T_Clark

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You are discussing the details of how memory must work without knowing what science already knows about how it does work.

Whenever the Olympics come around, I bring out my diatribe about which sports should not be included. Here's Clark's rule - If I can't figure out who ...

No one has anything but a preliminary understanding of how memory and consciousness work. Trying to do the philosophy without adequate understanding o...

Consciousness and what they call the hard problem gets discussed here a lot. No reason not to do it again. As for the earlier post with the same name,...

My standard - one Big Mac, one Quarter Pounder with Cheese, and large fries once a month. No drink.

I don't think understanding how the brain or consciousness works is a matter for logic or seems-to-me philosophy. It's a matter of psychology, cogniti...

I like the poem a lot. It's very sensual. As you note - it says what it means and it means what it says. Nothing hidden here. Not an allegory. I have ...

Thanks. I hadn't watched it in a long time.

As I wrote in my previous post, I don't remember hearing the term "bare attention" before. Thinking about it, I can see that it could be a useful way ...

Here is some of the text about Buddha you quoted: So it's important to understand that there's no such thing as bare attention in the practice of the ...

Yes. Thanks.

For me, and for Collingwood, a metaphysical position is not a belief. It is not true or false. It has no truth value. It is a choice, one that depends...

@"tim wood" is the one who steered me to Collingwood. I've given him credit many times. Thanks for doing it again.

Thanks for your input.

As I wrote before, this has been a really helpful, interesting, and eye-opening discussion for me.

When I called myself an intellectual, I gave a specific definition of what I meant by that to avoid any confusion. As I noted, calling myself an intel...

Hmmm... ok. Maybe... Actually, I don't reject the need for research. I've just done my research in non-philosophical-standard places. I think my 30 ye...

I like this. Good, catchy, rhetoric. I will keep it for future use. I will read West's article.

That makes sense. I will. I don't think I'm anti-intellectual at all. I live in my intellect. Everything good I've ever written on the forum comes fro...

I've thought of a couple of other things I've gotten from this discussion: It helped me realize how deeply pragmatic my philosophy is. How much I use ...

As much as my snarky tone may have covered it up, this gets to the heart of my OP. I have been diddling around with reading more pragmatism - James, D...

...Yes, I think. I like the idea of soul-forming education. Good point. I don't think so, at least once you get past logic.

Yes. I strongly agree with this. I appreciate your comment. But a lot of whining.

Well, I like the list. It represents my attitude towards knowledge in general.

Ok. Here's my spiel, which I have explicated many times here on the forum. Physicalism (or materialism, pragmatism, relativism, realism, idealism, and...

I don't know if you've seen it, but the Simpsons did an excerpt during one of their Halloween shows read by James Earl Jones, who has the perfect voic...

Yes. I like "The Raven" too. I find the internal rhymes very affecting, satisfying. I like poems that run away from you if you're not careful.

Agreed.

Sure, I guess. As I've said several times in this discussion, I think attention to the world has to come first, before the philosophy, i.e. the words,...

I am not a philosopher. I was being flippant when I referred to myself as one. I regret that now.

Is this your persona list, or does it come from somewhere specific. Is it William James?

As I've noted in several other posts, I regret the flippant tone of my OP. I've offended people and made it harder to have a friendly discussion about...

I have expressed my regret for the tone of my OP in other posts. I tend toward the smartass and I didn't think what I wrote would be so controversial ...

I said that there is no standard of practice for philosophy. That would be a good subject for a discussion, not this one. Is there a standard of pract...

I guess I missed the "errors already identified." Can you tell me where they were identified.

I've noticed that your recent posts have read like plot summaries for "Itchy & Scratchy" episodes.

As I indicated in the post you are responding to, being an intellectual ...doesn't mean I'm smart, it means that my primary way of dealing the world i...

I'll start out expressing my regret for the tone of my OP. I think it offended a lot of people and made it harder for them to give my ideas a fair hea...

I'm not objecting to you questioning my philosophy because it hurts my feelings. I object because I think it's a bad argument. Anyway, I think you and...

The only way you can tell if my philosophical views are legitimate is by looking at them. As I just told @"Sam26", just assuming my views are not legi...

I don't really understand your question. I've acknowledged I am not a philosopher, but I never said I don't have a personal philosophy.

Professionally, I am an engineer. I'm not a professional philosopher. If an engineer makes a mistake, there are potentially very serious consequences ...

An engineer is someone who uses applied science to solve problems. Engineers in general do not design engines, although some do. There are mechanical,...

I apologize for bringing this negative attention to your pig posts. I wasn't complaining about them, I was using them as an example of the freewheelin...

First of all, I don't really claim to be a philosopher. That was meant tongue in cheek. I'm not a philosopher, but you can only really judge whether m...

As Charles Montgomery Burns says, "I don't know art, but I know what I hate, and I don't hate that." It's well written and clear. The language is visu...

If you've looked at them, is that how you would characterize my posts on the forum? I think they present a consistent and justifiable understanding of...

@"jamalrob" Thanks for the comment Praxis. I went back and reread it. You're right.

I was using the pigs as an example of the openness of the Shoutbox, not as a criticism of it.