T_Clark

I'm a Democrat.

What could the Tao Te Ching be if it's not metaphysics? A literal description of the Ancient Chinese understanding of astronomy? A pretty poem I guess...

Of course it is. The whole theme of this thread is about whether it is possible to reason without metaphysics. It is clear to me it is not possible. T...

Are you saying the Ancient Chinese didn't have metaphysics? If so, I'm surprised to hear you say it. The Tao Te Ching is pure metaphysics. The fact th...

Of course there was. All things are born of being. Being is born of non-being. Therefore, by the Everlasting Non-Being, We desire to observe its hidde...

Maybe the other way around or maybe they evolve together.

I think you're thinking of Ironman.

I told you I didn't want to know.

I really don't want to get into a discussion about what "metaphysics" is. I'm already in one in another thread. As I see it, metaphysics is the set of...

I see it the other way around. Metaphysics is a tool, a set of tools, people use when they want to figure stuff out.

As I've noted, philosophy for me is personal, so any "progress" is also personal. I don't know whether philosophy as a discipline progresses or should...

Insufferably smug baloney. Mr. Henry doesn't understand the difference between metaphysics and physics either. Mr. D'Espagnat is also confused about m...

I'm here for my own reasons - to learn things about myself. To become more self-aware. It's not the mysteries of existence that are interesting, it's ...

If I understand correctly, it is well established that quantum mechanics only applies at the subatomic, atomic, and small molecule scale.

That's a question that was asked thousands of years before Einstein. When Lao Tzu asked that kind of question, it was metaphysics. When Einstein asked...

If I remember correctly, the shell is actually modified hair, just like porcupine's quills. I could check to see if that's true, but I like the story ...

This is terrible!!! You and I keep agreeing. Something must be wrong. That's where I stand right now. As I wrote, I have some more thinking to do abou...

How the metaphysics of classical vs. quantum mechanics differ is something I'm struggling with. My interim answer is that quantum mechanics is physics...

Collingwood and I would not say "believed," we'd say "presumed." I think he and I would agree it is a reasonable presumption.

I've always considered metaphysics and epistemology to be two aspects of the same subject. Recently I've come to see that, even though I still think t...

I think both are good ways of looking at things, depending on the situation. When I'm dealing with people on a day to day basis, of course it makes se...

As I noted, I think selfhood has sufficient definition, clarity, evidence, logic, and consistency to be considered real, existent.

Thanks for the education. I guess I always equate deconstruction, critical theory, and post-modernism as philosophical approaches that disparage tradi...

I've read part of the article and will read the rest later. Here I'll show my ignorance - I thought deconstruction was a technique of Critical Theory....

This is an interesting way of looking at things. Saying that the hard problem doesn't exist isn't the same as saying consciousness, in the sense that ...

This is probably true. I think this is probably not true.

I think one of the purposes of philosophy is to separate how we see from what we see. Although it's not too hard to be aware of what we see, doing the...

You and I see metaphysics in a similar way, although I might object to the "only" in "...natural science, only reflectively conceptualizes natural sci...

My writing comes directly from... somewhere inside and directly onto the page. That's the first time it shows up in words. The Tao Te Ching and other ...

I didn’t know armadillos came that far north and east.

I didn't know what a nicoise salad was, so I looked on line. There were lots of recipes and most used tuna, but one used kielbasa. That's definitely t...

There's a thread specifically set up for this discussion. Can't you move all this there.

Let me remind you: And you thought I don't pay attention to what you say.

Don't know much about Fromm, but his distinction between types of aggression doesn't make sense to me. Many social animals have hierarchal communities...

Didn't you tell us that on your family vacations when you were a kid, your father just took you and your family down in the coal mine with him?

Food, videos of cute animals, and stories from guys in Atlanta and Minnesota. I sez it's philosophy.

My family and I go to Cape Cod in summer. We're going in August this year. Not being much of a beach guy, the highlight of the trip for me is a restau...

Yes. Sur le pont d'Avignon, on y danse on y danse. Sur le pont d'Avignon, on y danse tous en round. I learned that in fifth grade.

I was not finding fault with your affection for the scientific method. I'm an engineer with a strong interest in science. That has a lot to do with my...

I learned everything I know about prehistory from the Flintstones. Yabba Dabba Do.

I'm not expecting any change in policy. This is just intended as a request to each of you. No need for further discussion on my part.

And yet if you call Boston "Bean Town" here in Boston, everyone thinks you're a chooch.

Yes, I have eaten it and I like it. Haven't had it in a long time.

No one in Bean Town calls Boston "Bean Town." Yes, you're right. Boston is a good place for seafood. I grew up near the Chesapeake Bay, which is also ...

Once I started a thread that Jamal took offense with. Once I realized it had been moved to the lounge, I talked it over with him and he reinstated it ...

If you've got time to delete the thread, you've got time to post a one sentence PM.

I would appreciate if moderators, when they delete or move a thread, would notify the person who started it. Then if the poster wants an explanation, ...

Let me see if I can remember my high school French... If you go to Carcassonne, you are sure to die. Is that right?

I think this comes down to what we mean by empirical. Here are some definitions from the web: Relying on or derived from observation or experiment. Ve...

I'm a bit lost. Here's what you asked for in the OP: How has @"Angelo Cannata" not responded to your OP? It makes sense to me that you may not like wh...