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Never read him, but I did like Scorsese's Last Temptation. But - I don't know about the book - the movie focused primarily on the subjective experienc...

Oh no, I think it's relevant. My response to Banno only meant that I think the terminology of mental states only makes sense in the setting in which i...

I don't see it in terms of propitiation, otherwise it would be insane (propitiating oneself.) It's more like: If the universe were created intentional...

Ah no, its sublime. Especially if you throw in a twist of christ forgetting he is God, or doubting it. Its a beautiful myth. Not saying I believe it (...

Very true, but them telling you that is an external sign. (My hunch, having talked to many schizophrenics, is that the 'voices' they hear are not well...

apologies to @"Moliere" & @"unenlightened"Gulity of responding to the op without reading the responses first. I see I'm making some points others have...

Sure, they are all the time. They were in those links you linked, for example, weren't they? Are you asking whether 'mental states' correspond to some...

(@"Baden" @"unenlightened" and anyone else - Here's the Lyotard if you're interested. Best I could do was a google books preview, but the whole thing'...

Admittedly, I don't know Latour that well either. I've read a few of his essays though, and didn't like them much. I have the feeling that if I hadn't...

This sums it up well Is he right? It doesn't really matter. This is a glaring red target for anyone on the other side. If you're taking a public role ...

Latour's always had an earth-as-gaia thing, so this isn't all that surprising. It just seems like he's willing to take the side of scientists in a cas...

Yeah but there's plenty of state presence in the rust belt. You can't rob a walgreens and get away with it, tho you're free to die of opioids walgreen...

hooooly

. Ah see. Here the noble worker can walk in with his greasy clothes and say 'hello, im here to forget the mines through the restorative power of one r...

If I ever find out you post from a starbucks, I'm going to flag you three times over.

But I'm pretty skeptical the reason there's no Mafia where you live is poverty. What's the vacuum, where you live, that the mafia would fill? Do you f...

Sure, the grandkids may be really sorry too. But take away the material circumstances and social protection in which they can nurture this feeling and...

Yes, but if I imagine a rich family in my town laying wreck to my family; and then years later, as an old man, I'm invited to a party, at a house seiz...

Oh, I don't. I just wanted to point out that children often appear to find a rather unmediated glee in, say, knocking down another's block-tower (some...

yeah

There is the game theory thing of suspicion, but it's not just a self-contained hall of mirrors, floating on air. There's real non-defensive violence,...

Some other chaps are sociopaths. And even non-sociopaths can be temporarily seized by darker passions. Have you ever watched children play?

There's a lot of philosophy of law being done against 'philosophy of law' I mean

I'm enjoying this thread, sincerely. But I have to say, as a whole, with regard to the OP it feels a lot like : 'I've heard of these couples who sleep...

how dare you. The only email account I have is [email protected]

oh shit i totally forgot!

Basically you text your ssn to [email protected] along with a precis of your complaint and a valid credit card number (just for authenticat...

tldr: you can only ignore the meta stuff, as a pragmatic strategy, if the meta stuff hasn't already been baked into the object-level. It has been.

Yeah, that's an apt criticism, and the Selma example is a good one. I've never been very politically active (mostly because I don't know how to intera...

I do think it has potential as a topic, (tho it might end very poorly). Buuut: 'the politics of outrage' is a good, straightforward title.

I'm glad you brought this up; I had the feeling this was the subtext. There's a lot of disingenuous, weaponized outrage out there. But then there's al...

no, its 1/crisp :lol: :lol: :100: 'just whatevs, it's all good, eh brah? ' What voice are you trying to caricature? Is this supposed to be a stoner? A...

I'd never hang you. My theory about theories is that theories are useful for some finite thing, idk what, depends on the theory, the subject matter. m...

My feeling is it's a good op if it isn't trying to engage Heidegger. If it is, well....

I mean, I guess that hinges on what you think 'theories' are supposed to do. So, specific theories - theories explaining this or that phenomena accord...

:up: I think it's on amazon now? Either way, planning on watching soon. (Also have a huge crush on Saoirse Ronan ever since Brooklyn)

I haven't! I've been meaning to

Another way to put this - I"ve seen people shit on poor working-class people all my life, in print, online, in movies. Not a big deal. But one time, l...

Sorry to respond so late. Rocky past few days. I'm convinced of this, though, to my core, especially the last paragraph. This is extra-philosophical, ...

This is a super interesting way of framing things. Equanimity would've been a hot commodity back then, so maybe they were just superior marketers. I'v...

You have to take setting into consideration tho, don't you? Like: if you know what you're doing, like you say he probably did, and you say that to som...

I like the idea of heaven, if there were such a thing, being more akin to the inexhuastible imaginative play of childhood.

Can't do justice right now to the op, but I think Phillip Larkin's Aubade captures the fear of death (as absolute end) elegantly without the grandiose...

I don't agree with first sentence tho. You said it authoritatively but I can't see why that's the case.

I feel like you can solve the paradox like this: We can intelligibly indicate the limit beyond which intelligibility fails.

I agree that there's no answer. That's the crux of it. 'Shut up!' can be an appropriate response, depending on the situation. If one of my co-workers ...

Same. I like the idea of 'awakening' being the same thing as 'falling back asleep.' When I was a teenager, I worked at a weird kind of lake-island res...

I'm reading a message into your sketch, one that might not be there. But, if it is there: 'what conditions are necessary for asking the question?' is ...

I guess I mean the 'swabian peasant' thing seems like the kick, the positivist tinkering just potemkin-philosophy in the service of Being Wry. If what...