Philosophical Speculations

It seems that the word Spirit is loaded for you with some preconceived meaning (probably heavily religious). It's a wee bit tedious to have Ashvin and then you assume you can read my mind, your assumption is from your mind not mine, can we just establish that? If you want to know, just ask and I'll...

I will grant you that I have not been treating this as a formal philosophical debate that I would engage in with someone who knew nothing of idealism. I am presupposing a lot of shared ideal conceptions, including a deep appreciation for the Truth and Wisdom of spiritual traditions. Cleric, on the ...

I used the word "guess" to highlight how trivially you both are taking idealism, which I know Eugene holds to and you appear to as well. I find it disappointing that you project your assumptions, rather presumptuous ones at that, on to others as a 'Straw Man'. As it happens I don't find a...

Eugene - at a certain point you just need to state plainly whether you think idealism is anything more than a guess about what is true; a guess without any serious ramifications for the orientation of our being in the world. I can't answer for Eugene, he's perfectly capable of that himself, but I c...

Ben Iscatus wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 10:06 am Apanthropinist, you come across as very wise.

Please don't let my way fool you Ben, I promise you I am a flawed person trying to make sense of myself and the world like anyone else.

Why is it our burden to put in the effort for you? What I expect is for you to put the effort into an actual argument that contains premises and conclusion that can be examined to determine if they are valid and sound. Then I will put the effort into reading it. You already read my argument, i.e. t...

As Shu has pointed out, this forum was called 'Metaphysical speculations'. I wouldn't call it philosophical but thinking forum. After all every act of knowing begins with thinking. Even before we know that there's such thing as philosophy we must first have thought about that. So thinking, our most...

The above is a fantastic example of a fallacy known as inflation of conflict. Arguing a certain point that the entire field of knowledge (philosophy) is "in crisis". It's a great way of avoiding any scrutiny and criticism of your claims but somewhat bizarre and beyond ironic to try it on ...

No, that sentiment is holdover from rationalism. What is needed is a solid spiritual foundation because we are spiritual beings. Philosophy and science, like everything else, serve our spiritual nature. People seek meaning and values first and foremost ahead of any sort of intellectual arguments. T...

Why is it our burden to put in the effort for you? What I expect is for you to put the effort into an actual argument that contains premises and conclusion that can be examined to determine if they are valid and sound. Then I will put the effort into reading it. " Russell's teapot is an analog...