philosophy
Daily Alchemy: Can we make this controversy good?
40d ago“Was Texas public university's action forcing a philosopher to leave an act of censorship?”
- Fredwage...
The Bookend Rules of Humans Living on Earth The Ubiquitously Encompassing Macrocosmic Rule of Human Existence: We are all humans, being; living and evolving in a subjective world.... - KC...
That's an intriguing proposition for conceptualizing morality. The idea of defining morality as a binary system of 'good' and 'bad' actions, and then attempting to quantify these actions to track progress or regress, offers a clear, measurable framework.The appeal of such a... - Florence...
I think you’ve hit the nail on the head when you say “the biggest problem is that each sides narrative requires the others to be illegitimate”. Without even discussing land, cooperation or rights this one phrase sums up the impasse.... - laymanpascal...
I tell people things like comedy, sex, nature immersion, exercise, and good conversations. That's all true but mostly I have "something" that feels reliable in the inner place where I check my feelings about the world.... I wholeheartedly agree we need to become a more mature species; especially the kind of intelligence that can empathize, love, sacrifice, and has wisdom. I dont think cognitive intelligence alone can do the trick (which i think may be extremely relevant to AI).... It's very interesting, every time I try to write a response, I delete it. Here are a few riffs: here are some things I value: gratitude time with my family & kids meaningful work friendship my obligations, service, and commitments to others integrity, love play, fun,... - Adam1...
Wisdom, as one of the four Stoic virtues, is (I believe) the most important virtue. The others, Courage, Justice and Temperance (or Self Discipline) all need Wisdom to be used soundly.... This is dope, thank you. this evokes in me time as (perhaps) nothing more than a mental arrangement of relationships between states. The "passage" of time is methodology that entwines "subjectivity" with "objectivity" rather than either a subjective experience or an objective... - curiousdwk...
No. Nothing in the Bible is a "verifiable fact": Not the story of creation, or of Jonah and the whale or any story within the Bible. The Bible is book of stories with wisdom and morals but not facts.... - Adam1...
I agree that emotions are symptoms and not causes because emotions are seperate from the thing(s) that caused them. Viktor Frankl said that man's only true freedom was the freedom to choose his own reaction in any situation.... - PaperTrails...
It's hard to take this comment too seriously. How do you "teach" what a "real" ANYTHING is that hasn't been proven to even exist in over 2000 years? Let alone claim to know what they definitely are not. This sounds more like brainwashing and a coherced belief system....