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    Thread: What philosopher do you most identify with?
Post: RE: What philosopher do you most identify with?
It was a toss-up between Wittgenstein and Nietzsche, but I opted for Wittgenstein. My identification with him is more philosophical than my identification with Nietzsche (which is more of a value iden...
 Yahadreas Philosophy 28 11764 October 31, 2010 at 6:16 pm
    Thread: Why am I me?
Post: RE: Why am I me?
Saerules Wrote:I (of course) accept that I am me. But I do not accept answering a question as to why this is so with repeating the statement that it I am so... that is what I am criticizing here, noti...
 Yahadreas Philosophy 167 59477 October 31, 2010 at 6:58 am
    Thread: Why am I me?
Post: RE: Why am I me?
Saerules Wrote:By 'tautology', i've been referring to the logical definition (a statement that is true by necessity of its logical form) And that's the case with the proposition "I am me". It's necess...
 Yahadreas Philosophy 167 59477 October 30, 2010 at 1:57 pm
    Thread: Why am I me?
Post: RE: Why am I me?
Saerules Wrote:Here's another example of an argument supported by itself. "The Bible is the word of God." Why do you say that? "Because it is written in the Bible." Why does it being written in the B...
 Yahadreas Philosophy 167 59477 October 30, 2010 at 6:41 am
    Thread: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them?
Post: RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal b...
Saerules Wrote:Not necessarily.... the psychological/bodily damage to the individual that is suffering might turn the next best thing for humanity into a terrorist. The people involved in the sufferin...
 Yahadreas Philosophy 51 11625 October 30, 2010 at 6:38 am
    Thread: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them?
Post: RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal b...
The terms used to compare the two cases are value judgements, and value judgements can be both individual or social (or familial, or cultural, or traditional, and so on). When we make claims like "X i...
 Yahadreas Philosophy 51 11625 October 29, 2010 at 1:38 pm
    Thread: Why am I me?
Post: RE: Why am I me?
EvidenceVsFaith Wrote:"Why am I me?" you are you because you're not someone else. ... You are not someone else because then you wouldn't be you!!! ... I'm not making an argument because no argument is...
 Yahadreas Philosophy 167 59477 October 29, 2010 at 10:31 am