Cartesian trigger-puppets

I think that values are subjective and thus relative to an individual and that whatever particular socio-cultural structures around them largely influ...

I agree. This is why (and especially with regard to theological debates) I think it is more reasonable to maintain an agnostic position, at least unti...

When a speaker says, "The grass is green," they are making a statement in the form of a simple declarative sentence. A simple declarative sentence has...

I'm not sure what this is in reply to. It seems as if what you are trying to say here is: if I'm going to relativize to individual historical agencies...

You don't think what is ultimately solipsistic? Reality? I think of solipsism as a Cartesian assumption about reality. I think that the most reasonabl...

It is these types of conclusions which I am most attracted to and philosophically motivated towards. Such conclusions that provoke so many philosopher...

I have read practically nothing related to postmodernism. Not that I am biased against the movement. I like Chomsky quite a bit. I very much so doubt ...

It means that we cannot experience it as it is, if it is the case that it exists as this presupposed mind-independent world. This is necessarily the c...

I am curious as to why you doubt that I would accept such a statement. It seems to be the case to me. What have I said to make you think otherwise?

Just to be clear, by affirming the propositions "Empirical facts are dependent on subjective organization," and "Empirical facts are a product of subj...

t I intuitively agree with that statement. Let's see, a fact is that which has been proven to be the case with evidence. That which is empirical is a ...

That's pretty close. You see, I'm considering multiple things here. First, it seems as if morality is subjective insofar as it has subjective variabil...

Subjectivity is probably best understood as a psychological context about the way things are and also as the opposite of objectivity, which is the way...

The totality of physical and phenomenological variables as they were arranged and sequenced in a specific order, having a specific causal relationship...

Did you cite the author John Kekes whos essay "A Reasonable Alternative to Egalitarianism" was published in "Debates in Political Philosophy"? You quo...

I don't understand this objection. What exactly do you mean by "refuse to reckon with"? I consider stimulus events such as objects or events that elic...

Just to be clear, you are the referent subject within the argument, not I. And, I think that if we consider the meanings which moral terms express und...

I'm not sure if I understand what you mean. When I consider indexicals, I am considering the meaning of ethical language as described by a specific me...

According to individual ethical subjectivism, to say that a subject approves of an act IS to say that it is moral, but it is only moral relative to th...

Im not trying to be clever. Semantics has to do with how words convey information to us as we draw meaning from them and how meanings can change based...

When you say that subjectivism is a theory about what something is 'made of', are you saying that morality (according to subjectivism) is made of our ...

Yes, I admit that was sloppy of me. I am doubtful that the second claim is true because im not entirely sure what im committed to by saying that some ...

I meant that Wikipedia cited these authors. The citations are right there on the page if you don't believe me. I'm not being dishonest, perhaps I coul...

I understand that Wikipedia is not academically peer-reviewed, but those particular statements were cited by two academic sources: 1. Richard Brandt (...

So, these sources are wrong? —Wikipedia —Philosophybasics —Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Regarding point one, I am not necessarily committing my...

I don't remember making the claim that, "Lie-aptness is unimportant," as you are implying here. Let's just cut through the gibberish and state an inte...

'Lie-apt', if we really want to use such a term, would be the same as truth-apt because for a moral statement to be false in a deceitful way (conceali...

Strange that your comment did not state it as plainly. Could you please show me exactly where I misused the term? I sometimes use moral when I should ...

I'm sorry, but what does this have to do with the OP? Just to be clear, I don't understand what you are trying to say, but you have mentioned nothing ...

, No, I am saying that the form of subjectivism that I have subscribed to is committed to the statement, "At least some moral statements are true," an...

I'm talking about consciousness in general. Our external and internal environments affect our conscious experience and the physical structure of the b...

I think we are likely using the term 'construct' to mean very different things. When I hear you say, "An emotion is constructed," what I take that to ...

I'm not conflating anything. Subjectivism, like realism, can be a form of cognitivism. Just as you describe subjectivism here: Realism in metaethics c...

What the paper suggests is that the brain organizes emotion concepts from memories of past experiences to guide our actions and give our sense-datum m...

I understand that the human nervous system creates the human mind. Im simply saying that this is not something that we control but we do experience it...

I understand that our perceptions are constructed from the nervous system as energy within our environments stimulate the sensory receptors of our neu...

There are three forms of moral realism: a minimal form, a moderate form, and a robust form. Proponents of the robust form of moral realism are committ...

That is the minimalist definition of realism, which is a contention between the moderate and robust forms of moral realism. As far as I am concerned, ...

I didn't say that you said proposition one was false, did I? I was simply trying to provide clarity for the entire set. I don't understand how claimin...

Proposition one states that the position of Individual Moral Subjectivism falls under the meta-ethical framework of cognitivism, which is a view in ph...

I don't think that is a strong representation of individual subjectivism. We all tell ourselves that which we believe to be right based upon whichever...

Thanks. Is it even possible to divorce the esotericism from philosophical discourse? I would much rather use common language that is broadly accessibl...

What are your objections to individual moral subjectivisim? Naturalism and non-naturalism are the two main theories of moral realism, whereas the latt...

Why should one invest in Tesla?

Actually, I was describing the moral perspectives of a strict deontologist, not what I, myself, think, but a particular view in normative ethics. A co...

On your view, is an act such as murder always wrong? This would be a deontological view on normative ethics, but deontology alone takes us to absurd c...

This is a variation of a series of popular thought experiments known as "The trolley problem". It illustrates a hypothetical scenario that presents an...

Now, my question was very specific and I don't believe that your objection accurately represents what it is that I'm trying to get you to concede to. ...

I appreciate the effort of explaining how you approach decision options and analyzing future outcomes, but that is a bit too much for me, and a bit of...

I'm not as familiar with that particular term. I think we need to do some semantic unpacking because we seem to be arguing past one another. First, le...