As I said, we understand things through our place in time and culture. And texts are created in a place in time and culture. In other words there is a...
My heart sinks when I read those sorts of OP's and there is an existing conversation much like it here already somewhere festering with overly familia...
That's probably true and I wasn't arguing for that. That's definitely a strong statement. I don't know if it is accurate but its sounds right. I'm not...
That's a very lucid and reassuring response. Isn't that assuming that you can separate language from the culture and world from which it comes? Words ...
This seems to be an important for you. How would it look if it could be done? It's difficult for people to see past Biblical literalism or scientism o...
I find the complexity and implications of this material takes some time to sink in. Constance has had a go at restating this idea below. Better than I...
Exactly. And many Christians are of this view. I grew up in the Baptist tradition and we were taught that Genesis was a myth used to explain our world...
An exceptional thinker. I heard Bryan Magee talking about this - he said Kant wrote abysmally and was a great chore to read. He suggests a reason - Ka...
I think I may be more of an Epicurean, but Stoicism is massively popular these days - podcasts, books, YouTube, TikTok. It has significantly influence...
I think he is saying that we are kidding ourselves if we think stable meaning is possible and that logic is ultimately not connected to anything found...
I wonder if he is also referencing a Derridarian critique of logocentrism and the metaphysics of presence? I have doubts that the precise meaning of P...
Thanks for clarifying your perspective on this one. There is an entire and very complex world contained in your response. Perhaps this is just because...
Some people just feel life is pointless. I'm not sure reasoning makes much difference, it's a disposition. The fact that things end doesn't matter to ...
Many people aren't happy. Is there good evidence, other than popular mythology, that creatives are more miserable or messed up than the rest of us? Th...
I think he's pointing to the obviousness of when something is the case. If we can't determine whether a cup has a handle, then we can't determine anyt...
They don't strike me as weird as they reflect lived experience. But I understand philosophers may find them weird. Yes, this is odd. No question. I wo...
This has been an interesting but labrythine thread. Do you have a definition of ineffable - or do you think you can steel man one? Are you comfortable...
As I said 'most' not all. Personally, I've never been overly hung up on reasoning. I base most of my choices on what feels right and don't overthink o...
But I think it is likely you would not feel comfortable or want to gun down children even if you were allowed. We're a social species, we have empathy...
I think people often hold views on subjects that make little difference to how they life. And no, I am not saying that beliefs don't have an affect. M...
Not really because no matter what the position people seem to hold, as soon as they leave the keyboard or the class room, they mostly enter the quotid...
Thanks for restating the issue. It's still very confusing. I'm none the wiser but I think what you feel is that it is an equivocation fallacy with pos...
I'm confused then. What is it you mean? Can you briefly summarize the issue (where the person goes wrong or equivocates) in different words to make it...
I think you're essentially saying things I've heard fairly often over the past 40 years or so. There's truth in this. Why aren't here any great leader...
This may well be the case. Just looking for a good account of fiction as a repository of 'truth'. Throughout this I've been mulling over that Camus' q...
From wiki - The sex-positive movement is a social and philosophical movement that seeks to change cultural attitudes and norms around sexuality, promo...
Sorry. Can you explain this clearer? Your premises involve supernatural entities for which there is no demonstration. Your interlocutor seems to be sa...
Sounds like you're trying to make a transcendental argument for the existence of god. Are you preparing for some presuppositional apologetics? Corneli...
Good points. I've had many enjoyable and transformative experiences reading fiction (I'm fond of 19th century novels) and these books are aesthetic ex...
Actually, I'm not making claims, I'm posing questions based on how I recall my experiences. You'll note I didn't say fiction does not teach us anythin...
Agree. I'm not sure I would commit to calling such experiences truths as such. What they are, I can't say. Profound experiences? I guess where I was h...
I'm fine with it. It's fairly apparent that people sometimes ask incoherent questions and often the question we think we want answered rests on assump...
That's fine, but do you have expertise to make this enterprise useful? There's already a quagmire of self-appointed experts and monomaniacs out there ...
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