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by Owly
Wed Jan 11, 2017 3:51 pm
Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
Topic: The Private Lives Of Rocks
Replies: 26
Views: 6758

Re: The Private Lives Of Rocks

One is saying everything has mind, the other is saying everything is mind.
by Owly
Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:44 pm
Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
Topic: The Private Lives Of Rocks
Replies: 26
Views: 6758

Re: The Private Lives Of Rocks

This isn't that extreme, it's only a watered-down version of idealism, the belief that there is nothing but universal mind and its creations/thoughts. Panpsychism only seems to be saying that everything has a mental element, even if only embryonically, not that everything IS mind. It isn't saying th...
by Owly
Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:34 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: What are the main problems of philosophy?
Replies: 24
Views: 7057

Re: What are the main problems of philosophy?

"There's been no philosophical schema or proposition offered, that I'm aware of, whose assumptions can't be brought into question." - how is this a metaphysical position? Insofar as philosophy, in the broadest sense, is the attempt to establish what exactly is going on, then surely you can...
by Owly
Thu Jan 05, 2017 10:54 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: What are the main problems of philosophy?
Replies: 24
Views: 7057

Re: What are the main problems of philosophy?

Yes, did I misinterpret? I thought you were saying it was self refuting.
by Owly
Wed Jan 04, 2017 6:15 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: What are the main problems of philosophy?
Replies: 24
Views: 7057

Re: What are the main problems of philosophy?

Oh absolutely, if what I said was taken as a metaphysical proposition then it would suffer the same fate as other metaphysical propositions and systems - it would be question begging or self-refuting. But it was merely an empirical observation, not a fact, along with a suggestion, not a prescription.
by Owly
Tue Jan 03, 2017 10:12 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: What are the main problems of philosophy?
Replies: 24
Views: 7057

Re: What are the main problems of philosophy?

There's been no philosophical schema or proposition offered, that I'm aware of, whose assumptions can't be brought into question. Without firm epistemological or ontological grounding, the true status of anything, and everything, is up in the air. If we say a particular grounding is 'good enough' or...
by Owly
Mon Jan 02, 2017 12:37 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: What are the main problems of philosophy?
Replies: 24
Views: 7057

Re: What are the main problems of philosophy?

An example of... nothing?
by Owly
Sun Jan 01, 2017 4:54 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: What are the main problems of philosophy?
Replies: 24
Views: 7057

Re: What are the main problems of philosophy?

The problem essentially seems to be that everything is question-begging and nothing is established. The beginning of a solution might be to focus on the nature of this 'nothing' that is established, rather than getting lost in whatever falls under the umbrella of 'everything'. One might then ponder ...