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I've explained in some detail what I mean by the word dasein. Cirumlocution does not count. Define it. Here and now. If you can't, you don't understand it. It's that simple. Again, I am more than willing to allow others here to make up their own minds regarding which of us is intent [consciously or...

Moral relativity leads to moral absolutism as things are justified according to context; outside of said context the phenomenon is unjustifiable. Depends on how you construe moral relativism. Some might argue that different factions interacting in different contexts out in particular worlds might h...

Does anyone actually live their life as a post modernist? I doubt it. There has to be some level of decision before he gets out of bed even if he is incapable of verbalising the grounds for his decision. At the metanarrative level of decision making the preverbal is probably still present and psych...

Postmodern Understandings of Language and Power – Explanations and Refutations February 1, 2019 Otto King from The Postil Magazine website This is why history is deemed an impossible pursuit in a Postmodern context. The argument is that the cultures and, therefore, the languages of the past and pres...

I have an argument against God. I however cannot understand how the existence of God makes objectivism true. That depends on how one comes to understand what a God, the God, their God encompasses. For example, most Christians have told me that they believe God is both omniscient and omnipotent. And...

Well, that's for sure. If you have no definition of "dasein," I guess we're done on that. I would hope so. I don't believe the manner in which I construe the meaning of dasein above can be reduced down to a definition. That means that even you do not know what you mean. Apparently, you do...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/16/zelensky-biden-no-fly-zone/ 'Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky played on America’s desire to be “the leader of the world” when he implored Congress on Wednesday to support a no-fly zone. Making references to the Declaration of Independence, Mou...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/17/hannity-biden-zelensky-ukraine-trumpism/ Another assessment of the Ukraine conflict which basically revolves around this: how far to support Ukraine without that support triggering an escalation with Putin that possibly triggers WWIII. 'And so, to d...

Good news for nihilists? Life is meaningless after all, say philosophers Tom Howell at the CBC website If a second year of shutdowns, social restrictions, health risks, and existential dread has eroded your sense of life's ultimate meaning and purpose, a new report by philosophers in Britain and Aus...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/world/europe/ukraine-russia-nuclear-war.html "As Russia Digs In, What’s the Risk of Nuclear War? ‘It’s Not Zero.’" 'A series of shifts in Russian statements about using nuclear weapons has led some analysts to believe that the Kremlin sees a nuclear excha...

henry quirk wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 8:40 pm

iambiguous wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 8:29 pmYou JUST KNEW that I would, right?

It's what you do...

iambiguous wrote: ↑Wed Mar 02, 2022 4:19 amI think it is best if we just move on to others.

...when things ain't goin' your way.

'nuff said

Then it's a deal.

henry quirk wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 6:20 pm

iambiguous wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 4:16 pmI think I'll just end it here.

Cut & run: yeah, I thought you might.

You JUST KNEW that I would, right?

Then this part: Shades of Hitler? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/world/europe/putin-war-ukraine-recolonization.html 'President Biden took office with the idea that this century’s struggle would be between the world’s democracies and autocracies. 'But in waging war on Ukraine, President Vladimir ...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/briefing/ukraine-russia-peace-negotiations.html "Imagining Peace in Ukraine" "But if it is hard to imagine his accepting some version of defeat, it is not impossible. It would probably involve his deciding that the war was becoming too costly — that ...

From NYT: "Zelensky Evokes U.S. History in Appeal to Congress" 'In a remarkably direct appeal by a wartime leader to policymakers in Washington, Mr. Zelensky addressed lawmakers on a large screen in a movie theater-style auditorium under the Capitol, invoking the memories of Pearl Harbor a...