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I am curious to know why this is the case.

Kinda shot yourself in the foot there, didn't ya?

Wasn't included in the memo but I would like to add that meaning is a part of what makes something good. Meaning, pleasure, and satisfied preferences ...

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Most usually what is considered good is what is considered moral.

What prevents men from doing this today, and what caused this breakdown that you talk about?

Stop asserting. Try arguing instead. So you admit that pleasure and pain are not simply black and white labels for what is good and bad. There must be...

Erm, no. I don't claim to know how preferences work, although I might actually end up pursuing a degree that may help solve this. Pain by itself is no...

I see. I suppose I just had a wrong understanding of the existentialist perspective. I thought it was just dealing with angst at the loss of objective...

But much of existentialism (not counting Christian existentialism) rests upon the assertion that there is no god, the universe is uncaring, unnecessar...

Why not? Bullshit, we don't have that kind of omnipotent control over our preferences. I can't just say that being stabbed is okay to make it okay. It...

No, the reason rape is bad is because the act is severely disregarding the preferences of another person. It can presumably still be rape and not "fee...

Quite honestly, the only basis that I can come to for existentialist thought is that of dealing with disillusionment with the world. The breaking of o...

That's kind of what I was thinking, that existentialism is more of a reaction to the religious dogma of the past. But it still begs the question of wh...

You are wrong. ayy Like I said, I'm sympathetic to preference utilitarianism. A man rapes a woman. This woman does not want to be raped, even though s...

No offense but this is a total cop-out argument. I mean, how am I supposed to have a discussion with someone who will just say that I'm blind to the o...

I was going to reply using my own words but I found a source that words it better than I could: In the briefest of outlines, the Stoic theory held tha...

This would be violating the principle of charity.

Yeah, I miss the like system but I don't miss the reputation system. Too bad they are linked.

I think you are expecting too much. Of course if my dog died I would be filled with grief. It is a natural reaction to such circumstances, and it's pr...

Also, it should be noted that Aristotle thought that the constant striving towards perfection was never-ending.

I looked it up, Wayfarer, Aristotle advocated what is known as immanent or moderate realism.

I found a short summary of Aristotle's criticisms of Platonism, which I think accurately sums up the problems I have with the theory and general Reali...

I believe I just described Aristotle's hylomorphism, that is, that matter (hyle) assumes forms (morph). His Prime Mover was pure Form, and he also con...

I think the conversation regarding the existence of universals often overlooks a key topic, and that is whether or not properties even exist, as in, i...

Well, I recently quit my job so there's that.

I have recently read about Aristotelian Substance Theory. Aristotle argued that the fundamental thing is the Kind, and that by belonging to a Kind, an...

Honestly this seems like a question that can be answered simply by appealing to the general psychology of an individual. I don't really like parties. ...

Maybe we can keep the likes/agree off but make it a notification instead?

The problem I see with universals is that they are seen as abstracta, and I'm not sure if I agree that abstract objects exist. I don't see any differe...

Yikes, I have realized that I have been severely misunderstanding universals, and confusing them with the qualia from the philosophy of mind. However,...

This is an interesting idea that I have never thought about.

Trope Theory is very similar to Realism, but simply posits that instead of abstract universals, there are only concrete particulars, and that properti...

I would tend to agree with you in that most women tend to be this way. Very machiavellian. But men tend to also objectify women instead of seeing them...

You may be interested in Trope Theory.

I found a great, short resource that sums up the problem of universals for those who don't know it too well. It also has the perfect paragraph describ...

From Wikipedia: Brassier himself, however, does not identify with the speculative realist movement, and, further, debates that there even is such a mo...

I'm not sure, actually. The book I'm reading by Loux is actually quite confusing in this regard. But doesn't this lead to the positing of some mystica...

Love is described as ineffable because it is the only thing that has the capability of fulfilling the hole in our lives. We are born alienated from th...

Haha, I like that. Ockham's Razor is one of the foundational aspects of nominalism, but is also heavily criticized. This, along with your example, I d...

It's easy to identify philosophy, but impossible to describe it.

I got glasses for driving today, so that was cool.

Smartasses tend to be dumbasses in disguise. I'm sorry that was uncalled for.

Although I think many of these New Atheists and their kin are hateful of religion because they don't want the universe to be under the dominion of a d...

Completely agree.

Most definitely a compliment. You used it in a previous thread. Perfect word to describe the scientism of today.

:)

Agustino, I'm going to copy-paste what I wrote the other night on a different philosophy forum over on Reddit regarding the relationship between scien...

I think we differ completely, then, on our conception of the mind. I come from a computationalist perspective.

For what it's worth, Schop, I've found many of your posts to be most illuminating.