T_Clark

The same is true for me, although I'd like to think I have a better grasp of the intricacies of the issues. There certainly is truth in this, but I th...

This is something I've been thinking about. I agree with what you wrote about seeing with a broader perspective, but I see the first part of your stat...

Actually, I found what you wrote helpful to put the discussion in context.

Consistent with what you've written, I've often said that philosophy for me is a way to become more intellectually self-aware. I don't generally see i...

Yes, well... Being from the US I didn't understand the political subtext.

One of the things I love about the Hornblower and Master and Commander books is that they show how technologically sophisticated sailors were in the e...

It is a wonderful fact of modern information access that I could identify your quote immediately on the web.

I rarely laugh out loud except for my own posts, but I did for this one.

Homo heidelbergensis lived until about 200,000 years ago, They are considered the immediate ancestor to homo sapiens. The earliest bones of h. sapiens...

I was just teasing you for your endearing technophobia.

This is one of the reasons I like Kindle so much. Yes, yes, I know. You like the sensual feel of turning the pages of a real book.

You started this thing. All of this is your fault.

If you look at just about any dictionary, one of the definitions of "being" will be "a living thing." My point is not that @"Wayfarer" is right in thi...

I was only answering your question "What is an Instinct." I probably should have left out the Pinker quote. It seems to have confused things. As I not...

From my reading of the Forster's Hornblower books, or maybe it was O'Brian's Master and Commander books, I learned that mortars, which is what is show...

This is from "What is an Instinct" by William James: This is from "The Language Instinct" by Stephen Pinker: I'll modify the answer above so as not to...

This is a controversial issue that I've been reading and thinking about recently. I think your statement is wrong. I think our thinking is heavily inf...

Tried. Works. Yay! Thanks.

If I'm doing a search and I want to look for a complete phrase rather than a single word, I normally "put quotes around the phrase" before I do the se...

I hadn't been following this discussion closely, but when things got lively, I went back and read the relevant posts, including yours. Words mean diff...

This discussion has really gone off the deep end. Arguments about definitions are almost universal here on the forum. The definition of "being" that @...

No, no. That's a city in Michigan.

I don't get it. Words can mean different things in different contexts. Using "being" in reference to a sentient or conscious entity, e.g. human being,...

I'm rereading "Tao - The Watercourse Way" by Alan Watts. I haven't read it in more than 30 years. It surprises me how sophisticated his argument again...

I think the difference you and I are having is a metaphysical not a factual one. There's no need for us to get into a back and forth, but here are two...

Really? I thought we were right on target. Still, I think I said all I had to say anyway. I see @"Mikie"'s later comment now.

I think the being/thing equivalence I am discussing is ontological while the being/thing distinction you are discussing is ethical.

Jorndoe always brings bad news. I saw that article previously and I don't buy it. I remember in the 1980s when Japan was ahead of us in just the same ...

This is what Wayfarer wrote. I guess I don't see the difference between "beings" and "things." Maybe that's not right. Maybe I just don't think the di...

Keep in mind first of all that my grasp of quantum mechanics is at the level of an intelligent but relatively uneducated amateur. I understand the out...

I also considered that the person we are discussing is still a person to others, even if the person is unconscious. I assume you don't mean that eithe...

You can now live on a cruise ship for $30,000 per year That's per person double occupancy, an inside cabin. So, about $180,000/year. I can afford that...

Would Lao Tzu say what he calls "existence" or "being" are the same things you and Peirce call "reality." That creation of the "complex and multifacet...

I don't think anyone commented on this. Maybe I missed it. I wish I'd thought of it. In the southern US, there is a plant called kudzu which behaves i...

This person would not stop being a person to others. It is a commonplace that we live in a social reality. If you ask whether the person is still a pe...

I wonder if you mean the same thing I did when I said making a distinction is what separates the undivided oneness into the things we know in the worl...

Any dictionary you look at will use being and existence as synonyms for each other. If you don't think they're the same, what is the difference?

I don't know what Jung meant when he wrote that consciousness comes before being, but I have some idea what Lao Tzu meant. The Tao, the primal oneness...

Agreed.

Even by scientists.

Sorry about @"Darkneos". You'll find that there is a lot of hostility to religion here on the forum. Welcome to the forum. I'm sorry it couldn't have ...

This is the response a new member got for his first post. The post itself was well-written and serious. It included references to Christian beliefs he...

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Grown ups don't use the word "poop" unless they are talking to someone under the age of seven. Acceptable alternatives - feces, shit, crap, shite, hum...

I've never seen a crow against cat conflict, but I have seen both blue jays and mockingbirds taunt cats with very authentic meows. They had that same ...

Let's be clear, I'm a crow and always have been a crow. None of these waxwing-come-latelys.

Let's be honest, every morning you lament something and silently berate humanity.

As you can see from my icon, I am partial to crows. Loud, raucous, troublesome. I like all loud, raucous, and troublesome animals - crows, mockingbird...

There is currently a thread about a convenience store clerk and an alcoholic customer. It's a serious discussion, so I don't want to distract or inter...

I'm sure your grandmother would be heartbroken to find that, not only didn't you become a playwright, you can't even spell it correctly.