Sun 5 Apr, 2009 01:04 pm - You see a chair, and you say "the chair is there". You turn around, and now, "the chair is no longer there."
If you apply this reasoning to the universe, then the concept of... (view)
Sun 5 Apr, 2009 12:51 pm - The dumbest thing I've ever heard come out of the mouth of a philosopher is the statement that our senses can be in [B][I]error[/I][/B]. I find it hard to believe that anyone could accept that... (view)
Sun 5 Apr, 2009 12:30 pm - Seems to me that a small change in any complex system will produce other small changes. A change on a certain scale will produce changes only on a similiar scale.
And the current state of All the... (view)
Sun 5 Apr, 2009 12:19 pm - I think this thread morphed from a topic about virtues to a topic about right and wrong actions. Most ethics threads tend to do that. :lol:
I'd have to say that all actions strike me, in the... (view)
Sun 5 Apr, 2009 12:00 pm - Right. It's a fictional language for a book I plan on(eventually) writing. This snippet, loosely translated, means: "They say that they will not leave, but I say that we shall make... (view)
Thu 2 Apr, 2009 07:27 pm - [quote=kennethamy]Obviously, because you made that absurd statement.[/quote]
lol. People ask questions because they desire knowledge, right? That doesn't mean that the question isn't... (view)
Thu 2 Apr, 2009 07:13 pm - If someone asked me to reduce ethics/morality to a single statement, it would be: "Do what you want but be prepared for the consequences."
Why would I say something like that? Well,... (view)
Thu 2 Apr, 2009 06:59 pm - As far as virtue goes, the concept strikes me as a set of characteristics agreed upon by consensus to be encouraged in a 'proper person'. The reason for the ambiguity is because this only... (view)
