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by Belinda
Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:42 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: free will, determinism, and necessity...
Replies: 15
Views: 226

Re: free will, determinism, and necessity...

There is no such thing as absolute freedom,which is popularly called 'Free Will' However some people are freer than others. If you have correct information you will be more free than someone else who lacks correct information or who has been misinformed. If you have been taught how to think for your...
by Belinda
Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:16 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: has philosophy lost its way?
Replies: 109
Views: 2091

Re: has philosophy lost its way?

I don't think I think like this. I don't wander around wondering (pressed) about THE meaning of life. At least I don't think so. I certainly mull over what has meaning to me and others. I struggle get what I want and avoid what I don't want. I do wonder what is going on, and perhaps that's what peo...
by Belinda
Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:49 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Rorty - No Mind-Independent Reality
Replies: 130
Views: 10004

Re: Rorty - No Mind-Independent Reality

If everybody used basic jargon of academic philosophy then understanding others who are using the jargon would be a lot simpler. Academic philosophy has a jargon the basics of which can be learned in a month or a week of reading when steered by a competent teacher who knows the usual ropes that alw...
by Belinda
Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:37 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: has philosophy lost its way?
Replies: 109
Views: 2091

Re: has philosophy lost its way?

The question of why we’re here (aka the meaning of life) is just as relevant and pressing today as it was in ancient times. I don't think I think like this. I don't wander around wondering (pressed) about THE meaning of life. At least I don't think so. I certainly mull over what has meaning to me a...
by Belinda
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:41 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: has philosophy lost its way?
Replies: 109
Views: 2091

Re: has philosophy lost its way?

The question of why we’re here (aka the meaning of life) is just as relevant and pressing today as it was in ancient times. Why is it "pressing"? You can't function unless you know "the meaning of life"? You can't live? I asked my cat about it and she was not impressed by my que...
by Belinda
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:24 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: has philosophy lost its way?
Replies: 109
Views: 2091

Re: has philosophy lost its way?

The question about Semmelweiss and puerperal sepsis is not a philosophical question. It's a question that is best answered by human science and in particular by the economic benefit of a male dominated society. Gender roles were such that higher status men , who were destined to be earners, colonise...
by Belinda
Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:08 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Rorty - No Mind-Independent Reality
Replies: 130
Views: 10004

Re: Rorty - No Mind-Independent Reality

Learn to read and undestand other people's words please. This is getting to be an emergency for you. At what point in your life could we expect you to start practicing this exact skill you demand from others? If everybody used basic jargon of academic philosophy then understanding others who are us...
by Belinda
Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:44 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: has philosophy lost its way?
Replies: 109
Views: 2091

Re: has philosophy lost its way?

In other words, he chooses not to sustain what might have become an intelligent and civil exchange above: A context! Philosophy, ethics and animal rights. First up: the pros and the cons: https://www.google.com/search?q=animal+rights+pros+and+cons&btnK=Google+Search&source=hp&ei=_jyYYde...
by Belinda
Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:27 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Do we create reality with our mind?
Replies: 44
Views: 1237

Re: Do we create reality with our mind?

I hope to be excused for my long absence from Philosophy Now. However I am interested and have read enough of the replies to get the hang of this debate. Thanks for Jim Al-Khalili's remarks on the existential condition of our human knowledge his input is unfailingly reasoned and lucid. The point I w...
by Belinda
Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:05 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Rorty - No Mind-Independent Reality
Replies: 130
Views: 10004

Re: Rorty - No Mind-Independent Reality

There are no noumena/such things /events don't exist. However , to adopt Descartes' reasoning without his conclusion, minds themselves are dependent on how existence is framed by language. The one persistent event that overrides every objection is not mind, but experience. I wonder if the notion of...
by Belinda
Sat Mar 02, 2024 2:41 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Rorty - No Mind-Independent Reality
Replies: 130
Views: 10004

Re: Rorty - No Mind-Independent Reality

I have no interest in ANY question about mind independent reality. I have told you this enough times over enough years that I consider it a misunderstanding to to take the question seriously at all. Learn to read and undestand other people's words please. This is getting to be an emergency for you....
by Belinda
Tue Jan 09, 2024 12:15 am
Forum: Applied Ethics
Topic: Christianity as Philosophy
Replies: 10
Views: 3186

Re: Christianity as Philosophy

'Christian' applies to many sects based on one supernatural story for its foundation myth. You really need to specify whether or not you refer to orthodox Christianity or one of the less powerful sects. You also need to specify whether and to what extent ,the demographic you want to discuss , is 'Ch...
by Belinda
Sun Jan 07, 2024 7:29 pm
Forum: Epistemology - Theory of Knowledge
Topic: So you STILL think that AI understands what it types??
Replies: 111
Views: 57041

Re: So you STILL think that AI understands what it types??

Last month I had an ischemic stroke and I can well remember periods when I could not speak and my thinking was splintered into shards that did not fit together. during periods when I was actively aware I tried hard to set in order my ideas of experiences that I remembered. My ideas sorted themselve...
by Belinda
Sun Jan 07, 2024 12:12 pm
Forum: Epistemology - Theory of Knowledge
Topic: So you STILL think that AI understands what it types??
Replies: 111
Views: 57041

Re: So you STILL think that AI understands what it types??

Last month I had an ischemic stroke and I can well remember periods when I could not speak and my thinking was splintered into shards that did not fit together. during periods when I was actively aware I tried hard to set in order my ideas of experiences that I remembered. My ideas sorted themselve...
by Belinda
Sun Jan 07, 2024 12:34 am
Forum: Epistemology - Theory of Knowledge
Topic: So you STILL think that AI understands what it types??
Replies: 111
Views: 57041

Re: So you STILL think that AI understands what it types??

Last month I had an ischemic stroke and I can well remember periods when I could not speak and my thinking was splintered into shards that did not fit together. during periods when I was actively aware I tried hard to set in order my ideas of experiences that I remembered. My ideas sorted themselves...