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by Advocate
Fri Apr 25, 2025 12:08 am
Forum: Metaphysics
Topic: Freedom (and Will?)
Replies: 48
Views: 12930

Re: Freedom (and Will?)

There is no sense in which the will is free but we may feel free to the extent we are ignorant of causality and euros like freedom and responsibility can be understood in objective terms in relation to that. If it is undeniable that our choices are not meaningfully within our control. ( in jail, no ...
by Advocate
Fri Apr 25, 2025 12:01 am
Forum: Metaphysics
Topic: The Law of Identity is Refuted by Time/Change
Replies: 380
Views: 7586

Re: The Law of Identity is Refuted by Time/Change

[quote=osgart post_id=747056 time=1735237583 user_id=13026] Since I'm shaped by my past up until this very moment I would say there is a constancy of self that grows, and changes, but never forgets what once was, and sometimes still remains through the changes. The constancy of self never goes away ...
by Advocate
Thu Apr 24, 2025 11:56 pm
Forum: Epistemology - Theory of Knowledge
Topic: The truth is objective
Replies: 36
Views: 13124

Re: The truth is objective

[quote=commonsense post_id=740105 time=1731609343 user_id=14610] How is JTB a step too far? Is some component unnecessary in discovering Truth? [/quote] Justified True Belief means justified belief that also adheres to the ultimate transcendent reality of a thing. That is an untouchable benchmark an...
by Advocate
Thu Apr 24, 2025 11:53 pm
Forum: Epistemology - Theory of Knowledge
Topic: personal truth
Replies: 238
Views: 120831

Re: personal truth

Change, gravity, psychology, size, suffering; these are Truth. We keep checking them and they keep being there. How well we can know our odds the whole project of epistemology. Personal truth is an individual's perspective, regardless of how well it lives up with the consensus version. That does not...
by Advocate
Tue Oct 01, 2024 1:04 am
Forum: Epistemology - Theory of Knowledge
Topic: personal truth
Replies: 238
Views: 120831

Re: personal truth

[quote=Gee post_id=729410 time=1726240856 user_id=8395] [quote=Advocate post_id=729404 time=1726237861 user_id=15238] The Truth is whatever continuously replicates. A truth is an instance of The Truth, such as a fact or a perspective. Bear in mind that people lie about the resolution and voracity of...
by Advocate
Fri Sep 13, 2024 3:33 pm
Forum: Epistemology - Theory of Knowledge
Topic: The truth is objective
Replies: 36
Views: 13124

Re: The truth is objective

The Truth is whatever continuously replicates. A truth is an instance of the truth. Knowledge is justified belief sufficient to accept a particular fact or take a particular action. JTB is a step too far.
by Advocate
Fri Sep 13, 2024 3:31 pm
Forum: Epistemology - Theory of Knowledge
Topic: personal truth
Replies: 238
Views: 120831

Re: personal truth

The Truth is whatever continuously replicates. A truth is an instance of The Truth, such as a fact or a perspective. Bear in mind that people lie about the resolution and voracity of their perspective.
by Advocate
Fri May 31, 2024 5:06 am
Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
Topic: Who Is The Best Philosopher?
Replies: 1
Views: 5307

Re: Who Is The Best Philosopher?

I am the best philosopher, and here's why: https://kaiserbasileus.substack.com/p/m ... a-nutshell
by Advocate
Mon Apr 08, 2024 3:34 pm
Forum: Metaphysics
Topic: compatibilism
Replies: 6323
Views: 1152345

Re: compatibilism

There is no sense in which the will is free, but we may feel free to the extent we are ignorant of causality.
by Advocate
Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:12 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Practical philosophy
Replies: 12
Views: 12322

Re: Practical philosophy

Welcome. Here's the context for your journey: https://kaiserbasileus.substack.com/p/m ... a-nutshell
by Advocate
Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:11 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Hello, everyone!
Replies: 2
Views: 9898

Re: Hello, everyone!

Welcome. Here's most of the answers:
https://kaiserbasileus.substack.com/p/m ... a-nutshell
by Advocate
Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:08 pm
Forum: Applied Ethics
Topic: War
Replies: 34
Views: 20043

Re: War

[quote="Gary Childress" post_id=695854 time=1707827630 user_id=6477] [quote=Advocate post_id=693044 time=1706395061 user_id=15238] An occupying force cannot claim the right of self defense bc they are the aggressor, not the defenders. Hamas has every right to exist. Israel has given up its...
by Advocate
Sun Jan 28, 2024 3:51 am
Forum: Metaphysics
Topic: The Kalam Cosmological Argument - William Lane Craig
Replies: 460
Views: 243685

Re: The Kalam Cosmological Argument - William Lane Craig

No version of god has ever been demonstrated to be possible, much less plausible, much less likely, much less actual.