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P: There is no such thing as reality-in-itself. (Agreed. The expression 'reality-in-itself' is meaningless.) C1: Therefore, reality cannot be absolutely independent from humans. (Why?) C2: Therefore, reality is (somehow) intricately related to humans. (Why?) It should be this P: [.i]There is no suc...

What I am asserting is in a negative claim; What is reality [all there is] CANNOT be absolutely human[mind] independent. To add, somehow, reality is intricately related to the human conditions. P: There is no such thing as reality-in-itself. (Agreed. The expression 'reality-in-itself' is meaningles...

My general moral position is, there should be ZERO wars. But due to the current psychological and evolutionary state of the majority of humans, wars will unavoidably happened. It is not possible to run a state based on unrealistic idealism. Say that there will be wars. Therefore, you need an army. ...

2. Be a dhimmi, pay taxes or or join the army. Nobody wanted to do military service. Not the Christians. In fact, also not the Muslims. So, how to run a state in which nobody wants to be in the army? Not paying taxes or join the Army is under the pressure of coercion or die if otherwise. The state ...

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Antirealists [Kant] do not believe all of reality [all there is] is an illusion. It only when philosophical realists claim there is something beyond the empirical, the experienced and possible-to-be-experienced, that antirealist charge the p-realists as chasing an illusion. Wow. So this all that an...

VA [antirealist-Kantian]; Reality is Real; PH-et-al [philosophical realist]:Reality is Illusory Despite my repetitions, p-realists seem to interpret that I believe reality is an illusion. I [as an antirealist(Kantian)] have never claimed 'reality is an illusion'. To antirealists(Kantian), whatever &...

Antirealists [Kant] do not believe all of reality [all there is] is an illusion. It only when philosophical realists claim there is something beyond the empirical, the experienced and possible-to-be-experienced, that antirealist charge the p-realists as chasing an illusion. Wow. So this all that an...

On a voluntarily basis, I agree Christianity cannot readily convert Jews or Muslims or vice-versa because of the hatred between them is so doctrinally embedded in their holy texts. It is not about hatred. It is about the fact that the alternative usually does not bring enough new material to the ta...

VA says his claims and argument are nuanced, subtle, profound and sublime. Here are some crude, obvious, mundane and tawdry points in response. 1 If all is illusion, then we humans are illusions, and reality is an illusion experienced by illusions. 2 If all is illusion, then there's no perspective ...

VA says his claims and argument are nuanced, subtle, profound and sublime. Here are some crude, obvious, mundane and tawdry points in response. 1 If all is illusion, then we humans are illusions, and reality is an illusion experienced by illusions. 2 If all is illusion, then there's no perspective ...

To the antirealist [Kantian] reality is all there is, even an illusion has a basis of reality to it, i.e. the neural correlates that generate the illusion. It only when philosophical realists claim there is something beyond the empirical, the experienced and possible-to-be-experienced, that antireal...

However, there is no denial the Dutch, British, Portuguese, French, Spanish colonialism [conquest] did convert a lot of local to Christianity. This why there are a lot more Christians in the world and Muslims at present [but the other way in the future due to birth jihad]. Christianity cannot readi...

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it fall, does the tree make a sound? My answer is: "No" BY THE SAME TOKEN... If there is no one to hear it, then it never happened. I'm not a radical idealist. I assume something happened, even without a human being present, it ju...

The critical factors in order are; 1. Conquest If conquest were the most important factor, how comes that centuries of British colonialism has led to a pretty much zero rate of conversion from Islam to Christianity and/or atheism? You are ignorant of the inherent nature of your religion. It is the ...