Philosophy Now Forum

Dear Nikolai, I feel you got it absolutely right. I am quoting you (in the red) from this thread and myself (in the blue) from another thread. This is why I call philosophy a spiritual search, philosophy is nothing other than the attempt to see throuigh our various worldviews. The good philosopher i...

Dear Lancek4, Animals think.This can be experienced easily. I am sure that you do not have any pet. If you ask anyone who has a dog, his opinion will be the same as mine. Animals, especially mammals, can understand, think, have emotions and even show them. If we look carefully to do dogs, then we wi...

Dear lancek4, I really appreciate your answer from the bottom of my heart. Going though your answer, in the context of all we discussed up to now, it is very much evident that you have thought it hard and more importantly, honestly and without being influenced even by yourself. This is the real esse...

Dear Arising-uk, This very concept of time is in my mind since last two years when I read “the history of time” by Stephen Hawkins. I found his idea of time difficult to digest. I found that he did not described time at all in his book. He just says that the time begins with big bang and it is the p...

Dear friends, One more thought came in my mind regarding the thinking in third person. Anyone can do it easily. I also did not clear myself about seer and seen which was questioned by Arising_uk. Imagine as if you want to reply to any post. Read the post carefully which is to be answered then think ...

Dear friends, Thanks for your valuable replies. First of all I want to say sorry that I am not able to reply so promptly as others as I do not have much spare time; furthermore, I do not like to express myself in haste, unless and until, I am absolutely sure of anything. I have to convince myself pr...

Dear friends, I use to think a lot about the basic concepts of the universe. It always attracts me. Although I am not a very knowledgeable person and I cannot even claim that my opinion is right but I very strongly feel that time is also a form of very subtle matter. I tried to look into this in a d...

Hello friends, As this thread was started well before my entry so I decided to go through it completely to understand all perspectives before any comment. Let me start from a recitation from Socrates that "I only know that I know nothing." Just look at the words. He would have said simply ...

Hello friends, First of all i want to thank Bill for starting the thread and then bow my head in respect to all who participated in it and endowed this with their versatile perspectives. This thread has been covered a lot of ground since. It started discussing economic and political issues but the e...

Dear Bill,

Thanks once again.

I gone through the thread you mentioned and very clearly understood what you mean and also agree with you about the forum.

Now, having clear the entrance test, i will try to pass the first semester.

with love
sanjay

Dear Bill, Thanks once again. My purpose of joining the board is exactly what you said. I want to know where I stands in the terms of my knowledge, understanding and as well as my presentation. I have a very sincere doubt about my writing ability. You will be surprised to know that i cannot speak En...

Dear Bill, Thanks for that you endorsed my opinion. You asked me to tell how I got into this. Initially I wanted to mention all what you asked in my introduction but I thought that it is a forum based on philosophy so I refrained myself doing this as my experiences are not directly linked with philo...

Dear Bill, You talked about forming a new religion. As circumstances dragged me into all this about 16 years ago, I feel that at least I am able to understand the basics of religions if not more. I must appreciate your intention. But, before doing what you mentioned, we must understand what religion...

This is interesting. I gone through the article of Jesse Prinz with the help of link given in the post by tbieter. I do not see any merit in the arguments by Prinz. The impression i got from his paper is that his whole arguments are based on simple and single theory that odds are in the favor of tha...

Hello to all members.
my name is sanjay ghai. I am a male of 47 years and live in India. i was looking for a serious forum about metaphysical and religious issues and perhaps found a right one.

with love,
zinnat13