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Ignignot

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Yes, what's left is mysterious for now. We can always explain the currently unexplained at a later time. But I'd argue that at all times we are workin...
April 02, 2017 at 20:16
Just to clarify (and this may connect to your notion that bruteness can be placed anywhere), I think the brute necessities are relative to the conscio...
April 02, 2017 at 20:02
Actually, I was trying to say (perhaps ineloquently) that something is indeed fundamentally "brute." These are the "prime" necessary connections. They...
April 02, 2017 at 19:44
I might have voted yes, but I don't know if you have the sort of God in mind who creates a Hell. If we are talking about my version of good God, then,...
April 02, 2017 at 19:05
One of my favorite works of philosophy is The Essence of Christianity. It argues that the essence of Christianity is humanism. But it also argues that...
April 02, 2017 at 18:59
I agree. It's as if personalities are founded on core beliefs. Sometimes a core belief is abandoned and a person experiences a revolution in their thi...
April 02, 2017 at 18:48
Last verse gives me chills...Howlin' Wolf, Back Door Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVIA1n5ng4Y
April 02, 2017 at 18:36
As I read this, some great passages in Hegel came to mind. This one in particular seems to capture "nihilism" in way that does justice to its allure. ...
April 02, 2017 at 18:25
Great point. I like Rescher on this issue. As I understand or explain it, we "project" a necessary connection between conjoined events. We just seem b...
April 02, 2017 at 18:13