Eloquently stated, although perhaps too poetic for my tastes. I believe this to be a prevalent theme in Heidegger's obsession with Being, one of the d...
It's interesting you say this, because this is something Levinas spends a lot of time discussing. Levinas interprets the history of western philosophy...
Minor to moderate anxiety seems to be the natural state. If you're completely relaxed, there's probably something wrong that you're not aware of, and ...
Determinism cannot be proven synthetically, as we could never hope to perceive and understand every happening. It also cannot be proven analytically, ...
I think regardless of the truth of his statement, Trump calling countries "shitholes" is going to make it difficult to have amiable foreign relations ...
I think it's true that there are biases in philosophical debates, and also that this has always been the case and will likely always continue to be th...
This is the question of altruism. I think it's probably the case that most or no actions are entirely either selfish or altruistic. But I think it's w...
This is a huge misunderstanding these days, unfortunately. Intuitionism fell out of favor because the major defenders died, and the idea was subsequen...
"Intuition", as I'm sure you are aware, is a term used in philosophy that has lots of different meanings depending on the context. I most definitely a...
Maybe I'd be more inclined to talk about this if you brought this up elsewhere. I don't know why you continue to insist on discussing a private gripe ...
The only perspective I have is my perspective. Don't you think you should only apologize if you recognize that what you did was wrong/inappropriate? J...
No, this is a false dichotomy. For instance I think mathematics is transcendent to socially-accepted norms. Logic transcends society. Yet our capacity...
No, I'm not going to apologize because I don't recognize what I did to have been inappropriate. You may think it was inappropriate, but I don't agree ...
You forgot to add on what I said afterwards: I've already told you that I don't recognize what I did to have been inappropriate. Thus I do not feel co...
It's not incoherent. There's absolutely nothing incoherent with the notion that there is a fact of the matter as to what we ought to do that transcend...
I don't see how we can't have both. Morality as socially-transcendent yet moral agents maneuvering in creative and strategic ways. There's nothing inc...
I agree that apologizing can put two people on higher mutual standing with each other. But I will say that apologizing only to get to a better standin...
Shiiiit, you're still hung up on that? If I remember correctly I said I was going to be honest with you anyway. Do I need to apologize for being hones...
I don't agree with what I see to be your reduction of moral rightness/wrongness to subjective or inter-subjective opinions, or calling it "right" inst...
People can do the wrong thing knowing it is the wrong thing because they do not care about morality, and care more about themselves or whatever. Promi...
Sure, yeah, a necessary but not necessarily sufficient condition, I'll agree to that. The socio-economic situation is as much a factor in a person's d...
i'm hammered and dont give a damn about anything right now, ill get back to you tomorrow maybe, who knows and who cares honestly. life sucks and then ...
dumb shits like the average internet atheists will say theism is a mental illness. good thing nobody who has a single neuron gives a shit about what t...
Probably this has less to do with being intelligent and more to do with being materially and socially privileged as to have the means to pursue person...
I don't know the answer to this question, but I'll speculate and say that not everything evolution produces has to be functional and positive for the ...
I said it can mean the same thing. Asking why something is morally right or wrong can be the same as asking why we should be moral at all. Why should ...
I think asking why something is right or wrong can be essentially the same thing as asking why you should(n't) do this act. For someone coming from an...
Personally I think you can't really "decide" your philosophical starting points logically. You can use logic and reason only after you assume certain ...
So I think there's two questions in your OP: 1.) whether we can freely choose what to believe in, and 2.) whether living without beliefs in relation t...
If you reliably demonstrate that God exists, this seems to put the whole concept of faith into jeopardy. Kant's maneuver allowed him to make room for ...
It depends on what we see "progress" as. Is it just the "solving" of problems, in the "consumption" model of knowledge? Or can it be the appreciation ...
No, if we assume everything before you said is true, then libertarian free will is impossible. Libertarian free will is an incompatibilist position. T...
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