Tom Storm

I wonder what that looks like outside of a paragraph - how does one do this in life?

Just checking is this Thompson? I always thought this quote was credited to Dan Zahavi, (2008) Internalism, Externalism, and Transcendental Idealism. ...

Not sure what you mean with this question but we all pass on incorrect information, prejudices, bigotries and dubious values to children and students ...

Nice. Can I borrow this?

I think so. But there may be one or two who don't - let me know who they are. :wink: We were talking about a claim about a Chinese historical account ...

All governments take the credit for work that came before them. All governments are in the business of fostering and restating the significance of cul...

That seems to me to be a standard right wing politics talking point which I think does disadvantaged people a substantial disservice. It's what we use...

I think you are asking several quesions bundled into one category. For me the question you are asking involves how people manage psychologically and w...

As someone with social justice principles I would never educate people to be happy with their situation. I wouldn't be prefer mechanisms in place thro...

Yes [ For me that's difference. Young and old is difference. Ugly and beautiful is difference. But one might say figuratively in English that such a d...

Interesting. I can't quite see the distinction so far. I got from Kastrup that he believes there is only mentation. All of reality is mind-at-large (h...

Ok. So that is not about inequality. Maybe disparity of qualities/attributes? :up: Yes. Difference. Makes more sense. Now we are back to actual inequa...

What? A cohost? So is the OP question yours or not? Are you are real person? :wink: If you posted the question together why did he respond to the ques...

Huh? Who is your friend? You asked the question in your OP so you must have a definition, right? Why else would you pose the question? You asked a que...

I am not American and don't live in America. I am referring to human history whether Chinese, Swedish or Australian. But let's come back to the questi...

No. As Henry Ford use to say 'History is bunk'. History is written by the victors, is full of myths, legends, half-truths and self-glorifying factoids...

I was not talking about Chinese medicine - I was talking about whether legends were true. E.g., People living to 100 without showing signs of aging.

I'm asking you as the writer of the OP what do you mean by inequality? What is inequality. Can you define it so I understand where you are coming from...

Given your background in the classics, I recommend you swap these for figs and dates. The cartoons are less problematic, Looney Tunes and Rocky and Bu...

There are lots of legends in many different cultures about all kinds of golden eras. Are they true? Probably not. But I don’t think I know what you me...

Ha! I guess for those untrained in philosophy the delineation of what is physical is difficult. I like your earlier reference to grammar.

I’m assuming (perhaps wrongly) that the argument may be made that traffic laws are created by minds behaving according to natural physical processes -...

I'm curious and forgive the awkward wording - is it hard to get a useful reading of Nietzsche? How often do you think his work is taken into 'bad read...

I can't make much sense out of Nietzsche's writing - I find the often histrionic prose style close to unreadable, even the Kaufman translation (but th...

That made me laugh.

Can you provide some references or details for this?

It was a joke. A summary of what we often seem to find in these threads... Hence the :razz: emoji.

:lol: Of course you're now providing an opening for the ersatz mystics and fundamentalists. If physicalism can't account for our entire experince, thi...

If physicalism is bereft or trivially true, what account of the world do you give when talking to an average person with some philosophical interest?

I get the performative self-refutation part. What's the Hempel's dilemma aspect of the traffic light e.g.? I understand that all non-black things are ...

Personally, I prefer the idea of the Nietzsche's Last Man to that of the Übermensch. Comfort, routine and the mundane sound pretty good to me. Needles...

Where is this heading - convention and behavior?

Yes, they are a separate matter. It's a question I have.

Are you confident that arguments can establish whether or not gods exist?

No, I'm sorry I don't understand your point.

:up: And @"Janus" I think.

This is good stuff. Beautifully laid out. I’ll read it again and perhaps pose a question or two. Thanks.

I see your point. Could it not be said that most thinkers work towards a pre-existing conclusion? I would have thought most philosophical argument is ...

Social policy is a 'thinking issue'. You don't get to robust social policy without lots of thinking and conversation/discussion. Good social policy sa...

I've felt bored since I was a small child. The feeling has never left me... Maybe my problem is that I've always felt everything was contingent upon c...

Well, that is tedious, as I suspected. Why should some sickly, proto-incel and misogynist tell us what we can do and can't do in public!?

I've never understood the point of 'continual self-overcoming'. What does this mean (or look like) in practice when you are going about your daily bus...

Do you mean propositional logic?

:up: The argument from contingency remains a firm favourite, even with the more refined apologists.

Interesting. And I don’t think we know enough about the entire universe to know if ‘everything’ has a cause.

Stones/pebbles/gravel were put on mid-century roofs as a decorative homage to Japanese stone gardens - a "karesansui" (???) garden. Consider it a dry ...

Oops, I typed Morons for Mormons. Fixed. Apologies to our latter day saint friends.

The spread of Christianity along the Silk Road likely occurred through the efforts of early Christian communities, missionaries, and traders who carri...

I think that's often, but not always, the case. But there's no magical pathway out of a values clash, is there? I remember talking to an old Nazi 30 y...

I wonder what all that jizz does for the flavour.