Tom Storm

Yes, dualistic thinking is unhelpful and I can see the merit of this view. Is deescalation of culture war possible and how do we find our way to a les...

Thank you - this is helpful. Food for thought. I can see how this is all compatible with phenomenology. I guess the aspect left out of this - the natu...

Doesn't quite resonate with me but, I hear you. I think there are people with prodigious natural skill that is instinctive. I know a person with an in...

Not at all, I enjoy your observations. We're just sifting through the strands of thought and experience here.

You may be right. Although the fact remains for me that some highly skilled work comes off as 'dead'. Like the aforementioned Steve Vai's masturbatory...

No question - I guess I would have thought that was a given - just as philosophy is quite different to the philosopher than it is for nonphilosophers....

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I think this is reasonable. Personally I would take a different approach. Cubism skill can be judged in relation to Cubism and skills in Realism in re...

The problem with any faith is it is based upon the subjective preferences of the believers who interpret God's will. This is why beliefs about god's w...

For my taste this is getting too instrumental and narrow. Skill generally refers to expertise in an activity undertaken. We can choose that activity a...

I generally think 'skill' refers to a core competency in a craft or creative process, which can pretty much be measured. In the case of painting, draf...

I was going to say the same thing. Reminds me a little of this:

Which account of karma are you assessing?

Could be. I was responding to the Daedalian poetry of the language in the second account which led me to quite forget what the content was intended to...

Actually in my experience it is often Christians who don't click with AA because they find it to be like a cult and do not see Christ in the model. An...

This is gold.

I was embroidering the edge of @"Pinprick"'s comment and using the word 'lofty' with cavalier imprecision.

As someone who works in addiction and metal health services there are many people who find the theism of AA and NA counterproductive and unhelpful. Go...

Interesting, very nice angle. Thank you. I'll mull over it. I think it is also interesting that 'hipsters' are so fond of banal but hand crafted, ofte...

You're right - it was a glib line.

I think that's being used by Brazil. You're right, deism had some mission creep in the old Republic.

Maybe that is the subtext. A Christian might say that the foundational guarantee for all trust is Jesus. I'd question the possibility of a meaningful ...

Thanks. Yep.

Tell me why.

They seem to want the freedom to persecute others and have the right to inflict religious values on the wider community. It's hard to see how America ...

Sounds like the instrumentalist is similar to a pragmatist - 'it works'. Isn't a scientific realist a philosophical naturalist and an instrumentalist ...

I think some counselling, social work and human services work will be hard to replace because people benefit greatly from interacting with another per...

Big subject and I am no expert. Microphone placement and recording clarity can also make or break such a performance (if it is not live). If live, aco...

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Sorry Mww, I'm not a philosopher (and probably shouldn't be here), but is this a critique of phenomenology?

Where do you think it goes wrong?

So much to unpack isn't there? I am indifferent to most works by Van Gogh and Picasso - but I would say Picasso has the greater imaginative power and ...

Thanks. Yes I'm starting to understand the building blocks (no materialist pun intended). This is particularly interesting: Maybe there needs to be a ...

It's interesting. Under idealism something needs to hold all thought or 'reality' together for us to have regularities and be able to share our modest...

What a lovely string of words, it deftly encapsulates the sorts of wonderful discussions we have here. :pray:

Of course. Doctor! Doctor! Can't you see I'm burning, burning Oh, Doctor! Doctor! Is this love I'm feeling? Sorry...

I got that much already from Mr Kastrup. :wink:

Go Fuck Your Self (Ayn Rand)

Goodness. Sounds messy and almost unachievable. But thanks for that.

I hear you. But I guess it is saying there is no 'material', so there is only ideas or mind. In such a reality, is there a difference in how we develo...

Would you mind briefly explaining how to read W's statement: Since everything lies open to view there is nothing to explain.

Or developing a mental illness or an addiction. They can radically alter a person's character, personality and choices. I think the hard part in all t...

Interesting. Does idealism in your view necessitate the reality of a spiritual world (as opposed to a reality where mentation is everything)? I can se...

Thanks.

The real challenge comes when trying to explain 'why'? And defining justly. How do these four words deal with abortion or capital punishment?

Good point and one some people forget - if they don't like it, it's because 'it ain't no good'. There are many things I admire that I want no part of ...

Yep. Got ya.

Morning Ralph. Morning Sam. I'm not sure that is right. Plenty of people who believe in an afterlife manage to be shit heels and treat others abominab...

I'm just reaching for words to convey some idea that it's more ineffable. You are probably right that visceral is the wrong word. Now the reason I say...

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