Recent comments in /f/philosophy
NewCanadianMTurker t1_j9lcq0a wrote
Reply to Around the world, we are most likely to feel awe when moved by moral beauty. The awe inspired in this way can incline people to act more morally than they might otherwise have done. by EthicsUnwrapped
So we can actually make the world a better place just by sharing feelgood stories through social media? Awesome!
Overbaron t1_j9lbwq3 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in The harms of gentrification | The exclusion of poorer people from their own neighbourhoods is not just a social problem but a philosophical one by ADefiniteDescription
So make the neighborhood have more money to stop them from being poor? That’s a genius idea.
ValyrianJedi t1_j9lbig4 wrote
Reply to comment by evolvaer in The harms of gentrification | The exclusion of poorer people from their own neighbourhoods is not just a social problem but a philosophical one by ADefiniteDescription
I've never seen a definition of violence that didn't involve a physical act of harming someone
brutinator t1_j9lbgjh wrote
Reply to comment by Killercod1 in Thought experiments claim to use our intuitive responses to generate philosophical insights. But these scenarios are deceptive. Moral intuitions depend heavily on context and the individual. by IAI_Admin
Gotcha. Im not going to engage in this anymore because you are refusing to answer the central question.
Again, WHAT the "best" theory is is out of scope. I frankly do not care what it looks like.
Again, if you are going to suggest that "good" and "bad" do not exist, then I think the field of ethics is not for you: the entire core supposition of the field is that there exists good of varying degrees. What that is? How to achieve it? Sure, those are things to discuss, but it inherently relies on the premise that you CAN measure moral value. Show me a single ethical theory with decent standing that says that you can not determine if something is good or bad.
Again, you are constructing strawmen to argue against instead of engaging with the question. Never did I say everyone should be forcibly made to adhere to an arbitrarily decided moral code. Is every action that you do the same as everyone else enforced upon you by the threat of external violence? Do you eat? Do you drink water? Do you breath oxygen? Do you do those things because youll be executed if you dont? If no, then clearly there are things that everyone does, and can do, without the need for external violence. But I digress because, again, its out of the scope of the question.
Good bye.
anonymitywtf t1_j9lbg0z wrote
Reply to comment by Ebayednoob in Philosophy and Neurodiversity: exploring how "divergent worldviews" shape philosophical insight and discussion by ADefiniteDescription
What is the device called?
william-t-power t1_j9lazjk wrote
Reply to Thought experiments claim to use our intuitive responses to generate philosophical insights. But these scenarios are deceptive. Moral intuitions depend heavily on context and the individual. by IAI_Admin
As I read recently: artificially constructed situations lead to artificial reactions. Our minds have "error correction" built in that takes context into account (e.g. those phases with "the" written twice on two lines), which can make the analysis to oddly constructed questions nuanced.
mojoegojoe t1_j9l8hi3 wrote
Reply to comment by QiPowerIsTheBest in Often mischaracterized as a rather debaucherous, hedonistic philosophy, Epicureanism actually focuses on the removal of pain and anxiety from our lives, and champions a calm ‘philosophy as therapy’ approach in pursuit of life’s highest pleasure: mental tranquility. by philosophybreak
Right but the probability is based on the observer structure within the universal set, which could mean 'observation' within the probably include variances outside the universal set by some nonenergy defined process
Mparker15 t1_j9l7rmb wrote
Reply to comment by evolvaer in The harms of gentrification | The exclusion of poorer people from their own neighbourhoods is not just a social problem but a philosophical one by ADefiniteDescription
All these misguided comments caused me to reflect about how the world's 3 biggest industries are financial services, construction, and real estate, which all use housing as one of their main commodities. The monetary interests of these industries are so prevalent that many people cannot see them for the scam they are and immediately shut down any discussion of any alternative.
evolvaer t1_j9l7c16 wrote
Reply to comment by ValyrianJedi in The harms of gentrification | The exclusion of poorer people from their own neighbourhoods is not just a social problem but a philosophical one by ADefiniteDescription
A good question, answered by another question.
When you define violence, what are you defining it as?
