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I think I understand the point you are trying to make, which is that philosophy is somehow unreal and therefore unimportant. I think that's a mistake. Ludwig Wittgenstein was a philosopher, perhaps the greatest of the 20th Century: "Wittgenstein [...] found himself on the ship Goplana patrollin...

I think you are wrong about (pretty much) everything you said there, Sculptor. To take just one example; impeachment doesn't require illegal activity in the sense of activity which is prohibited for ordinary citizens. It is my view that Trump's failure to properly divest himself of his business inte...

I'm going to recycle a post I made back in September I'm going to recycle a post I made back in June I'm going to recycle a post I made back in '15 WHY DO YOU SHOUT YOUR SUBJECT HEADING AT US IN UPPERCASE? IS IT BECAUSE YOU THINK YOUR TOPICS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHER PEOPLE'S AND NEED MORE ATTEN...

I'm going to recycle a post I made back in July I'm going to recycle a post I made back in June I'm going to recycle a post I made back in '15 WHY DO YOU SHOUT YOUR SUBJECT HEADING AT US IN UPPERCASE? IS IT BECAUSE YOU THINK YOUR TOPICS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHER PEOPLE'S AND NEED MORE ATTENTION?

Is my will free of all constraints? No, I hope not. I want a will that follows my needs, including my physical, emotional and spritual needs. Are my choices of action free of outside interference? Yes, in so far as all attempts to induce me to act against my will are unsuccessful. Standard disclaime...

Empty boxes don't do that kind of thing as a rule. Is the room showing itself as the wrong one? I don't think so. The couple leave and that shows the room to be the wrong one. Now you may think this is quibbling of the meaning of "showing". It isn't a qibble because it isn't a matter of me...

All you ever wanted to know about the Monty Hall Problem can be found here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem , and the answer to Mc Ewan's problem can be deduced from there too. You can also search this forum using "monty hall" and you'll find extensive discussion. My quic...

lol I think so, but naturally I am not sure. Are we dicussing the same phrase? Are we discussing? Are we even we?

Did you experience any uncertainty before you uttered that phrase?

Dude, I am not even certain I uttered the phrase.

So.... what it seems you are saying is that you know at least the following two things with 100% certainty. 1. There is a limit to knowledge. 2. Human omnipotence is impossible. Did you mean "omnipotence" or "omniscience"? I think it follows from " I experience uncertainty ...

When you are using phrases like "epistemic problem" you are assuming that there is one. Not really. I am assuming a load of stuff, but the one thing I cannot doubt is that, whoever or whatever I am, I experience uncertainty where knowledge requires certainty, and that is an epistemic prob...

My knowledge is imperfect and the only thing I can be sure of is that nothing is knowable for certain. You are allowed to know some hard limits. That's kinda useful in drawing hard lines between "possible" and "impossible". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_impossibility I ...

Who are Adams and De Toqueville that we should take their political philosophy seriously? It seems to me that they are both wrong.

My knowledge is imperfect and the only thing I can be sure of is that nothing is knowable for certain. It is a mistake to impute from that uncertainty the certainty that there is nothing to know. That there is Reality is a basic assumption. It is so basic as to be impossible to put to any test, and ...

Jeff, welcome to the bear garden that is the Philosophy Now Forum! If you are looking for the warm companionship of like minds, I can confidently predict you will not find it here. Here we have a collection of competitive egos, few of whom are capable either of sustaining a proper argument or of rec...