• Are emotions unnecessary now?
    Do you see the antimonies (bullshit) of pure reason now!

    This thread is better than anything kants critique of pure reason could ever muster.

    And those who henceforth still have faith in "logic" let them be considered religious and superstitious in their worship of aristotle,plato and hegel over good old beautiful trusty emotions.
  • Are emotions unnecessary now?
    @Kinglord1090

    You are a great advert against the school system.

    Because your reasoning is awful.

    I ain't scared of no covid,or drugs.
  • Are emotions unnecessary now?
    Isn't laughter an emotion?

    And joy?

    And pride?

    And happiness?

    And love?
  • Are emotions unnecessary now?
    @Kinglord1090
    Oh,I know your human. Very human.

    I don't share your false choices.

    I love being human,I love my emotions.

    What are you going to do with people like me?
  • Are emotions unnecessary now?
    This is some serious level of utopian bullshit.

    I haven't laughed this much at a thread ever i think.

    So these are your folks who prize "logic" and science over everything else?!

    This is as funny as that guy who said he fed 5000 with a few subways and surfed on the sea barefoot.

    Next up,OP reveals he's jesus and turns members likes into wine and cryptocurrency.
  • Are emotions unnecessary now?
    @Joshs

    Maybe the man is tired and overemotional.

    That's a logical sign he should relax and maybe adjust his views.

    See,emotions are logical!
  • Are emotions unnecessary now?
    @Kinglord1090

    It's wonderful to be human with desires,beliefs hope's,dreams,ambitions,emotions and Family and social relations.

    You think you can eliminate those and stop man being a social species?

    You are deluded!

    You should get out more.
  • Are emotions unnecessary now?
    Eliminate experience for world peace!?

    So who the hell experiences this world peace?
    @Kinglord1090
  • Are emotions unnecessary now?
    @Kinglord1090

    Are you getting emotional now!!!!

    This whole thread is a self own. Ludicrous.

    Your false choice between emotions and "world peace" is garbage,and ironically enough an appeal to Emotion!
  • Are emotions unnecessary now?
    @Kinglord1090
    And what inspired maths and logic?

    Clue,inspired.

    Inspiration is intuition an emotion a desire.

    All logic is from motives. And motives are desires.

    Are you not motivated to use logic? Then you Desire logic.

    Emotion,motive,desire is unassailable.
  • Divided Consciousness:How Do We Achieve Balanced Thinking? (Gilchrist on the Master and Emissary)
    @Jack Cummins
    What if the subconscious and "unconcious" where we draw many of our answers are really our soul,our extended conciousness?
  • Are emotions unnecessary now?
    Life is now a question mark?!

    Someone is seriously debating if we need emotions!

    Like emotions are detachable like a pen top.

    Why have legs when he have cars now!?

    The level of bullshit is unreal!

    You are Emotions! And that is what it is to be a human.
  • Are emotions unnecessary now?
    @Joshs
    Your right. It's an attempt to escape reality by inventing illusions to make people feel safe and comfortable.

    The irony is life is absolutely wonderful throwing away those illusions and embracing your emotions fully.

    The "enlightenment" and all anti body religious scholars have a lot to answer for!

    How descartes believed animals were machines is mind boggling delusion!
  • Are emotions unnecessary now?
    @Kinglord1090

    Animals don't have emotions!!!!!!!!

    Have you never had a pet dog?

    You have lost the plot monsieur.

    Your evidence is nonsense.
  • Are emotions unnecessary now?
    @Joshs
    When I saw this title I face palmed.

    Desire has always been and always will be the driver of humans,and our desires have a logic to them.

    Its Just that some humans are more logical in desires than others.

    Philosophy,rationality and science have peddled this total myth that logic is seperate or superior and detachable from desire and emotions.

    All the delusional debates and hypothetical on this forum about logic,yet a prime basic axiomatic fundamental truth like desire being primary is still ignored or worse still denied!

    I will say it again,without psychology and the axiom of desire,philosophy is sophistry and whistling in the wind.
  • Are emotions unnecessary now?
    @Kinglord1090

    Trying to get rid of emotions is like trying to get rid of breathing or the sun shining.

    Good luck in your delusions.
  • Are emotions unnecessary now?
    @Kinglord1090
    Computers and robots are not human.

    Logic and emotion are inseperable.

    You don't have an option.

    Your hypothetical are meaningless.

    Emotions are great!

    We make our own happiness with emotions plus logic.

    Remind me what EQ stands for again? You mentioned it.
  • Best attributes for human civilization - in your opinion
    @Trey

    Yes historically religions have started wars.

    So your solution is to start a war?

    How you plan on implementing your idea is a big issue.
    Not,whatever dude.

    Open to non violence!

    This is real life not some hippy utopia!
  • Is Logic a matter of Intelligence??
    @Kinglord1090

    You believe in EQ yet want to eliminate emotions?
  • Best attributes for human civilization - in your opinion
    @Trey

    And you say abrahamics are savage,yet you suggest war!
  • Best attributes for human civilization - in your opinion
    @Trey

    So how would you implement this civilisation?

