I doubt a lot of people are in denial of the truth as much as they are convinced by the arguments. — Marty
Also, if the result that we end up using just common sense. Isn't that just the entire point that's being made here? — Marty
Sure, but it’s easier to remain convinced of a falsehood by a bad argument when there’s nothing at stake for being wrong.
Even if the correct philosophical answers end up being common sense, there is still value in exposing why all the alternative nonsense is wrong, to keep people from veering away from common sense.
it’s easier to remain convinced of a falsehood by a bad argument when there’s nothing at stake for being wrong. — Pfhorrest
You really have a problem with anybody ever thinking they know anything, don't you? — Pfhorrest
You didn't claim you knew something. You claimed other people didn't. — Isaac
If you can't see the horrific places that thinking everyone else who doesn't follow your ideology is actually objectively wrong have lead to, then God help us. — Isaac
Those are inseparable conditions. To think that something is correct is to think things contrary to it are incorrect. — Pfhorrest
No one in real life thinks things are correct or incorrect — Isaac
It is also possible to write and think endlessly about topics and go round in circles, never coming up with any answers. Perhaps it is about lack of commitment to and one way of seeing amidst a diversity of possible options. Or, perhaps it is about not seeing thinking to clear ends. It is easy to dabble with philosophical questions but not work hard enough at them.
I am not sure that the issue is simply that pre-philosohical solutions is a solution because I am not sure that such solutions are pre-philosophical in the first place. That is because philosophy goes back to ancient times and by using arguments so most ways of seeing life are rooted in some kind of roots in philosophy in the first place.
If I turn my hand into a fist, does a new object appear? Or is it the same object as before? And how do you come to know that? — Marty
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