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by Belinda
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:13 pm
Forum: Gender Philosophy
Topic: Does God have a gender?
Replies: 99
Views: 9701

Re: Does God have a gender?

In many versions of theism, gods are assigned genders. This might make sense for some like Zeus that are supposed to be running around bodily incarnated in some way most of the time. But what about gods that are supposed to transcend space and time, do they have genders? People often refer for inst...
by Belinda
Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:22 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: free will, determinism, and necessity...
Replies: 32
Views: 494

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

No i get you. I was just saying as long as you're free of the feeling or suspicion that what you want to do is not predetermined, that's all that matters It is all determined. What would it mean to use the word "predetermined"? predetermined as in, it has been determined even before you m...
by Belinda
Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:18 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: free will, determinism, and necessity...
Replies: 32
Views: 494

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

I just watched a video about an old man talking about automatic car keys that only work on your car and it got me thinking, "Yes, we are the ones who push the button when we want the car to unlock but it was already predetermined to work on only your car." So inasmuch as you control the k...
by Belinda
Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:59 am
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: Upcoming US Election
Replies: 76
Views: 1149

Re: Upcoming US Election

People "whine" when they aren't approving of what they see going on. And considering the forever wars others got us into and which we just got out of, there was a LOT of reason to "whine". Sanders was pro-infrastructure and labor too. A shame that he lost really. That's where I ...
by Belinda
Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:42 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: free will, determinism, and necessity...
Replies: 32
Views: 494

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: 117
Views: 2275

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: 10072

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: 117
Views: 2275

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: 117
Views: 2275

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: 117
Views: 2275

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: 10072

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: 117
Views: 2275

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: 1292

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: 10072

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: 10072

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....