philosophy

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I have said before that I am pro-choice on abortion, but I have to admit that this is kind of for simple utilitarian (or maybe consequentialist in general) reasons, so as a result I actually kind of abhor a lot of pro-choice arguments. They tend to be moralistic and overtly misandrist. I was...

Not so fast, you radish! My YT-link (timestamped): View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFg1ysJ1oUs&t=1346s @Midwest YT link View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKHZpvqc_DI People active in the discussion: @Midwest @Punp @LiraTirsoCaduceo @No56 Summary and things to consider...

Foreword The aim of this post is to open the discussion regarding the idea of canon in fictional works, specifically around the idea of lore, and the case for coda as an alternative. This is not a discussion of Elder Scrolls lore, nor an analysis of Michael Kirkbride's work in relation to it...

How do you describe truth? What does it really mean to you? With all the hubbub about the "post-truth" world, I began to ponder what truth really mean? Is it rooted in reason, found through various levels of rationalization? Or is it rooted in faith, self-evident in relation to an individual...

What do you think cave people sat around thinking about? Do you think they imagined distant futures? Maybe dystopian futures? Expressed some techno-pessimism? (She: "Think of it Grug, a future where we transport our rocks with a round disk shaped object! He: What? Now you're just talking crazy...

Disclaimer: This is about as "WOKE" as you can get, so remember you decided to continue reading after this sentence. This is not my opinion but a semi-journalistic piece based on research and my own lived experiences. This is not an advertisement for obscure self-empowerment tapes, mind-altering...

wasn't sure whether to make this thread in here or videogames but here you go. this thread is to post and appreciate games with esoteric and occult elements. feel free to put your favs i don't mean in a dumb "spooky scary satan" game. i mean games that take genuine inspiration from occultism...

Hell is not a physical place, where there's blazing hot mega lava wells. but hell is an abstract metaphysical place, like a sort of mental state, that exists only when someone is hallucinating, Quran describes it has a condition that's very cold, dark, with burning sensations! the entire...

The End of History and Neon Genesis Evangelion 1. Life's a Beach and You're Here Dude I believe we're living in the End of History. Though it's difficult, and maybe even impossible, to pin down when it exactly happened—it could still be happening, it might always be...

Anyone else into Buddhism here? I studied Western philosophy at a crappy state uni ~10 years ago, went through grad school, yadda yadda, now I'm in Indonesia and looking at pursuing a path as a lay preacher in Theravada Buddhism. While I'm a secular Buddhist, I know the suttas inside-out --...

The universe is comprised of both order (mathematical laws) and chaos (entropy). Some describe life as the universe experiencing itself and like the universe, life contains order (the golden ratio, working biological systems) and chaos (genetic mutation, evolution by natural selection). Without...

Solutions require a void. For example: when I used to live in a block of flats, we had to put out the communal bins for the bin collection on a Tuesday. One person in the building was doing it for everyone because nobody else was doing it. He complained about it all the time and said we should...

I'm not sure I've ever written about DLE before, but I figured this would be a good place to write up a basic introductory guide- what DLE is, how I discovered it, and why I now use it as a guiding philosophy in all fields. DLE stands for "Direct Life Experience," and I present it as an...

Horrible fucking title, I'm bad at this. So, I've been told that I live like a monk, hermit, crusader, etc. They call it "hunger amidst plenty". Just recently, in philosophy class, we learnt the definition of "asceticism". I technically knew it, but my former classes had made it something so...

PLOTINUS It is for the gods to come to me: not for me to go to them -Porphyrry, Life of Plotinus, §10 This reply, given by Plotinus to Amelius, who invited him to approach the gods with the prescribed Rituals, reflects the spirit of the Solar ☉︎ path. The surpassing of the religious...

The Big Book Recommendation list I will break this down into primary reading, and further reading. Most of these follow the Western Canon. 1 - The Original Epic Poems 1.1. Reading: Homer, The Illiad. Homer, The Odyssey. Virgil, The Aeneid. 1.2. Extended Reading: C.S. Lewis, Preface to Paradise...

Spoiler alert: Eggplant isn't actually about Eggplants—Or dick emojis for that matter—what it's about are the hurdles of a struggling artist trying to make sense of her calling in a world where art has become a weapon. The protagonist, Arda, a failed painter with family traumas takes the...

Hey folks, long time no post. Anyways, this is an idea that came to me in a bout of introspection (mild foreshadowing, that big introspection post is still coming some day), and I'll fully admit that it probably says a lot more about me than it does about the population at large. Nonetheless, I...

Video to explain the thought experiment View: https://youtu.be/XeSu9fBJ2sI Here's how I see it: There are three outcomes possible. Heads is as likely as tails, but tails splits into two outcomes of equal likelihood. Overall, there is a 50% chance of M/H, 25% M/T, 25% T/T. Therefore the...