Tom Storm

I wonder that if in some way a phenomenological approach and its wholesale 'dissolution' of totalizing metanarratives is not in itself a form of metan...

Yes, this enters into 'having a good eye' and the notion of good taste versus bad taste and do we believe in such transcendental narratives anymore? I...

I enjoyed that.

A layperson's question here. Is it the case that the idea of 'meta' has been unraveled (and I understand the notion of reality and truth being constru...

Can you expand upon what you mean but the first two statements? It's not necessarily clear. How does architecture transform society over time - exampl...

Yes, that's it. I think violence is sometimes like a broken machine. Certainly that's what post trauma states seem to indicate. :up:

Not lying because generally it's what I have observed. Sounds more like you are struggling to imagine what might be happening in these instances. Me t...

It means that relationships are often lost because of poor communication. People fail to tell their partner how much they love them and they only hear...

I did - although I didn't put it in your theatric style. The answer was simple. We love him for his big spirit, we hate him for his cruelty. The examp...

Aristotle has a lot to answer for. I know this is a recurring theme in some of your philosophical rumination (not a criticism by the way) but when it ...

I thought the quote translated meant - to those we love, bad things are said we don't really mean while we forget to say the loving things we really f...

Me too; hours every day but with the opposite effect. I have 15 separate reporting databases and endless report reviews. That's why I want a book when...

I am an old man (almost) and while I don't own many things, I have a lot of books. I can't use screens, they shit me.

You love these conundrums Fool/Agent. I'm not sure how the Gibran quote informs this - it simply talks about how we mess up our public utterances. As ...

Or is COVID irrelevant here and it's just Scotty from Marketing, (our Prime Minister), knowing how much people dislike Djokovic and using him in this ...

6.6 billion people don't seem to care.

Maybe. I think it may be more about outbursts of aggression - most of the people I know who have done this take no interest in the reactions. It's clo...

Just checking - I've met too many people who beat up or stab people without provocation and for no reason. In this case, would you consider the victim...

I understand and used to share this. But the reality is most of us don't know how anything works - nature, consciousness, reality, a digital watch - w...

Of course. Especially in those cases.

I don't understand the question.

... and call off Christmas!

Self-defence - but with minimal force.

I take the third option - no one fucking knows. :razz: I think I subscribe to mysterianism on consciousness (and some other issues). My point was simp...

I don't think this helps much. I think a lot of people start with this latter question and still end up with a charlatan - but I get your point.

Quick skim of his opening gambit. These days everyone seems to be a panpsychist. I don't sign into google or facebook.

Even so, how do we tell what it means? New Testament example - I was talking to a Catholic priest friend of mine yesterday about Jesus throwing out th...

Calling someone a naïve realist is an insult in some places. In other words holding such a view you may be seen as an unsophisticated yokel, with an u...

:up: 'You won't get it' often means the person doesn't want to face a different worldview challenge. Ironic that you won't get it if you don't exist. ...

Forget all the complex metaphysical arguments. It's long been a thing for disenchanted young males to conclude that life is either nihilism or solipsi...

Amen, Brother. :up:

Of course, I took this as read. I was applying the term very loosely and from our perspective. I guess it might have been more accurate to say these f...

And verkakte Star Wars movies.. :gasp:

A thoughtful response. It seems to me that while we can adapt the word enlightenment for a range of potential meanings, it does seem to sit more right...

Sure, that's the standard physicalist view of enlightenment - a period of time and an approach to epistemology. I mentioned this in the OP. And, of co...

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So I was merely playing on Agent's wording and making no proclamations about truth. And I hate to break it to you - there are multiple potential defin...

Is perspectivism self-refuting? How would we demonstrate that the metaphysical underpinnings of this view do not apply to itself? Why would we let per...

I had a look at the reconstructions, they weren't of any use to me. See how you go.

Skeptic: Someone who pretends they know nothing but acts as if they do. Ignoramus: Someone who pretends they know something but acts as if they don't....

I'd have to see an example in action. Much of what you write is highly complex and I am not sure I understand your intent. For instance, I don't under...

To be fair this applies to many (if not all) areas of human behaviour not just religion. The same thing happens in most organised value systems - espe...

Or does it just say that determining the difference is very hard?

Yes, that was my angle. I always want to hear the best possible defence of a position different to my own if I can find it (and if I can understand it...

I know he reads the originals in Greek and is a Platonist, so certainly will divide some people. I personally find this useful because I am interested...

It's a fascinating area and my most acrimonious discussions with others over the years have not involved religion or politics, but art and how it can ...

This is certainly a healthy subject at present. I recently saw an interesting discussion about this aspect of Platonism featuring Dr Jim Madden from B...

Well written perspective but I confess it was long and detailed and I struggled to understand some of your specifics. But it's good to see this kind o...

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I see that photo and hear this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD5ycbCKg7Y