Use them in so far as you find them interesting and/or, more importantly, useful. In so far as Mww knows Kant in a way very few professionals do - des...
Yes, these so-called supporters of Ukraine really, really care for them - so much so that they don't mind how much blood is spilled in exchange for a ...
It was just lazy on my part not to force myself to read the last 100 or so pages, but I kept putting off till' it was way too late to read it, I forgo...
Because we are misled by what we think are the "easy problems". We think we have much better intuitions than we do. There are several hard problems, n...
What's the argument for saying language has a "purpose"? One is pre-supposing that there is such a "purpose". We have it now, so in retrospect we put ...
Because one often needs help in such circumstances then the issue no longer reflects a person's autonomy? Well, if that is the case, we have no autono...
Hah! I will say, that opening quote is probably my favorite of all time. I really hope you enjoy it. I stopped at pg. 910 - no joke. Yes, I am that st...
:fire: Per 180's suggestion, continuing with Magee: His Confessions of a Philosopher and then, The Philosophy of Schopenhauer. He's probably the singl...
I have pending a Locke's Essay reading group, probably will cover 3-4 different chapter, but I've still to finish it again. but am not too far from it...
Not higher quality per se, but content that expands on my own interests. There is also very high-quality content here and some which are not very good...
There aren't good alternatives where I live, and I very much enjoy what I do. But it's also hard to enjoy these things without discussing them. Waste ...
I see what you are saying, I'd add that it's not linguistics solely, but also conceptual. By expressing ourselves in a clear and concise manner, the i...
It's likely, or at least it wouldn't surprise me. But one can explain the basics of Kant without much trouble. That was Foucault. Derrida claimed that...
Well, I suppose that arguing, instead of Occam's razor per se, that one should present a hypothesis or theory in the simplest available manner is bett...
This topic wasn't my focus when I wrote about Strawson, so I can say very little. Free will arguments often get stuck really quickly on intuitions. I ...
But if you do suppose that, then solipsism collapses. You can only suppose that you are the only thing in existence, and the question would be how lon...
It's more difficult as you experience similar things to previous moments in time. So, there is less space available for a completely new experience. D...
Not a waste per se. But comparatively less rich for some people. But in cases of sensory deprivation, there is hope as our experience of the world is ...
Depends on the context. If you know the mythology behind Santa Claus and want to explain it to somebody, you could say that Santa would be the person ...
I don't see why Santa Claus would be a "non-thing". It's a mental construction of a person in a red dress living in the North Pole, that's a thing - t...
All kinds of things, ranging from ideas to mythical creatures to a car outside the window and so on. The act of referring to a specific thing is one o...
The thing is you are assuming there is a reference relation between words and things. If there is no reference relation, the problem disappears, we ha...
I don't think so, unless you think that other mammals don't have experience, which goes against what we observe in nature. But language is crucial for...
What you say is true. Much of the "goodness" of the old days are very much person dependent. Nevertheless, lots of folk (not all) do have real nostalg...
I'd suggest V or GR before Against the Day. It can be a real possibility that this latter book will erode your endurance. It's not a bad book by any m...
Very beautiful song - and a wonderful voice. I don't see how we can reclaim spirituality from the New Age aspects the word has acquired. Having said t...
It will be a while before I finish reading Locke's Essay a second time through, I'm about halfway through but am reading very slowly, trouble focusing...
It's hard to maintain a view of the world objectively and speak much about hope. It is a strategy to maintain some semblance of sanity. Otherwise, thi...
This doesn't follow from the rest of your reasoning. You could make an argument that solipsism solves the problems you say it does, such as the proble...
It's an interesting poll(s) result. Though compared to other fields of enquiry, consensus in philosophy is very far from being a sign we are thinking ...
Lady Joker (Volume 2) by Kaoru Takamura Still re-reading Locke's Essay, been having lots of trouble concentrating this second time around - fantastic ...
Irrespective of GDP - putting that aside, the money the US spends on the military is absurd. Anything Russia or China do pales in comparison to what t...
What are you including in the west? They are constantly overspending on the military, no matter who gets in power. Anything beyond 5 years is way too ...
He doesn't rule over Taiwan. I don't know what you meant by that comment. For some things yeah, you can do that, for others its much harder. I mean yo...
Yep, that's exactly right. Also, it's weird to seriously consider that Xi will rule over everybody. Like, what? But the rest of the world knows quite ...
Jeez dude, you are going in that direction? I don't even know how to reply to this, because it looks to me so, so far removed from actual possibility....
That would be ideal. Hard seeing it actually happening. Not impossible, obviously, but I don't see what possible things must happen for such a situati...
My re-involvement here was occasioned by a silly remark made by Christoff about people wanting the war to stop being labeled "Putinistas" or something...
We are getting side-tracked from the origin of the comment: The point of my original comment was that Olivier was suggesting that I am presenting a vi...
Well, it's both at the moment. People are being killed and land has been stolen (though some of it has been taken back for the moment). The issue you ...
That quite probably Ukraine will lose, not only Crimea (which has been more or less taken for granted by the rest of the world), but also these new "l...
This applies to yourself too. As for evidence, there is a lot of it, which has been posted here by many members, including most importantly, NATO's de...
Risk assessment and probability. Is the "defeat of Russia" worth gambling a nuclear war? One issue is if a nuclear power can be so defeated when the s...
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