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by Belinda
Sat Mar 02, 2024 2:41 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Rorty - No Mind-Independent Reality
Replies: 130
Views: 10078

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....
by Belinda
Tue Jan 09, 2024 12:15 am
Forum: Applied Ethics
Topic: Christianity as Philosophy
Replies: 10
Views: 3559

Re: Christianity as Philosophy

'Christian' applies to many sects based on one supernatural story for its foundation myth. You really need to specify whether or not you refer to orthodox Christianity or one of the less powerful sects. You also need to specify whether and to what extent ,the demographic you want to discuss , is 'Ch...
by Belinda
Sun Jan 07, 2024 7:29 pm
Forum: Epistemology - Theory of Knowledge
Topic: So you STILL think that AI understands what it types??
Replies: 111
Views: 62600

Re: So you STILL think that AI understands what it types??

Last month I had an ischemic stroke and I can well remember periods when I could not speak and my thinking was splintered into shards that did not fit together. during periods when I was actively aware I tried hard to set in order my ideas of experiences that I remembered. My ideas sorted themselve...
by Belinda
Sun Jan 07, 2024 12:12 pm
Forum: Epistemology - Theory of Knowledge
Topic: So you STILL think that AI understands what it types??
Replies: 111
Views: 62600

Re: So you STILL think that AI understands what it types??

Last month I had an ischemic stroke and I can well remember periods when I could not speak and my thinking was splintered into shards that did not fit together. during periods when I was actively aware I tried hard to set in order my ideas of experiences that I remembered. My ideas sorted themselve...
by Belinda
Sun Jan 07, 2024 12:34 am
Forum: Epistemology - Theory of Knowledge
Topic: So you STILL think that AI understands what it types??
Replies: 111
Views: 62600

Re: So you STILL think that AI understands what it types??

Last month I had an ischemic stroke and I can well remember periods when I could not speak and my thinking was splintered into shards that did not fit together. during periods when I was actively aware I tried hard to set in order my ideas of experiences that I remembered. My ideas sorted themselves...
by Belinda
Tue Aug 01, 2023 6:41 pm
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: PH's Stupidity: The "Mind" Does not Exist as Real
Replies: 104
Views: 4027

Re: PH's Stupidity: The "Mind" Does not Exist as Real

Yes, I talk about having dreams and memories - and about the difference between objectivity and subjectivity. But so what? Are you suggesting that such talk is or must be about non-physical things? And if so, why? Wow, back to May. Well, I don't remember my exact thoughts or direction. But I wasn't...
by Belinda
Tue Aug 01, 2023 11:49 am
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: PH's Stupidity: The "Mind" Does not Exist as Real
Replies: 104
Views: 4027

Re: PH's Stupidity: The "Mind" Does not Exist as Real

You experience what most English speakers call "mind" therefore it is real to most English speakers.
by Belinda
Tue Aug 01, 2023 11:46 am
Forum: Gender Philosophy
Topic: What's the Difference if any between Man and Woman?
Replies: 280
Views: 13497

Re: What's the Difference if any between Man and Woman?

You can find differences between any two categories(or any two entities) but what matters is what the difference you found signifies morally or practically.
by Belinda
Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:24 pm
Forum: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: Science is Based on Faith like Theism?
Replies: 91
Views: 25500

Re: Science is Based on Faith like Theism?

Insofar as scientists base investigations on a theory of reality/truth(e.g. such as the primacy of human reason) then science is " based on faith". However theism goes further and presupposes not only reason but also supernatural authority.
by Belinda
Tue Jul 25, 2023 5:57 pm
Forum: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: What does God look like?
Replies: 117
Views: 6835

Re: What does God look like?

of course one could. simply by reading to word of God and listening to what he says. why should i disbelieve the bible? who am i to question such things? Presumably rational intelligence. stating you view same as me? that with blatantly exercising the essence of the bible as 'read my words and foll...
by Belinda
Thu Jul 13, 2023 2:15 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Liminal places
Replies: 107
Views: 3875

Re: Liminal places

There are some actual liminal places that I love. One of those is the moment before I step into a small boat so small I can feel it move to displace water beneath me. Maia wrote In so many ways we seem to care more about boundaries than the actual things they enclose. From my own feelings this is u...
by Belinda
Thu Jul 13, 2023 2:05 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Liminal places
Replies: 107
Views: 3875

Re: Liminal places

There are some actual liminal places that I love. One of those is the moment before I step into a small boat so small I can feel it move to displace water beneath me.
by Belinda
Thu Jul 13, 2023 2:01 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Christianity
Replies: 17085
Views: 718160

Re: Christianity

Chaz Bufe Reasons to Abandon Christianity Christianity has a morbid, unhealthy preoccupation with sex. For centuries, Christianity has had an exceptionally unhealthy fixation on sex, to the exclusion of almost everything else (except power, money, and the infliction of cruelty). This stems from the...
by Belinda
Sun Jul 09, 2023 4:28 pm
Forum: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: Is God Necessary?
Replies: 27
Views: 1673

Re: Is God Necessary?

Harbal wrote: Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:55 pm
Dontaskme wrote: Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:27 pm
For 'me' is the very movement of dissatisfaction. The 'me' cannot get no satisfaction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrIPxlFzDi0
If God isn't working for you, there's an alternative. 8)

https://youtu.be/Jwtyn-L-2gQ
:) :) Right you are, Harbal!
by Belinda
Wed Jul 05, 2023 3:52 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: what are we seeking?
Replies: 4
Views: 219

Re: what are we seeking?

Abstract values such as justice, goodness, truth, and beauty are part of what humans do to try to predict the future for themselves. Morality is abstract virtues made explicit and codified. The difference between men and other animals is men sometimes think in abstract values while (as far as we kno...