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Philosophical Quietism
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Philosophical Quietism
February 11, 2015 at 2:02 pm
It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. - Denis Diderot

We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing. - Gore Vidal
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RE: Philosophical Quietism
February 11, 2015 at 4:27 pm
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RE: Philosophical Quietism
February 11, 2015 at 4:32 pm
That debate certainly would be impossible if it involved me because it all went over my head :p Is this all that stuff about things being a conscious construct and all that noise?
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RE: Philosophical Quietism
February 11, 2015 at 4:40 pm (This post was last modified: February 11, 2015 at 4:40 pm by Pizza.)
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RE: Philosophical Quietism
February 11, 2015 at 5:15 pm

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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RE: Philosophical Quietism
February 11, 2015 at 6:15 pm
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RE: Philosophical Quietism
February 11, 2015 at 6:52 pm
To be fair, it's not an issue that's hotly debated on street-corners or in pubs. In the context of a forum like this one, it's probably as much an ongoing mental workout as anything else: looking for logical errors, defining terms, digging up new fallacy names to throw at your opponents, etc. Tongue
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RE: Philosophical Quietism
February 11, 2015 at 8:32 pm (This post was last modified: February 11, 2015 at 8:32 pm by Faith No More.)
Sounds like a lot of work that will acheive very little.

Remind me why I like philosophy again?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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RE: Philosophical Quietism
February 11, 2015 at 8:36 pm (This post was last modified: February 11, 2015 at 8:37 pm by bennyboy.)
(February 11, 2015 at 8:32 pm)Faith No More Wrote: Sounds like a lot of work that will acheive very little.

Remind me why I like philosophy again?
Because there's nothing good on TV, and you need a couple hours' break before you masturbate again. Or maybe I'm just projecting.
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RE: Philosophical Quietism
February 11, 2015 at 8:59 pm (This post was last modified: February 11, 2015 at 9:00 pm by Pizza.)
(February 11, 2015 at 6:52 pm)bennyboy Wrote: To be fair, it's not an issue that's hotly debated on street-corners or in pubs. In the context of a forum like this one, it's probably as much an ongoing mental workout as anything else: looking for logical errors, defining terms, digging up new fallacy names to throw at your opponents, etc. Tongue
That's mostly why I think about these kinds of things. The value for me is more extrinsic than intrinsic.
(February 11, 2015 at 8:32 pm)Faith No More Wrote: Sounds like a lot of work that will acheive very little.
That's academia in general for ya.
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