SanteriSatama wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 11:09 pmI don't feel it would be responsible and ethical to continue excluding non-European philosophies and discussing arguments from authority from a selection of Eurocentric philosophers, especially when the main purpose of the selective reading the list of authorities through filters of egoism appears to be to justify egoism.
It is actually only responsible for me to exclude them, for the reasons I stated. Anything else would be extremely arrogant and egoistic. I do not know your Finnish indigenous connection to Buddhism in ancient India, if there is any, or whether you also understand Chinese-Tibetan language and culture. Maybe there is one and you do, and you have also studied the texts attributed to Nagarjuna. But even then, what Nagarjuna thought about ontology is completely irrelevant to Rovelli's position, especially if Jim is correct and Rovelli was only told to look into Nagarjuna after he already developed that position. There is no good reason to start referencing ancient philosophers on the question of Rovelli's ontic position unless your only purpose is to distract and obfuscate. But, all that being said, don't get me wrong... I have absolutely no problem with you bowing out of this particular discussion with me and would find it a most welcome surprise