Tom Storm

I don't really follow politics - can you give me an example of post-truth being used? No one brags about being post-truth do they? I thought it was ju...

Chomsky: Manufacturing Consent. Kind of old news, right? But there is a difference between news which supports an elite or skews accounts in various w...

Ok. Interesting. I think the issue of us being bombarded by information useless and helpful is another problem. I’m fairly certain most people just ig...

Indeed. What I'm suggesting is that people hold ideas as certain without any attempt to assess if the ideas or models they hold are true. Seems to me ...

I don't think this subject has much to do with truth as such. It's about a distrust of mainstream truth, not the notion of truth per say. Trump voters...

Perhaps it's not excessive thinking (do you mean rumination?) that is the problem. It is inadequate thinking. Do you have specific evidence that justi...

I think the question here is what is an addiction? As someone who works in the area, one of the views of addiction generally holds that an addiction i...

The 'indicators' of gender (clothes, accoutrements, tastes ) are available to all regardless of biological sex and often seem to me to be performance ...

Thanks for taking the trouble to describe this in more detail. I'll mull over it.

The monolith to me always represented either the human unconscious (our full capacity unrealized) or a silent harbinger from an alien source which see...

Can you provide an example of this in action in one of the purported democracies?

Human morality is all over the place. We seem to have evolved towards empathy and, as a social species, it's to our advantage to cooperate. But on spe...

You've triggered me now! I've never used a walkman or listened to music on a device/phone. It can seem antisocial however it is often a mercy that peo...

Nice.

Not dismissive. Just charmed and sometimes exasperated by our attempts to wrest control by non-stop talking and writing.

Don't think I've seen it here. Again, a limited fan base in Australia - perhaps up north - our version of the deep south.

Gore Vidal once quipped, 'When I die, I take all of you with me.' I don't see how meaning or purpose of life are diminished if this is the only life w...

When I ask questions it’s often to discover what others think and why. I may already have a tentative ‘answer’ and may be personally satisfied, despit...

Technology as a symbol of evil and its role in the total destruction of our world is a fairly appealing narrative. And Back to Eden solutions have lon...

So I hear. My daughter made me watch a couple of episodes of the show once.

From memory Fosters had stopped selling in Australia in the late 1970's so the company Carlton United hired the once popular professional Australian s...

Australians often find this ad campaign amusing since Fosters is rarely consumed in the land of its origin. For a piss-poor beer we do actually drink ...

Indeed and the speculative constructions and reinventions can go on forever. But why?

You tell me - I don't claim to understand it. To argue, as Tillich and Hart seem to do, that God is being itself but not a being leads us where? For m...

Well put and I agree. But perhaps here on a philosophy site it's a little rudimentary.

Obviously.

:pray:

I grew up in the Australian Baptist tradition, which does not have a centralized system of dogma or authority, so individual churches varied. Some wer...

I work in the areas of mental health and substance misuse and many people I have worked with have had intellectual disabilities, cognitive impairments...

Humans create narratives to explain the world. Some of these stories are less persuasive than others. Today the Judeo-Christian god story isn't one of...

I hear you. The fact is, I care about all those questions but they still 'don't matter' in practical terms, as far as I can tell. I'm not saying I wan...

Nice. :up: I keep coming back to the question how would a given idea (in philosophy) change how I live? I have noticed (and this is a bit dull) that q...

As someone who doesn't really understand philosophy - what does that quote really mean? I also have little idea what is meant by wisdom. In the colloq...

I don't think any of this matters. People will choose the role model they want or none at all - and I am inclined to think that many people don't real...

There is nothing like a Dane Nothing in the world There is nothing you can name That is anything like a Dane.

I don't follow climate change debates. I am simply admiring the succinct and adroit manner of @"Xtrix" response.

Goodness, that was an impressive response. :clap:

The somewhat mawkish Neighbours theme was written by songwriters Jacky Trent and Tony Hatch. They actually wrote one of Scott Walker's greatest songs,...

I certainly don't call myself a philosopher. It's not a question of 'feeling comfortable' it's a question of accurate reporting. I am here because I a...

I'm sure many would agree. But aspiring to have the virtuous qualities of certain others is a well known path too. Hence gurus and religious leaders l...

Perhaps but isn't venerating moral goodness also problematic? :razz:

I thought you might say that.

What if your best self is an exceptionally talented serial killer? I think people generally choose role models closer to home - the royals, with the p...

Yep, I understood the words he used but as an argument against liberalism I don't think this hits the right target for reasons I presented earlier. Ma...

Maybe but my point was that pluralism used to be the liberal ideal. And one it might be argued we have lost. But really all I was interested in is try...

Agree. Yes, when I studied politics that was essentially called pluralism, a central tenant of liberalism - the peaceful coexistence of a plurality of...

Nice. That's how I view Heidegger...

OK. For me there are more pressing concerns that are brought about by the current corporate elites who dominate our rapacious form of capitalism - thi...

Not sure you have yet made a case that there are no role models in Liberal culture. Where are you finding this notion?

Have you had a chance to read alternative translations of the New Testament that have a better command of the Greek originals? I'm thinking of works l...