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Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do. Deceptively simple, efficient. Its apparent simplicity is seen as a facade when one brings to mind the monumental human achievement of engineering the computer. Such an empirical criterion for answerin...

Since I do not think metaphysical Ur-Evil is a useful concept (if it is real, it is said one should not desire to know its "inner lodge") but there is something like "wickedness" which could be seen as evil on a local, mundane level. Someone quoted this phrase just now: "mak...

To be frank I simply do not know what is happening. I think the problem that there massively is can perhaps only be solved by massive interbreeding between muslims and nonmuslims, for which the muslim women have to liberate themselves - And for this to happen they must have something to take that ri...

What you are missing is the absence of a broadly accepted theory of knowledge. Epistemology. What you are missing is that ALL epistemic theories we have in 2019 fails in exactly the same, predictable way - problem of criterion Nope, not missing any of that. What you are missing is the Munchhausen T...

Blimey, you really don't like Socrates, do ya? I really, really do not like him. Except as a comedian. He is very funny but his wit masquerades as philosophy and I can not stand that at all. Pedant? Well, if you say so. There's not much evidence that Socrates was into pederasty. In fact it was his ...

It is an odd thing to say, really. A contradiction: If I am, then, in order to be becoming, I have to not BE, but in a process of becoming to be; a kind of yet-to-be. It is familiar territory if you have read the presocratics. Parmenides and Heraclitus presented the conflict between these two conce...

Dontaskme wrote: ↑Fri Aug 16, 2019 9:09 am In the end, you can't even know that you're nobody.

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How do you know?

I dont mean to challenge the notion that the USA is the greatest country in the world, but is the OP aware that the USSR put the first man in space?

That was the real ballsy move.



( I took this photo in Moscow )

August 26, 2019 Bigotry or intolerance in all its forms is an extremely serious and crippling disease of individuals and the masses. Affected people suffering from this degenerate mental condition belong to a majority of the world population which could be called the "inhuman race" -- i.e...

No living organism even knows it is alive or dead. I agree the dead do not know they are dead, How could you possibly know this? Only one option: you were dead before and didn't know it, yet somehow came into the possession of the knowledge afterwards. but I can't believe you do not know you are al...

The value of something is a subjective measurement of a particular property The value can be social - cultural - aesthetic - artistic - philosophical - moral The property can be a type of art - an idea - a structure - an object - a belief system What about physical? Oxygen is of great value to me. ...

Im new here and I have one main question. What is value? How can value be defined? I see I may fall victim to a barbarian horde. Well better that than a democrat. :) Aint that the truth. As I see it there are two sources of values: objective and subjective. Subjective values are created by Man whil...

"I will refer you to a witness who is worthy of credit, and will tell you about my wisdom - whether I have any, and of what sort - and that witness shall be the god of Delphi. You must have known Chaerephon; he was early a friend of mine, and also a friend of yours, for he shared in the exile ...

Hello I come here from Ilovephilosophy where Ive been a regular poster for ten years (with some hiatuses) and recently I read a person write about this forum, how there are equally many lurkers, and I like lurkers (means thinkers) so now Im here. Hello! Barbarian Horde, you come: Right from the lan...

Define your context of proof so I can provide an answer in context. Ah I tripped and fell with my nose in the butter. Well my context is basically hipster land-Holland where all the hipster dads are parading their newborn babies while their slut-wives are drinking white wines in their pornshoes. Ba...