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Psychologists say that self-interest is indeed inescapable. As for the soft and hard versions, it is rather not about different versions but about dif...

I don't want to rant about anyone. I too do things that I know are right, but it doesn't make me uncomfortable - quite the opposite. I wasn't passing ...

I believe that you get a good feeling about it, and a good feeling is more than NOTHING. It represents a value in itself, and not a small one.

People interpret some of these motivations as being selfless, but in truth there is no such thing as selfless motivation.

True, but not meaningless. Why should it be?

But then why did you contradict yourself by your previous assertions: "I will never meet anyone who benefitted from it or gain anything more than a sl...

If I interpret Tucholsky correctly, he does not want to show how morality works, but rather that it does not work at all, at least not for adult peopl...

You're right about that, but if it can refer to anything, it can also refer to morality. As for the context, there is none, since it is an aphorism th...

Hi, Philosophim, that's exactly what I meant: you donate because it's better for you.

And I don't think it's accurate to say that Hume intended to show that Newton was wrong. I think that his intention was completely different.

I think things are simpler than they appear in this discussion. For my part, I believe that one can very well make predictions based on scientific cal...

Hi, Undercover, I'm starting to get it. :smile: You agree with Hume about identifying the problem, but you believe there is a solution, now do I have ...

But that is word for word exactly what Hume says. I thought you were against Hume's thesis. :chin:

To better understand my point of view, I would like to give an example: The electric attraction between an electron and a proton can be described by C...

Hi @"Count Timothy von Icarus", thank you for your very interesting post. I am not the man to say that information about the past could not convince m...

@"Metaphysician Undercover", @"Ludwig V", @"Count Timothy von Icarus" Please tell me what your rationale is for believing that the future will resembl...

You are right, the assumption about the future cannot be justified by experience either, it cannot be justified by anything.

@"Count Timothy von Icarus" @"Metaphysician Undercover" I believe that Hume meant to say that in mathematics we can gain new knowledge by mere thinkin...

@"Metaphysician Undercover" Ok, let's suppose Hume is wrong. Then try to solve the following problem: A billiard ball rolls toward a second billiard b...

@"Metaphysician Undercover" Why do you have to keep clinging to single words like "reasoning"? Hume also uses other expressions for what he means, suc...

What Hume What Hume meant to say is this: when you observe an unknown process for the first time in your life, say the encounter between two unknown c...

Indeed, I did not intend to describe brain-mind identity theory. I do not hold that brain and mind are identical, rather that mind is a function of th...

@"Metaphysician Undercover" Finally I understand that you are not criticizing my interpretation of Hume, but Hume himself. I am so relieved because I ...

I do not find that it is an inductive inference, because it is not an inference from particular cases to the general case. It is more likely to be a c...

Like indirectly supporting Putin. For example, right-wing and left-wing extremists are united in calling for an end to supporting the Ukrainians' stru...

It is a pity that we cannot invite Hume for a talk, but fortunately he has given us his thoughts in writing. I quote from the Stanford Encyclopedia of...

There is consensus among brain researchers that the relationship between neuron activity and mental experiences is one that goes beyond casual correla...

You are right. What I said is because I have noticed that both right-wing and left-wing radicals get along very well when it comes to restricting citi...

I hope no one minds that I'm getting in late. I apologize if I repeat something already said. I don't care about communism and capitalism as much as I...

@"Metaphysician Undercover" I am sorry to say that I cannot see any connection between Hume's thesis on causality and your post. :sad:

Of course, the same applies for the causal link between brain activity and mental experiences as for any other causal relationship: no cause, no effec...

If I understand it correctly, Hume is not criticizing the postulation of causal relations per se, (such as friction and heat), rather he is commenting...

Amazing as I find it, I got the impression that Hume is saying that causation is NOT founded on reason. He says: In my understanding, "can never" is a...

If it's not interesting, it's still quite controversial, especially among philosophers. :smile: How can you prove your claim that consciousness occurs...

@"bert1" It's less about conclusions and more about the repeated observation that brain activity always and invariably precedes mental experiences suc...

Hey guys, let's get back to the topic. Let's put aside Hume's opinion on causality and instead focus on mental experiences, or qualia. Although neuros...

I don't know Jaegwon Kim, but if he holds that there are higher levels above the physical realm, then I certainly don't think like him.

This is exactly what Hume wants to say: that we do not properly understand why the same cause is always followed by the same effect. I am sorry to say...

Hume does not say that custom or habit is the cause of something but rather he is saying that our knowledge of the relation between cause and effect i...

@"Wayfarer" These two statements do not contradict each other, as you may imply. The first one only says that thoughts are always preceded by a specif...

I disagree. I tend to follow Hume's view that causality is based neither on logical necessity nor on inductive and deductive reasoning, but on custom ...

"Reduced" does not mean "made equivalent to" but rather "explained by" and it does not mean that the brain is seen as identical to its thoughts and fe...

I would not speak of a different level of explanation, but rather of a different kind of communication: a metaphorical one that should not be confused...

I don't think there are higher and lower levels of reality, instead I do believe there are only different perspectives on one and the same reality.

The idea of panpsychism seems rather strange to me, not to mention that the truth of this idea cannot be verified or falsified.

In my view there is only one real form of causation: physical causation. All other forms are metaphorical or attributional.

As we know from brain research, an idea is not caused by other ideas but by brain activities. These activities remain unknown to us for the majority, ...

Aha, you're a panpsychist, right? My assumption was a different one: That all functions of our brain would also be possible without any personal exper...

I have often asked myself this question, albeit in a different variant: "Couldn't the human brain perform its functions even without consciousness?" a...

A variety of sciences? I thought it was just biology alone.