T_Clark

There have been many long threads about subjectivity vs. objectivity on this forum. I think that's different than the interpretation of texts. Or am I...

I hope you'll stay Wosret.

I'm not trying to limit the applicability of what I was saying to just what we call art. So what then? Communication? Language? Aw shucks. Me, my paw,...

To oversimplify, art is the artist communicating something. She's trying to tell me something whether or not she can articulate it. You and I can disa...

I think you've made this whole thing unnecessarily complicated by putting in all this talk about positive and negative rules. What it comes down to is...

When he taught me poker, my father taught me the cards play themselves. Similarly, as I said elsewhere in this thread, the art speaks for itself. It i...

I read Lao Tzu, John LeCarre, Stephen Jay Gould, Joseph Conrad, Alan Furst ..... because I want to know their ideas, their stories. It matters because...

Is there any difference between the world existing and God imagining that the world exists?

That's not the way it works. You need to put more effort into it than that. Lay out how you see it and give your reasons. Put some effort into it.

You live in a society, community, and country. You have to pay your share for use of the infrastructure. Or don't you use them? Do you use roads, poli...

For commentary on the Taoist quote, I like what Professor Charles Anderson Edward Berry had to say on the subject - "C'est la vie say the old folks. I...

Well, you could... I don't know - maybe explain better.

Here's an example that drove me crazy. Verse 48 of the Tao Te Ching (Stephen Mitchell) says In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is added. In ...

In my case, rather than "be more patient" it might be "stop being such an asshole."

Response - Not sure how this quote from me is relevant to your subject. Alternate response - Hey, I resemble that remark. I don't think it's ironic. T...

It is common for people, including myself, to be emotionally attached to inanimate objects. In my experience, the process is personification - ascribi...

Oh, yeah, and get my blood sugar below 100 mg/dl and my weight below Homer Simpson's.

My New Years resolutions: Get along better with my boss Get along better with my wife Get along better with my children Get along better with my broth...

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/ The Philosopher's Zone from Australia. 30 minute programs. Not difficult, but not shall...

I think you are being unnecessarily formalistic in dealing with this question. Let's use everyday language. I earn money by working. I use my own effo...

Which theory is that? See my response to another of your posts. If I understand you correctly, the interaction you describe is the quantum behavior of...

I was not a philosophy major. I majored in psychology, dropped out, and went back and got my engineering degree. Maybe psychology + engineering = phil...

What you are describing in your post is the strong anthropic principle scaled down from the universe to personal identify. Your argument in this parag...

It is my understanding neither multiverse is accepted by the physics community. As far as I can tell, the only justification for belief in the cosmolo...

The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao.

Here are some questions not answerable by science - Why is there something rather than nothing? How do I know I exist? What is the right way for us to...

Epistemology is generally included in metaphysics. The scientific method is a method, a set of procedures, to gain knowledge. It isn't knowledge itsel...

I don't know why you would say that, science has long known about Mister Mxyzptlk, the imp from the 5th dimension.

Disagree. Most questions about the world are not answerable by science. For those that are, the scientific method is one correct way to answer them. T...

It isn't unlikely, it's infinitely unlikely.

Don't agree. The central question of metaphysics is "What are the rules by which we should determine the answer to questions about the world?"

This is the kind of question that gives philosophy a bad name. Silly hypothetical situations that are probably not possible and very probably not know...

If you had said "This is the biggest goddamn bunch of dogshit I've ever heard of," I wouldn't have minded and I wouldn't have written my response the ...

Where have you gone Gary Larsen, the nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

This thread has had more critical thinking than about 95% of the others. I haven't enjoyed one this much in a while. On the other hand, many threads a...

What is all this bullshit about Dr. Who's phone booth. Now that's pseudoscience.

A lot of humor deals with putting things together that don't seem to belong. For me, the same is true for poetry and writing - that's where metaphor, ...

I am awesome with babies because I am very warm and I put them to sleep. The older I've gotten, the more I've liked them. You're right about their lau...

What Are The Most Important Questions in Philosophy? What do I do now? What do I do after that? It's "What do I do after that?" all the way down.

I said it was close to begging the question. Saying nothing can't be unstable is close to saying nothing cannot spontaneously become something. Nothin...

That seems close to but not exactly an argument that begs the question e.g. if something comes out of it, it can't possibly be nothing. It is at least...

I sounds to me, and I'm sure to others, that you are considering stopping or deleting this thread. Whether or not that's true, as a moderator, and one...

Wouldn't you love to find out for sure? It only takes one example. I hope I live long enough to find out - as long as "To Serve Man" is not a cookbook...

I don't understand your logical argument, but then I don't think the question is answerable by logic. It is a matter of fact which is, at least potent...

A lot of latitude has been given in the past for discussion of scientific subjects that are not specifically philosophical. I hope that can continue. ...

Nobody knows what life that started on another world would be like. Would it have some sort of genetic coding that is recognizable? That's why finding...

Although panspermia is possible as far as I know, it is an unsatisfying theory. It doesn't really answer any question about the genesis of life. If li...

I don't expect you to agree with me. I've been generally staying out of discussions with you because you are impenetrable. Unwilling to even try to im...

Don't forget being drunk.

If there is an afterlife, presumably there is a God. I think God could probably figure out how to take the mind and soul without the brain. Of course ...