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- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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.
- Sun Jul 07, 2024 8:35 pm
- Forum: Metaphysics
- Topic: how to understand everything
- Replies: 38
- Views: 9382
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
https://kaiserbasileus.substack.com/p/m ... a-nutshell
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:09 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Hello everyone. I'm happy to be here.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9373
Re: Hello everyone. I'm happy to be here.
Welcome. Here's most of the answers: https://kaiserbasileus.substack.com/p/m ... a-nutshell
- 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...
- 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.