Agree. Andy Warhol makes me — Wayfarer

What art do you like?

Sometime in the ealy 20th century, the art world fell victim to slave morality. — Merkwurdichliebe

First, I am an artist who knows a lot of art history. So, I am interested in what art you do like, which seems to be 19th century art.


And please explain what you mean by, "in the ealy 20th century, the art world fell victim to slave morality." What does any art have to do with slave morality?

Take the question: who is US President? — Cuthbert

Joe Biden is President. Nothing controversial.

I would go so far as to argue that philosophy and art have declined over the past century, — Merkwurdichliebe

How has art declined in the past century? Can you give some examples?

Very interesting and insightful.

Show some modesty and do philosophy. — ArielAssante

Good advice, you should practice it.

If you don't quote my text, and respond a week later, it is impossible to know what you are referring to.

There’s only one universe. — an-salad

Good to know, thank you.

The people - the democratic system - have put the institutions in place already. Whatever damage has been done has been done to the fabric of the culture. It is the picture of the corruption of the human spirit. — Pantagruel

Count me in as not going down without a fight.

I think the democracy is already subverted. It is a losing battle at this point. — Pantagruel

So, Biden wants Trump to destroy it? I hope that is not his strategy.

But I personally don’t see a lot of reason to worry — Paulm12

Trump organized a violent coup. AG Garland refuses to indict Trump. Hell yes I am worried.

I no longer have any respect for the United States as any kind of reasonable constitutional democracy. It is horrific; I am horrified. — Pantagruel

I am confused as to why Biden allows Trump to subvert our democracy.

Yes, sending the matter to the states permits different laws in different places. But the legality of laws is a big part of what the Supreme Court has to figure out. Now that all of the precedents built from Roe vs Wade have been struck down, we don't know how far the Court will go. Or to be precise, they don't know far they can go. — Paine

Thomas is the Trump of the Supreme Court.

Where can I learn more about the different uses of dialectics and more about non-Kantian dialectics? I would like something for beginners.
My understanding is that dialectics are part of the trivium (grammar, logic and rethorics).
Dialectics, according to Wikipedia, is a part of logic. What kind of logic? — musicpianoaccordion

Why are you interested in dialectic? The point is, why not follow up on where you read about it.

All your replies seem to echo my observation that the system doesn't quite work.. — Tim3003

Yes.

Yes, the US is basically an oligarchy. Biden, sadly, too scared to prosecute Trump.

3) And now the Supreme Court seems - without being asked - to be deciding on legally relevant but political issues. — Tim3003

Biden talked about adding member to Supreme Court (perfectly constitutional) but dropped the issue. It is worth considering if nine people are enough to set legal principles for the entire nation.

2) How can elected senators be allowed to be paid by the pro-gun lobby to advocate their views? — Tim3003

This type of corruption is decried by US citizens in both parties. Sadly, the US Supreme Court call this kind of bribery, "free speech."

1) How can the system work when the president cannot get his policies through Congress because his party has no majority? — Tim3003

Complicated. But the filibuster allows a minority in Senate to prevent discussion. There are ways around it but the Democrats have allowed the GOP to dominate.

I am also a Sean Carroll fan but I am a fan of all cosmologists even when they have different theories from Carlo Rovelli to Mark Tegmark. — universeness

Good folk as well. I use these ideas as a philosopher (and artist).

I wish I had the physics/maths expertise required to understand the details in his papers.
I have listened to some of those who don't fully support CCC such as Sean Carroll, — universeness

I like Sean Carroll and buy into the idea of a multiverse.

Well, we certainly seem to be moving at the largest scale from low to high entropy so It seems plausible that when all matter turns back to energy, that as Penrose suggests, 'scale' becomes meaningless and we will eventually have the conditions required for a singularity inflation/expansion/big bang happening again. Another cycle. The universe would be eternal in that sense.
I await the 'adequate response' Penrose is calling for from the cosmological community! — universeness

Your representation of Penrose makes sense to me. There is nothing about the BigBang that logically prevents multiple big bangs.

Basically, it posits a cyclical universe. Our big bang was caused by the deathroes of a previous manifestation of a Universe. — universeness

Makes sense to me.

Like a neighborhood bar, it's a joint full of those who know what they don't know and suckers who don't know that they don't know. I find it's the suckers who tend to whinge and whine the most. This forum must suit your masochist tendencies though, 'cause you're still here ... :razz: — 180 Proof

You chase me around with insults. Have at it.

Also, if not the first, a substantial criticism of mechanism and Newton's concept of absolute time and space.

What is CCC?

Leibniz was, to my understanding, the first to struggle with the main question that we face in trying to make a quantum theory of gravity-how to make a background independent description of a closed universe that contains both all its causes and all its observers. — Joshs

I believe Leibniz was the first to conceive the universe as a computing machine.

Nothing but nothing of substance from you and evasiveness like this :point: ↪180 Proof — 180 Proof

The fact you chase me around making personal attacks with impunity tells me everything I need to know about you and this forum.

Nope. Just a dialectical rodeo clown tryiing corral (your) bulls***. :eyes: — 180 Proof

Nothing but constant personal attacks from you.

Unlike Agent Smith, self-proclaimed "I'm not a beginner" types like you don't understand much that's not tediously spoon-fed. — 180 Proof

Constant personal attacks from you. You must be a moderator.

I was much older than the other grad students. Maybe your father's age. — Fooloso4

He died long ago.

Temple University, 2000. Yes, it was unanimously approved. — Fooloso4

Cool. My father went to Temple.

Do you believe me in saying I was not trying to attack you? — Moliere

And Trump believes he is a nice guy.

The conditions for such possibilities are, however, no longer regarded as a priori. — Fooloso4

Good, we agree. No need to debate it.

I have done considerably more than that. I wrote my dissertation on Wittgenstein. — Fooloso4

Where? Was it approved?

Nope. Not a one worth sharing. — Moliere

That answers that.

hat's a pretty basic document around these forums. Most of us have. — Moliere

Yet you have no idea what Wittgenstein says about the transcendental in the Philosophical Investigations.

I was trying to build bridges... but I failed here. Maybe another time. — Moliere

Amazing you think making a personal attack is building bridges.

Thank you for being honest.

I only meant to suggest that Fooloso4 has certainly read the PI. — Moliere

Then tell me about Wittgenstein's discussion of the transcendental in the Philosophical Investigations.