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I admit that Emerson likes fancy-schmancy store-bought words, but I wouldn't consider that poetry. Chuang Tzu, on the other hand, does tend to be poet...

It seems plausible to me that any large Communist regime will inevitably end up in tyranny. Again, that's my "seems to me" opinion, not a solid claim.

Good point. According to Wikipedia, the lower end of the range of deaths, around 60 million, did not include non-intentional famines.

Yes, although Wikipedia indicates the Mongol invasion killed between 40 and 65 million, so they're up there too.

Thanks. I downloaded it. Bunge has a bunch of interesting books on subjects I've wondered and spouted off about. If I like this, I'll take a look at s...

I wasn't talking about the Russian revolution, I was talking about Communism in all it's governmental manifestations - the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, ...

First of all, keep in mind that my opinion is based on "seems to me" rather than specific evidence. Given that, I don't think so. Revenge, security, b...

Grand? They killed tens, hundreds, of millions of people. There has never been a country ruled by communism that didn't end up being a tyranny. Why? O...

Probably not always.

This is freedom to me. From Emerson's "Self-Reliance." Or this from Ziporyn's translation of Chapter 17 of the Chuang Tzu, one of the founding documen...

Back many, many years ago, when I was a cabinetmaker, we used the paper ones you can buy in a hardware store. At the end if the day, there was still d...

Looks really interesting. I looked on line and it's not available for free. Alas. I did download "Causality and Modern Science" from Hoopla of all pla...

I thought this was interesting:

Welcome to the forum. I see a reference to research and observations by an "adequate observer," but no actual research results or observations, just v...

As long as that includes experiencing/thinking about the bodymind itself.

I was with you until "The rest is smoke and mirrors." I'm not sure what you're referring to.

I may be a subject, but me is an object just like all the others.

The EU parliamentary elections have gotten some notice in the news here, mostly from the point of view that the bad guys are winning and it's more evi...

It has always struck me that the ability to treat I as me, as just another one of the things in the world, is the essence of consciousness.

I'm with @"Philosophim", I don't think what you are talking about is properly called solipsism. I think it's more a kind of idealism. I don't think it...

Disclaimer: I know a little bit about everything but not much about anything. I've read and thought a lot about Taoism - The Tao Te Ching and Chuang T...

You people have taken what was supposed to have been a fun conversation about my eclectic dinner food terminology and turned it into a hate fest of di...

My step-mother is from Cincinnati. When I was telling her about the charcuterie we ate in France, she said "those are cold cuts." Cold cuts, lunch mea...

Of course I know "Aladdin." My children were 10, 7, and 2 when it came out.

It's my understanding that the only purpose of the board is to track down and correct people who call them "cold cuts." I've also heard that this is e...

Your OP brought to mind a couple of things. First, these lyrics from an early Elvis Costello song. And then this from "Princess Bride." https://www.yo...

Welcome. Are you and evil sorcerer?

You didn't respond to my argument. The argument you make here is your usual one and has nothing to do with a veil of ignorance. No reason to take this...

That's very different from a "Veil of Ignorance." If it only means that the we can't predict the future perfectly accurately, then it's kind of a usel...

My son met his girlfriend on Tinder. They've been together for 3 years and seem like a very good match in personal values and life plans. She's a wond...

I've heard of it only in the quote and link you provided. As described there, as I noted, it does not apply to antinatalism, since when I choose to ha...

I've always assumed you wear kilts.

This doesn't make sense. How could I have a child without knowing the social conditions into which it would be born? If I were the King of Philosophy,...

We're changing your name from BC to SP for smarty pants.

Ok, but I don't understand. Moral philosophy describes how we should treat other people. How can you talk about that without talking about how it work...

I don't agree. Most philosophical thought experiments are silly. To have any value, a thought experiment should take into account the issues we see in...

Yes.

Sorry, I feel like I've waylaid your discussion. I know this wasn't the direction you wanted to take it.

Anyone who accepts anything any philosopher ever says without reflection is a fool. We're not supposed to use philosophy to tell us how to think. We'r...

How often would that type of scenario actually happen in the real world. Answer - almost never. Given that, why has this become such a centerpiece of ...

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Yes, I hate the trolley problem. It's one of those things that gives philosophy a bad name. It's nothing like any person will ever have to face in the...

You just sent me on a 30 minute Wikipedia walk through Mongol and Turkic history in central and western Asia.

[reply The thing that fascinates me is how big an impact they had on the history of Europe and China and how little we hear about them.

I'll check to see if it is available. Thanks.

I'm not going to participate in your thread because I don't agree with some of your previous points, but I really like the way you set it up. You've m...

I agree with most of what you wrote and I'm not particularly interested in getting into a discussion of the rest. I was just trying to provide some in...

That wasn't exactly my point. @"flannel jesus" wrote My response was to point out that even if created by artificial intelligence isn't art, it still ...

This is a lie.

Clinton (I assume you mean Bill) was not ousted. He completed two full terms.