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- Wed Jan 11, 2017 3:51 pm
- Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
- Topic: The Private Lives Of Rocks
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Re: The Private Lives Of Rocks
One is saying everything has mind, the other is saying everything is mind.
- 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...
- Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:34 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: What are the main problems of philosophy?
- Replies: 24
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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...
- Thu Jan 05, 2017 10:54 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: What are the main problems of philosophy?
- Replies: 24
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Re: What are the main problems of philosophy?
Yes, did I misinterpret? I thought you were saying it was self refuting.
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 6:15 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: What are the main problems of philosophy?
- Replies: 24
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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.
- Tue Jan 03, 2017 10:12 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: What are the main problems of philosophy?
- Replies: 24
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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...
- Mon Jan 02, 2017 12:37 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: What are the main problems of philosophy?
- Replies: 24
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Re: What are the main problems of philosophy?
An example of... nothing?
- Sun Jan 01, 2017 4:54 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: What are the main problems of philosophy?
- Replies: 24
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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 ...