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To be a philosopher is to propose a new way of viewing the world. Foucault proposed a new way of viewing society by his examination of the justice system; Wittgenstein proposed a new way of viewing...

Well, quite. Margret Thatcher and Ayn Rand are of course but two shining examples of the 'kindness and gentleness' this planet so sorely needs right now.

That is in fact the correct answer, and it is an apriori truth. For when we examine the term 'Immovable object', we see that it is contradictory to the term "Unstoppable force"; and this means that...

It is important to understand that the police are a disciplinary force. To resist discipline in any way, is tantamount to a crime in their eyes.

"Theft as a servant" is quite a serious charge where I come from. You may be all right though. Are you white?

Time, is never time at all,
You can never ever leave,
Without leaving a piece of youth.

-Billy Corgan

I actually can't wait to visit. Something tells me that I will find the very best, and also the very worst of humanity.

What you are saying is self-evidently nonsense. Perhaps I should step out of possible conception in order to conceive of something? What an absurdity. There are many beautiful possibilities,...

Someone mentioned "forms" before, this quote from Wittgenstein helped me to understand what we should like it to mean.

"Objects contain the possibilty of all situations. The possibilty of it's...

Yes, you cannot experience something, without a time during which you have experienced it.

Nietzsche on Christ-

"What the 'glad tidings' tell us is simply that there are no more contradictions; the kingdom of heaven belongs to children; the faith that is voiced here is no more an...

Also, Kantain philosophy takes on a whole new meaning when viewed through the lense of current understanding. We know now that space is not infinite, a luxury that Kant did not have, nor...

G-d, I sympathise TUT, well done for trying. O.K, alpha, omega. Define them. Beginning of what? End of what? These terms only have meaning when we apply them to something. To simply say "the...

Hi TUT,

I am afraid that your knowledge on this subject far surpasses my own. I have only a cursory understanding of Hume, through my engagement with Kant, and your own posts here!

You do, of...

galveston, you're a legend.

Originally, all knowledge was called Philosophy, (love of wisdom). With Aristotle, Philosophy then broke off into two parts, "natural philosophy", and "metaphysics". We cannot keep to strict a...

Hmm. Makes me think it comes down to good old "campaigning". Getting out there, shaking hands, expressing local knowledge, talking with people, etc. Sounds corny, but I've seen some "big players" get...

Thank you tomder55, I will indeed read them when I get the chance. Of course I would not dare to suggest that Paine was a Founding Father, however he is the most "relevant" writer (that is to say,...

Sorry if this seems harsh, I do in fact appreciate your posts. I feel very passionately about the questions asked by religion. I also feel that religion fails us in many ways. We Philosophers are put...

As far as I can tell, all that has happened here is that Cloakley has been given a lesson on electioneering. I have been invovled in more than one election (in Aus and NZ), and I can tell you that...

Perhaps the distinction could best be shown by visiting your local Court. There is one class of people prosecuting, the other is being prosecuted.



I'm sure I will. I did have the chance to...

You are quite right, I was referring to Beck of course. My apologies. To be fair to Sarah, she did look quite uncomfortable during her interview with Glenn. Particularly when he pulled out his...

G.W is weak and gulible,nothing more. I have no doubt whatsoever that had Barrack been President in2001, Osama's head would currently be on dislpay at the National Museum of Crime and Punishment.
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To the young man who started this thread, life is beautiful. It abounds with great joy, great sorrow, great absurdity.

The thing is, I cannot tell you about life. I live my life, you live yours....

I was acually hoping that this would provoke discussion. Bear in mind that the word "provoke" is also quite controversial, and has provoked more than one communist uprising.

Here's an idea. Why...

Hello TUT,
I respect your observations and comments, and I often "lurk" here to see if you have written.
I do not recall Kant referring to "other worlds", although I am sure he must have...

It would actually be easier for you to come up with a clip where she DIDN'T say that sort of cr@p. She is an imbecile, and an embarrassment to the Republican Party.

Those of us who have real...

As far as I can see, the real problem was that warmongering two-faced Rummsfeld. Bush was weak, and only grew a spine after he had been in the job for a while.

Hey! Good point! Don't immunise! There is no data to suggest that those who are immunised against anything have ever been exposed to anything!

Damn! If only we had people like you when polio was...

Sarah Palin must be the most embarrassing figurehead the right has ever seen. What does she say? What is her point? NOTHING!

Her recent lovefest with Glenn Beck was of particular amusment. To see...

I'm actually thinking of starting a thread called "What ever happened to those people who were vaccinated against swine flu".

My guess is that they are just going about their business, because...

I'll thank you to keep your Stalinist rantings to yourself. "I'm not going to church today"... STALINIST!

One should be wary of religion. Each one is nihilistic, and views life with contempt. Consider "Christianity", which for the most part manifests itself as an appeal to immortality, and completely...

Here we see evidence of Plato's greatest mistake, "the good in itself". So, Paraclete, if "good" is a quality, and not an ideal, perhaps you could tell us what "good" is?

This thread is progressing quite nicely, TUT317 in particular has offered some great contributions, which are actually on topic. This is more than can be said for my own, however I shall forgo the...

Satre speaks of the absurdity of life, existence. Why is there anything at all? Our whole state of being is gratutious! In fact it is an absurdity! We are thrown into exsitence, and then thrown out! ...

What is given is given. Shall I now sit down at the feast, and declare it is not to my taste!! To what shall I comapre existence to? Non existence? Please tell me what that is, if you have wisdom.

"It is said that God can do anything within the laws of logic. The truth of the matter is we can have no idea of what an illogical universe would look like." - Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Where does emotion come from? How do we have it? Or lack it? What is WILL? It seems to me obvious that rational thought is secondary to emotion. I witness an act, I am emotionally moved, I...

There's a few Philosophy majors in politics, at least there is where I come from.

Quite an amusing thread this one, I have particularly enjoyed the sanctimonious ranting of paraclete. He displays a peculiar type of Calvinist righteousness, (or rather, self righteousness) that was...

Very poignant depiction Artlady. God is dead, and WE have killed him. Never mind, I expect a new one will be along shortly.



KEEP ON ROCKIN IN THE FREE WORLD!!

What motive do they have? Probably one you cannot think of. Better safe than sorry.



Like what? Agent Orange was an absolute disaster of in theatre strategic planning, that resembles this...

Actually, what you are describing sounds like a fairy tale. Read some Plato, the father of western thought, and then reconsider your views concerning philosophy.

Death clock? Think I saw it on futurama.

What possible grounds can you have for making such a claim? Unless you are suggesting that "fears past down over the years" are propagated through word of mouth, I would say that you are talking...

Mankind is growing up. As the 20th century has shown, growing up isn't easy.

Ahh, now we are starting to enter the murky realm of "relativism". The term relativism, as it applies to morality, is quite broad. It should, in my opinion, really be viewed as an exposition of what...

Perhaps I did not explain myself well enough. I was not intending to turn this into a "Left vs Right" debate, my attack against "economic dogmatists" was aimed at those on both sides. I was...

Perhaps it would be wise to ask whether civilisation can exist without some type of religion. Certainly I would say that it would be impossible without SOME type of morality, and it seems to me that...