Thanks for your kind words. Science tells us about the world as it appears to us. Phenomenology tells us about ourselves and the ways we experience th...
How do you know that is true? It's possible that life and then consciousness emerged from nothing more than physical complexity. We just don't know, a...
The original meaning was "after physics" as that was Aristotle's book after his book Physics. Since then metaphysics as traditionally understood has b...
Is it necessary to know what the brain is doing, neurally speaking, in order to know what we think and to assess whether or not it is rational? No amo...
I'm not trolling you. I gave you an argument and you return to me with an ad hominem and an unjustified rhetorical assertion, I assume because you can...
It seems that numbers are generalized extrapolations from ( mostly visually ) encountered objects of the senses. Over there to the right I see two lam...
Haven't you realized yet that metaphysical principles do not find justification in logic or empirical investigation, and that they therefore have to a...
I don't think the issue is all that complex; it's just the usual territorial wrangling. Of course there are two sides to look at. So what, I'm not par...
:up: Yep, what astounds me in all this outpouring of (probably mostly poorly informed) opinion about moral culpability on one side or the other in thi...
That may well be true, but doesn't apply to my case, since I wasn't getting heated. I was merely pointing out what I thought was an inconsistency with...
If I am on a desert island I may be frightened; concerned about being able to survive. If there is plenty of food, I doubt I will be bored, but I may ...
Joe, it seems that you have not come to realize that one persons profound experience and realization, no matter how profound and real it might seem to...
Linguistic paradigms are ever-changing; they are not determinate objects. Even if they were not constantly evolving, who could be qualified to establi...
All I can say is that if boredom lies at the root of your existence then your existence lacks a certain serenity and creative sensibility. You would b...
It seems we are pretty much in agreement, Garrett, on the most pressing issues at least. I haven't heard of the "Dirigisme thing" before, but I'll cer...
His discussion of capitalism is not explicit, but implicit in his critique of technology and the understanding of nature as a "standing reserve", as I...
I don't imagine that rationality, fair-mindedness, social justice and commonsense will necessarily win out (they may or may not), but I doubt that Epi...
What I've said is that the idea of liberating women (and slaves and the oppressed in general) does not come from him, and would have been around witho...
It's coming from the thought that even though rationality is uncommon, natural human diversity suggests that it is plausible to think it exists and ha...
Rubbish...the inclusion of women in "important affairs" is largely on account of women's movements. The US has been well behind some other countries i...
That it is"stolen" from Epicurus is an overblown claim. Being inclusive of women in important affairs is (not so common) commonsense and social justic...
I don't think seeing it that way is a matter of cultural context, but of phenomenological clarity; of getting our categories straight. That said I wou...
I agree that such intuition as a sign of truth is an imaginable possibility. Whether or not we place our faith in such intuitions as revelatory is jus...
No, it's not correct to say that I'm speaking from the natural attitude. If you think I am then you are misunderstanding what I'm saying. I don't say ...
This reminds me of Spinoza, who understood God/Nature as being one substance possessing infinite attributes of which only two "extensa" and "cogitans"...
Platitudes won't get you there, unfortunately. Perhaps educate yourself further. This might help orient your thinking (it's free to download): https:/...
A small and relatively insignificant corner of his philosophy. If you find that part the most interesting, then by all means read that, and refrain fr...
Heidegger presents many interesting insights, but of course they won't be interesting if you are not interested. What could be more obvious than that?...
They can assess behavior according to some criteria, but they cannot know the other's experience and hence cannot know that the other (even granting t...
How could anyone know that God exists (as opposed to feeling or believing deeply that he does)? Do you know that God exists? If not then how do you kn...
It means that it wasn't created, didn't come into existence at some time and place. I'm not saying I believe that, but it is undeniably a logical poss...
Yeah, you may be right. I've had a bit of to and fro with Bartricks, and he is an odd one with a very weird conception of reason and what it entitles ...
"Premise 2: I am harmed by the event of my death when it occurs" . This premise assumes that I exist at the time of my death, which is also your concl...
In the above argument you assume both that you exist at the time of your death and that you are harmed by the event of your death. You say " I am harm...
I don't agree with your logic. People are afraid of death (apart from the being afraid of the suffering that dying might entail) because it is the unk...
Agreed. So, do you think any knowledge of objects with infinite properties is possible at all, or are we confined to examining the logical implication...
You seem to be saying that we should recognize that true and false propositions are so only contextually, not absolutely. If that is what you are sayi...
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