    What would be the case with people who disagreed with your laws?
  • Substance Dualism Versus Property Dualism Debate Discussion Thread
    @Kenosha Kid

    It is the point. The fact you can't name debates where one side changed is instructive on the mindset of the debates.

    All this supposed follow the data,claiming open mindedness and being "logical" is mainly disingenuous posturing.

    And bullshit to you as Well punchy!
  • Are emotions unnecessary now?
    @Kinglord1090

    Why seperate intelligence into emotion and logic?

    They are inseparable.

    So what's your plan to how to live without emotion?
  • How Do We Think About the Bible From a Philosophical Point of View?
    @Apollodorus

    This is an excellent post.

    To add,zarathustra and zorastranism have similiar concepts of monotheism,judgement and paradise.

    And some versions of buddhism especially pure land buddhism have a shambolic land of paradise after death.

    Would be interesting to hear what hinduism says about these things.

    Every culture has an afterlife and paradise narratives.
    That's not for nothing!
  • Substance Dualism Versus Property Dualism Debate Discussion Thread
    @Kenosha Kid

    How many debates have you seen where someone's mind was changed?

    And to be a decent debate there should be a bit of charity and understanding.

    This ain't a mgregor porier press conference!
  • Substance Dualism Versus Property Dualism Debate Discussion Thread
    @Kenosha Kid

    See,if you debate and you think the other sides point is magic or woo,then what's the point of a real discussion?

    Its then a polemic and with bad debaters it gets all hair splitting and crappy,and goes nowhere.

    Hanover at least has some emotional stability and tries to be charitable.

    180 is just awful.
  • Substance Dualism Versus Property Dualism Debate Discussion Thread
    @bert1
    It was,until the last couple of posts.

    Yep,I agree with the rest of your post.
  • Are emotions unnecessary now?
    @Kinglord1090

    Desire and emotions are what we are. No getting round that.

    Desire is vital to achievement.

    Humans are not robots.
  • Substance Dualism Versus Property Dualism Debate Discussion Thread
    You see how this "debate" is once again descending into a farce.

    180 at the moment is incapable of debating anything.

    Leaving aside his overemotional anxiety and his ad hom,the man doesn't want to address points without strawmanning nor clarify what he's saying.

    Which is much needed because his writing "style" and manner of explaining is terrible.

    Same thing he did with 3017amen. The man is too gun shy to fully engage.

    Put hanover in with someone decent please!
  • In praise of Atheism
    @180 Proof

    Same old formatting,cliches,lame humour and venting.

    Grow a pair,Mr runner!
  • In praise of Atheism
    @180 Proof
    You mean your too chicken to answer!
  • What is Law?
    @NOS4A2
    In the main I fully agree with this. Especially in the implementation of the law.

    But the masses also want a legal system for protection,so the rulers and masses feed off each other,with the lions share going to the rulers and the very wealthy.
  • Necessity and god
    @jorndoe

    Secularists prescribe all sorts of rules and "morals". That's what the legal system is.

    Science is prescriptive in that it elevates "reason" over any other human truths. That's a moral judgement.
  • Necessity and god
    @jorndoe

    The secularists and scientismists do exactly the same public preaching.

    They both need to butt out!
  • Is Logic a matter of Intelligence??
    @dimosthenis9

    The "engines work" is the expression of intelligence.

    But not everybody thinks in an aristelian way.

    Plus there is intuition,which is an immediate non discursive awareness or thought.
  • Socratic Philosophy
    And,Socrates said philosophy is preparing for death,and the afterlife.

    Egyptian philosophy had an impact on socrates thinking,and a huge effect on platos thinking.

    The thinking of the Egyptian book of the dead is hugely influential on all three abrahamic religions and platonism.
  • Is Logic a matter of Intelligence??
    @dimosthenis9

    So by logic you are meaning what?
    Aristotle, platos dialectics or just intelligence?

    Because everybody uses intelligence in their life.

    Intelligence is not academic logic.
  • Divided Consciousness:How Do We Achieve Balanced Thinking? (Gilchrist on the Master and Emissary)
    @Jack Cummins
    Childhood experiences can interfere a lot in our development in certain fields.

    I have always loved sports.

    The thing is Jack I bet as a child you loved crawling about and play,and that is exactly what sports and dancing are.

    Can you imagine a child sitting in it's room thinking all day!
    Not the most healthy thing.

    The zen masters encourage lots of walking,talking and physical tasks in addition to study periods.

    Nothing beats quality talking. Talking is a great exercise.

    We could metaphorically say the Mouth is the mind!
  • Socratic Philosophy
    It's very strange that anybody could read plato as a whole and come away with anything other than plato being a religious monotheist,with a political message for rulers.

    The neoplatonists are really platonists. Maybe those who got disillusioned with official politics or were more inclined to study and mysticism.

    Western philosophy,the Christian Church and science are all influenced by platonic thinking.
  • Divided Consciousness:How Do We Achieve Balanced Thinking? (Gilchrist on the Master and Emissary)
    @Jack Cummins

    The brain or physical head is not the seat of your intelligence.

    The reason some people are poor at sports is because they don't practice.

    Even meditators will tell you the brain is not the mind.

    And there are many many dancing philosophers and Poets.