Shawn

It means, living a good life.

I don't understand. Is a purpose required? To edify the mind, body, and spirit perhaps?

Well, that's hard to say. Religion borrowed everything that it could from ancient philosophy and turned it into a living practice. There are astoundin...

Sounds good. But how does one come to an understanding of philosophy? Supposedly through living a body of work or practicing it? This is where religio...

Not until that thread is completed. Heh.

Interesting! I've always held that Wittgenstein was the epitome of what you are describing (a philosopher who treated the whole field of philosophy as...

Just some community college courses. The classical mind, living and dying, and social and political philosophy. I'm really keen on the living and dyin...

Thanks. Interesting approach.

Sure, why not?

Never read him. Care to elaborate on your own studies? Genuinely interested.

Perhaps I'm voicing my influence by Wittgenstein, but, I fail to see how philosophy can be taught or learned if not practiced in everyday living or li...

Can we move the Donald Trump thread over to politics and current affairs? It doesn't belong here as there's nothing to lounge about Trump in my humble...

This is a sad post on so many levels.

So, the Shoutbox got circumcised and you can't post any new topics in The Lounge. What's up with that? All of my best ideas start in The Lounge. Or th...

How so? I mean, I see the point with existentially idependant things, but care to elaborate?

Whereof one cannot speak thereof one must be silent.

Indeed. Good point. I actually changed my mind due to the latest posts not being able to be seen under the category format. So, this works with the lo...

Freedom away. :blush:

Oh, I thought we were just voicing our opinions.

Yes, true. Anyway, I don't think anything productive can be said about the old PF. What happened happened, and unless I win the lotto, I can't buy out...

Isn't this Paul? https://thephilosophyforum.com/profile/comments/50/paul

According to what you said about him having the Bertrand Russell avatar, and being a mod, then yes that seems to be him. There was also a guy named sh...

On second thought, a newbie "subforum" would be associated with some negative connotation, so nobody would want to post there, so, bad idea I guess.

I don't feel as though the site needs improvements in moderation. I didn't mean to imply that, so sorry if that came off that way. I just feel that we...

It'll be less work for you guys at the least, as it tends to promote self moderation by picking a subforum to post in and sticking to whether it's epi...

Could we run a trial of this feature if others agree to it? I would like to see how discussions evolve under that feature...

Was Trump a conscious choice by the Republican party, during the primaries?

We also had a debate forum that encouraged higher quality posts on the old site. We even invited some professional philosophers, like Chalmers or Sear...

No, you seem to be spot on. I think it's due to the structure of this forum, though. The other forum was more organized in terms of keeping discussion...

I guess. But, since you can't put a finger on the epistemic component of the issue, then is morality involved at all? Again, I bring up the issue of n...

It seems to me more of an unconscious thing, due to lack of knowledge or such rather than an activity.

What if the doctrine in principle could not have contradictions? Is that something possible? Everything would simply flow effortlessly.

Well, suppose that we're talking about some doctrinal truth, and we both have perfect knowledge of it. We're we to discuss it we could go on for ages ...

But, can't this be said of everything epistemological? When can there be certainty when we don't know when no further contradictory statements can ari...

Well yes, I think so. But what do you call it when someone commits an error in interpreting it as consistent but behaves inconsistently with regards t...

To ensure consistency and the least amount of misunderstanding? Sure, such texts are boring since there's nothing to criticise, but, at least they are...

Well, yes. The absence of non-sequiturs implies that one understands something. Therefore, how do you lessen the chance of a non-sequitur from arising...

I guess, if anyone is interested, then the point, I think, is how to ensure that the rules of the language game are being followed correctly? It only ...

Then, shouldn't every text be made so that there's the least amount of possibility of contradiction in it, therefore someone may feel as though they u...

So, the absence of contradiction is indicative of understanding a text, correct?

To behave contrary to some doctrinal truth implies that there is 'Truth' in the matter or text. Is this a type of fallacy?

Yes; but, what about extending this argument to non-religious texts? Then can one ever be said to know something unless he or she isn't the author of ...

Yeah. Possibly. Yes.

It's not so much as fallibility, as the rejection of any proper interpretation of things. I don't feel like it's fallibility though if that makes sens...

Now, that you call it modern science, then I can't help but agree. Case closed?

Well yes, certainly a line was crossed in this case. It just seems to me that you have a body of work, such as the Bible, with the potential to create...

I want to say it's willful ignorance, but that's not right either...

What do you call it when someone behaves contrary to what the Bible preaches and yet the person acts in the name of religiosity? I don't think hypocri...

"We believe that the real number - of children whose records were lost or who were afraid ever to come forward - is in the thousands." :rage:

If only, but, now the point is actually apparent and real.