Oh sure, women can objectify, though that doesn't necessarily mean that objectification is natural. These women are female but living within the confi...
Indeed, the pure simplicity and tranquility associated with oblivion makes one wonder why god felt the need to change it by creation. The only theolog...
IMO, "misunderstanding" Heidegger isn't possible because there really isn't anything to understand that hasn't already been said more clearly elsewher...
:fire: Life always dies, eventually. While continuing one's life may be good, the anxiety associated with losing one's life, is not good. In my view, ...
From an open-minded (and perhaps naive) perspective, the use of philosophy in religion can be seen as a method of acquainting someone with religious c...
If the proposition "nothing is ruled out" is true, then the proposition "nothing is ruled out" is an exception to this. "Nothing ruled out except the ...
Ending a moral evil that is happening right now is obviously more important than preventing a moral evil that might happen in the future. You're basic...
Yes, there is evidence to suggest that hunter-gatherers were much more well-rounded and capable than modern domesticated humans (the same can be said ...
Elaborate on this. How do you know that the past does not extend infinitely in the same way that the future does? I think we are like waves in an ocea...
Just my opinion but I think you usually have to be dead to be a great philosopher. Someone's thought cannot be given enough judgement within the short...
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland, Christopher Browning Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, Richard Hofst...
Natalism: it's okay to procreate if most people are happy with their lives. Capitalism: it's okay to exploit workers if most people are well-off and m...
Apologies, I was busy this weekend. I had a few of things in mind when writing this piece. One is that logic can be cruel even if it seems irrefutable...
Quite correct, though the barons understand the technology even less than the technicians that create it. Technology has taken on a reality of its own...
I am a programmer. I can send you my resume if you like, I'm looking for a new job :sweat: I mean, idk I think there is satisfaction that can be deriv...
As someone who works in the computer industry I feel confident saying that the technology is not well-known amongst the engineers that are thought to ...
Being self-sufficient seems like it is an important quality of a mature human being. It seems to me that there is something fundamentally repulsive (p...
My 2021 readings in no particular order, though there are some omissions that I don't remember at the moment. Favorites are in bold: Fiction: Of Mice ...
Did a bit of digging, found this: https://plushforums.com/pre-sales Dunno if there's a straightforward way of getting all of your data, aside from 's ...
Strong black coffee in the morning, usually half a pot. An IPA or two in the evening. Both paired with a book. Larger amounts of alcohol make me sleep...
But it's already been identified, more times than can be counted. At this point it's just shuffling papers around, a temporary catharsis. I am skeptic...
Capitalism has already been mentioned, and this should be obvious (identifying the problem is a lot easier than solving it). In addition to this, or m...
I think you're probably right that a lot of philosophy is the LARPing of ideas. Often it seems like philosophy is studied in a way that detaches itsel...
It may be depressing to you because you sense that hope and optimism, while advantageous in the short term, ultimately prolongs unpleasant things unne...
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