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Well you haven't really made an argument or given evidence so what else is there to do? Nope, it's expressed by another person, the note didn't write ...
March 29, 2025 at 02:55
It's not and the mental contents are in the note that is why they wrote it, that's also how poetry works among other writing. The note is not alone or...
March 29, 2025 at 02:13
Not really no. The note is just the medium, it's someone else interacting with us. The note is just a note. We understand what it means by what we kno...
March 29, 2025 at 01:20
I don't think the note has an active role in anything, it's just a note. We know what it means because we know what the words mean. It's that simple. ...
March 29, 2025 at 00:47
None of that is really related to the points in the original about purpose and meaning. And I didn't really understand what they were saying in that b...
March 28, 2025 at 22:11
Yeah that's what I thought, or had some instinct towards that. When I reread his stuff it doesn't really track that well.
March 28, 2025 at 18:42
I don't know if intent is really true here, seems like meaning and purpose go hand in hand. You can't create purpose without meaning and a purpose mea...
March 28, 2025 at 17:46
Like...what you don't understand is that "construction" and the meaning we make is the real you as well as the feelings, sensations, and drives of the...
March 17, 2025 at 21:40
Not really, again for reasons I said. There is nothing that flows out of it, it’s just one part. The feelings and sensations and drives of you (becaus...
March 13, 2025 at 18:11
Oh, it was just unclear. I normally just care about philosophy that helps me live well mostly, call it pragmatism. Stuff like "how do we know anything...
March 13, 2025 at 05:24
Uhhh...ok...
March 12, 2025 at 17:40
Me either, the irony stuff in that post sounds more like the Buddhist idea of dependent arising, especially the part about taking sadness to know what...
March 12, 2025 at 06:52
It's not and that doesn't answer the question. But that's not what it is at the root, it's not a positive feeling. Also unnable isn't a word. It's not...
March 12, 2025 at 01:59
Yeah, by now I should know better than to go there. Even just looking at his profile raises some red flags to be honest. Then you likely wouldn't get ...
March 12, 2025 at 01:34
I think it does make sense but some people like to insist otherwise, so far no one has been able to show you can't define it. But if things didn't mak...
March 12, 2025 at 01:19
That made even less sense then your original comment. Irony isn't a feeling, it's something we can define and point out. It's not impossible to define...
March 12, 2025 at 01:15
Almost reminds me of nihilism and the making of meaning and how I thought we lived a fantasy world of our own creation by pretending all these things ...
March 12, 2025 at 00:36
Well he seems to think differently, though in my view if irony is based on expectation then nothing is ironic if you have no expectations. That's why ...
March 12, 2025 at 00:20
Ummm, in English? I think we can define metaphor with betraying the meaning, otherwise you couldn't use it. There also is no contradiction in defining...
March 11, 2025 at 21:00
The other thing I’m thinking about is how he might be saying we live in a fantasy world and not reality because we made all the concepts and ideas use...
March 11, 2025 at 19:38
I'm not sure what you mean.
March 11, 2025 at 17:52
Who knows, I’m still trying to work out what the dude means and if it’s just a bit about our attempts to make sense of things.
March 11, 2025 at 16:40
But what you said isn't what I'm getting at what I think he means by irony. Especially in light of some other stuff he has posted: https://www.quora.c...
March 11, 2025 at 04:11
I don’t think you got what I meant by my reply. Ironic means the opposite happening of what’s intended, but he’s saying you can’t define what it is. A...
March 11, 2025 at 02:52
Probably not, but I'm easily influenced. Though I did come across this while reading up on irony: https://cdn.theatlantic.com/media/archives/1913/03/1...
March 11, 2025 at 02:01
I guess I’m just wondering if what he means is accurate or not, or just nuts. The part about irony not being able to be defined according to him kinda...
March 11, 2025 at 01:52
Also I think it's changing the context changes the perspective, not changing the perspective changes the context.
March 11, 2025 at 00:37
This is incorrect. Whitehead was not an idealist nor is he considered one. His view is that of panpsychism or close to it, not idealism. Both however ...
February 21, 2025 at 19:01
He's wrong on pretty much everything and you can literally google it. I told you to stop believing them as they're often either wrong or grossly butch...
February 20, 2025 at 23:05
This is, not true, again. Matter and energy are interchangeable under certain conditions like high energy, also energy is not a concept...again. You'r...
February 20, 2025 at 23:04
Pro Tip: if Gnomon said it then it’s probably either wrong or severely misunderstood. They don’t even read their links (I know because one was a direc...
February 20, 2025 at 20:04
This is not true, energy is physical but not an “object”. This dude just posts stuff from google AI (which is terrible by the way) and doesn’t actuall...
February 20, 2025 at 20:00
I kinda got that notion from it too, that things can be process all the way down. It does explain why Whitehead had to ground his in god to make it wo...
February 19, 2025 at 22:55
So is this an argument against process philosophy?
February 19, 2025 at 21:42
I think they’re just bitter that people don’t acknowledge Nietzsche’s wisdom even though I have read his stuff and looked on his life and found it odd...
February 19, 2025 at 17:55
Trigger is an accurate word here
February 19, 2025 at 15:21
Kinda shows he didn't understand the teachings or Christianity, like I said, easy to see through. You seem to be bothered by this though. No, people a...
February 18, 2025 at 01:45
No I just see through his philosophy an know it doesn't address the existential questions of meaning.
February 18, 2025 at 01:25
I’ve read enough of him to know his philosophy doesn’t work in practice and he never lived up to it. Not to mention his care depended on people not fo...
February 18, 2025 at 01:01
It’s still not the case. Any sorta value system you would use to come to that determination is based on emotion. It’s like Hume mentioned reason being...
February 17, 2025 at 21:37
I mean you never really had an argument other than indignation so it wasn’t hard.
February 17, 2025 at 19:47
You can disagree but you’d be wrong. Suicide is rooted in emotion same as philosophy. Wanting to end pain is emotional.
February 17, 2025 at 19:47
The man himself had a life that was effectively a downward spiral that ended with him having to be taken care of by others. He transfigured nothing. I...
February 17, 2025 at 19:02
I wouldn’t say he overcome anything since he didn’t really embody the philosophy he preached.
February 17, 2025 at 18:25
Nietzsche isn’t the best example given how his life turned out. He was wrong.
February 17, 2025 at 18:09
You can’t really remove emotion and man made ethics or morality from it since wanting to off yourself is rooted in such things
February 17, 2025 at 17:35
Last time I tried to dive into it I couldn’t understand a word of it, so I just ask people. So what does that mean exactly? You’re not really telling ...
February 14, 2025 at 00:11
Way to illustrate my point behind a lot of the misunderstandings behind QM. But again none of this is relevant nor answers my questions so you’ve effe...
February 13, 2025 at 23:23
This assumes you know what you’re talking about, which from the replies wouldn’t suggest it.
February 13, 2025 at 23:01
I just ask people who know better, I don’t have the time or money for a degree. Not that any of this is relevant to the topic or my questions.
February 13, 2025 at 22:11