Tom Storm

Yes, I’ve addressed that. I know many atheists who accept astrology, ghosts, Bigfoot, etc. I also know atheist idealists. I think atheism is less tota...

I wouldn't think so. Atheism is just one thing - a disbelief in gods. Some atheists believe in astrology and ghosts. Some are logical positivists. The...

I am lazy. I don't often enjoy travel. I have little interest in discovery or searching. I'm not looking for anything. I do a road trip every now and ...

I think this is an important point and another reason why it is important to understand some philosophy rather than - and I could so easily do this - ...

This is similar to what Susan Haack argues. - Scientism and its Discontents Susan Haack

Since you mentioned nuclear annihilation and physicists - wouldn't it be the case that many people think philosophers have annihilated human values, u...

It's certainly possible to live a rich and rewarding life without making a study of philosophy. But aren't all human knowledge projects founded on pre...

Sounds about right. Yes, I think most things boil down to personal preferences and then, often, we select some reasoning as post hoc justifications. I...

I'm interested and forgive me if this is obvious, do you subscribe to any form of theism? Do you beleive that the universe is a created artefact by so...

Ha! I think that finger means, 'Up yours Death!'

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Psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists - are different disciplines, with many varieties of each. Amongst the psychotherapists I've known were also r...

That's ok. It was just obvious quip to make. Apologies.

:up: Was going to write the same thing...

That's so elegantly expressed. Got ya. This is so interesting and what a wonderful summary you've provided. Has your view of idealism changed much in ...

Mine too. I was referring to the commonplace view. Bernado Kasturp has posited that the reason his car remains in the garage after the door is closed ...

Seems that way to me too.

Firstly let me say I've really enjoyed our discussion and find your approach refreshing and positive. We don't always see things the same way, but we ...

I don't think this is the rejoinder. There's an assumption implicit here that wisdom and truth bring happiness. I don't agree. Note, I am not saying t...

Making better decisions may not make you happier. It might be quite disruptive. Being wise might mean knowing just how tenuous our hold on life is, ju...

I find this interesting and I read similar sentiments to this fairly often. But I personally would never associate philosophy with a search for conten...

Got ya.

I was referring to spiritual practice. Are you saying this is the same as 'intellectual self awareness'?

No I meant I don’t know what it means. Your definition doesn’t resonate with me so much. I was referring to something different. A lack of empathy. Sp...

That makes all the differnce. The problem for me is it is not readily apparent how one determines one from the other - except in the most obvious and ...

Yeah, I can see that. Humans are such emotional creatures, so attached to our own experiences and projecting these upon others that I also wonder how ...

Again - I find only profound agreement. :pray:

Apologies if I was rude. I thought you were wondering 'what my problem was' and found this a curious reaction. Do you have a way to relate philosophy ...

I think that resonates quite well with me. Sounds like you put in a lot of field work. That's good. I spent much of the 1980's and early 1990's with T...

Wonder all you like. You sound irritated. @"Moliere" and I were discussing personal reasons for an interest in philosophy or gurus.

Exemption? What do you mean?

Beginnings of wisdom? I feel similarly. It's funny - in life I do not reflect much or agonize over decisions. I don't tend to have any burning questio...

Cool. I guess I am anxious not to be or sound disrespectful or needlessly antagonistic when I post. Ok, yes I can see some of this in Epicurus. From m...

Just for yourself or others? Don't you think the world is already awash with well-meaning or messianic others providing us with gratuitous advice on h...

Is existence a predicate? Is it a property or characteristic of an object? I guess it might depend on how you understand existence and being. Isn't Ka...

As I understood it via Bernando Kastrup, all of reality emanates from the mind of God and this allows for apparent object permanence and the regularit...

I like this quote from phenomenologist philosopher Dan Zahavi: “Ultimately, what we call “reality” is so deeply suffused with mind -and language-depen...

I think OP's sometimes grab attention because the timing is right and the wording used seems to grab people's imagination. It's not a science, so who ...

Will it just end up being Pizzagate with aliens?

Ok - I guess I don't understand this nuance.

I think what this highlights is the more general problem of attribution. In life we have to make inferences. In some cases no inference is necessary. ...

I'm not a theorist, but when you live around racism, it's not hard to see it in action if you give it some thought - deliberate and persistent discrim...

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Sounds right. Do you accept Kant's account of phenomena/noumena? Or something similar to this?

I agree. There are fascinating discussions I don't participate in because: 1) I feel I can add nothing further to what has been said already. 2) I don...

:up: Yep, I totally see this. And white Australians over Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - not to mention white Australians over any numb...

I can see merit in that.

Good question.

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That's a nice description and one might argue this. A reading of the Old Testament can present us with a god who screws up time and again. The issue w...