Sure there is a point in saying that a large portion of metaphysics can be cleared up by clarifying what we mean when we use certain words. For exampl...
I mean, sure you could replace "white" in such quotes with "Hispanic", which I am in part, and you can say some stereotypes about it. It wouldn't nece...
Sure, those are factors too. Wealth will shield or help out in many circumstances, so in this respect in today's society having more money rather than...
It's not clear to me either. I've worked on this topic and have spoken with esteemed figures too, due to the work I was doing. I think "metaphysics" d...
Well "measuring" oppression can be tough if we are looking for exact numbers in terms of such a person is of X descent thus he is, on a scale from 1 t...
To be more precise that saying "reality is whatever there is", I would probably say that I'm a "rationalistic idealist", similar to the Neoplatonists ...
Yeah, I read the Allianza version. It was far from the full book, probably less than half. I mean, it was good, but it was missing many arguments you ...
Well yes, that's true actually. What I should have said is that I don't think that science is the whole of metaphysics. I'm using science extremely na...
Yes. His philosophy was very much based on science. He says in this book "matter has become as ghostly as anything in a spiritualist séance." Neverthe...
That's quite funny. I just finished the book where he says that. An Outline of Philosophy. It was extremely good even beyond comments of that type. I ...
Hey Banno, sorry if this breaks the rules you had in mind, but I remember one specific antinatilism thread where @unenlightened and @schopenhauer1 wer...
I suspect some Presidents and VPs curse at what Israel is doing, I know Carter and Clinton have been pissed off before. But if they don't go public an...
Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V_xRb0x9aw I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine in a bag I'm useless but not for ...
This is true in a sense. On the other hand we now know that what we should study is matter and physical stuff, not Gods or angels. I think it's kind o...
Sure, it is kinda funny. As for the rest of your post, I don't think I have much to add that wouldn't be repetitive. In an case, interesting topic. :u...
:lol: I guess he's that influential. But I think DFW gets a fair share of attention, as he should. At least he did interview and wrote about many topi...
Since you like this type of literature, I guarantee you won't regret it. I understand. I was in a Pynchon phase at the time, so I forced read through ...
Yes. The idea is to say the same thing, in a profoundly different way. And style and vibe are very important. As for Pynchon, I'd definitely agree tha...
True, eugenics led to a horror show. But during the enlightenment, we already had phrenology, which was used to try and justify slavery. And before th...
Yeah, that all makes sense. If you can't stand yourself in terms of being unable to cope with life, that should probably become a priority. If you are...
It is. But they can only get away with these "wars" in so far as the US allows it. For the US, the settlements aren't aren't much of a problem, occasi...
The neoliberal project can never fully be realized, as with any other school of thought be it Marxism, Capitalism, Austrianism, Socialism or anything ...
I think Mirowski does a much better job than Fischer, because it is more oriented towards a specific strand of market ideology that is currently perva...
Sure. Maybe I'm stretching the idea too far, but I think part of this has to do with neo-liberal indoctrination. Philip Mirowski has done very good wo...
Both of these books are Strawson's. Maybe Chalmers wrote in the latter book, as it contained many responses by philosophers. It becomes very strange l...
Ah ok. Then yes. I agree with that and I do think it is problem. He'd probably say that radical emergence can't happen because every aspect of nature ...
No. His point is that consciousness is not a different sort of emergence than liquidity. That's why he denies radical emergence. Liquidity emerges nat...
Maybe I'll try again some other time. I've changed my tastes a bit. So it could click this time around. And if the US war machine is coming after you ...
That's an interesting take on Wallace. Again, going back to D.T Max, he was asked at one point, I think it was in an interview, about one scene in Wal...
I very much like DFW. I could finish all of Pynchon's hard novels, couldn't finish Infinite Jest. :lol: But his short fiction and especially his non-f...
For him, everything that exists, everything is physical. But he concludes by saying he is not bothered much by what labels he uses for himself, in thi...
"A common objection today is that such ideas invoke an unacceptable form of "radical emergence," unlike the emergence of liquids from molecules, where...
Strawson considers liquidity to be weak emergence, as do most other philosophers, I believe. Chomsky is the exception. Probably McGinn too, but I am u...
The idea would be that there has to something about physical stuff that is inherently suited to give rise to consciousness in certain modified states....
Good to see Gantz being a great humanitarian: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-gantz-non-humanitarian-aid-to-gaza-depends-on-return-of-isr...
Fine. I'm trying not to defend his views, but to articulate as best I can. Sometimes I agree with him, so it's hard to keep it in check. In any case, ...
Because consciousness only arises in quite specific circumstances, such as the configuration of brains found in human beings. And other creatures too,...
Wait, you asked me if I though liquidity was emergent. I said yes. In fact, I go so far as to say that it is radically emergent, that is, there is no ...
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