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This is the same problem with space as there may be with time. The Planck length is the smallest unit of length, approximately equal to 1.616 x 10^-35...

I am assuming by temporal duration we mean that time itself cannot be reduced to a moment in time. As the Planck length is the smallest measurable uni...

Still clinging to what was asked for in guideline 4) "Must fall under the broad category of a philosophical essay." Still clinging to the meaning of t...

I know about my environment because I can see trees and mountains. But my experience of temporal duration only exists in my mind, and is not something...

As a philosophical essay, this paper lacks a clear introductory thesis. No matter how interesting each part may be, there is no clear thesis that draw...

From the Merriam Webster Dictionary, "perceive" can mean i) to attain awareness or understanding of, ii) to become aware of through the senses. As reg...

I agree that "my experience" is a part of my being human, not being something separate. But is it the case that my experiences are a part of me as my ...

Probably so, in that I am not explaining myself very well. Trying analogies: i) can one hand wash itself, ii) can a snooker ball at rest start to move...

I exist within a world of trees and mountains, but I am external to these trees and mountains. The problem arises when I am not external to what I exp...

Dante and the deflation of reason. It could be that reason within the modern era is less admirable than reason in the medieval world of Dante, and the...

How can I perceive a duration if I exist within this duration? I have an experience of the present, and this experience might be a moment of time or m...

That is avoiding the question. The author describes the Authoritarian Liberty Paradox as, for example, a worldview that denounces power while glorifyi...

If there is no moment in time, then I cannot exist at any particular moment in time If there is a duration of time, then I can only exist within this ...

I don't understand where the paradox comes from. If someone denounces power yet glorifies an individual that wields power they could be called a hypoc...

I have read some of the comments and it might be that an opportunity is being missed For example, one could ask whether the writing is in fact philoso...

It is not about crimes committed. It is about, as you said:

It doesn't need to be a lot to make a problem, a few is sufficient. That there are not a lot of deaths in road traffic accidents in London on a partic...

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Our daily lives are more impacted by radical institutionalism than radical individualism. The hermit in Alaska, as an example of radical individualism...

Yes, radical positions are not helpful, whether radical individualism or radical institutionalism. Voyeurism might be a less radical explanation. Even...

So it seems to me. Neither radical individualism nor radical institutionalism.

Just ask a man!!! :rofl:

Also the Supreme Court in the UK, who have judged that legally the term "woman" means a biological woman. Baroness Falkner, who heads the watchdog tha...

:100: I agree. Who would want authoritarianism. Common sense is better.

Who could disagree with the title? Who could not dislike a public figure who says that they support liberty but in practice is an authoritarian. No on...

Do you have a better example? Not wanting a man who self-identifies as a woman into teenage girls' changing rooms is more an example of common sense t...

What is the subject of this essay? The author's thesis states that "This essay argues that radical individualism is less a coherent political philosop...

Within this writing are two distinct and independent topics. Topic one is saying that radical individualism as a political philosophy is both flawed a...

Is this a philosophical essay? A philosophical essay makes a claim and then defends it. Where does the author defend their claim? Where does the autho...

The Authoritarian Liberty Paradox There seem to be three main points in this essay. Point 1. The author is opposed to Nozick's Entitlement Theory, whi...

Do you have any evidence that they are attacking and tearing down those institutions that brought them fortune, power and fame? I am always willing to...

The Authoritarian Liberty Paradox I have the following comments just on the introduction to the paper. ===============================================...

:100: After all, we are not a secret society.

I also liked the paper, and liked that it was clearly written. As Prof. Adrian Piper wrote in his article "Ten Commandments of Philosophical Writing" ...

"This paper argues that ungrounded certainties enable knowledge, rather than undermining it, and that hinges and Gödel's unprovable statements serve a...

Yes, it is hard to imagine that if time exists there would be any reason for it to end.

Suppose a stationary snooker ball on a snooker table is hit by a snooker cue at position zero and travels 1 metre in 2 seconds. When the snooker ball ...

Doesn't this lead to a logical contradiction? In an instant of time, by definition, there is no before or after. That is why it is an instant of time.

P1) Physical and experience exist and they are subject to change P2) Experience is due to the existence of physical and the change in the state of phy...

The question is, whilst there is probably general agreement that we can perceive (see) a tree at one moment in time, can we perceive (see) a tree pers...

It depends what is meant by perceive. It can mean to see something, such as "I perceive a tree in the distance". It can mean to know something, such a...

There is the metaphysical problem of the possibility of subjective duration in the mind within an objective moment in time in the world. In Kant's ter...

From 1), the present is an instant. From 2), the present is a duration. Many words have more than one meaning. For example, "bank" may mean a) a finan...

The question as to how the subjective duration of time in the mind relates to objective moments of time in the world has been around since at least Ka...

There is the present within the mind of an observer. Thinking about present experience, past memories and future implications. There is the present in...

Recollections of the past and implications of the future must exist in the present, in the "now". But doesn't that mean that it is in the present wher...

I agree. It seems so. When I hear the clock strike for the second time, I have the retention (memory) of the clock striking for the first time and the...

What is the physical reality of time? Let us start by ignoring quantum mechanics contribution to this problem, because as you wrote "Likewise Roger Pe...

In my present, my "now", are not only my recollections of the past, but also my anticipations of the future. In this sense, my "now" does include the ...

There are articles that describe how meditation can alter how we perceive the passing of time, for example "Meditation May Change the Way We Perceive ...