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Interesting. So, you would assert that there is some metalogical component to the reasoning process that gives rise to some reciprocal relationship be...

Now, not to grossly overgeneralize. There are nice customers that show genuine interest in how you are doing. But, the limiting factor in all this is ...

You mean by this to assert that there are no more options than (not) participating in spectacle and charade that one must imbue themselves in society....

I have this cognitive dissonance in my head. People demand that I act a certain way at work, school, college, and anywhere where you are paid to perfo...

Well, this depends on where you live. In Europe (Poland specifically), there was no real obsession with actors or movie stars. Here in the States, the...

Indeed, I've read my fair share of Schopenhauer. What makes you like him? I find his philosophy reassuring and comforting in how he presents the state...

Holy shit, @"S". Calm your tits down... Don't pick on @"Noah Te Stroete". He be cool.

Holy shit.

@"tim wood", takes the cake...

How has it helped you? Yes; but, has it made you a more ethical person, who is concerned with the problems of others? I can't say I am a very ethical ...

Yes, there is a certain amount of alienation present with practicing philosophy. In my Life and death class I took at a local community college, the i...

Can you expand on the declarative and procedural content you are talking about? I'm quite interested.

I am managing some matters related to a divorce, which has been dragging on for almost 10 years now. It's not fun; but, the end is near. Yes, I am. I ...

I do appreciate Fooloso4's interpretation of the unsaid in the Tractatus, which is hard to find in any textbook. The ethical, mystical, and mysterious...

There's hope. Try some MDMA assisted psychotherapy. It can rewire your limbic system to your prefrontal cortex. It is the latest and greatest for poss...

I have withdrawn from society. I haven't left my house to go anywhere in almost a month. I plan to work online and read my books in my small room. Thi...

They've been harassing me since I moved into my house. It's insane. I don't even know what to say.

Sorry, my mind has been preoccupied with some dumb shit. Personally, I've been enjoying the dialogue between Pussycat and Fooloso4. I'm not an expert ...

Ah, the Enchiridion, my favorite Stoic manual. It is more direct and to the point than the Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. What do you think about Sen...

Haha, I think that is spot on. One of the most prominent themes in comic books is of power and responsibility, along with the dictum that power corrup...

Well, it's more than that. Justice is delivered by some ubermensch (read Superman), and everyone gets to enjoy a happy ending. The more you think abou...

Tiny bump.

I don't wanna! Overcome that!

Dashing away from the conservative undertones in this thread; I believe, most stoics would be left-leaning rather than conservative. Thoughts?

Well, it's like building muscle, I think. There is a component of strife, struggle, effort, and willpower required to lift the weights; but, after a h...

It's difficult to asses when being a stoic or cynic is appropriate. It's kind of a package deal with them. My personal stack is Buddhist teachings and...

Well, it doesn't have to necessarily be physical discomfort, which you highlight. I tend to think it can be interpreted from a Buddhist slant in that ...

Yes; but, voluntary discomfort is a way to harden oneself with respect to the world. It indicates a philosophy that understands that the world is a to...

Yes, true. It's a paradox.

Well, one thing I have learned is that most people ought not be trusted.

Yeah, it's not even funny anymore. And, they beat me to it, they threw rocks at my house already.

I don't know about that. I feel as though the best thing to do is to just limit the passions and desire as per Buddhism. I have an eclectic philosophy...

But, if I wish really hard, maybe I can make it become true or die from a stroke from the mental exertion.

Then, the only logical thing to do is become a solipsist and live in your own inner world, I gather.

Haha, but the meek shall inherit the Earth.

I'm losing interest in philosophy. What to do?

Same.

Yeah... The whole neighborhood is now involved. I have received death threats from the oldest sibling of that God forsaken family. He could potentiall...

I want to guide the discussion towards ethics, which is always a popular topic. For example, I find Stoicism to be a highly reflexive ethical theory. ...

Isn't the example of Wittgenstein's forms of life and language games, representative of a psychologism tone in his Investigations?

I've been scouring the interwebs for more information about Wittgenstein's stance on psychologism, and have found the following book: https://books.go...

I attached the paper. Hope you enjoy it.

@"Banno", I'm sure you might like this post. What do you think about this?

:victory:

@"Baden", what about Wittgenstein evangelicals?

Have any of you read, Ludwig Wittgenstein: Lectures and Conversations on Aesthetics, Psychology and Religious Belief? I never encountered Wittgenstein...

So, where does one demarcate where psychologism starts and where it ends? It seems like a hopeless task to try and demarcate the difference between ps...

Then, where does that leave us?

@"Banno", is your OP motivated by a pragmatist's account of morality?

Well, this just seems like a rehashing of Hume's is-ought problem. Isn't it?