Jake Tarragon

I think Snyder's idea of a "fifth dimension" of "virtues" is intriguing, especially with respect to the definition of a "free" person as somebody who ...

Thinking about it, a jury could inform as to the presence of the greyscale values. But I'm concerned that the general public might not see shades...

Most crimes are grey scale rather than black and white. Recognising that and offering grey scale punishments/ rehabilitations as the "sentence" is by ...

Nobody read it then?

I think that is true to a large extent, though I think some are merely bitter or defiant. Also, it must surely be true that many people who have striv...

Sure, but perhaps a more likely "refutation" of logic could be constructed from denying the existence of truth and falsity in the first place..... may...

The truth is the more work that society squeezes from the population, the more extreme luxury goods are made, and the fewer people consume them. The e...

In a tribal village setting yes. But in a modern technological massively connected society such thinking is out of context. You are,in effect, cutting...

People do love a bit of morality, 'tis true. With basic income, there is always the opportunity to tut at how someone has done nothing with the opport...

In atomic engineering terms it is very small - a trillionth of a second? As to what the limits are...some say time itself is ultimately granular and d...

I think we are trapped/guided (delete as inappropriate) by logic as humans, but what if logic is illusory? Is it possible to talk about such a thing (...

Could you give an example of the sort of reply you are expecting?

Russell and Whitehead came very close to deducing all of matematics from logic only (Principia Mathematica). Perhaps mathematical facts are not so ind...

I wonder what their intent was...

Yes, providing they are indeed distinct. I think we agree that this is debatable...

Hmmm it seems you are introducing the concept of overarching narrative into the procedings. Whilst I agree that a narrative can have beauty of sorts, ...

Actually I'm not sure now that they are contradictory statements. It could be that beauty is always available but it comes in a subjective form. In ot...

I might be tempted to agree with either statement on its own, but surely not both together...

Hmmm - I would say it's rare to have even two of those features "beautiful" simultaneously. The Lark : lovely sounding bird when hovering high but one...

ok :)

But as I say, who gets to choose? A "subset" might be a mathematical abstraction, but it seems faintly silly to assign a universe or whatever to each ...

hehe yeah just edited it to say that

Church of England?

I would be inclined to say just one. Who decides on the subsets?

How many sets of "inevitable abstract logical facts" are there?

I like Esperanto but English speakers shouldn't get it too easy. Besides it would clash with English itself - better to have a clean break if Esperant...

Thanks Tiff!

They would not agree that faith is a leap in a random direction however. They will make every effort to rationalise the direction, eventually resortin...

Ouch! How apt, if you want to be cynical... What was the equivalent cultural related statement/question in Schopenhauer's time I wonder? (I'm assuming...

Indeed. In the UK businesses get their purchase taxes back - only the end consumer pays it without reclaiming. It' almost as much admin as income tax.

Yes. In fact I started a thread about it! Turns out that it could be very manageable with the aid of computers. Please have a considered read!

Yes, that's quite an interesting idea because of the relative ease of administration and differentiation of tax rates. But the categories would have t...

Indeed, as I mentioned, it is. I am wondering what unusual forms of taxation might work.

Continuing ... here is how the idea might work in practice. It requires that all payment transactions go through computers. Basically, the currency th...

Good point. Don't forget though that politicians work hard to keep on lots of others in the club wealthy and low tax paying...

Not necessarily. Once a technical brand becomes established it tends to focus on features that increase revenue, rather than efficiency for the user. ...

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Hi my name is Jake and I think Roger Scruton is the most boring philosopher and writer I have read.

&@"Charleton" : Prof Nutt in the UK supervised a Channel 4 documentary in which people took MDMA and they were brain scanned & interviewed or whatever...

"Eau de Moi", if I was feeling unkind :)

Great poem! Did you write it?

Maybe because "study" and academic traditions can be found there. Perhaps it is the nature of academic study that you are really bothered about, in yo...

I think the intention here is not to suggest that drugs are inexpensive, but that they are morally "cheap". But if one is indeed not "feeling alive" -...

However, attractiveness is only partly subjective. It is perfectly reasonable, scientifically speaking, to rank people in order of attractiveness. It'...

OK, so what you mean to claim is "subjective attractiveness is necessary for love". That is a much watered down claim. It is almost like saying "only ...

Therefore, an unattractive person cannot be loved - this is a logical corollary of your claim, yes?

Sorry to sound like a bullying barrister/antagonistic attorney, but are you, or are you not saying that attractiveness is necessary for love? Or are y...

But I thought you said that attractiveness is a necessity for love??!!

I think work "banter" that is based on commenting on people's sexual attractiveness is unacceptable. That's just for the record. What I'd like to ask ...

Given that the attractiveness of a person is substantially objective (at least within cultures) does that mean that an "unattractive couple" are less ...