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Very weak rebuttals. Coulter wrote a well-researched book on the topic that proves her position quite adequately. And yes, the NY Times position on illegal immigration has reversed. "Carlos Slim is a wonderful man. How do I know? Trump said so after they dined together at Mar-a-Lago:" (Ho...

Walker: Did you know that Carlos Slim is a big voice in the NY Times? I had to look him up. It seems likely that much money would buy a big voice, but I do not know how he has influenced them. From a financial perspective he should be happy because the Times is doing very well with its strong edito...

This disagreement between F4 and me as to the value of nous or noesis is very important in terms of acquiring a human perspective. I addressed this: https://forum.philosophynow.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=25663&start=105#p388227 but you ignored it. So I will do so again from a different perspe...

I understand you believe there is such thing as thing-in-itself, a universal being/reality which is independent of the human conditions. There is for us no thing-in-itself, only things as they are for us, that is, as we see them, as we take them, as we understand them. There was, however, a univers...

Walker: Did you know that Carlos Slim is a big voice in the NY Times? I had to look him up. It seems likely that much money would buy a big voice, but I do not know how he has influenced them. From a financial perspective he should be happy because the Times is doing very well with its strong editor...

A point I did not address in my earlier post. Reflex: Personally, I still think F4 is the definition of he abhores: someone too infatuated with his thoughts and opinions to see the truth about himself. It is not a matter of being infatuated with my thoughts and opinions but of knowing that I cannot ...

More oppressive PC behavior from the right. From today’s New York Times: Bahia Amawi worked as a speech pathologist and therapist for children in the Pflugerville Independent School District, which includes schools in Austin, Texas for almost ten years. This year, her contract came with an addendum:...

Veritas Aequitas:

If I am not mistaken F4 do believe some sort of universal being/reality [not personal God].

I don’t know what this means, so cannot say whether it is something I believe.

Reflex: One thing that F4 seems to overlook: how can we come to know ourselves if we ignore the universal aspect of Being or fool ourselves into believing we don't need it? What is the universal aspect of Being? How do you know it? For a leaf cannot turn or a thought stir without affecting the whole...

Nick: If you have had an aha moment you have had a noetic experience. You trivialize noesis as it stands at the top of Plato’s divided line. You have seen a truth beyond what is revealed through dualistic reason. This is the very thing Plato calls into question. This is why dialectic and the ability...

Nick: You deny noesis and consider dianoia as the highest degree of intellect. No, you are wrong. We have been through this before. It seems to be a blind spot for you. Try to follow along: I do not deny noesis, I deny that I have noetic knowledge , or that you have noetic knowledge (and you have ad...

Nick: If this were true you would be open to a universal perspective. I am quite sure that there are perspectives I know nothing of. I am quite sure that there are perspectives you know nothing of. The problem is when you jump from what you know nothing of to claims about what you know nothing of, a...

Reflex:

No disagreements.

William F. Buckley famously said:

If you think Harry Jaffa is hard to argue with, try agreeing with him.

I’m no Harry Jaffa. I am not going to disagree with your agreement. Common ground is a good thing.

Reflex: FYI, the parable about the monks was for the benefit of F4 and Nick An interesting story. What do you think it means? As I see it, the purpose of the prohibition is to help free the mind of an impediment that stands in the way of what they seek to attain. The young woman is not an impediment...

PC is not just a left wing abuse. See the Disinvitation Database compiled by the Foundation of Individual Rights in Education (FIRE): https://www.thefire.org/resources/disinvitation-database/ It list speakers from both the right and the left who have been disrupted or disinvited. According to a FIRE...