T_Clark

Yes...well... Perhaps I should have specified we are talking about a noun, not an adjective. Anyway, is your example irony? I don't think so. Maybe th...

I see irony as an experience, something mental, not as an objective or physical event.

As I noted in my post, the definitions miss something I think is important.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxFKgOPE20k I recognize that other people think about the world and use language differently than I do and I don't thi...

These have always been two of my favorite lines from the Tao Te Ching. I've never had any trouble dispensing with hope and understanding why that is i...

I agree with this.

I was surprised to see how much of the big island of Hawaii has a significant risk from the eruption of Moana Loa. The grey area to the north has a lo...

I hadn't even thought about the FCC and similar agencies. Problem is, as you note, government has an ownership role in the airwaves that it doesn't wi...

Logical positivism is a metaphysical position, not an empirical fact. It represents what R.G. Collingwood called an "absolute presupposition." Accordi...

I'm not sure how this fits into the discussion. It seems like governments in the US are turning toward more regulation for social media sites. I've he...

I recognize many people feel the way you do, but all I really care about is what we have to do to keep people safe.

I disagree with this.

What benefit is derived from endorsing societal anger and outrage? On the other hand, it seems reasonable to me that the negative consequences for an ...

If people I care about are hurt, what difference does it make whether it was something evil or just unfortunate? If a tornado kills 10 people, I care ...

tl;ra. Too long, read it anyway. I like this presentation. It's mostly consistent with how I see things. Perhaps you are a bit too definitive, certain...

Moral condemnation is easy and cheap, but I don't think it has any significant role in achieving the practical goals I identified. I would go further ...

I don't disagree with this, although I have a somewhat different perspective. For me, the purpose of social control; including enforcement of rules, l...

I think there are two ways of looking at morality 1) As a set of rules that we can apply fairly rigidly to other people to judge them or 2) As a set o...

Here's a broader perspective I find convincing. First, you'll have to put up with another quote from Lao Tzu. This from Derek Lin's translation of Ver...

Nothing urgent. Just some things I've been thinking about. My threads almost always involve things I care about and want to examine more deeply.

As I see it, morals mostly express human values, not facts. Morals are not true or false, they work or they don't. Where do those values come from? I ...

I think this is overstating the case. There is evidence there is a gene-based tendency to make judgements about people, but there is a lot of morality...

I think it goes in cycles. A month ago there were a lot of threads I wanted to participate in. Now there aren't. I also find myself passing on threads...

Hey @"Baden", @"Hanover", @"Jamal" - To be fair, you should move this thread to the anti-natalism thread where all the posts that take a positive view...

This whole thread is a set up job to give smirky posters a chance to shit on anti-natalism one more time. If moderators were fair, they'd move it to t...

My favorite books, books that influenced me the most, and books that blew my mind: "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad. "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy...

Reason I was asking is that I read that the Olympics included 15-player Rugby in the early 1900s then stopped. More recently they added 7-player as a ...

So, the Kama Sutra is reading the Joy of Sex. It says "Ewww!"

In the games in the UK, how many people on the field for each team, 7 or 15? What's the difference in play?

This is true. Real Football has the all-important Knock People Down and Stomp on Them Rules that allow players to, well, knock people down and stomp o...

As I went through the questions and answers, my main thought was "Geez, no wonder people think philosophy is bullshit."

I'm really worried about all the chaos at Twitter, so I've decided to stop not using it. Instead, I'll start not using Truth Social.

Hey!! No fair. When you're gracious, I don't get to feel all smug.

I didn't doubt they're your actual beliefs.

I always say, if I don't laugh at my own jokes, how can I expect other people to.

Say what you will, large scale institutions, including societies and nations, can not operate without governance. It's not a matter of what's right an...

You are clearly just trying to raise a ruckus on your first post on the forum. Not a good sign. Still, welcome to the forum. Moral claims are statemen...

Suggestion for change in your user name - @"Bitter popular culture Crank".

I think the difference between you and me on this issue is one of emphasis, not primarily substance.

The people who live there control the community. That's the point. Even if the choices the community makes aren't the ones we would like them to. The ...

I don't know. As for your other responses to my comments, I remain skeptical, but I'm don't have any specific knowledge.

Another thought. I think any centralized, standardized education program will be subject to political and social pressure to conform to a particular v...

Some thoughts: In the US, studies show that distance learning that took place as a result of the pandemic has seriously undermined the quality of educ...

So, someone would have to be insane to think experimental philosophy is not really philosophy? This from the SEP: I don't provide this as evidence tha...

What I meant was that what either of us prefers doesn't matter. It's the community's values that should be taken into account.

Eloquent. Exuberant.

Schools should encourage basic civility by enforcing it in their facilities. Don't teach it. Do it. What you prefer isn't the question. In general, we...

I get what you're talking about. It would be a shame not to recognize such an accomplishment. There is something profound, sublime, in the shamelessne...

The brain is a gland that secretes the mind. Are you asking if the mind controls the mind? How would that work? To oversimplify, the mind perceives, f...

Can we choose how much insulin our pancreas secretes? If not, does this rule out free will? The brain does what the brain does in the same manner that...