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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 2, 2022Sep 2022

Posted by Matias
Here's a glimpse on the other side of the liberal coin: A free market ideology that seeks to free individuals from all kinds of constraints in order to maximize their ability to work and to consume. The atomized workers with no commitment to any ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 1, 2022Sep 2022

Posted by towkneed
Reading about Attention Schema theory and wondering if there's a difference between "subjective" and locally unique.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 31, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by towkneed
Just discovered Eliminative Materialism and I keep wanting to know more and understand arguments for its validity. Anyone have any opinions?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 31, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by racocn8
I haven't seen whether the site is continuing, but just in case it doesn't, thanks for 'social' interaction. Good luck to those who have enriched or ennobled my experience, which is what I take as goals. So if a God existed that created the universe...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 28, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by Matias
There is a general confusion in America about the meaning of terms like "conservative" and "liberal-progressive." Understanding the essential differences between the two sides is not difficult: conservatives and liberals have a very different view ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 25, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by redbai
LINKYT Girl Trying To Get A BM Canceled | Jenny O - YouTube
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 25, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by Matias
What is the right side of history?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 24, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by rainmanjr
LINKJeanette Winterson: Is humanity smart enough to survive itself? | TED Talk
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 23, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by Sofabeast
I pose a broad question. What is a god? Humans all over the world have gods, but due to cultural differences the design of a god differs markedly. Here are some examples. Some cultures have man-gods and god-men. Physical entities where a person is ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 22, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by Castlepaloma
Where black slaves mostly shipped to America?. Or were most blacks already here?
4 comments
Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 19, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by Matias
A liberal society is a society in which dominate: the primacy of the isolated, "free and autonomous" individual, the ideology of inevitable progress, the fiction of universal human rights, the obsession with growth (because more and more people are...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 16, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by Matias
What we call Modernity has old roots. In most respects, it represents a secularisation of ideas and perspectives borrowed from Christian metaphysics, which spread into secular life following a rejection of any transcendent dimension. Actually, one ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 15, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by TheMiddleWay
My personal contribution to good faith communication is a graceful exit. Instead of leaving the conversation when I'm proven wrong, I will try to admit to that wrongness and thank my person for changing my point of view. Conversely when a ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 15, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by Matias
The best definition of "modernity" is the following, from one of my intellectual heroes, Alain de Benoist: Modernity designates the political and philosophical movement of the last three centuries of Western history. It is characterised primarily ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 14, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by TheMiddleWay
LINKWhy religion without belief can still make perfect sense | Psyche Ideas
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 11, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by Matias
The dark side of liberalism is that its philosophy rejects some important ideas which are required for human self-limitation. It rejected first the idea of a natural order to which humanity is subject, and later the notion of human nature itself ...
2 comments
Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 8, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by FvckY0u
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck. There's a lot of truth to this. A philosophy I've pretty much adopted on my own later in life. This showed up in my youtube feed and I thought it worthy of sharing. I'm enjoying listening to it.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 6, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by Matias
"Many elements of what we today call our environmental crisis—climate change, resource depletion, groundwater contamination and scarcity, species extinction—are signs of battles won but a war being lost. Today we are accustomed to arguing that we...
1 comment
Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 1, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by puff
Who remembers the days when the US sought people, apprehending them to bring them to face justice, upholding important principals like trials/ evidence and allowing both sides of the story to be heard in a court before judgment? The days we refused ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 1, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by SpikeTalon
Bottom line is, actions speak louder than words.
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