I think you are correct in saying that to be part of the academic world of philosophy you have to adhere to majority opinion. I know quite a few profe...
I read your reply to Benj 96 and it made me think while I was unable to sleep. What that led me to conclude was that there certain facts which are con...
I am not against your principle but I think the truth may be more complex. Is history linear or cycles.?Who are we in the scheme of it all? If it is c...
The point you are making that time is defined by one's perceptual threshold is the exact issue. This gives way for many possibilities and even Nietzsc...
Fact can be seen as a concrete dimension but it all depends on perspectives and distortions too. We are assaulted by the baseline of factual reality, ...
Yes, and perhaps this relates to Nietzsche' s idea of eternal recurrence. I am not saying that I think the idea of eternal is a one hundred per cent a...
Perhaps philosophy needs to be about real life and not just a pastime of speculation. Perhaps philosophy is about speculation not as a hobby but as a ...
But you forget that philosophy is not the esteemed profession of all times. It is the fool of academia. Psychology has its clinical pathways but philo...
I am a bit saddened by your thought that philosophical thought will not be made from this forum because it is so alive with issues at the heart of thi...
My comment was written just now, so I don't know why it is showing up as 7 days ago. Perhaps time is collapsing amidst the techno glamour of the broke...
BONO, THE BIGGEST EGO I am a fan of physical music, especially music shops which are in steady decline. Believe it or not, I am the CD king, as I beli...
I am wondering why you want to delete what you have said. It seems like ripping up diaries and notebooks. I am sure that I have written plenty of inad...
I am not sure if my reply will be of any use, but I am just saying that I used to have a lot of soliptist fantasies, as a child mainly. I used to imag...
As far as I see it, the issue is how to focus thoughts. Some people dwell a lot on the past. I am inclined to worry about the future too much. I do te...
I am not sure if I have any tips but I think the people who seem to get the most replies are the ones who are most controversial. Often I don't get th...
Some people seem to always know what they want. I remember even at school people who had really clear plans. I was never like that because I have alwa...
I don't use Spotify but my current recommendations are a compilation by the goth band, Bauhaus, a bit of indie from the latest Lemon Twigs album , wit...
I guess that I just need to avoid typing responses when I am tired or had a couple of glasses of wine. Others make mistakes but I am accountable for a...
I don't want to do anything at the present time. If anything, I was surprised that I was becoming famous after long periods in which I did not seem to...
I do believe that the internet is a means of overcoming certain biases. However in some ways the issues of intersex, transgender and non binary identi...
Perhaps this thread created late at night was too spontaneous. It was intended to get people thinking but perhaps it was too vague. In which case, I w...
I just wish to add that I do not wish to add that I do not wish to project onto antinatalist and need to own my own carelessness and typos. But, I wil...
I don't want to have to go that far. I did disclose a bit too much personally in my first responses but try to remain a bit cautious. The point I am m...
I often make mistakes when typing on my phone. Sometimes it may be eyesight problems and even a bit of Freudian slips but I think others can be prejud...
One thing I discovered recently was that everything we disclose on this site shows up on Google. I have disclosed quite a bit about myself and just ha...
I would say that a mixture of both. I am open about my interests in most situations, but have to be reserved if I am working. Also, I tone things down...
Surely, all versions of the truth are biased. It is not possible to be without biases. I will admit my own: art, punk, metal and alternative music, fa...
In a way you could say that all the circumstances of the current time are repeats of previous ones. Nevertheless, I think that the sum total of circum...
I am not saying that I do not understand at all what you mean when you say that you wonder what is coming next. I think that we are at an atrocious po...
I am not wishing to get rid of building blocks but I just think we need to look deeper and the idea of a binary has not been inclusive enough. I think...
I think that you answered your own question in clause I in saying that the will allowed you something personal and special and it is up to you to get ...
I think that we try to believe that we are rational but most of us are following the prompts of our subjective wishes, which are often far from ration...
I think you replied to the wrong person because it was me who wrote the comment. It is fine if you wish to hold onto conventional categories of man an...
I can't think that it would be more unpleasant than some other subjects. I can remember how miserable I felt at about age 10 to have a double period o...
I think that it would be a good idea because it would enable ideas to be addressed openly rather than leaving children struggling alone with ideas. In...
Your comment about gender seems really fundamentalist in saying God created humans as Adam and Eve, a primary binary construction. How about a gender ...
I do consider think we are already in a post-apocalyptic age. The people I know are already in day to day survival mode. At times I am tempted to cave...
I am not an expert on antinatalism and have not read many authors apart from this site. I really cannot understand their point of view but realise thi...
I am not really in disagreement with your point about people will always be arguing that others are being treated unequally. I think that the problems...
I don't think that it is all negative. The suffering of many in the world at the time of Covid_19 is leading to a lot of questioning. Nothing can be t...
I have been rereading Huxley's Brave New World today and in the foreword I discovered that he says, 'in an age of advancement technology, inefficiency...
But people are waking up to social inequalities more than ever in the time of Covid_19. Perhaps philosophy will be part of the ethical dilemmas of our...
I think your point about St Paul's talk of the spiritual body is something that a lot of Christians do not take on board fully. Many seem to exaggerat...
I think the whole social calls for equality are a bit different from previous ones because the people are more aware than previous generations in the ...
Well, I was the sinner last night. I was staying with my mum and while responding to a thread on this site my mum came rushing up the stairs and said ...
On the other hand, rather than conquering battles it is better to live extreme existentialist dramas as the raw material for artistic creation. Life w...
So, are you saying that the existential understanding of reality is not helpful? I find writers such as Nietsche, Sartre and Camus very helpful in ena...
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