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tinman917

['Member']Joined: March 02, 2017 at 07:40Last active: June 18, 2024 at 04:539 discussions26 comments
Location: Yorkshire, Ingerlernd

Bio

So, I like philosophers because they are the only people who think carefully and rationally and disinterestedly about things. (Problem is they don't all do that. There’s plenty that are as sloppy and self-serving as normal people!)

Also see my post about discussion forums
(https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/5846)
I prefer real-time one-to-one conversations. It’s a more comfortable and pleasant way to communicate. I am sceptical about whether any real communication happens in an internet forum discussion.

So, I would like to invite you (reading this) to go (virtually, not IRL!) for a conversation somewhere. It would be rude for you to turn down this invitation!

Favourite Quotations

Withdrawal in disgust is not the same thing as apathy.

Discussions (9)

Mistakes

December 11, 2020 at 11:48 13 comments General Philosophy

Syndromes

May 13, 2019 at 08:00 2 comments General Philosophy

Socialism

October 11, 2018 at 16:59 32 comments Political Philosophy

Comments

In: Progressive taxation.  — view comment
Yes, somewhat clearer thanks! You say: "Never mind about examples. I know ALL ABOUT IT from personal experience." Which means: "I don't want to talk a...
May 21, 2019 at 06:07
In: Progressive taxation.  — view comment
That's OK. It's probably me who should apologise. For being such a giant fusspot. Yeah, you're right. It is a trivial case. But you try telling that t...
May 19, 2019 at 22:11
In: Progressive taxation.  — view comment
(On a different thread somebody gave me some advice about what to do when respondents on a thread I have started fail to stay focussed on the content ...
May 19, 2019 at 20:12
In: What does 'typical' mean?  — view comment
Wow, you seem to be getting wired about something not particularly important. How dare you! That's my prerogative!! In your reply to me you say "I can...
May 17, 2019 at 17:02
In: What does 'typical' mean?  — view comment
This definition here: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/typical just says ‘usually expected’ rather than ‘distinctive’ . I think you...
May 17, 2019 at 06:34
In: Discussion Forums  — view comment
Oh the irony! Someone on a philosophy discussion forum telling me that I am overthinking! But seriously though, I am still here and available for conv...
May 16, 2019 at 16:11
In: Discussion Forums  — view comment
Yes OK. But, oh dear, you've used the word 'dialectic' and so I might have to take a dip out of this thread and go and have a lie down. I look forward...
May 13, 2019 at 16:04
In: Discussion Forums  — view comment
Wait there’s more! (Oh yes there’s more!) Because often the only responses to a post will be from whatever people just happen to read it. I feel like ...
May 13, 2019 at 15:59
In: Discussion Forums  — view comment
The compromise is a focussed real-time (mostly) one-to-one conversation. Preferably sat in some comfortable faux-leather high back armchairs. Bite the...
May 13, 2019 at 15:35
In: Discussion Forums  — view comment
What’s the worst that can happen? I once used to go to a (IRL) philosophy ‘group discussion’. The format was that an issue was presented and then each...
May 13, 2019 at 14:32
In: Discussion Forums  — view comment
Yes I heard that quote in the movie 'Slacker'. Don't know if people have seen it. But the quote itself is originally from something called Oblique Str...
May 13, 2019 at 12:16
In: Philosophy and Fiction: Ideas Made Flesh (Philosophical Novels, Plays, Movies, Shows, etc)  — view comment
I like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP_f-klArPs More amusing than profound I suppose.
November 03, 2018 at 15:17
In: Socialism  — view comment
Hi, OP here. In case anybody is wondering, I'm bailing out on this post. People have (as usual) gone so far off my original quite precise (or so I thi...
October 31, 2018 at 18:24
In: Socialism  — view comment
Thanks to @"Bitter Crank" for his reply. But I’m still not sure that’s exactly what I want. I want to hear what people think about the issue of exactl...
October 24, 2018 at 17:35
In: Socialism  — view comment
Thanks for all the contributions guys, but I think that what I really wanted was for someone to just address the particular issue of the relation betw...
October 22, 2018 at 15:57
In: The idea that we don't have free will.  — view comment
But then it seems as if saying that Jack has no "philosophical" free will isn't saying anything at all. Because we are still going to treat him as bla...
May 16, 2018 at 16:22
In: The idea that we don't have free will.  — view comment
Sorry to persist but I’m not sure you answered the question. (If you think you have answered then it might just be me being dense so ignore this.) Whe...
May 15, 2018 at 19:03
In: The idea that we don't have free will.  — view comment
So (sorry to repeat, but just to be clear) what is the answer to the "is it the same or different?" question in my last post. Using the Jack being bri...
May 14, 2018 at 17:57
In: The idea that we don't have free will.  — view comment
(We are in the "after hours" for this thread now!) OK so we got two meanings. I'm trying to figure out what the significance of lacking "philosophical...
May 13, 2018 at 08:42
In: The idea that we don't have free will.  — view comment
So, in conclusion. (A long-awaited conclusion to this thread.) You are saying that when we say Jack is blameless in the bribe scenario, this isn’t the...
May 11, 2018 at 19:06
In: The idea that we don't have free will.  — view comment
OK so let me see if I’ve understood what’s been said so far. So the idea is that, when we say “there is no free will”, this means that all our choices...
May 10, 2018 at 09:17
In: The idea that we don't have free will.  — view comment
I was looking for an example of some agent doing something NOT of their own “hard free will”. But now that I think of it, given that we’re working wit...
May 08, 2018 at 09:36
In: The idea that we don't have free will.  — view comment
So about the answer to my “do you mean the following” question. Is that yes or no? I must admit that I’ve got confused by you introducing other concep...
May 07, 2018 at 18:52
In: The idea that we don't have free will.  — view comment
Can I clarify what you mean by this? Do you mean the following: if someone is lacking hard free will then they are not truly responsible, and so this ...
May 06, 2018 at 19:37
In: The idea that we don't have free will.  — view comment
OK, so let me see if I’ve understood you. Basically what you’re saying is that the idea that “we have no free will” is only saying that we have no “ha...
May 04, 2018 at 20:24
In: The idea that we don't have free will.  — view comment
Thanks for the responses. But I’m confused by what Londoner says. To recap (and maybe clarify) my original line of enquiry. I hear people say “we have...
May 03, 2018 at 19:11
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