Tom Storm

Kind of but that also that philosophical naturalism is too extreme and a lot of folk think all scientists presuppose this too. Well it depends upon wh...

Great OP and a good start. I am unsure about 5. Not sure if this helps but generally the physicalists I know call themselves methodological naturalist...

It's interesting how a philosophy forum can sometimes nourish low-brow, Right wing populism.

It looks to be literature resting on a metaphysical base. Like the Gathas of Zarathustra or The Bible.

Close but it actually stands for Inadequate Notion That's Junk

I'm a Scorpio...

Has philosophy helped or changed you in any way? How?

I'm saying it would make a good thread.

I tend to take the view @"Joshs" has already hinted at. Derrida is poorly understood and therefore derided. A cartoon Derrida is readily available. Di...

Yes, here in Australia too I suspect and in film theory. Well Joshs says D is a continuing reference point and he's an academic out of Chicago.

Derrida is still cited with frequency by some it seems.

To what extent is Deconstruction still practiced in philosophy?

Interesting. In relation to pessimism, I'm not sure we can 'choose' such an outlook. Can we become pessimists by reading books? I did read some Dan Br...

Ok. So it's a cryptic reference to Plato?

As I understand it, it's Michel de Montaigne: "To philosophize is to learn how to die." I've always been struck by the quote although I am not sure I ...

I don't think you can demonstrate that nothing further or new is possible.

Do I recall you posting something about logic earlier that questions the notion of non-contradiction? As I recall you weren't entirely convinced - wha...

My take would be different. We could also say the person was a hypocrite or that they were a case of 'do what I say not what I do.' Nothing could be m...

Agree. Thanks for the wonderfully clear and useful overview.

I understand entirely. I think there's room for some quality prompts on the subject, especially common fallacies or misrepresentations. Sometimes 3 or...

Sounds like you are not hopeful then.

Perhaps we need a good thread on understanding idealism (as opposed to debating it). Personally I found Bernardo Kastrup's conceptual framing of the s...

Interesting you put it like this. Does the plant not move towards the same direction each time and if it must have beliefs, could it not feel it has b...

I never said it can't also do this. :smile: Note Joshs' words 'can also' not 'always'. This is not a black and white world (no matter what some Republ...

And other suffering. By the way, not everyone in palliative care dies. Mainly it is about managing pain.

Best I can do is above already. You just have to trust my experience of this and what I have seen. I don't mind at all if you don't believe me.

Generally because I seek comfort and receive it - friends, family, care professionals. Because suffering is something we all share. Comfort and privil...

No. :wink:

I don't think this is a necessary response. In suffering I often feel most connected to others and reminded of a process that ends in death - a unifyi...

I actually watched that CD segment back in 1982 when it aired on Australian TV - Sonia Humphrey (deceased), the reporter.

:up:

How does one deal with addictions in the light of this? Surely the need to gamble or use substances - even if just for psychological reasons - should ...

Good point. Many theists and fans of supernatural ideas :razz: have a need to describe the world we live in as a miracle (manufactured by a cosmic con...

This could benefit from some unpacking. UAP's are not known to be vehicles - that is assuming too much. They are, as the acronym spells out; unidentif...

Pretty much. The idea of the supernatural is simply phenomena or entities that are not subject to the laws of nature. Can anyone demonstrate the exist...

Sorry, your point still eludes me. Let's move on. :wink:

What has any of that got to do with what I wrote about ordinary language usage of the word supernatural, which refers to those things we accept as not...

Not sure what your point is.

Thank you, yes that's more or less what I thought. Thanks for your clarifications. Useful. Seems to me when push comes to shove most thinking people e...

Agree. As an aside, wasn't it theologian Paul Tillich who said god doesn't exist? This would locate god in the quotidian and rob the 'ground of being'...

How do you understand the idea of promising work or value in psychology? How does this operate without traditional foundational justification?

Yes, this is what I was hoping would be identified in this discussion.

Certainly true. I think this is a matter for personal judgement and I can't find any merit in any construction of the term faith that I have heard to ...

These are all good questions, Joshs. But they don't change how I see faith as contrasted with reasonable expectation. I appreciate your perspective. I...

Can you expand on this?

I look to others to enlarge my ideas and learn from their mistakes. And others may be way smarter/wiser than me, or so different from me that I get lo...

Ok read it. Fuck, that's some pretty deep shit! This crystallises it - sorry about the formatting. This is the kind of approach I was imagining - an o...

Mine barely functions inside a body, so I am damn sure there will be nothing when I die. :razz:

Thank you. I will give it a go. I may not be able to understand this essay - it's more academic than I can generally handle.

Ha! Yes, I think there are a lot of people who hold to this view. Maybe I need to clarify. When I asked the question about postmodernism and ethics I ...