Yet these apparent 'questions' are nowhere formulated by you, — StreetlightX
I wasn't aware that they were in much doubt. — Pseudonym
I think this kind of scientism does more to hurt and diminish science than any philosophical critique could. It belittles not just philosophy, but science itself, which becomes tainted by a colonizing and imperialist rot that exists nowhere in its actual practice. — StreetlightX
You're the one making the psuedo-positive claim that only science can answer 'the questions of human existence', without elaborating... — StreetlightX
Basically, Pseudonym, you’ve joined a philosophy forum with the express and sole aim of declaring that philosophy is meaningless — Wayfarer
If one accepts the premise that intuition delivers knowledge, then there is something to 'know' about phenomenonolgy... — Pseudonym
Where do you get this nonsense from? Since when was phenomenology defined by 'the premise that intuition delivers knowledge'? — StreetlightX
Okay, so give me an example situation that represents a moral dilemma.In ethical naturalism, a moral dilemma is the rational weighing of two possible methods for achieving the 'right' outcome to see which is most 'right'. Our genetics, coupled with our environment produces the concept of what is 'right', so that can be considered a brute fact, scientific investigation can determine what course of action is most likely to bring it about.
I'm not seeing what your problem is with this approach, you just keep reiterating that morality is subjective. Perhaps you could explain why you think it must be? — Pseudonym
You've given me names of philosophers but not specifically any scientists, so I still don't see where the relationship between what is right and wrong and science is other than science being able to explain what it is and why it helps us to survive and procreate.Did Sam Harris provide the name of the scientific field that studies what is right or wrong? — Harry Hindu
No, meta-ethics is the name of the field which studies what is right or wrong. As far as I know the term was coined by GE Moore.
What about any falsifiable theories on what if moral - did he provide any of that? — Harry Hindu
He would probably like to say he did, but personally I don't read anything very new in his work. It's really just some further justification for theories already put forward by philosophers like Williams and Foot. — Pseudonym
Okay, so give me an example situation that represents a moral dilemma. — Harry Hindu
What do you mean by the environment and our genetics producing the concept of what is 'right'? If all we needed were genetics and environment, wouldn't that mean we would always be 'right' in everything we do? — Harry Hindu
I still don't see where the relationship between what is right and wrong and science is other than science being able to explain what it is — Harry Hindu
Is human survival and procreation a good thing? It may depend on who else you ask in the rest of the animal kingdom, or even in the rest of the universe for that matter. — Harry Hindu
either all epistemological methods are valid, or none are, or some are and some aren't. — Pseudonym
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