I suspect that ignoring them is considered to deprive them of their being, which would thus render treating someone poorly, unfairly, improperly--or i...
I think of the Academy Awards as silly as well, and am uninterested in them for that reason but also because my preference is to watch movies only whe...
I don't think "being" is involved in any significant sense in such issues, unless it is defined in such a fashion as to mean something which presumes ...
It appears that "ontology" may be defined rather more broadly than the study of what there is, but I question whether a city can be said to commit its...
I suspect there's an emotional argument for not discussing whether there is a God. I'm sure it would be at least as persuasive as those arguments we k...
Everyone is really a realist. Which is to say that we all treat the rest of the world of which we're a part just as we would if we were all realists, ...
It's interesting to review how the study of philosophy and its significance is described on the website of the university where these gentlemen teach,...
If it's most likely false, there's no reason to treat it as anything but most likely false. I tend to think much of the problem with traditional metap...
There is no need for certainty, though. The fact that we deal in probabilities and that conclusions are subject to revision doesn't render philosophy ...
I can see how the need to distinguish kinds of things would arise, as we regularly enough engage in comparisons and the association of certain charact...
I'm fond of Roman history, and of some of the Romans. My nom de forum/blog gives that away. Roman Stoicism appeals to me more than Greek Stoicism; it'...
That's quite a request. If you want a theory, I'd have write a book or essay, and I'm not sure I have what would constitute a formal theory in any cas...
I think I saw this film a good deal of time ago. I have little memory of it. Based on the scene, my guess is Woody Allen had been reading Dostoevsky. ...
As to the Kripke example, the "ordinary man" using the name "Walter Scott" is in fact using it to refer to Walter Scott. The "ordinary man" is mistake...
Well, she was a rather nasty piece of work as a person; intolerant, humorless, wildly egotistical. She was a kind of cult leader, and even old friends...
As presented here, I think her assertions are entirely unremarkable, and even trite. I'm not sure what old Mike thought was so revolutionary about her...
I'm sure what you mean by this, Tiff. I'm no expert on the history of Oregon, but know it to be relatively new as a state. Before becoming a state it ...
What is it, though, that induces us (or some of us) to conceive of Universals, Being and Not-Being and such? Not something we encounter in everyday li...
Ammon Bundy bears a startling resemblance to Torgo from Manos: The Hands of Fate a movie dear to the hearts of fans of MST3K. I wonder if they would b...
A very nice read, but I'm dismayed that such exercises were required. The positions he disposes of so neatly seem so silly it's difficult to believe t...
For older white guys with guns, it's all about money unless it has to do with erectile dysfunction, prostrate issues or the failings of those who are ...
I took a quick look at it, and it seems to be predicated on a significant distinction between our bodies and ourselves. Thus, references to what "my b...
I just wanted to suggest, if nobody has done so yet, a penalty for the crime of adultery. The wearing of a scarlet letter, of course. In this case, "A...
I can't wait to find out what there is. I assume there isn't much, though, as it seems Quine addresses it all in a single essay. Will it include femin...
The Quest for Being, Sidney Hook. The essay, that is, in the book of the same name. OK. I admit I reference it only because the word "Being" appears i...
It's natural to have desires, certainly, but most of us recognize that some desires are unlikely to be satisfied, for various reasons. Among those is ...
In my more Stoic moments, I'm inclined to believe in a form of pantheism, which for me is a suspicion based on suggestion, that the universe is imbued...
I don't think Epicureanism or Stoicism has anything to do with solving the problem of WORLD-PAIN! (I think it should be written this way; it's such a ...
In what sense is it "completely natural" to be disposed to think the world will or should comport with our expectations? It seems to me that only a ch...
As best I can, I try to have no expectations regarding what isn't in my control. It's a part of stoic practice, or my practice at least. It doesn't me...
http://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2015/12/11 I'm not to the point where I would claim that a vote for "a conservative" makes one complicit in s...
Ah, Weltschmerz. I suppose if one aspires to be a Romantic, one would want to be a Romantic of the German variety. Excess was characteristic of the Ro...
You're quite welcome. I've always been impressed with the way Dewey anticipated much that has been taken as "new" in philosophy. I think he's been ign...
If a statement in the New York Times regarding Republican legislators and the sale of guns to those on the terrorist watch list, together with a state...
The problem with this idea (such as it is) is that those who buy firearms, especially out of fear, are unlikely to take the time or spend the money ne...
Isn't this a version of the good old mind-body distinction? But there seems no great difficulty in saying, e.g., that evidence indicates regions of th...
Statements of this kind from the good Sheriff represent, to me, either an effort on the part of some in law enforcement to cover their asses or an adm...
How touchy you are. Like Schopenhauer was about that poor woman who spoke too loudly outside his door. You should be more Epicurean. My little comment...
I know there is a "College of Stoic Philosophers" associated, I believe, with the New Stoa, both online. There are some professional philosophers invo...
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