Tom Storm

Idealism is a philosophical tradition for which naturalists (and others) generally hold there is no evidence. I have not used the word supernatural bu...

Funny stuff. Yes for me verbosity isn't the main problem - it's the poor syntax combined with unnecessary jargon.

I've assumed that naturalism had replaced the term materialism. Naturalists generally argue that to the best of our knowledge all we can know is the p...

Thank you. Pretty interesting, even to a layman...

Can you explain - It sounds tantalising and I am a little slow today. Edit - Oops - just saw @Praxis' similar question.

I hope you are right about this. Look how much trouble and misery humans have caused just by being Sapien. Some brain cell loss may just the ticket to...

Thanks, very interesting. I suspected this might be the case. The contemplative prayer tradition. Thanks for the word 'Philokalia'. Indeed. And it has...

I don't need to show anything, Baker the GR is a principle and has been a motivator in many people's lives for centuries. But it won't please everyone...

Some people...? If you are calling me a patronising, bossy arsehole I ask you to refrain from this in future. Why not demonstrate that there is ultima...

Thanks GT and TC, that was interesting to read.

Thanks.

I wonder what Garrett's position is on compassion.

Nice thoughtful response. Yep. That's always been my concern - swapping and romanticizing. Agree. You certainly see this with Islamic fundamentalists....

"You have to have men who are moral... and at the same time who are able to utilize their primordial instincts to kill without feeling... without pass...

Nice. I don't have much knowledge of philosophy but I do have passions. Be gentle.

I've read some of the thinkers you have mentioned and am fond of Bentley Hart. This may be a shallow read but as I see it there's an ongoing discussio...

Interesting. Have you studied philosophy?

Late to this party but absolutely correct. The shot of Anges Moorehead at the end of that exchange is highly charged. What a scene!

I'll continue to look on and pop in the odd question. Your ideas are interesting to me because they are probably the opposite of mine. I am always mos...

They do argue vociferously about whether math is invented or discovered - that latter belonging to those (like Roger Penrose) who consider math to ori...

Yes, but the modern conservative has largely disappeared from the world. Today's libertarian zealots are no where near as nice.

Never said you did. :smile: I get that common sense seems to indicate an "I" in daily living, which we may well have to presuppose is true to function...

I walked into a gym once in 1985. I bought an ice cream from the cafeteria section.

I wonder which version of the laws of god you're thinking of. Some versions are definitely in your paygrade, B.C. But would anyone wish to engage with...

It's even more serious than this. How did Descartes establish there was an "I" doing the thinking? He made some assumptions even here. A more accurate...

It's a good point this one. I used to assume this meant the love of attempting to find wisdom. I've often wondered how someone how isn't wise can reco...

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Good question. It's hard to get too concrete about this but I am reluctant to call anyone a philosopher if they have never read any philosophy, don't ...

Nice work. That seems important to me. A small scale philosopher? Is that like being partly pregnant? :smile: For me this would be best described as a...

Good response. I think a level of competence is required - however that is measured (and I am not saying that I can identify what this is). Philosophy...

You're welcome. I enjoyed it.

Well in the case of the pre-Socratics these were noteworthy, perhaps epoch defining explorations of the important questions. There has to be a start t...

I am not arguing that my position is popular, I am arguing that others understand it so it can't be incoherent as you seem to dogmatically suggest. Of...

That would be my view too.

I've asked clearly for you to provide refences of philosophers who hold your position about the self and morality. Since you are the one who says all ...

:gasp: Maybe it is just your wording in here, but what I am attempting to say is (and it's a yardstick, not a theory) that what we call morality is th...

That sounds like an appeal to authority and it requires demonstration. Can you show us citations for 5 philosophers who hold your position? I don't se...

Perhaps probative - with an 'a" - Having the quality or function of proving or demonstrating something; affording proof or evidence.

Only if what you do has impact on others. If you working alone leave nails on a deserted country road for passing cars in the night then this act can ...

Now this I can get.

I'm asking you - but obviously not or you would listed some, hey? I was thinking some basic reading or knowledge of logic. Your definition means my gr...

I can't share this presupposition and perhaps don't fully understand it. I see morality as being in relationship with others. Your view sounds a bit l...

So you don't see a need for any core competencies?

Going back to your OP, it's a good question. I generally draw a distinction between a philosophically inclined person and a philosopher. There are peo...

Ah, good 'evidence' keep going we may get to an actual idea soon...

I'm going to assume you are a high school kid. Go well, Son.

No, I agree with your point. I have often said that some of the greatest novels, plays and musical compositions are probably in a box somewhere, or ha...

As far as I can recall Paglia doesn't believe in idealism or any transcendent guarantees. Which is why I find it odd in her essays on aesthetics that ...

I think you are talking about different things. I am talking about calling yourself a writer when you have never written (apart from emails or texts)....

Well that's all very amusing but do you have any views worth defending or do you just make bold claims? What is a scientific truth? How is it true?