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No, I have, but what I meant was that the experiences I have had were nothing like what most people like to write about and discuss...
"Silly" field of philosophy? Are you actually serious about that comment? Wow. Such a statement clearly tells me you know precisely nothing about the subject. It isn't just about old Greeks (like Plato) in robes dreaming about people in a cave seeing shadows on the wall, or Frenchmen in a Paris cafe going on about how "absurd" life is.
You've taken my comment out of context, a comment I made to Hans Blaster, who wrote:
"I have had no experiences that would make me think that my mind and body are somehow 'separate'."
He was giving a personal reason for his beliefs, and I pointed out that I have had experiences that have drawn me in the opposite direction. My point was that just because we may not have experienced something first-hand, that that, in and of itself, isn't a good enough reason to entirely discount whatever it is that one is sceptical about.
QV please:So no, they aren't advocates of 'scientism'.
Scientism in one version or another has probably been around as long as science has existed. From about 1970 to 2000, however, a number of distinguished natural scientists, including Francis Crick (b. 1916), Richard Dawkins (b. 1941), and Edward O. Wilson (b. 1929), have advocated scientism in one form or another. Some promoters of scientism are more ambitious in their extension of the boundaries of science than others. In its most ambitious form, scientism states that science has no boundaries: eventually science will answer all human problems. All the tasks human beings face will eventually be solved by science alone.
It's almost like they're ashamed of their own kind.I gave you examples. I'm not going to waste any more time with someone who clearly just doesn't care about the truth.
That must be the typical underestimation of "philosophy". But the truth is that everyone has a metaphysical vision of what reality might be and how to live in it. Everyone has some evaluation of what gives their lives meaning purpose. Unfortunately, many people are also unaware of the assumptions they unconsciously make that align with their own unspoken philosophy of life. And so much then remains unexamined.Pretty much. I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone bring philosophy into a conversation here that was in any way useful. Mostly just bunch of hypothetical speculation and twisted attempts to avoid actual evidence with "arguments".
Just don't tell me there are no names of people who give the nod to scientism and expect me to believe you.I used to be surprised that you never seemed to understand the points being made to you. I'm not any more.
That must be the typical underestimation of "philosophy". But the truth is that everyone has a metaphysical vision of what reality might be and how to live in it. Everyone has some evaluation of what gives their lives meaning purpose. Unfortunately, many people are also unaware of the assumptions they unconsciously make that align with their own unspoken philosophy of life. And so much then remains unexamined.
Just don't tell me there are no names of people who give the nod to scientism and expect me to believe you.
I am a HUGE fan of hyperbole. But limiting our thoughts and imagination only to what we perceive as evidence lack the kind of creativity that has gotten us so far.But this wasn't about "the meaning of life" (largely none of anyone else's business) or "life philosophy". It wasn't even about epistemology. Nope it was just a notion that some self-satisfied thinking about what mind meant would sort this all out. So I made a crack about philosophy. It's hyperbole. I've done it before and I'll slam philosophy again when people bring it up as a substitute for evidence.
I am a HUGE fan of hyperbole. But limiting our thoughts and imagination only to what we perceive as evidence lack the kind of creativity that has gotten us so far.
And science wont give us the "why".Philosophical "debate" about the mind isn't going to figure out how it occurs.
Let me get this straight.I gave up trying to tell you anything quite some time ago.
And science wont give us the "why".
Because I am human and that is what we do.What makes you think there needs to be a "why"?
Because I am human and that is what we do.
Pretty much. I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone bring philosophy into a conversation here that was in any way useful. Mostly just bunch of hypothetical speculation and twisted attempts to avoid actual evidence with "arguments".
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