having a bad day, then everyone on a philosophy forum must be having bad days. How about you address my points i...

Your link doesn't answer any of my questions. In fact, it seems to reinforce the point I'm making in that it is only okay for blacks to use the word. ...

It's a FU to whites in that "I can say the word and you can't". That is racism. Tell me one black who heard a white say the word and thought that the ...

...therefore Snoop Dogg's lyrics are part of the discussion. What is so difficult about that? How are they using it differently than white people? Can...

Who is a black rapper. Maybe you didn't get my point. Neither is racism, which is what every rapper (most rappers) who uses the N-Word in their lyrics...

I don't love you hoes, I'm out the doe. 72% of black children are born out of wedlock. How philosophical.

What does it mean when someone says "the laws of physics break down"? When a physical law is abandoned in favor of a new one, we don't say that the la...

Then are you sure that you agree with me about templates? My point was that we have better, more accurate terms to use ("cup template") instead of the...

I don't know what you are asking here. IF we were to interpret a footprint as a memory of something stepping there, then yes, it would be part of the ...

I don't see how you can have a brain, but no mind, or at least the potential for mind. Having memory means you have a mind. Many people on this thread...

Like I said, p-zombies cannot be programmed. They are dead inside. Humans are more like robots, where p-zombies are more like a mechanical contraption...

Sure, a p-zombie would notice something missing, just like a blind person notices something missing when they hear others talking about their visual e...

Strange. Your own system seems to indicate a lack of a belief in anything. You do not explain how it is that atheists cannot have lack of a belief, bu...

Actually both materialism and idealism have both been falsified. The fact that the material interacts with the mental, and vice versa, is falsifiable ...

What other means is there for seeking truth if not logic and reason? If there is no way to prove what you believe, then why believe in it at all? Shou...

When someone is in a "vegetative" state does that mean that vegetarians can eat them?

Art is simply a social trait that enables one to acquire resources, mates and friends - which is why we do most of the weird social things we do.

Who are you to say that physical pain is worse than mental hardship? When a child is molested and carries that mental hardship with them for the rest ...

When we exercise, we experience physical pain, but we keep doing it for the health and social benefits. Physical pain teaches you what is dangerous to...

I'm talking about killing a whole plant, like a head of lettuce, or a whole forests of trees that are chopped down for fuel, building materials, etc.

It doesn't matter if we shit here or not. Earth will eventually be swallowed up by an expanding sun, or destroyed by some other cosmic catastrophe. Th...

So is your problem in hurting another living creature or killing them? We could kill our food with no pain, if that is your problem. If it is the kill...

We have the entire universe for our living space. If we would just stop focusing on nationalism dividing humans into different groups based on culture...

Wrong. Many of us seek pain and discomfort, so pain is not necessarily bad. Making mistakes is how we learn and develop. Enduring hardships can make u...

Uncertainty is the knowledge that our predictions can fail. "Certainty"/"Uncertainty" seems to be one of those philosophical buzz-words that has evolv...

The reason this thread has gone on pointlessly is because most of you are looking at it all wrong. Basically every ethical/moral dilemma comes down to...

Then I don't understand the point of this thread. Is it "wrong"/"bad" to eat animals? What does it even mean to say that "humans have a higher capacit...

That is what I said to you. READ. I think you have a more serious problem of not being able to read and address others' posts appropriately. Nothing I...

For the record, I eat meat because I like the taste. I see "healthy" people get sick and die every day, while a lifetime smoker lives to 95. It's more...

The point was there in the post. You just cherry-picked the post in making your reply. I said that the degree of consciousness should not be a measuri...

Okay, so you were playing devil's advocate? My point was, on what grounds does one claim that animals do not feel pain? If you are playing devil's adv...

People are inconsistent in many things, including yourself. It is probably the result of how our modular brain evolved.

Ethics are simply rules for behaving within certain social structures, of which lions, tigers and alligators are part of, and are arbitrary.

And some humans are not conscious to the same degree as other humans - therefore the degree of consciousness should not be a measuring stick for decid...

It looks like your whole argument is based on very shaky ground. How do you know animals do not feel pain and other humans do? Are not humans animals?...

..or a multiverse. Process philosophy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q6cDp0C-I8 "The universe is a set of relationships between relationships, betw...

Is your existence dependent upon the existence of our conversation? What is the difference between the relationship of the Moon and a mailbox and the ...

Your example is inappropriate. The color of the dress isn't equivalent to seeing a unicorn in a blotch of paint. Apples and oranges. I'm talking about...

What's the difference? Try having an experience without eyes and a brain.

But each of us existed prior to our conversation. In order for our relationship to exist, we must exist prior to our conversation. Our conversation is...

One could also say that the state of the sensory organs and the brain, along with the state of the object being perceived by said sensory organs, help...

If you are not claiming the ontological existence of anything, then what are you actually saying? You are not saying anything interesting or meaningfu...

If things need other things to exist and those things are defined by their relationships with other things, why would relationships themselves be exce...