The Philosophy Discussion Forum

So, one argument I have heard from the right directed against leftists, specifically from Michael Millerman, is that the left are against the radical right because the current left doesn't truly support "free speech". It won't let someone say racial slurs in a classroom for example. Is sta...

Choosing between only those two groups (and ignoring the many other possibilities), which of the two groups is 'better' than the other, those who find the German right wing thinkers "interesting" or those who don't want themselves or others to have anything to do with them? Or are they bo...

You're getting all personal and nasty and angry, Gary. And you've stopped thinking. That's unfortunate. I'm always polite to you. I don't think I've ever called you anything, in fact. But then, maybe I'm much more sure of the truth of my position than you apparently are. There's no need to become n...

Being self-refuting is more than "a problem." Saying it's "a problem" means that it can be solved, potentially; being self-refuting means it's absurd. The demand for belief in Determinism, as in the OP, is plainly absurd...it defeats itself, on its own terms. If Determinism were...

So, once we have established the simple facts I outlined in skeleton form, we can now proceed to a consideration of the recent trend of the rise of voices on that “extreme” pole of the Right. You see, those ideas, that pole of metaphysics frankly, has been vilified by people with your tendencies. (...

If I believe that I don't have any beliefs, then I am mistaken. If I DON'T believe that I don't have any beliefs, then I am correct. One belief I have is that I have beliefs. But how do I believe that I have beliefs? If I believe that I cannot know anything for certain, then I am mistaken. If I DON'...

There may be right answers. The only problem is that; if there are right answers, then we humans don't know what they are. And ignorance is always evil to someone who believes something.

The statements above are only my beliefs.

I've given a "complete" argument against Determinism: it's self-refuting. The determinist has a problem, but that doesn't make determinism false at all. Being self-refuting is more than "a problem." Saying it's "a problem" means that it can be solved, potentially; bein...

Well, Biden's legendary disaster in Iraq was not so much a "getting out" as a complete collapse of order, of course. Nobody holds up his exit as if it was good policy: even his supporters were humiliated by that mess. But yes for Obama...he did stop Iraq. But he also wiped out a wedding w...

Oh. So Dems have no obligation to stop "military actions" and can continue to do them, so long as they can argue they were "in motion" already? So Trump wouldn't have an obligation to stop the Dems' war in Ukraine, because they started it? He could continue it, and you'd be happ...

And that's a failure of democracy, even with margins of error and independent candidates in play? Then many US elections are not legit. They are legitimate elections, but they don't represent the will of the majority of voters. But do they "fail" in the way asked by the OP? Are they "...

Christian hypocrites. Why do they even bother to pretend to follow Christ. Maybe because it says in the holy babble that simply believing in Christ is the way to salvation. Meanwhile atheists and non-Christians supposedly go to hell regardless of their deeds. What a joke of a religion. Christians ar...

Well, a ton of presidents, both Dems and Repubs, have instituted "military actions" they didn't call "wars," just like this one. I named some of the Dems who did, in fact. Are just some of these wrong, or all of them? Obama and Biden continued Bush's war already in progress. Oh....

Well, the UN is pretty awful, you have to admit. And expensive for your country, too. It's a stupid organization, really...and today it's dominated by Fabian-types. Actually, I'm a huge advocate of human rights. I always have been. But being supportive of human rights means you have to make them du...

Oh. So your theory is that there is no such thing as a just war, or a necessary military conflict? You're a 100% pacifist? Honest question. Did I say that? I said all the ones you mentioned are wrong. Well, a ton of presidents, both Dems and Repubs, have instituted "military actions" they...