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- Tue Jul 07, 2020 12:38 am
- Forum: Philosophy of Mind
- Topic: Consciousness = Self-awareness?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4109
Re: Consciousness = Self-awareness?
I just Googled for an experiment of that ilk and it seems that my intense behavioural study of the pooches at home is paying off :lol: http://www.sciencealert.com/it-s-offici ... sciousness While I think the experiment is interesting I don't find it conclusive of self awareness.. or consciousness.....
- Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:31 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Society, Slavery and Employment
- Replies: 1
- Views: 199
Re: Society, Slavery and Employment
<> THE INTERESTING conclusion from the above is that a ‘slave’ having guaranteed care during his life, may therefore be in a better position than the wage slave who may be cast aside into beggary when his labour is no longer required. And that is why some people have in the past, and perhaps still ...
- Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:28 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Are You Enjoying Your Life?
- Replies: 63
- Views: 2106
Re: Are You Enjoying You Life?
Too true. And if you are not enjoying your philosophy there is something wrong with your life.RCSaunders wrote: ↑Sat Jun 20, 2020 9:32 pm If you are not enjoying your life there is something wrong with your philosophy.
- Fri Apr 10, 2020 12:53 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Getting what we deserve
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5107
- Fri Feb 21, 2020 4:24 am
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Don’t call me an anti-vaxer
- Replies: 47
- Views: 4248
Re: Don’t call me an anti-vaxer
If a government can, 'for the good of the people' ban drugs, ban abortion and ban euthanasia they can certainly insist that all newborns are vaccinated, and I would support them on that. The benefit being that eventually, hopefully, the harmful virus will die out and people won't need to be vaccinat...
- Thu Feb 20, 2020 3:58 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Philosophy risks censure.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1124
Re: Philosophy risks censure.
Good point.TheVisionofEr wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 3:15 am If philosophy does not help human beings it deserves ultimate censure, destruction and oblivion.
The questions that then arise are:
1. How can you determine whether philosophy helps human beings?
2. If philosophy is deserving of destruction, how would you go about destroying it?
- Mon Feb 03, 2020 7:35 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: THE HOLOGRAPHIC NATURE OF REALITY AND HOW THE MONETARY SYSTEM IS A MANIFESTATION OF THE SAME PROCESS
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2084
Re: SoB
I wonder if you realise what a selfish (and perhaps ignorant) position you hold.SpheresOfBalance wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2020 5:31 pmI expect such from the selfish ignorant!A_Seagull wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2020 7:05 pmSounds absolutely ghastly, a nightmare.SpheresOfBalance wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:21 am I'm looking to a more advanced society. A civilization of 100% equality. One of no avarice or selfishness.
- Sat Feb 01, 2020 7:13 pm
- Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
- Topic: The Tragedy That Was Athens
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2013
Re: The Tragedy That Was Athens
They are better viewed as comic heroes.Philosophy Now wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2020 2:26 pm Alex Holzman sees the history of Golden Age Athens as a play with Pericles and Socrates as its tragic heroes.
https://philosophynow.org/issues/136/Th ... Was_Athens
- Sat Feb 01, 2020 7:05 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: THE HOLOGRAPHIC NATURE OF REALITY AND HOW THE MONETARY SYSTEM IS A MANIFESTATION OF THE SAME PROCESS
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2084
Re: SoB
Sounds absolutely ghastly, a nightmare.SpheresOfBalance wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:21 am I'm looking to a more advanced society. A civilization of 100% equality. One of no avarice or selfishness.
- Thu Jan 16, 2020 8:22 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: All My Philosophy Packets
- Replies: 65
- Views: 7755
Re: All My Philosophy Packets
The best writings on philosophy are not 'true'; they are communications of ideas.
What are your ideas?
What are your ideas?
- Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:09 pm
- Forum: Epistemology - Theory of Knowledge
- Topic: Are all models wrong?
- Replies: 233
- Views: 12568
Re: Are all models wrong?
PS I have 'known' Lacewing for quite a long time and IMO her model of the world is quite different from that of Skepdick; ergo they are different people. I would also suggest that using the use of capital letters as inferring that two posters are the same person is inefficient and ultimately inaccur...
- Tue Jan 14, 2020 10:07 pm
- Forum: Epistemology - Theory of Knowledge
- Topic: Are all models wrong?
- Replies: 233
- Views: 12568
Re: Are all models wrong?
Everyone has a different model of the world, albeit with some overlap.
There is no absolute or 'true' model of the world with which to compare one's model.
So the only way to objectively compare different models is with regard to their efficiency and accuracy.
There is no absolute or 'true' model of the world with which to compare one's model.
So the only way to objectively compare different models is with regard to their efficiency and accuracy.
- Sun Jan 12, 2020 12:28 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: PC Imbecility
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1447
Re: PC Imbecility
It is all a PC game. Though admittedly some people take it quite seriously.
But as an outsider it is fun to watch, it's a bit like watching gridiron played with a balloon; entertaining but ultimately pointless.
But as an outsider it is fun to watch, it's a bit like watching gridiron played with a balloon; entertaining but ultimately pointless.
- Sat Jan 11, 2020 9:28 pm
- Forum: Epistemology - Theory of Knowledge
- Topic: Are all models wrong?
- Replies: 233
- Views: 12568
Re: Are all models wrong?
All that we know of the world is a model of the world. To deny that is IMO to be a non-philosopher. I know my kitchen, clothes, wife and children, home town, colleagues, guitars, and so on and so on. These are real things that I know. They are not models (descriptions) of the world. They are featur...
- Fri Jan 10, 2020 6:50 am
- Forum: Epistemology - Theory of Knowledge
- Topic: Are all models wrong?
- Replies: 233
- Views: 12568
Re: Are all models wrong?
All that we know of the world is a model of the world. To deny that is IMO to be a non-philosopher.