Wayfarer

:up: When I was a kid, I knew about Albert Namatjira - I think one of my schoolteachers showed us his paintings, and I thought they were beautiful wor...

It was only by reason of the media flap about that particular painting that I learned anything about the artist. I didn't mean that he should try and ...

As I thought. That's the main point as far as I'm concerned. I think I get why he would be critical of the attempt to boil everything down to subject/...

I will read it some more. Kudos for you for a very carefully-composed essay. But the overall problem with analytical philosophy is its assumption of a...

Taken out of context: the point being, what is objective is supposed to be real irrespective of experience. So that, time would exist in the same mann...

I think you can post a link, can't you? It's not self-promotion if it's a philosophy article in a journal. Anyway, by all means PM. Which, of course, ...

It's not a misunderstanding, but an actualisation of potential, at least as I understand it. Form is intrinsic to identity - matter must exist as form...

But would he agree that time is inseparable from lived experience? Aren't you discussing the Ship of Theseus? Fortuitous example, considering that the...

Actually, there is something I want to add about this. I'm not referring to the 'simply subjective' which is a rather dismissive way of framing it. Th...

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Very good!

I don't much like the way Andrei Linde introduces the term 'consciousness'. I would prefer it if he stuck with 'the observer'. But then, Andrei Linde ...

It is truly a horrible painting. I don't much like Gina Reinhardt, she's Australia's richest women, heir of a massive iron ore fortune, and a Trump to...

For sure. Emphasis on 'lived'. But that is not what the OP said, and I believe it's overall mistaken. And from the horse's mouth: https://www.youtube....

Predictably, Trusk has directed vitriol at the judge who has put restrictions on DOGE: I had thought 'contempt of Court' was a thing, but I guess it's...

Well said. There's an interesting essay on Aeon.co, Who Really Won when Bergson and Einstein Debated Time? Evan Thompson. It concerns a famous debate ...

Breaking news: Congress has plainly surrendered to Trump's will. The judiciary is the last bastion, but my sense is that Trump will flout these ruling...

Somethimg which you alone can provide, hence the point of the exercise!

On second thoughts, what I will say is that I think humans alone are capable of giving explanations, and I think that this is self-evident. So if you ...

Started by Never Trumper Republican media people. Like the Lincoln Project. But all those panelists are independent of that.

I agree, and I do read The Bulwark from time to time. But they’re all disillusioned conservatives, which shows just how far MAGA has morphed from its ...

What about the warm little pond?? Where was that? :brow: We know things must be truly desperate when 180 starts posting The Bulwark.

My advice would be to start with a concise paragraph expressing the point of the essay. Then sketch out headings and sub-headings, representing the pr...

Read the question and decided, against character, to register a response.

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Hochschild has plainly bought into the alternative history, that the insurrection attempt was a peaceful protest about a stolen election with the prot...

I’m going to make a spinoff thread and respond, but it will tomorrow.

On what basis did Aristotle designate man the ‘rational animal’? The ‘faculty of reason’ is a perfectly intelligible expression, and the idea that hum...

People are voting with their wallets. Tesla sales plummet.

Fair, And they’re few in number. I find that reassuring.

It opens up horizons of being that are not availalable to other creatures, although I suppose if you don’t find that significant, there’s probably not...

That you have the faculty to have such a conversation, something which no other sentient being possesses.

Said he, reasoning.

Except for one more thing. That article by Hocschild completely ignores reality. What 'integrity'? Trump and his stooges, including the unfortunate Gu...

but I will stop posting about Trump now.

I retract nothing. As to whether USAID is going to be shut down, USAID is set to be hacked from 14,000 workers to just 294. And that is going to happe...

Which is a triviality. The mere fact of uniqueness is not at issue: species are defined in terms of uniqueness. At issue is the capacity to reason, un...

Incidentally my news feed is Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Broadcasting Authority, CNN, NY Times, WaPo, Politico, TheHill, Daily Beast, and a few ...

It’s a complete disgrace, what Musk and Trump are doing. They’re trampling over laws, Congressional authority, and accepted practice. This is the man ...

When I studied Hume as an undergrad, I was introduced to the idea of a priori truths, the standard example being that a bachelor is unmarried - becaus...

He seems a decent fellow, but if actually was, he’d resign immediately. Read for yourself what's actually happening: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp...

‘Time is God’s way of making sure everything doesn’t happen at once’ ~ anonymous

Large scale internment camps of 'hostile aliens' are an immanent possibility. Trump has already ordered construction of one at Guantamo Bay, to accomo...

The next really big part of this crisis will be the budget resolutions and debt ceiling negotiations, middle of next month (beware the Ides of March).

I'm frankly very scared about it. A lot of people (including my dear other) think I'm overdoing it, but I think we're looking at the worst global cris...

If not, a screenwriter, based on that scenario. As far as the police, military and intelligence community goes, how much loyalty do you think they'll ...

The unfortunate fact is that America has elected a President who hates Government and is also really bad at governing. Trump’s power grabs will go on ...

Quite. A passage from a powerful essay that I will sometimes cite. (It was originally published online as a reaction to 9/11, by a Californian Zen tea...

As I've introduced this idea of there being an ontological difference or discontinuity between humans and other animals I will attempt to justify and ...