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- Tue May 28, 2024 9:26 am
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: VA:Reality is Real, PH-et-al:Reality is Illusory
- Replies: 9
- Views: 158
Re: VA:Reality is Real, PH-et-al:Reality is Illusory
Have a think. You're trying to get to the conclusion that reality can't be absolutely independent from humans, or that reality is (somehow) intricately related to humans, or that there is only reality-contingent-with-humans. These are all ways of saying much the same thing. But if your premise is '...
- Tue May 28, 2024 9:01 am
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: What could make morality objective?
- Replies: 10094
- Views: 1130298
Re: What could make morality objective?
Have a think. You're trying to get to the conclusion that reality can't be absolutely independent from humans, or that reality is (somehow) intricately related to humans, or that there is only reality-contingent-with-humans. These are all ways of saying much the same thing. But if your premise is '...
- Mon May 27, 2024 5:04 am
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: VA:Reality is Real, PH-et-al:Reality is Illusory
- Replies: 9
- Views: 158
Re: VA:Reality is Real, PH-et-al:Reality is Illusory
It should be this P: [.i]There is no such thing as reality-in-itself. [ii] There is only reality-contingent-with-humans. C1: Therefore, reality cannot be absolutely independent from humans. [Pii] C2: Therefore, reality is (somehow) intricately related to humans [Pii]. Have a think. You're trying to...
- Mon May 27, 2024 4:52 am
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: What could make morality objective?
- Replies: 10094
- Views: 1130298
Re: What could make morality objective?
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?) Neither conclusion follows from the mean...
- Sun May 26, 2024 9:50 am
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: VA:Reality is Real, PH-et-al:Reality is Illusory
- Replies: 9
- Views: 158
Re: VA:Reality is Real, PH-et-al:Reality is Illusory
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...
- Sun May 26, 2024 9:48 am
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: What could make morality objective?
- Replies: 10094
- Views: 1130298
Re: What could make morality objective?
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...
- Sun May 26, 2024 9:35 am
- Forum: Philosophy of Religion
- Topic: Islamic expansionism does not work the way you probably thinks it works
- Replies: 30
- Views: 376
Re: Islamic expansionism does not work the way you probably thinks it works
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. ...
- Sun May 26, 2024 6:00 am
- Forum: Philosophy of Religion
- Topic: Islamic expansionism does not work the way you probably thinks it works
- Replies: 30
- Views: 376
Re: Islamic expansionism does not work the way you probably thinks it works
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 ...
- Sun May 26, 2024 5:50 am
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: VA:Reality is Real, PH-et-al:Reality is Illusory
- Replies: 9
- Views: 158
- Sun May 26, 2024 5:50 am
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: VA:Reality is Real, PH-et-al:Reality is Illusory
- Replies: 9
- Views: 158
Re: VA:Reality is Real, PH-et-al:Reality is Illusory
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...
- Sun May 26, 2024 5:49 am
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: VA:Reality is Real, PH-et-al:Reality is Illusory
- Replies: 9
- Views: 158
VA:Reality is Real, PH-et-al:Reality is Illusory
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 &...
- Sun May 26, 2024 5:33 am
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: What could make morality objective?
- Replies: 10094
- Views: 1130298
Re: What could make morality objective?
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...
- Sun May 26, 2024 5:14 am
- Forum: Philosophy of Religion
- Topic: Islamic expansionism does not work the way you probably thinks it works
- Replies: 30
- Views: 376
Re: Islamic expansionism does not work the way you probably thinks it works
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...
- Sat May 25, 2024 7:56 am
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: Reality is not Absolutely Independent
- Replies: 7
- Views: 115
Re: Reality is not Absolutely Independent
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 ...
- Sat May 25, 2024 7:55 am
- Forum: Ethical Theory
- Topic: What could make morality objective?
- Replies: 10094
- Views: 1130298
Re: What could make morality objective?
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 ...