praxis

And Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test the Lord, your God.'" Matthew 4:7

Well, no, I tend to regard everything as empty.

An artist, or anyone, can frame anything as art and essentially invite others to view it aesthetically, and thereby change it from an ordinary object ...

Just pointing can make an otherwise ordinary object art. That sounds pretty creative to me. Anything can be viewed aesthetically.

You’re still taking about beauty rather than aesthetics. I believe Artemis tried to point out that aesthetics can transcend beauty, or rather, our con...

True. False. I tend to regard it as emptiness. And this is why you fit the role of the forum clown so well.

If he does it long enough he may begin to believe his own crap.

I didn’t claim that you were a good or bad critical thinker. I said that something you wrote demonstrated poor critical thinking. Logical fallacies, f...

Expert or know-nothing. This doesn’t demonstrate good critical thinking.

It certainly could become dogmatic, and cease speculation.

I don’t have the background or enough information to accurately determine the level of your insecurity. I speculated, as I said. Your amount of ad hom...

Speculation isn’t authoritative. For example, I speculate that the amount of ad homs coming from you have a direct correlation to your level of insecu...

And we care when it's wrong because it has real-life consequences. When speculation is wrong it's quickly forgotten because it's just one theory out o...

I wonder how many metaphysical ideas have been off the mark. I guess that's the beauty of being a metaphysician, no one really cares when a theory is ...

I suppose my basic point is that metaphysicians are essentially theorists. Theorists are not authoritative in nature but speculative. No matter how we...

No relevant example, how piteous.

Dementia? A metaphysician making a claim about God's existence that's not metaphysical. Something relevant that might support the claim that metaphysi...

Are they acting in the capacity of a metaphysical authority when they say such things? No. So why don't you give a relevant example, being the expert ...

Remember you're trying to support the claim that metaphysicians are the authorities on the subject. This suggests otherwise. Surely metaphysicians can...

If true, you should be able to give an example. I won’t hold my breath. No, and worse, I probably have below average intelligence.

I'll answer your question if you answer mine. :smile:

I'll try to make it simpler for you. If a metaphysician made a claim about whether or not God exists, would that not be a metaphysical claim?

If the existence of God is a metaphysical question then how can any claim about it be anything else but a metaphysical claim? If the claim were someho...

A metaphysician can necessarily only make metaphysical claims about the existence of God. A biologist, on the other hand, can offer physical evidence ...

Only metaphysicians are authoritative on the existence of a God? That doesn’t make sense.

I suppose you’ll have to trust me when I say that no one needs support in a confrontation with the forum clown.

What are you talking about? I wasn’t even addressing you.

The problem must be that you don’t know yourself well enough, and that basically amounts to ignorance or the opposite of wisdom.

Apparently he's fully internalized victimhood. Tear. :fear:

Not that I can recall. No one I knew died, which I imagine would have brought it to my attention if nothing else did. The earliest that I can remember...

I'm guessing basic fear. I was taught to avoid it whenever possible. I think it's a good idea, however, it would seem necessary to have sufficient con...

You are truly a saint in the basket of deplorables.

Would we? And is it really that easy to pin the guilt on capitalist predators like the Sackler family? I think a healthy society could handle its pred...

For the last three years life expectancy in the USA has declined, so something ain’t right.

Suit yourself. He memes and shitposts for political reasons, numbnuts.

No, I just didn’t think LuckilyDifinative’s argument would be amusing. I’m sure that yours would be hysterical though, if you would be so generous as ...

Anyone who would claim that Trump is not divisive is probably not worth arguing with.

Obstruction passed too. I was just watching Trump at his Michigan rally just now for a few minutes and at one point he mentioned “in the Trump preside...

Meaning that only some fool wearing a robe has the authority to say what the meaning of life is? :rofl:

Needless to say, when you say “we” you’re not speaking for liberals, or even workers in the rust-belt still experiencing a manufacturing recession.

Stoics believe that we have complete control of thought, judgment, and action. For my personal experience in controlling thought, I just check my medi...

The other group is screaming various batshit crazy conspiracies theories of which Greta is merely a puppet.

Nor heroism.

His supporters will believe this is true regardless of whether or not it is true. He can’t lose in that regard.

Where did this theory originate? I’ve asked this before and received no answer. Also, can you back it up with any evidence at all?

It's not the stoic way, but for some it's good to stay within their comfort zone. You don't value truth, God. May I call you God for short? What do yo...

The conservative ends and religious ends of the RR differ?

Transparency is often overrated.

To recap, pfhorrest claimed that the religious right (henceforth RR) uses charity to psychologically pressure the needy to support conservative causes...

I actually didn’t realize you’ve been fucking around from the beginning. Hook removed. :razz: Maybe you can take some credit for Pigliucci bailing.