Shawn

True, but do you ever ponder if the four noble truths are actually true in modern day living? Had Buddha been born today would he arrive at the same c...

True. But, if modern life gets on just fine with pain and boredom, and with it more and more ways to deny it, then in some sense does that mean we're ...

Why is that?

I see. Yet, the way humanity seems to be progressing is that human nature doesn't seem to be as painful or full of boredom as you describe it. If anyt...

Undergrad. But, potentially more once completed. I'm concerned about the issue of finding a teaching job after studying enough philosophy. I hear it's...

Actually, there is a deeper meaning to philosophical pessimism than what I have stated, or that follows from the OP somewhat. It seems to me that life...

It seems that you can't go wrong with Shiba, as long as Mark Cuban or Elon Musk tweet about it.

Try asking @"apokrisis".

If not animal rights then perhaps stricter animal welfare laws? Is that possible?

I'm sure some group of people will pump Shiba as much as possible. At the time I thought Monero was going to be all that;, but, Elon Musk started twee...

I would state at this point that this new possibility negates the necessarily so conclusion that there must have been a first cause. That's just my ta...

Something of the sort that something came out of nothing. Such as the existence of the universe, for example, according to some physicists.

But, ex nihilo arguments would seem to contradict a first cause argument. Or at least doesn't constitute a first cause, does it?

I'm just basing it off the PoSR. The PoSR can only stipulate an X, with only empirical observations entertaining an alpha, no?

I'd say that there's a mistake of saying a first cause instead of a 'prior' cause. Besides the Principle of Sufficient Reason can only (without appeal...

I'd be surprised if he wasn't a vegetarian. There is atrocious suffering in this world, all for the claim that something tasted 'good'.

Yes, the poor man went crazy after seeing a horse whipped too much. Empathy was very important for him.

Ahh, the old predator and prey argument. Is that what's this about?

That was distressing to watch. :grimace:

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How are you so sure?

I suppose this is true. Unfortunate and sad.

Well, I think I understand why it would be dishonest to say that pigs aren't intelligent enough to care for their plight. Yet, that's so commonly acce...

Who would have imagined that Keynes was right all along in the US.

I don't see anything wrong with that, do you? What kind of debate? I'm not sure I'm following the issue of externalizing the issue to blame or justifi...

As simple as possible, both apply to subjectivity. I always thought that understanding the nature of qualia is essential to understanding phenomenolog...

Yes, that's the point of the OP. Although when advocating for an animal (which isn't unusual) people tend to level their intelligence to our own. Alth...

Did @"StreetlightX" move to the States? He seems more aware of what's going on here in America than any American?

Kielbasa is good. https://c.tenor.com/PpzXFdok1RcAAAAM/sausage-sausage-surprise.gif

Ahh! There's so much to talk about this issue...

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Is it true that only the logical positivists tried to reduce metaphysics to epistemology?

Why is that?

Yes, very difficult questions. I suppose one can boil it down to psychology, no?

I think you can mine your statement you made for a lot of information. Why is there so much disagreement about Metaphysics if we all have the same or ...

Kind of quizzical about what you think hereabouts, @"Banno"? It seems that if we warrant that Manuel said, then we all ought to be in agreement about ...

I don't know what to make of this. It seems profound and succinct. What do you think about this, @"unenlightened"?

But, I honestly believe your farm will become a happier place if you adopt a pig or two, and with it you will become happier. You'd think pigs are hig...

That's actually a field of philosophy altogether, called axiology.

I only have experience with fundamentalists from the Christian tradition in defending God's existence. I don't think I would be able to have a peacefu...

Did you get a pig for your farm, @"Hanover"?

Jorndoe's post was as good an answer that I could have hoped for: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/614606

Yeah, I anticipated this one. If refuting God was so easy you'd wonder why so many people still take it as true. (Genesis and God) Mind you, I didn't ...

Then, assume YHWH, then.

I'm hesitant to say YHWH, because it seems to me that some will laugh at Genesis and pass it off. What do you think?

I think, it can be supposed that the monotheistic God of the Abrahamic tradition is sufficient.

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Disturbing analogy.

Do we keep on failing him? Edit: The above question is directed towards, @"god must be atheist" as to why God must be an atheist?