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I would be interested to know exactly what Kevin thinks about the thread topic, but if he doesn't want to comment, perhaps I will just try to understand his point of view. Trump was certainly not an acceptable candidate for president, however considering the political situation in America is thoroug...

Where can I read Kevin's statements about Trump, Breitbart, and all of this? Wait, hold on, I have to go get some more popcorn. brb

Thinking cap on, and by thinking cap I mean liberal amounts of nicotine and ethanol. Ok people. I'd sent these questions to David Quinn to his personal email, but I thought I'd bring it up here in the hope to get some stimulating conversation going. Have a crack at my questions - you just need to be...

"What is the most fundamental question?" must be the most fundamental question. Why not: why am I asking questions ? Or perhaps: "how did I come about to ask at all"? Are those questions fundamental? Justifications of legitimacy must precede any investigation. Then it seems that...

Finally! A real answer to the question that has surely been asked here a thousand times. What is enlightenment? And who else but Immanuel Kant could provide such a convincing and indubitable answer. Have a look. https://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/documents/What_is_Enlightenment.pdf Enlightenment is man's e...

Hey Matt, One of the great things about philosophical stimulation is that you don't need to know anyone who is interested in philosophy to actually be stimulated by philosophy. Have a look at one of the many free books on the internet. Read some Hume or Kant. There are many ideas just waiting to be ...

Hi ardy, let me just ask you something first. Why post here asking what we think? Rather random is it not? Very true Glostick91 BUT you never know where some deep insight might come from. There are some people on this site who have done a fair amount of internal work and it shows. I would not post ...

Hi ardy, let me just ask you something first.

Why post here asking what we think? Rather random is it not?

I've never given 100% to anything and, after nearly 60 years, I'm thinking about giving it a try. I take it that this is the thrust of your post, therefore it is to this I will answer. I was in my garden amongst the seedlings and I thought, 'why are they doing this? why are they growing?' I'm, of c...

Actually, I demonstrated nothing exists/no things exist in the same way you demonstrated that causality doesn't exist. How on earth could you have a problem with it? Isn't it utterly obvious that things exist? Oh. So humans didn't calculate and experiment how to get to the moon, hunt for food, buil...

Define further "the reality of who you are." The real you is not a little drunk. ;) The little drunk will die. Does the real you die? Does the real me die? A body dies, but I have a body. A mind dies, but I have a mind. So if I am not really a mind nor a body, then what am I? Dumb question.

It was not even about cause and effect specifically. Your question only had meaning inside a context, like any action or word you might utter. Once you remove the context a puzzle arises or perhaps some "void". But feel free to experiment with it until you die - or understand! My question...

And now for your further consideration, here's another restatement with some minor variations: If something exists (X), then causality is caused (Y) Causality is not caused (Y is false) Therefore, something does not exist (X is false) If unicorns exist (X), then causality is caused (Y) Causality is...

Glostik you are being silly. You should know that if you knew the answer to that question, there would be no more questions to ask. You need to do more work and less reading and writing. haha And what makes you think I am the silly one? Because you seem to not understand the basic structure of what...

Probably, and if I have, I'd still have be referring to a discernible continuity of thoughts, etc. I do, you do, Barnaby and Mary, too. What is your point, and why not just state it outright? When you said, "I have thoughts" what were you suggesting has the thoughts? I know you said 'I', ...

Religion often functions more blatantly from a metaphysical principle, that's true. The problem is not as much delusion but dilution and confusion. Although one could say a little diluted truth can be worse than a wholesale lie. I'm afraid you'll have to explain further what the difference is betwe...

ardy wrote: Glostik you are being silly. You should know that if you knew the answer to that question, there would be no more questions to ask. You need to do more work and less reading and writing.

haha And what makes you think I am the silly one?

Well, no, but what the hell let's see if we can't peel it back and see what happens in relation to your question, "Who doesn't know"! (Why-oh-why is there so much confusion on what the self is?) So, when you (me, or anyone else for that matter) says "I" what is being referred to...

No, it's just you. When RZoo suggested that enlightenment "needs to be clarified", your reply to him was that unless he already knew what enlightenment was he could not possibly know whether or not it needed clarification. How could he possibly judge whether or not Jesus's actions are enl...

Glostik said: "I think experience is the only thing that solves what really is, an experience of thought, an experience of philosophy, an experience of emotion or of logic. What is there besides experience?" Experience proves nothing and takes us nowhere. If it did half the world would be...

Nothing can be proven without invoking causality at the very least, you silly! But feel free to try it. You sound like a Mormon I know. "Nothing can be proven without invoking God at the very least. But feel free to try." How does one invoke something that doesn't even exist? Such experie...

Your difficulties with language and Nietzsche's powers of discernment when it comes to self-consciousness have nothing to do with me, I'm afraid. You once said this. Oh? Is "I don't know" true in all possible worlds? The same logic is applied here. Who is this 'I'? What is the absolute tr...

Well, all you're contemplating are ideas. All derived supposedly from a combination of senses, memory and logic (and all not limited to your "own brain" either!). What you really want is the ability to understand what is true and real, as to distinguish from what is false. And if one does...

I liked it thanks.

Leyla Shen wrote:
No, because self-knowledge is not a prerequisite of reason:

glostik: Who is this 'I'?

Leyla: I don't know. Obviously its futile to know. Nietzsche told me.

glostik: Who doesn't know?