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You too can 'read between the lines'. :wink:

But is it? Naturalism loosely concerns what can be known objectively, made subject to scientific hypotheses and measured mathematically. I don't see a...

:up: I will chip in here, even though the objection was not addressed to me, as I've taken the time to read material about biosemiosis, Howard Pattee,...

I only learned of Leo Strauss through this forum, by means of a previous contributor, Apollodorus. I've subsequently read the SEP entry and recently f...

I first encountered it in my late teens through a pamphlet on the Teachings of Ramana Maharishi. I went on to read a lot of related books - in those d...

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You're not seeing the point. The original question was in respect of: Here, you're trying to rationalise 'goodness' in terms of physics, where 'servin...

Steven Bannon, en route to prison, today: “Trump’s Thursday (debate) was a Pyrrhic victory. … You’re going to take out a guy you know you can beat and...

??nyat? is not a metaphysical posit. That was the only point.

Co-incidentally there might be a superficial resemblance. There's a theme in pre-modern philosophy, which is that reason, the capacity of intellect (n...

I was listening to a talk by Michel Bitbol yesterday, in which he tore strips off Frithjof Capra (in a friendly way): 'the language of physics is math...

Bernardo Kastrup is worth becoming acquainted with if you want to know something about current philosophical idealism. Interview here. (His organisati...

But isn’t the implicit end-point of this process non-existence? The ‘heat death’ of the universe?

Plato couldn’t have said it better.

With some apprehension, I will challenge that. I think it's basically grounded in the assumptions of scientific realism. Which is OK - so long as it's...

He's just a spoiler. Pity the worm didn't have a better appetite.

I still reckon there's a possiblity that if a new nominee appeared at the eleventh hour, there could be a huge rush to them, just on account of him/he...

No, but I think it was cherry-picked by many of them. As you probably know, Jim Jordan has tried to take the Justice Department and Attorney General t...

Bingo. That, I think, is near to what 'the idea' stands for in Schop's World as Will and Idea. And that goes right back to the origin of metaphysics i...

He did. Ronny someone. Got that reward for being a compliant flunky and saying good things about the Orange Emperor. That'll guarantee you a place in ...

But isn't that itself a consequence of the kind of relativism that you're calling into question? What has been thrown into doubt is the whole category...

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His most recent medical examination report published by the White House. The substance won't matter, though. Perception is everything, especially in t...

He's never been a fluent speaker and has often been prone to verbal slips. I presume as the President that he's is subject to regular medical examinat...

Regrettably, Trump seemed vigorous and not affected by age in that debate. Sure, he spouted a fire-hydrant of lies, boasts and hyperbole, as always. I...

I really don't believe Biden is senile, but he is undoubtedly enfeebled by his age. I'm now rather hoping that he is found medically ineligible to con...

He certainly gives them plenty of ammo. Hey there's a remark in today's Herald story which caught my eye, concerning the allegations of sexual assault...

Another less-than-complimentary profile in today's Herald. Andrew O'Hagan was contracted to ghost-write a bio of Assange. The project fell apart due t...

To which the philosophia perennis would respond, ‘well, there’s your problem! As everything physical is compound and subject to decay, then your ident...

If you don’t mind my stepping in: one response that comes to mind is from Arthur Schopenhauer. There’s a section of a book, Schopenhaur’s Philosophy, ...

Thanks for looking at it, I appreciate your feedback. But I’d like to think that the essay is compatible with the canonical idealists, such as Berkele...

I did find out that the name ‘Nosferatu’ is Romanian for ‘the insufferable one.’

Excellent profile in today’s SMH https://www.smh.com.au/national/difficult-paranoid-and-polarising-dissecting-the-contradiction-that-is-julian-assange...

I said when the thread was re-opened, that Assange has effectively served his time and that it was good that he has been able to return to Australia. ...

That’s what Assange’s supporters say, but the truth can’t be known. Many of those whose names were disclosed were in places like Iraq and Afghanistan ...

Take a look at The Mind-Created World.

I think that’s a misrepresentation of idealism. None of the canonical idealist philosophers believe that only my mind is real. There’s a book that cau...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnEoVzLKNPw

Unfortunately, I have to agree. Trump undoubtedly makes for better television, which is what counts, now that truth no longer matters. :brow: There we...

I meant, I don't have evidence of it, because the 'large media organisations' would generally be extremely careful about publishing such materials, if...

But you seem to be leaning towards an idealist view yourself. Can you say why you're not?

CNN just lobbed the question to Donald Trump about Jan 6th. First of all he completely ducked it, attacking Biden over the border, and then he tried t...

Maybe the fact that they didn't! Ever see that excellent Speilberg movie with Meryl Streep as Katherine Graham, owner of the Washington Post, over the...

I've only read press pieces and profiles, over the years. Liz Lette was on ABC talkback the other day, saying he used to stay with her and Geoffrey Ro...

Because if they did, the publishers and journalists would like have been prosecuted under the Official Secrets act. Let's not overlook the fact that t...

Didn't see that. I said already, I believe Assange has paid the price for what he did, and that it's great to see his ordeal come to an end. But I'm v...

That's the question I'm asking. I did comment that the NY Times, Guardian, etc, would probably not have published classified documents stolen from mil...