"It's quantum" has much the same utility as "God did it". — Banno

If by ‘evidence’ you mean just something you can tangibly test, then obviously no one can offer you that in metaphysics; ... — Bob Ross

... the whole point of metaphysics is to use reason to guess what lies beyond that experience which explains that experience.

Science is only a negative criteria for metaphysics (viz., it can weed out the really bad theories) but never a positive criteria (viz., that science confirms a metaphysical theory as true).

There’s plenty of evidence that we can explain the world in terms of mind. For example, have you ever had a vivid dream?

That consciousness is best explained via a mind-dependent world.

That quantum physics, such as entanglement, is best explained when thought of as extrinsic representations within a universal mind.

I gave an argument here in the OP for a mind-dependent, qualitative world: let’s start there. What premise (or premises) did you disagree with?

P1: A quantitative process cannot produce a quality. [p → !q] — Bob Ross

Just to clarify, I am not saying that the universal mind is itself mind-dependent; as existence itself is mind-independent.

There isn’t some mind outside of the universe that willed it into existence.

... reality is fundamentally a mind. That mind, however, objectively exists; that is, it’s existence is mind-independent—i.e., it doesn’t manifest itself nor uphold its own existence. — Bob Ross

By ‘objective’, I mean ‘that which is mind-independent’ and by ‘mind-at-large’ I mean that reality is fundamentally a mind. 

It is disembodied in the sense that it doesn’t have an organic body...

The timeline of MAGA Loser #1's legal reckoning for his 2016-2023 crime spree (excluding potentially ruinous civil lawsuits) is taking a definite shape:

1. NYC felony indictment
31Mar23 :up:
"34 counts of Business Documents Fraud Crealing and/or Covering-up Felonies", etc

https://apnews.com/article/trump-indictment-full-document-640043319549?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=RelatedStories&utm_campaign=position_02
2. Miami, Federal indictment
8Jun23 :up:
re: 37 counts "Mishandling Documents, Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice, Violating Espionage Act, Making False Statements to Federal Authorities, Witness Tampering" etc

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/08/donald-trump-charged-retention-classified-documents

9Jun23 Federal indictment unsealed ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/09/trump-indictment-unsealed-pdf-text-criminal-charges

[ ... ] — 180 Proof

So maybe the question is, if there is and can be something infinite, what would that be? — Gregory

I would say that objective reality is a mind-at-large ... — Bob Ross

↪T Clark ↪Judaka What we have here is a failure to communicate, or worse, a failure to think clearly — BC

Also, I reject racial and ethnic histories, cultures and groups. I don't think white people are responsible for anything, and as I told you before, I would prefer to see black Americans taking responsibility for slavery as Americans. That would represent the kind of progress I think would be helpful. — Judaka

If for Spinoza God is everything ... — Gregory

So I am not sure any kind of materialism would work with Spinoza.

180 Proof
Well, I think "descriptive talk" like yours tends to confuse bigots with racists.
— 180 Proof

How so? I'm just asking for your framework for interpreting something as contributing or perpetuating to racism, in a descriptive manner. — Judaka

Spinoza identified God with nature — Gregory

... But some people think the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus rests on the assumption that God is one and the same as ‘Nature’ understood as a mass of corporeal matter. This is a complete mistake. — Spinoza, from letter (73) to Henry Oldenburg

Hegel taught ac[osm]ism, as did Spinoza. — Gregory

The "doomsday" part is from the fact that no people will be around to keep the economy going. But the idea of, "Oh no! What shall I do if there isn't a future generation" doesn't seem to be a factor in our individual habits or behavior. — schopenhauer1

It was reasonable to struggle, to suffer, perhaps even to die, for a more just, a more compassionate society, but not in a world with no future where, all too soon, the very words 'justice', 'compassion', 'society’, 'struggle', 'evil', would be unheard echoes on an empty air.

https://web.archive.org/web/20070526121608/http://www.thenewatlantis.com/archive/15/bowman.htm — P.D. James, interview (2007)

I prefer to talk descriptively. — Judaka

In the 1970's, I remember a Baptist preacher giving us a talk about race and the coming end of Aboriginal Australians. The line I recall was something like - 'It will be for the best at some time in the future when the Aboriginal person will be bred out and be no more.' This was Christian compassion and inclusiveness at its most perverse. Naturally, there was a preamble at the start about how the Good Reverend was not a racist.. — Tom Storm

What is the "referent" for the term "noumenon"? — jancanc

"Cui bono?"

Racism (again for the slow fuckers way in the back) denotes color/ethnic prejudice plus POWER of a dominant community (color/ethnic in-group) OVER non-dominant communities (color/ethnic out-groups). Whether Hutus over Tutsis, Israeli Jews over Israeli Arabs, Hans over Uyghurs, Turks over Kurds, Kosovo Serbs over Kosovo Albanians, Russians over Chechens, Israeli Ashkenazim over Israeli Sephardim, American Whites over American Blacks Browns Yellows & Reds, etc, this description of racism obtains. — 180 Proof

We can't read minds though, and we can't prove intent, ... — Judaka

... and the pattern more than anything proves the oppression.

For something to be considered racist, we need to interpret it to be harmful to the relevant demographic.

In fact, you've argued an unwillingness to upend the legacies of racism to be racist. The inaction's harmfulness is what makes it racist, yes?

Basically, we can't parse between what's racially motivated, and where some other motivation is at play, and we can't be expected to prove it, so long as we interpret harm, we'll describe it as racism, is that fair?

I just want to know in a descriptive sense, how you'd avoid calling any harm to the relevant demographic as racist.

So in the end, if we think of future generations at all, it is just plain old selfish ... — schopenhauer1

The Seventh Generation Principle is based on an ancient Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)* philosophy that the decisions we make today should result in a sustainable world seven generations into the future. 

You ain't gonna miss your water until your well runs dry ...

There's a book, Ars Vitae: The Fate of Inwardness and the Return of the Ancient Arts of Living, by Elizabeth Lasch-Quinn, which you may find interesting. — Ciceronianus

The idea is that the belief in a continuing future society serves as a driving force to prevent society from falling into chaos.

Is this assumption true, though? — schopenhauer1

So maybe the question is, if there is and can be something infinite, what would that be? — Gregory

I'd define reality as .. — Cidat

Here are some of my own attempts... — 180 Proof

How can we identify the "theory & practice"? Why is something part of the "theory & practice" of racism? — Judaka

I hope your answer can show why an interpretation of harm to the relevant demographic is inaccurate.

1) Is it correct that sexism, racism and other similar terms, do not function descriptively, and are moral terms that we use if and when we perceive something to be harmful to the relevant demographic? — Judaka

2) To what extent do you agree that the terms are ambiguous in terms of "how", and "why" and in describing the harm they cause?

3) Is "ending' racism & sexism, for you, referring to the simplistic definition (prejudice) or the comprehensive one (societal realities)?

I’m objecting to otherwise non-religious people who want it to engage in philosophical inquiry spending inordinate amount of time wallowing in — giving special attention to — mythical stories, just because they were raised with them. — Mikie

Proselytization is much more likely to come from the atheist side than from believers. — T Clark

The thing is, much of Western philosophy is based on esoteric or religious foundations. — schopenhauer1

Certainty has gone and society seems atomized - I find this exciting, but many fear it. — Tom Storm

I think the most important challenge we collectively face is dealing with the practical economic and ecological consequences of the 'continuous growth' paradigm, and the enormous problem of plutocracy and corrupted politics. — Janus

Western culture is undergoing a crisis of meaning — Quixodian