Every question already has an answer but really just seeks validation. — Sid
We wouldn't ask about something which we were sure unless we sought to define the strengths and weaknesses of said thing. — Sid
No. — Sid
*shrug* I'm not trying to set an agenda. — Noble Dust
What is a charade? :joke: — Purple Pond
Shame you deleted it. — Sapientia
Is there something about philosophy which invites or attracts a sort of pretence? — Sapientia
Can you give an example of what it would look like to start with what we already bloody know and then do good philosophy to it? — fdrake
it's like everyday is April Fools' Day, and it seems far removed from reality. — Sapientia
So, you aver that you do have a superior grasp of the common-sense understanding of life, but that it is not sufficient, and your aim is to gain a complete grasp of it and become well-satisfied with it? — Janus
You never did strike me as one with a real interest in philosophical questions. Not you're not intelligent or articulate, your posts are generally both. But I think that the asking of deep questions actually gets on your nerves, doesn't it? Isn't' that what you're saying? — Wayfarer
If you had've used the word "suggest", then you'd still be wrong, but less offtrack. I avered that superior doesn't equate to sufficuent, not that I have a superior grasp. — Sapientia
Superior doesn't equate to sufficient. I'm not completely satisfied. — Sapientia
That said, taken together these two sentences do seem to strongly suggest that you do believe you have a superior understanding of the common-sense view of reality, but that you are not completely satisfied with it since, although it is superior, it is not sufficient.
Many of your posts, your dismissive tone, your choice of avatar and indeed the content of this very OP would seem to strongly support the inference that this seemingly strong suggestion is not in fact an illusion. — Janus
What if, in some particular case, it turns out to be quite shallow, and you've just been looking at it wrong? What if you've been caught by the spell, and have yet to have it broken? What if, at some moment in time, which might occur even after years of study, it strikes you that the appearance of deepness has been somewhat of an illusion all along, and a distraction from the reality, which you may have known deep down all along? — Sapientia
Interested in agreement or disagreement, and why. — Sapientia
You appear to have mistaken a question for an assertion, and you haven't attempted to answer it, or any of my questions for that matter. — Sapientia
Is there something about it which opens up for debate that which we already know — Sapientia
Don't change the subject. I asked that question because I'm interested in what others think. — Sapientia
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