Okay, after re-reading this I do sense some problems with attempting to contrast the two. For one thing, the attempt to shape public opinion has almos...
I may very well be wrong here, but it seems like the liar believes in objective truth (even while misrepresenting it) while the bullshitter thinks tha...
I found this quote from Karl Rove interesting. Rove was one of GW Bush's advisors, I believe. "...when we act, we create our own reality. And while yo...
My main objection to the notion that we're just now moving towards a "post truth" world--especially within context of politics--is that it implies tha...
Feel free to contact me anytime through PM. Not that I'd be of much help, mind you, but much of what you've written here resonates with me. I do think...
You actually sound pretty sane to me, Wosret. Much of what you wrote here seems pretty consistent with the constant internal dialogue that I'd imagine...
I think I understand the spirit behind your inquiries on grades and salaries, Meta, but I'm not quite sure what a viable alternative would be which co...
I'm almost positive Thorongil's reasons for including Heraclitus are much different than mine, but I mainly appreciate H's insight into the nature of ...
This sounds like a very reasonable position to take, and neither side in this debate should try to impose its standards on the other, especially when ...
Like others, I think I'm having a hard time understanding your question, MadFool. Speaking for myself, I find the notion of white supremacy to be extr...
That Thanatos would assume that I was ONLY referring to anti-white rhetoric in what I wrote, and 'clearly' so, simply because I interpreted what he sa...
Yes, clearly so. That was perhaps the most uncharitable, and unnecessarily hostile, reading of my posts that I've ever seen in the 15 years or so of p...
You want me to quote the numerous times in this thread where I made very obvious acknowledgements that racism against POC exists, and that the grievan...
Kinda pissed to be honest that you so grossly misrepresented what I said, and clearly didn't make a genuine attempt to engage in dialogue, or offer em...
But let me ask you one thing: If white people aren't mostly attacking POC, does that mean that racism is non-existent among the vast majority of white...
There's an obvious misunderstanding here, which is fine, but accusing me of racial bias for suggesting that racial animosity-- on BOTH sides, which I ...
I do hope you're right about this, Thanatos Sand, but it just seems to me that with the presidencies of both Obama and now Trump we've become more rac...
Holy crap I haven't been around for a bit and missed this. Seems I struck a nerve. I'll play devil's advocate for a minute if you're still around and ...
Not sure if this is the case. There's a ton of racial resentment--admittedly on 'both' sides these days--based upon historical grievances. Identity po...
I think the question makes more sense if you separate race from culture, and assume that there are such relatively stable things as black and white cu...
I answered 'maybe' and 'other,' but I'll acknowledge my inability to articulate any definite position on the matter, other than to say that I do think...
But it doesn't it seem, @"StreetlightX", that the term 'social construct' is tinged with a certain sense of arbitrariness? Even more than arbitrarines...
I can relate to this. Generally speaking, I would say that I'm on the Left when it comes to economic issues but tend towards the Right when it comes t...
I certainly feel like Nietzsche adhered to a very specific metaphysical framework, one which determines his opinions/valuations on things like Christi...
As for my very underdeveloped and largely intuitive views on the matter, I appreciate the 'truth' of perspectivism but also feel that some perspective...
This is probably a really dumb question, but doesn't the claim that notions of truth are social constructs imply that the person making such a claim h...
Ha! That sort of sincerity, stepping away at the apex of power after lying to get there, would be some sort of Nietzschean overman-type thing. Not goi...
Wow, it's been a long time since I've checked this thread and a lot has transpired since then. I don't even recall much of the previous discussion, an...
Dreyfus also played an important role in making Heidegger (at least somewhat) accessible to analytically-inclined American philosophers, thus beginnin...
As I see it, one need not privilege Being or Nothing but can instead see that the two are intimately and necessarily related. If that interconnection ...
I finally have a little bit of time to address some of these very interesting points you brought up. I continue to think that in each of these cases t...
That sounds like a play on Heidegger's brief biographical sketch of Aristotle: He was born, he worked, and he died. I'm assuming he was trying to shie...
I always liked the story about him, upon hearing that a young PhD student had dropped out of school after realizing he had nothing important to contri...
Interesting answers. Good to get different perspectives on such an important matter. I'm biased against narrow notions of success that are inculcated ...
Well, when Trump proposes to implement policies designed to prevent the free press from doing it's job, and starts jailing dissidents, or worse, havin...
Agreed. But I say we should also admit that Trump's lunacy has stirred up a corresponding willingness to twist 'facts' amongst many media members. He'...
But it's not that specific evil acts committed are, or have been, on the 'same' level, but rather that the perception that the US is the 'good guy' an...
And the notion of post-truth originated on the Left, philosophically at least with Po-Mo's like Foucault who equated 'truth' with power. I don't agree...
I don't know, Wayfarer, I respect where you're coming from and do believe you're genuine in your concerns. No question at all about that IMO. I disagr...
Hahaha...yeah, I may very well be more open to the idea of multiple truths being possible in the realm of politics than the average partisan, who will...
Hahaha...yeah, I may very well be more open to the possibility of multiple truths in the realm of politics than the average partisan, who will basical...
Not necessarily, although it does seem to me that this is the way many people think nowadays. We should also be cautious of the contrary idea that any...
@"Metaphysician Undercover" I rather like the example of Socrates to help explain what you're getting at. Makes a bit of sense, although it does seem ...
Missed this earlier. This is an interesting issue which seems to have a long philosophical history going back to Plato's Sophist. Let's not forget Nie...
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