Food and shelter insecurity is how I define violence, as it leads to unwarranted suffering.
evolvaer t1_j9l730f wrote
Reply to comment by Mparker15 in The harms of gentrification | The exclusion of poorer people from their own neighbourhoods is not just a social problem but a philosophical one by ADefiniteDescription
Life long propaganda from living within the imperial core will give people automatic negative reactions to socialist teachings.
Its interesting when you reframe the violence of protests burning down institutions as in fact an act of self defense against the harm and violence perpetrated by institutions to the detriment of people.
Food and shelter insecurity is violence, as surely as an act of physical aggression.
ChubbiestLamb6 t1_j9l5mcs wrote
Reply to comment by Judgethunder in Thought experiments claim to use our intuitive responses to generate philosophical insights. But these scenarios are deceptive. Moral intuitions depend heavily on context and the individual. by IAI_Admin
Soo...if you're aware of the problem, is there a reason you don't change your approach to the conversation?
cloake t1_j9l5ik8 wrote
Reply to comment by Killercod1 in Thought experiments claim to use our intuitive responses to generate philosophical insights. But these scenarios are deceptive. Moral intuitions depend heavily on context and the individual. by IAI_Admin
Right like the trolly problem is more about people not wanting to get their hands dirty rather than risking something to do some good in the world.
Mparker15 t1_j9l5d0t wrote
Reply to comment by crodr014 in The harms of gentrification | The exclusion of poorer people from their own neighbourhoods is not just a social problem but a philosophical one by ADefiniteDescription
You don't have to imagine a solution. Look at Austria's long running successful public housing in Vienna that is roughly half the cost of living in a major city elsewhere
Mparker15 t1_j9l4m0x wrote
Reply to comment by IlllIllIllIllIlllllI in The harms of gentrification | The exclusion of poorer people from their own neighbourhoods is not just a social problem but a philosophical one by ADefiniteDescription
Being able to afford to continue living near your family, friends, and job without being forced out economically is not a dog whistle. Your comment however is full of dog whistles.
Also you missed your double standard of claiming no one has any right to a space while implying that anyone has the right to that space just because they have more money. The mental gymnastics you are doing here are incredible.
Mparker15 t1_j9l419l wrote
Reply to comment by Clarkeprops in The harms of gentrification | The exclusion of poorer people from their own neighbourhoods is not just a social problem but a philosophical one by ADefiniteDescription
Yes the negative effects of gentrification are a class issue that are often also a racial issue because of how closely linked class and race have been historically. They aren't mutually exclusive
Killercod1 t1_j9l3r2y wrote
Reply to comment by brutinator in Thought experiments claim to use our intuitive responses to generate philosophical insights. But these scenarios are deceptive. Moral intuitions depend heavily on context and the individual. by IAI_Admin
Ethics have no quantifiable value. Since you cannot physically measure how "good" something is, it's entirely subjective. I'm not saying everything is equally valuable. I'm saying that there's no way to objectively determine the moral value of something. You can only determine it's value to individual people and groups. What would an all-encompassing good look like?
You always act in your own interest, even if those interests are for someone else's well-being. Your morals are your values. I never said you should be amoral. I'm sharing the fact that there are those with different values. You can call them evil, if you want. But, they will continue to exist. They may even overpower you.
You would have to prove that there is an ethical theory that trumps all others. This is conflicting with real world conditions, because there isn't one. Some people's values may align with other's. But, it's not true for everyone. The only way to make your ethics universal, is to defeat all contradicting ethics and people who uphold them. In doing so, you would be considered a fascist. The road of good intentions is paved with blood.
The point is, by enforcing your "universal objective" ethical theory, you would be eliminating all others. Who's not to say that you're the evil one?
Mparker15 t1_j9l3jkv wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in The harms of gentrification | The exclusion of poorer people from their own neighbourhoods is not just a social problem but a philosophical one by ADefiniteDescription
I don't know why this is so hard for people to understand
Mparker15 t1_j9l3fav wrote
Reply to comment by IlllIllIllIllIlllllI in The harms of gentrification | The exclusion of poorer people from their own neighbourhoods is not just a social problem but a philosophical one by ADefiniteDescription
If you can no longer afford housing and are evicted the state will literally violently remove you. That is the end result of being priced out of your home.
ZeroFries t1_j9l1vy4 wrote
Reply to comment by quixologist in Often mischaracterized as a rather debaucherous, hedonistic philosophy, Epicureanism actually focuses on the removal of pain and anxiety from our lives, and champions a calm ‘philosophy as therapy’ approach in pursuit of life’s highest pleasure: mental tranquility. by philosophybreak
No, I'm in agreement with Epicurus, in contrast to the characterization this is replying to.
frnzprf t1_j9l1n2o wrote
Reply to comment by Masimat in /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | February 13, 2023 by BernardJOrtcutt
Wikipedia says it is proven to be impossible. I'm sorry, I'm too lazy to check the proof.
Mathematics is one area, where you don't have to trust the experts, but I would probably have to devote a large amount of time to understand the proof. Mathematics is not it's own field of study with professionals that do nothing else without reason. There is always a level of math that you can only understand by dedicating more time to it.
Maybe I could suggest examining where your intuition comes from, that Hilbert's tenth problem is possible to solve (i.e. there is a certain method to find solutions). Would it have weird implications if it couldn't be solved?
The naive algorithm would be to try different numbers for x, y and z until you find a solution. But you'll never know whether you will eventually find a solution or if you'll keep searching for infinity.
0² + 1 ≠ 0, (-1)² + 1 ≠ 0, 1² + 1 ≠ 0, (-2)² + 1 ≠ 0, 2² + 1 ≠ 0, ...
SooooooMeta t1_j9l0g9a wrote
Reply to comment by LobYonder in Thought experiments claim to use our intuitive responses to generate philosophical insights. But these scenarios are deceptive. Moral intuitions depend heavily on context and the individual. by IAI_Admin
One of the things philosophy is often searching for is a principle that works over a broad range of circumstances. You need to try a lot of situations, including edge cases, to see if it holds up as one might intend. This is going to require hypotheticals to fill in gaps in the real world data.
internetzdude t1_j9l0351 wrote
Reply to comment by contractualist in What Morality is Not (and why it's not the Repugnant Conclusion, Utilitarianism, or Libertarianism) by contractualist
My view so far is roughly speaking naturalist/pragmatic in the sense that we figure out which values are truly objective in the same way as we would figure this out about any other issue. Maybe it's more about the stance towards a specific value. We sometimes speak of specific values in strongly realist ways. Whether we're right or wrong about this is a matter of nature, and, if you want to put it in these terms, concerns value epistemology. Although I'm sympathetic with error theory as a critique, I find it overall not very credible as a statement about all value.
GrimThor3 t1_j9kzua5 wrote
Reply to Thought experiments claim to use our intuitive responses to generate philosophical insights. But these scenarios are deceptive. Moral intuitions depend heavily on context and the individual. by IAI_Admin
Haidt’s work in emotional moral foundations made him create a variety of ethical/moral dilemmas. He ran into the problem of dealing with context of the dilemma and how account for different perspectives. Better written than this article
ValyrianJedi t1_j9kzo3c wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in The harms of gentrification | The exclusion of poorer people from their own neighbourhoods is not just a social problem but a philosophical one by ADefiniteDescription
Swapping away from capitalism doesn't make businesses open in places that they don't have customers, or make people eager to spend large chunks of money they won't get back
Ebayednoob t1_j9ld3xp wrote
Reply to comment by anonymitywtf in Philosophy and Neurodiversity: exploring how "divergent worldviews" shape philosophical insight and discussion by ADefiniteDescription
Haven't named it yet. Built it myself, but there's a few rudimentary versions that use uni-modal stimulation out there. Searching the term bio photo modulation should help.
I started building myself one, and after years and research I've arrived at trimodal stimulus being superior. I'm making all design schematics, cad files, software files, structural blueprints open source once I do safety analysis on circuitry and material. Additionally the frequencies selection process for the ones used and gamma oscillation increasing techniques with accompanied research that lead me to choose such techniques over others.
This has been a solo project for a few years that's required hunting down some of the newest techniques of brain stimulation and learning neurofeedback tech, so it's very time consuming going it solo. I hope to organize stuff soon so many people can experiment, it's pretty damn cheap too!
(Uni modal stimulators cost 5k$, I cut it down to 250$ for trimodal)