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by Skip
Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:54 am
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Ecological ethics of doom
Replies: 1
Views: 606

Re: Ecological ethics of doom

Between obesity and warmongers, CO2 and earthquakes, we're all working on it!
by Skip
Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:23 am
Forum: Applied Ethics
Topic: Should obese people be allowed to have or raise children?
Replies: 61
Views: 11660

Re: Should obese people be allowed to have or raise children?

ALLOWED??? What kind of state are you running? How would it be if, instead of getting on the case of poor, anxious and ignorant people, government did its proper work: regulating industry to produce wholesome food; keeping false advertisements off the air, bulking up the public education system and ...
by Skip
Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:09 am
Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
Topic: Against Veganism
Replies: 1
Views: 555

Re: Against Veganism

Well, there's also the unconsidered option of just leaving the other animals alone and not running the whole world on human terms.
by Skip
Tue Dec 27, 2022 4:50 am
Forum: Philosophy of Mind
Topic: It is not possible for me to know the world outside my mind
Replies: 72
Views: 9981

Re: It is not possible for me to know the world outside my mind

Magnolia5275 wrote: Tue Dec 27, 2022 3:15 am It is not possible to know a world outside the mind
Fine. So why are you bothering other people with tedious repetitions of your same silly mantra?
by Skip
Tue Dec 27, 2022 4:48 am
Forum: Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics
Topic: Does this god proof work?
Replies: 24
Views: 3070

Re: Does this god proof work?

Magnolia5275 wrote: Tue Dec 27, 2022 2:55 am A
7. The world is my mind
Wrong!
9. The mind is God
10. God exists
Wrong!
Can't find a single problem.
Look harder.
I think it is perfect!
You're wrong.
by Skip
Tue Dec 27, 2022 4:44 am
Forum: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: Dear Atheists. It's over.
Replies: 9
Views: 848

Re: Dear Atheists. It's over.

Magnolia5275 wrote: Tue Dec 27, 2022 2:14 am 1. It is not possible to know the unknowable

9. The mind is God
10. God exists
It is not possible to know that.
by Skip
Tue Dec 27, 2022 4:42 am
Forum: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: Dear Atheists. It's over.
Replies: 9
Views: 848

Re: Dear Atheists. It's over.

A: 1. It is not possible to know the unknowable 2. A world outside the knowing is unknowable 3. It is not possible to know a world outside the knowing 4. Mind is knowing 5. It is not possible to know a world outside the mind 6. It is not possible for me to know the world outside my mind 7. The worl...
by Skip
Tue Oct 18, 2022 3:40 am
Forum: Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics
Topic: The Total Equality Paradox
Replies: 18
Views: 2714

Re: The Total Equality Paradox

1. If a mother cares for each distinct child equally she is not equally treating them given each child has specific needs that differ per child. Not at all. Yet again, you are confusing equality [in the context of the "connection of two or more distinct things through an underlying quality&quo...
by Skip
Mon Oct 17, 2022 2:53 pm
Forum: Metaphysics
Topic: Advaita, Vishishtadvaita and Dvaita
Replies: 2
Views: 673

Re: Advaita, Vishishtadvaita and Dvaita

Good grief! Yet another wall-o-text leafletter!
by Skip
Mon Oct 17, 2022 2:44 pm
Forum: Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics
Topic: The Total Equality Paradox
Replies: 18
Views: 2714

Re: The Total Equality Paradox

equality is the connection of two or more distinct things through an underlying quality both x and y share. That's it. There is no paradox in the statement x=y in the context of ----- A mother cares for all of her children equally. Oranges are $.50 a piece. All restaurants must abide by the same he...
by Skip
Fri Sep 30, 2022 2:27 am
Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
Topic: What is Freedom?
Replies: 4
Views: 1008

Re: What is Freedom?

It's a concept imagined by humans, variously defined by humans, supposedly desired by humans, never fully attained. There can be partial and limited freedoms of, from and to but nobody is absolutely free of social constraint or self-limitation, even if they can be free of physical restraint, legal c...
by Skip
Tue Aug 16, 2022 2:13 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Veganism.
Replies: 57
Views: 5657

Re: Veganism.

And vegetables would be dreadful without the fertilizer that animals supply, and we would be forced to make more chemical fertilisers. Animals form part of a natural cycle which utilises grass into the food chain. If you are unwilling to reduce the earth's population then we are going to be forced ...
by Skip
Tue Aug 16, 2022 5:38 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: "Know Thyself" What does that Entail?
Replies: 17
Views: 1386

Re: "Know Thyself" What does that Entail?

SKIP: " Many a factory worker has a better understanding of himself and fewer illusions than many a professor " You are making a lot of noises with that which is too general. Surely it has to depend on what are the issues involved. There is no "issue" involved. You understand yo...
by Skip
Tue Aug 16, 2022 3:57 am
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Veganism.
Replies: 57
Views: 5657

Re: Veganism.

First-hand experience is irreplaceable. But knowing facts and statistics comes a close second as a source of information. I prefer to make informed choices. I also have practical, ethical, personal and aesthetic preference.
by Skip
Tue Aug 16, 2022 3:47 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: "Know Thyself" What does that Entail?
Replies: 17
Views: 1386

Re: "Know Thyself" What does that Entail?

To manage and modulate one's behavior there is no compromise for in depth knowledge of our what we are made up and the mechanisms involved internally, at least to the extent for processes that are pertinent and relevant to ordinary life. Nonsense! (pretentious nonsense) Many a factory worker has a ...