Philosophy

[TheFlatIron]

Questions welcome.

 

I'm here all day (working on two 4,000 word essays, but never mind that).

 

 

Metaphysics, Ethics, Epistemology, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of History...

 

Fire away.

[hamstrung]

Is this a question?

[Spy Bee]

What came before the big bang?

 

If there is a creator, who created the creator?

 

Is time really linear, or is it another dimension?

 

Do you think the theories of quantum physics could apply to consciousness?

[Monkeywool]

Why?

[WaltonRed]

Not a fan. I hate Philosophy with a passion. The one module at Uni I truly hated.

[melons]

What's philosophy got to do with anything? :whistle:

[mattyq]

Are gingers real people?

[Spy Bee]

Not a fan. I hate Philosophy with a passion. The one module at Uni I truly hated.

 

How can you hate philosophy? It's surely the most important subject of all?

[Hazel Motes]

Accordingly, the word ‘philosophy’ must mean something which stands above or below, but not beside the natural sciences. Not surprisingly, then, most of the propositions and questions to be found in philosophical works are not false but nonsensical. Is, then, philosophy doomed to be nonsense (unsinnig), or, at best, senseless (sinnlos) when it does logic, but, in any case, meaningless? What is left for the philosopher to do, if traditional, or even revolutionary, propositions of metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, and ethics cannot be formulated in a sensical manner?

[hamstrung]

I agree with Remington 100%

[melons]

Accordingly, the word ‘philosophy’ must mean something which stands above or below, but not beside the natural sciences. Not surprisingly, then, most of the propositions and questions to be found in philosophical works are not false but nonsensical. Is, then, philosophy doomed to be nonsense (unsinnig), or, at best, senseless (sinnlos) when it does logic, but, in any case, meaningless? What is left for the philosopher to do, if traditional, or even revolutionary, propositions of metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, and ethics cannot be formulated in a sensical manner?

 

come again?

[Hazel Motes]

Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote a book on the subject; his conclusion was (as said above) that this thread must be closed.

[Spy Bee]

I don't agree with his conclusion. It's illogical and nonsensical. But I haven't sold any books.

[TheFlatIron]

Is this a question?

 

Yes. Assuming this is an answer.

[TheFlatIron]

What came before the big bang?

 

'Before-than and later-than relations can adequately account for time. All notions of A-theory time (past, present, future) can be reduced to tenseless B-theory:

 

instead of saying I am now (tensed) hungry, consider:

 

at time t at location x,y,z. person 1 is (tenselessly) hungry

 

 

therefore time is an illusion (at least the *flow* of time is an illusion), so your sentiment of what came before the big bang is possibly a daft question.

 

However I'll bite.

 

 

What came before the big bang?

 

A big crunch. What happens after this big bang? A big expansion that slows and slows until the universe begins to contract (a big crunch). The history of time is the history of many big bang - big crunch cycles.

 

If there is a creator, who created the creator?

 

There is no God.

 

Is time really linear, or is it another dimension?

 

I believe time to be analogous to space as held by four-dimensionalists (Sider et al.), it is the position most compatible with my B-theoretic view of time and my opinions on how objects persist in time (analogous to how objects exten in space).

 

 

Do you think the theories of quantum physics could apply to consciousness?

 

pass.

 

(!)

 

...

[TheFlatIron]

Why?

 

Why not?

[Spy Bee]

I'm reading Entangled Minds by Dean Radin at the moment. It shows the existence of psi (precognition, telepathy etc) by demonstrating the odds against chance of the results found in meta analysis. This connection, it could be theorised is very similar to "spooky action at a distance".

 

How you can be so sure there is no God when you know we know so little interests me.

[Section_31]

Is Gordon Brown a philosopher ruler and can he see the forms?

[Josef Svejk]

I'm a philosopher. For a living. That is to say, I'm lucky enough to earn money doing what I love to do.

 

But I've no time for philosophical obscurantism. And that Wittgenstein quote is a case in point. Though he's by no means the worst case. Look France-ward for that. Or towards Essex, Warwick, and a few other "Continental" talking shops in the UK.

 

Political philosophy, environmental philosophy, philosophy of education, history of modern philosophy (especially the Enlightenment). That's my bag...

[Section_31]

I'm a philosopher. For a living. That is to say, I'm lucky enough to earn money doing what I love to do.

 

But I've no time for philosophical obscurantism. And that Wittgenstein quote is a case in point. Though he's by no means the worst case. Look France-ward for that. Or towards Essex, Warwick, and a few other "Continental" talking shops in the UK.

 

Political philosophy, environmental philosophy, philosophy of education, history of modern philosophy (especially the Enlightenment). That's my bag...

 

What kind of political philosophy mate? Any good book recommendations?

[loadsoftrophies]

Should i put out on the first date?

[mattyq]

Should i put out on the first date?

 

Depends on whether you like him or not

[Monkeywool]

Why not?

 

You failed philosophy.

[RedKnight]

I was quite interested in the political philosophy of Rousseau but it's not a subject that I relish. In fact, I'm on here now rather than writing an essay on it.

[Hazel Motes]

I'm a philosopher. For a living. That is to say, I'm lucky enough to earn money doing what I love to do.

 

But I've no time for philosophical obscurantism. And that Wittgenstein quote is a case in point. Though he's by no means the worst case. Look France-ward for that. Or towards Essex, Warwick, and a few other "Continental" talking shops in the UK.

 

Political philosophy, environmental philosophy, philosophy of education, history of modern philosophy (especially the Enlightenment). That's my bag...

 

Josef Svejk (great moniker), are you familiar with the thoughts of Mikhail Bakhtin, cause I'm currently writing an literature essay based on some of his ideas? Mainly the potential usage of the "cronotop" term on modern post-colonial texts.