Manuel

Yes. Can confirm from my experience too. I don't want to convey the impression that I'm asking for something I am missing. And I totally accept your f...

Thanks for sharing that. I think there's very much something to that "authenticity" feeling. It's a bit hard to pin down in words, but one can certain...

I agree. But I also think philosophy is different. It has branches in all fields of knowledge, which branched out of it. So fundamental issues in all ...

No, it's fine. These are fair questions to ask. I should be able to reply or attempt to. I don't think a bureaucrat or marketing manager would general...

I think you apply James. It's hard to set forth strict criteria, but something like: 1) Willingness to be puzzled at "obvious things" 2) Often being u...

Virtually nothing would've been my response. We'll get some nice slogans, some nice pseudo-commitments, which always get pushed back anyway. Almost ce...

Thanks!

I haven't. Which book?

I'm much interested in expanding on the notion of the given. But I don't want to go through Sellar's route, way too much epistemology and not enough "...

But did you meet anyone whom did not seem phony to you? Because if not, then how can a "actual" enlightened subject ever recognize another one? If the...

I think one problem here has to do with how a philosopher "speaks to you". You may read Descartes, Hume and Peirce and not really connect much with wh...

Hmmm. I've been thinking if it would be interesting to anybody to form a reading group to read Descartes Discourse and Meditations. They're not too lo...

It's hard to say. Many intelligent people do argue that it's our temporality that causes us to reflect philosophically. Perhaps. Then again, the mere ...

Yes. It's rather strange. It's as if the ends meetup in the same place. The hard line scientistic sides and the really far gone (vulgarized, populariz...

It's very curious. I haven't seeked wisdom in East as it were. But I do know some Buddhists, who were kind enough and not in-you-face like many Christ...

I'd modify that to matter, not materialism per se. There is something about the nature of matter to which sight informs us best in relation to its eff...

I thought I replied, but will look again. What you say about say about time is true. Which is why it's often helpful to think of things as "events" as...

Here's the link for the entire book, for free: https://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/reid1764.pdf One passage: "Anatomy tells us that the wisdo...

Yes, that usually helps. And even people who "know less" in one particular area can also have much to say one wasn't aware of. You can learn from all ...

That has to be true. There's no other realistic alternative, I think. Sure! :cool:

Sure, agreed. Just pointing out that sticking to certain words like "justified true beliefs" can lead one to be captured by language. Which is true in...

I'd say that it forces us to think of what we call the "world" very differently. As for the rest, excellent stuff. :up:

Because philosophers get stuck in a word that may be totally misleading, thus getting stuck when a way out is manifest just by switching to another vo...

Well, whatever one thinks of Kant specifically is one thing, but to say he was concerned with words as opposed to the world is a mistake. Yes he is ve...

Knowledge is a problematic word, it's not very precise, it covers a lot of area and we can have it and not even be aware that we do, "knowledge by acc...

That's very true. :up:

Sure. We needn't even make that dichotomy though, someone may have a false belief and they may find it useful, even if they aren't aware it's false. A...

Sure that shouldn't be debated too much. On the other hand, science was significantly easier in the 17th century. Today, to be a philosopher like Desc...

The point is to realize how little we know and actually recognize this. Even in science, many questions answered tends to lead to ten more questions. ...

Time to engage in handwaving. Long story short, as of now, philosophy is related to a series of problems that have not been answerable even after the ...

I agree. Perhaps. I can only speak from experience but, if someone doesn't connect with many classical philosopher for some reason, what can they do? ...

Yeah. That was my take too. It's certainly not that not reading Plato or Berkeley is bad. Not at all. But some of the most interesting philosophical t...

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I think the word "fate" can be used to describe certain situations, as in "he was fated to get that job" or meet a person or die. But then if this con...

Eh. I am being sympathetic to your views as you can see from my various posts.

The main issue, to my mind, is whether your definition of metaphysics is actually correct or if your using the word in an idiosyncratic manner.

:clap: Facts. Well said.

That's very likely true. On the other hand, when you've come to an idea you think is original and then discover someone had said very much the same th...

:up: Thanks for sharing, will check it out.

I can't make heads or tails of it. I suspect that part of the problem might be that he thinks himself so smart, he gets lost in jargon. He seems to mi...

Sure. I guess I'm tying myself into knots thinking how can someone have an original uncontaminated idea? These days it's very hard. I suppose I may be...

That's within a context of a certain experience and understanding. Everybody has these, it's kind of impossible no to, as long as you are alive. Just ...

Sure. But who is saying that a person just need to be alone in a room with zero stimulus or just go to the mountain hiking with no thoughts in mind? O...

Yep.

I suggest you take a look a Chris Langan's "CTMU Theory". The highest IQ in the world, or at least in the US. It's quite remarkable.

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I thought that was what you meant in the first place. I am saying that I agree with you 100% in that there is no single "correct" way into these topic...

We all have conceptions of what it is. And honestly, I don't think there's been a real clarity as to what philosophy is supposed to cover. We all reci...

Not a vegetarian or anything. But imagine eating a dog. We have curious intuitions about animals, a lot of the time.

Preach. :cheer: