Okay, I'm an atheist, but it seems to me that the quality of discussion on these prolific religious threads falls far short of 'philosophical debate' or even 'coherence' for participants . Even the apocryphal question about 'the number of angels who can dance on the point of a needle', would make better reading than what I have read here ! — fresco
That's obfuscatory discourse, goddammit! (just trying to merge threads)NB My mention of contextual factors above, like Zetgeist, implies that I do not concur with inclusion of 'continental,philosophy' in my 'rant'. On the contrary, I think Derrida's concepts of parergon and aporia can add significant depth to any philosophical,discussion. — fresco
Oh, but then the determinists always come in and demonstrate that humans can't create either, stuff just happens. That the epiphenomenon has a folk belief in non-existent final causes.1. Discussion of the concept of 'creation' and whether it required 'an agent' — fresco
Okay, I'm an atheist, but it seems to me that the quality of discussion on these prolific religious threads falls far short of 'philosophical debate' or even 'coherence' for participants . Even the apocryphal question about 'the number of angels who can dance on the point of a needle', would make better reading than what I have read here ! — fresco
The issue for me is that for 'philosophy' to have a separate status from 'bar room banter' or 'word salad', it needs to be grounded consensual semantic fields, usually by appeal 'the literature'. I don't see that happening in many cases. — fresco
it seems to me that the quality of discussion on these prolific religious threads falls far short of 'philosophical debate' or even 'coherence' for participants — fresco
Have you come to our forum to prevent us from pursuing our interests here? — Pattern-chaser
↪unenlightened You are correct about the potential parochial and arbitrary nature of 'belief'... — fresco
Why is so much rambling theological verbiage given space on 'The Philosophy Forum' ? — fresco
Now it may be that the annals of this forum would yield examples of this type, but it seems to me, not recently. — fresco
Should I mention that knowledge is widely considered to be a species of belief? — unenlightened
I've noticed, over the years, a growing 'philosophy should stay away from anything scientific' — Coben
Then people line up on their teams, tend not to call out their own team for its mistakes and overreaching — Coben
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