The other option would be to reject the assumption that logic is 100% accurate. Or that the world (including things like humans, consciousness, and na...
In no particular order: Nietzsche Socrates Diogenes Hume George Carlin Camus Plato Hitchens Johnathan Haidt Saul Williams Aleister Crowley Carl Rogers...
No. Honestly, this is all rather over my head. I’m just expressing my own thoughts, I don’t really have any technical knowledge of linguistics. It’s t...
I don’t know exactly, but I find it more reasonable to assume that perhaps we aren’t aware of all properties a physical thing can have, as opposed to ...
You seemed to be asking why in everyday language “I want nothing,” and “I don’t want anything” are equivalent. I’m saying it’s because in everyday lan...
Two things: 1: That isn’t possible, because what you want is to continue wanting. So getting what you want means continuing to want. 2: That is actual...
Ignorance. It’s the same with how in common language sentences that use double negatives are still interpreted as making a negative statement, rather ...
I started a thread a while back that basically dealt with this, but regarding belief instead of “want.” I would argue that “I don’t want anything” is ...
I always thought Nietzsche got this question right. “Man would rather will nothingness than not will,” IOW’s we simply want to continue wanting foreve...
My point is that our brains interpret the raw data (wavelength) into a form that we are capable of understanding (experiencing). Memory would be the p...
I think it should be an elective course only. I can only imagine the shitstorm that fundamentalist Christian parents would create if philosophy was a ...
Memory. Because, as you’ve noted, you cannot imagine the color red without seeing it first. So when we imagine it now, we are just remembering or reca...
Or that mind does not exist, or is not what it is claimed to be (immaterial). Or, if all is mind is not able to justify its conclusions logically it r...
I wasn’t trying to either. I meant color. Then how do we see it? Similar to brain states and consciousness, I equate color and wavelength emitted. The...
So you’re claiming that when we see color, we’re seeing something immaterial? Care to explain how that works? The fact that people perceive the same p...
The obvious choice for anyone that’s aware of it... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mBgviceBzFs Here’s why. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uOHkeH2VaE0 Bl...
Yeah, because we’re unable to visualize, or imagine particular wavelengths, etc. You can’t hear the color red either, because redness is a strictly vi...
Thanks for clearing that up, at least now I know what I’m arguing against. I would say that to a certain, limited extent, we are able to observe whate...
Right, but the justification is the same. I guess what I’m getting at is that intentionally causing (allowing) harm is either ok or it’s not. If you t...
Ok, but by not helping C you are causing additional harm by allowing it to continue. If this type of action is permissible, then so are actions like a...
I don’t really care about this, but if it were an observation, it would of had to been observed using one of our five senses. “I exist” is arrived at ...
I’m not doubting consciousness, only that it derives from “mind” as opposed to brain. I’m being sincere, but you seem to have no interest in explainin...
I agree with @"Pfhorrest", but I come to this conclusion through different means. I simply do not think that the government, any government, has the r...
But that isn’t the case. Someone is helped, it’s just that someone else is also harmed, and the intent doesn’t provide a clear decision on how to judg...
No, the intentions do match. I think you may be misunderstanding me. I intend to help Bill, and in fact do help him, but doing so also harms Tom, eith...
To be specific, I don’t believe minds exist, only brains do. Until some sort of evidence can be presented that shows minds, of the metaphysical/immate...
The question I see being problematic with this is what if helping one person inadvertently, or perhaps even knowingly, harms someone else? Again, basi...
I like the word pinprick, for whatever reason. I think it started with the way the word is used in the Marilyn Manson song “Cyclops.” I had an artist ...
Because you’re not being understood. I’ll elaborate my confusion: What do you mean by talk of brains/minds? Does talk of brains mean talking about thi...
If my personal views are irrelevant then I can still have them without them skewing my results. For example, if I’m measuring something, my religious,...
I don’t understand any of what you’re trying to say here, so let’s start at the beginning. First, what is “mind?” Second, what’s the difference betwee...
That you aren’t letting your personal views (opinions) cloud your judgement, draw inaccurate conclusions, etc. By being able to justify your claims lo...
But without suffering one would not desire for things to be different, right? Suffering necessarily becomes the first cause, or first link in the caus...
For me objectivity means unbiased. I don’t consider desiring truth to be a bias because it is essentially the entire point of thought itself. This is ...
When I think of my mind, I think of my brain. I equate the two, or rather reduce mind to brain. By being able to explain everything else. Consider thi...
You seemed to me to be claiming that desiring truth is a personal preference, and that therefore seeking truth is biased (as opposed to objective). My...
Yep...pretty embarrassing for the good ol’ US of A. But not surprising in the least. MTV needs to do a celebrity death match episode with these two. T...
The real question is whether or not this will affect anyone’s vote. I seriously doubt it. We know who these men are, and they did nothing to change an...
All evidence supports the idea that “mind” is physical. What evidence is there that anything nonphysical exists? My brain is both physical and conscio...
If that’s the case, then why fuss over whether or not I’m being objective? If you don’t care, then I don’t see how you can care about obtaining truth ...
Depends on what the goal is. If bodily pleasures leads to that goal, then it should win out; but if not, then not. In the short term. The long term co...
This makes me think about addiction, which makes me think about the question of free will. An addict may want to stop using whatever substance he’s ad...
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