Tom Storm

Thank you for this fresh meat. Good to know. I think the historicist or determinist charge is probably fair, but is he not more that this too? I'll lo...

Excellent responses, W. Re Russell I remember this. Did Russell understand or 'get' Nietzsche? I was never quite sure, since I don't get him. I think ...

I've thought about this in different ways for many years, and always asked myself how does it assist us and where does it take us? All knowledge is te...

Wow. You've been busy. Against Theory of Mind Accounts of Autism looks very interesting.

Thanks. I can see how it can provide a model for consideration but I can't se e how it actually works. I have known of film critics who practiced a ph...

Thanks for this I will need an hour to think it through. Do you practice this? Can you maybe provide a vignette of it at work? Dot points?

Nice metaphor. If all you are looking for is X then an X detector is all you will need. Of course in life it is pretty easy to show the guy with the X...

Josh, that sounds good but what does it actually mean? Can someone provide a basic example of phenomenology at work looking out a window or doing some...

No one doubts that but the question remains, so what? To what extent do we want to amplify or diminish this curiosity.

Not sure how you can study yourself looking out the window unless it means reflecting on your subjective experience of your experience (sorry for the ...

Is this the same as 'I don't know'?

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Thanks James. Yes, I was intrigued by Rohr and note he is 78. My friend met him in the US 10 years ago and 'hung out' for a bit. I am interested in an...

Interesting. I've just been talking to a mate of mine who is a Catholic priest about the Franciscan friar Richard Rohr and Christian contemplation. I ...

Of course and I'm sorry. I often think there is no point being and adult if you can't be childish. I'm not someone who generally trusts their phenomen...

It always makes me smile when people say in earnest piety: there is no truth. Do the windows have to be in the same building?

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I wonder if we could get away from JP. At the risk of bringing this back to Nietzsche, I find myself drawn to this quote: We have no organ at all for ...

No question. And think of this - if humans didn't have innate empathy we wouldn't have been able to rear children. Empathy is the gateway to a veritab...

I know this is a strong view with some. I wonder if there are some tricks of language involved. I need to ponder more.

Well, if you have already made the assumption that he is reductive cartoonist, then no. But it could easily be maintained that the power grabs, turf w...

The most powerful status symbols are the ones others don't understand. It makes our virtue even more pronounced. Never underestimate the power of the ...

Depends on the theory but I guess so - I generally think of them as the best model we have for now based on the available evidence.

Interesting take on Chomsky and pretty much what many in the left here were saying about him in the 1980's. Many people also thought him crazy. But th...

Joshs, I appreciate your taking the time. All atheism means to me is I do not have good evidence to support the proposition that a god exists. Nothing...

I have no idea what that means, Josh. What is an internal relationality inherent within nature itself? On the whole re-labeling always makes me nervou...

It's possible to be indifferent to anything. There are no rules to what we should believe. What I find more interesting is people who think they care ...

Simple tribalism. It happens in every pursuit, from sport to politics, philosophy to classical music (don't start me on Wagnerians). Human nature does...

As I say I am not qualified to explore this but my minimal understanding of Dennett consist of watching several videos of him summarizing his ideas an...

I can't say if you are correct or not (I am not qualified in the area) but I have never understood how phenomenology can settle anything. I'm assuming...

It's kind of Nietzsche-lite. The elevator pitch -The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by ...

On these I guess there'll be loose affiliations of folk who take three main approaches. Some will say the questions have been answered already. Some w...

No, my point is the denialists say and think similar things about science (not talking about factual accuracy). You only have to read Andrew Bolt in A...

I was going to riff on Weber myself... this and charismatic authority are by two standbys. I've also made that point myself. Always reminded me of tha...

I don't think we'd ever disagree on that. But hey, let's not let a little thing like the meaning of life come between us. :pray:

It is significant but not the way you insinuate. :smile: It's not me perceiving animosity any more than you are perceiving dogmatic reductionism every...

One of the problems is the use of the word laws. This kind of smuggles in a lawmaker. The laws of logic are more properly known as foundations of reas...

I hear you. I have seen people try to apply the foundations of reason to folk wisdom before and it can't work. I guess where you were coming from may ...

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Few matters have easy answers. Try getting hold of a plumber over Easter.

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Yeah, Interesting stuff - I skimmed through it. I simply can't comment as much of the discussion seems theoretical and speculative and none of us here...

What on earth makes you say that? You need to stop being so jumpy. :smile: I am simply speculating that we will end. I suspect pandemics or war are ju...

I hear you. I take the view that consciousness , affect, empathy, language , sociality, take care of themselves and can be measured and understood. Th...

Why do people assume someone supports Peterson just because he's referenced? I think the JP phenomenon is very interesting. I have not read anything b...

Ok so you are being very careful with definitions. I'm slow so I am needing more to take this to any kind of practical conclusion.

Could be. What I tend to see is the human capacity for imitation. We are magnificent copyists. Sometimes we copy better than the originals and then ri...

Could be. I've not been much interested in Niezsche's thinking to be honest. I find his style grandiose and turgid and (for me) thoroughly unreadable....

Thank you. Getting closer, but I still don't quite get your drift. I don't have any philosophical learning and I am not a physicist or even much inter...

I hear you on this - this position has many adherents but what can we actually do? Is it even worth advocating individualism if there is no way to put...