What? We can use the James Webb, land on the moon, calculate the age of the universe and the distance of galaxies all on the basis of the little we do...
That's true, we don't know what 95% of the universe is made of, "only" 5% of it - which, given the species we are, is still a tremendous achievement. ...
I have in mind post-Newtonian physics. They weren't proved wrong, they were shown to be inadequate to explain certain phenomena: the orbit of Neptune ...
So you think the stuff physics describes wouldn't exist if we were absent? That is, there would be no such thing as an age of the universe, nor would ...
Sure, I do think something existed prior to us. We know a few facts about it - not too too much, but not trivial information either. Ok, so we have th...
The alternative would be to say that the only intelligent species that could develop, must be like us in almost all respects - that seems to me quite ...
I mean, there are many, many versions of realism. The realism I think holds up is something akin to Russell's "epistemic structural realism": the noti...
I don't know. I think that identity makes sense as does similarity and of course, number, but materiality or form are a bit more dubious. I don't see ...
What the god(s) command may be quite different, say requiring sacrifice of some kind, maybe even murder in certain cults or we can metaphorically spea...
Between human beings? Maybe, but the differences are superficial. Like some tribes may believe in an extreme form of animism, while another tribe beli...
With a sample of one, it's hard to say. Some things may be the same, others not. The identity we ascribe say, to bodies of water, or trees, could be q...
Let's take a few examples. Take a dog for instance, most of the time, they don't pass the "mirror test" of self-awareness, which implies (but does not...
Sure - to the extent you describe it, I think that's on track. But I think we should be cautious in thinking that because they share these similaritie...
I'm not getting notifications for your posts. Weird. I mean, you are speaking about objects, things in the world. Mathematics is rather different, I w...
I'll check that article out, thanks for sharing. Empiricism goes out the window if empiricism is construed as implying "publicly observable phenomena"...
It's hard to imagine a possible world in which this wouldn't be the case, we can change the symbol "2" to "II" or something else, but it's still a mat...
It's tricky. I mean we can say that Newton and Leibniz were wrong in terms of specifics, though oddly now physics may be giving Leibniz the edge in te...
Existence is just a fact of life - reasons why don't apply, in terms of looking for a justification for it. According to the evidence we have - which ...
Yes, I think the topic of humility is one that should be re-visited again, especially in philosophy. It's really quite remarkable he could draw such a...
It is well worth the effort, there is a treasure trove of useful and insightful stuff in it. And even in areas in which one might disagree with him, t...
That took. a. long. time. Should've been finished much sooner, but attention issues and all. Just finished Locke's Essay for a second time. Majestic a...
Ahh, Dennett. I'm not a fan of his views at all and in fact, seem to rather distort very elementary experience, so let's use someone else, if you don'...
In so far as you believe than enactivism is the correct approach to these issues, can it be said that it is "a fair distance" from it. But if one take...
To be fair, there are important differences between say, Kant, Hoffman and Kastrup. Sure, they could be called "idealists", but that's a bit like sayi...
No, I read your OP and skimmed a bit from others, but little - I prefer to go in "new", as it were. Now you've added plenty of context and renders the...
I'd guess that it depends on how hard-wired the pessimism is on that particular person. If it's not too deep, then surely Sisyphus could simply go up ...
That was a bit dense, read it twice and only have a vague idea of what you may be talking about - you certainly put a lot of thought behind it, that I...
You'd probably blow a fuse. End up in psych ward, heavily medicated. We assume crazy things like ending up with a prostitute or bungie jumping off a h...
I mean, I agree. But as you well know, some people aren't born with "reality-agreeing" lenses and choose the "rosy-picture" one instead and remain wit...
I think these kinds of things are context-dependent. I mean, one thing is to have a website like this, in which you want to keep trolling and bad atti...
:up: Religion. Cults. Some types of nationalism. Politics. It's a long list. We should try and get people to pay attention to the evidence on these is...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBpB9kzVkH4&list=RDYBpB9kzVkH4&start_radio=1 Breathe, breathe in the air Don't be afraid to care Leave, but don't leav...
I suspect that part of it has to do with dwindling economic conditions for the vast majority of the population. Instead of looking for the actual culp...
I've read that the attempted coup in Brazil was considerably larger than the one in the US, and also that the Brazilian Supreme Court was also targete...
Thanks, will do. Yes, I should've added that that's what I found interesting in my reading of the Critique. But the point you mention is quite true an...
It took me a good 4 to 5 months to read the Critique, and mind you, I've read a decent amount of secondary literature. I won't deny that Kant has some...
You're speaking about pieces on a board game from me? Who are the ones giving Ukrainians arms with no echo of a though given about what the costs are ...
It seems your reasons for your views stand on a better foundation than mine, given the apparently curious comment that you know that those who are dyi...
There is honor in fighting even for a cause that cannot be won. The issue is the continued cost of doing so, in terms of lives at stake, not to mentio...
It's all irrationality to the highest degree. Nationalism is poison, be it Russian, Ukrainian, American or whatever. Combine that with modern weaponry...
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