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If everybody used basic jargon of academic philosophy then understanding others who are using the jargon would be a lot simpler. Academic philosophy has a jargon the basics of which can be learned in a month or a week of reading when steered by a competent teacher who knows the usual ropes that alw...

The question of why we’re here (aka the meaning of life) is just as relevant and pressing today as it was in ancient times. I don't think I think like this. I don't wander around wondering (pressed) about THE meaning of life. At least I don't think so. I certainly mull over what has meaning to me a...

The question of why we’re here (aka the meaning of life) is just as relevant and pressing today as it was in ancient times. Why is it "pressing"? You can't function unless you know "the meaning of life"? You can't live? I asked my cat about it and she was not impressed by my que...

The question about Semmelweiss and puerperal sepsis is not a philosophical question. It's a question that is best answered by human science and in particular by the economic benefit of a male dominated society. Gender roles were such that higher status men , who were destined to be earners, colonise...

Learn to read and undestand other people's words please. This is getting to be an emergency for you. At what point in your life could we expect you to start practicing this exact skill you demand from others? If everybody used basic jargon of academic philosophy then understanding others who are us...

In other words, he chooses not to sustain what might have become an intelligent and civil exchange above: A context! Philosophy, ethics and animal rights. First up: the pros and the cons: https://www.google.com/search?q=animal+rights+pros+and+cons&btnK=Google+Search&source=hp&ei=_jyYYde...

I hope to be excused for my long absence from Philosophy Now. However I am interested and have read enough of the replies to get the hang of this debate. Thanks for Jim Al-Khalili's remarks on the existential condition of our human knowledge his input is unfailingly reasoned and lucid. The point I w...

There are no noumena/such things /events don't exist. However , to adopt Descartes' reasoning without his conclusion, minds themselves are dependent on how existence is framed by language. The one persistent event that overrides every objection is not mind, but experience. I wonder if the notion of...

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....

'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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

You experience what most English speakers call "mind" therefore it is real to most English speakers.