Are there deep philosophical problems? — Srap Tasmaner
Is it a good metaphor, or is there one you find more useful? — Srap Tasmaner
So depth, biologically, means something like "structural, fundamental, vital". — Olivier5
in our biological metaphor, "deep at the heart of things" must be where the most essential components, the structurally vital organs are. — Olivier5
Are there deep philosophical problems? Is it a good metaphor, or is there one you find more useful? — Srap Tasmaner
The two truths doctrine states that there is:
1. Provisional or conventional truth (Sanskrit saṁvṛti-satya, Pāli sammuti sacca, Tibetan kun-rdzob bden-pa), which describes our daily experience of a concrete world, and
2.,Ultimate truth (Sanskrit, paramārtha-satya, Pāli paramattha sacca, Tibetan: don-dam bden-pa), which describes the ultimate reality as sunyata, empty of concrete and inherent characteristics. — Wikipedia
I think what we mean with deep philosophical problems are questions, with no definite answer, which would have an enormous impact on how we perceive and think about the world. "Ultimate truth" being the prime example of this. — Hermeticus
If so, what makes them deep? — Srap Tasmaner
The concept of depth is a no-no to the postmodern ethos. Why is this? — Joshs
I would suggest intimacy as a preferable metaphor to depth. — Joshs
I think what we mean with deep philosophical problems are questions, with no definite answer, which would have an enormous impact on how we perceive and think about the world. — Hermeticus
Which brings me to my bad interpretation of Joshs. The tree image suggests there are a lot of steps between where we start, out here at the leaves, perhaps, and the answers we seek, near the root; @Joshs's idea of intimacy actually does look like a claim that we can instead do valuable work right here within a step or two of where we are. He could even say, maybe there is hierarchical tree structure here, but we needn't peg value to depth, to distance from where we are. — Srap Tasmaner
Interesting. I've two conflicting responses. The first is that a deep question is one which elicits an interesting and enduring conversation. The second is that a deep question in the end elicits silence. — Banno
I am genuinely surprised no Wittgensteinians showed up to say that there are no deep problems. — Srap Tasmaner
Are there deep philosophical problems? — Srap Tasmaner
The concept of depth is a no-no to the postmodern ethos. Why is this? Because depth tends to be associated with exactly the kinds of metaphysical meta narratives that this thread is accumulating. — Joshs
Freed from the classification of consciousness, Vaccha, the Tathagata is deep, boundless, hard to fathom, like the sea. — The Buddha
Freed from the classification of consciousness, Vaccha, the Tathagata is deep, boundless, hard to fathom, like the sea. — The Buddha
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