Tom Storm

But that involves telling a story, it's not providing something simultaneously true and false.

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Indeed - I think I could provide different answers ever few days. Lots of things fit. I've been touched by phenomenology recently and am curious about...

Personally I think we should be less confident about what we think we know. I live in Australia - have done for 6 decades. But I don't know this count...

Science: Examining intersubjectivity Philosophy: Examining beliefs Spirituality: Examining the unexaminable

Is acting work? Painting? Gardening? How about anyone who is financially independent but still chooses to work because they like it?

What do you think is the difference? Please say more. I have no knowledge of biofeedback. I thought philosophy was about ideas. What are thinking patt...

Yeah, I was going to ask this but got sidetracked.

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That's it, 180! So far its the Epicureans that make the most sense to me. Fortunately I have spent no time looking for non existent black cats but I c...

There's something in Ambrose Bierce's definition of philosophy: "A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing."

That is not a true or false question. That is a question of subjective taste. However if you wrote: I like Brussel sprouts; true or false? - you might...

I'm sorry to hear that. No - I said no one has any knowledge of non-physical things. A different nuance entirely. Well, you quoted Hebrews 11, not me....

No one has any knowledge of the non-physical, do you? I don't have any knowledge of how all experience functions - does anyone? I notice you point to ...

If any of these is the case then they are true. If they are not the case they are false. 'Look before you leap' is a saying and does not have this kin...

Pop, TC's not the only one here who thinks your idea is empty. But don't make it about him. Abusing the man isn't an argument. Keep your sense of humo...

Ok now I get where you are coming from. Since we don't share the same worldview or assumptions there's no point me firing anything back.

I wasn't ware that Truth had finally been found. Perhaps you could start by explaining what truth is when it comes to art. A few dot points will do so...

I think these are the kinds of statements you can only make if you hold a series of assumptions. I think Cathedrals can probably be reimagined as monu...

You tell me. I have never used any social media and don't entirely understand what it is for.

Thanks. I remember Dutton's work establishing Arts Letters Daily and I enjoyed his criticism of pretentious and meaningless academic language which is...

Interesting. I have never associated truth with art. I'm not even sure how they would relate.

Can you identify a critic or writer who embodies this view?

Nice. I have always been astonished by old men who tell me they still feel 25. Really? I stopped feeling young in my late twenties. I'm in my mid-50's...

You argue your point with strong commitment. I figure we come from different perspectives so I see no good reason to debate this issue with you. I've ...

Perhaps in poetry but more formally something either is the case, or it is not the case.

That brings back some memories. Digression. My father was able to switch pain off. He would have all dental work done without any anesthetic and this ...

Ok, you meant Buddhism. I withdraw my earlier question. This could be an interesting thread.

Yes, I think not living according to your beliefs is often an easier way of going about one's business. But sometimes the fault line's between belief ...

Can you tell me what it is? I was away that day.

Simply pointing out that people quite merrily live by keeping two sets of books. Schizoid is the wrong word. Hypocritical or inconsistent may be close...

It simply means that I regularly think about death and dying, maybe 2 or 3 times a month.

Yes, we (even the most implacable idealist) have no choice but to behave as though the real world is real. If we want to live. What we believe however...

I'm often mindful of my mortality. The only time I get anxious is when I am in a vehicle that is going too fast. Generally I ask the driver to slow do...

I sure do and when I get in a car. I'm obviously using luck in the conversational sense. But whatever you wish to call it. Life is risk and you may be...

I wonder how useful this observation is. Isn't understanding and managing the odds how life is negotiated for the most part? All of life is a risk. Si...

Hmmm. I don't really understand where this is heading but in the words of the now obscure 20th century philosopher Lana Turner, "A gentleman is simply...

I like it when you talk dirty. :wink:

I think businesses are always looking to maximise profit and cut costs and will ususally do whatever the legal system, the government and conditions a...

I think the cult of the artist as genius and visionary has almost always run alongside highbrow art too - whether you're talking Rembrandt, Wagner or ...

Ok. I think we may be coming from different perspectives. I agree that power doesn't have to be misused. It's clear that leaders need power to be affe...

Not for a while.

Just checking - is your position that everything that is the case is natural?

Excellent. I've wondered about this. Verisimilitude not being realist is fascinating. I guess there's also the phenomenologist's perspective (of which...

Apologies if I got it wrong. I thought I was agreeing and extending the point.

Not by much.

It was an aside, Frank - the idea being that it is not only computers that can assemble syntax without connecting to the content. You don't have to ag...

I'm not a Popperian but I plead guilty to elevating verisimilitude. As far as I can tell, I have no alternative but to assume the world I am in is rea...

Yes, as long as you obey certain rule understanding the meaning can be secondary

Because it is true? But maybe you don't get my meaning and are making it too concrete. I've met dozens of folk who work in government and management w...