SearchLatest topicsWho is online?In total there is 1 user online :: 0 Registered, 0 Hidden and 1 Guest None Most users ever online was 136 on Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:49 am | Dionysos and the spirit of Music, vs Apollo and the spirit of Matter Wed Feb 21, 2018 10:53 am by Barracuda As we learn from Nietzsches first work, the Birth of Tragedy, he perceives Dionysos as the thing that lives on in joy perpetually and partakes both in the building and flourishing of forms and n their destruction and consumption. In Apollo, he sees a different redemption from suffering and inevitable death and vanishing, one the is less absolute, but more easy to attain; the relative eternity of … [ Full reading ] What is 'Consciousness'? Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:30 pm by Zoot Allures thought i'd start a thread on this subject, since i mentioned something about it a moment ago in another thread. specifically about the ways the word 'consciousness' is used, both ordinarily and philosophically. to kick it off, here are two really good threads about this subject from another forum: consciousness and passage of time why do we have consciousness pay close attention to Rosa … [ Full reading ] yo, pedro! Sat Feb 10, 2018 7:54 am by Zoot Allures continuation of discussion at: http://ilovephilosophy.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=188756&p=2692704#p2692704
hume is critiquing the aristotlean concept of … [ Full reading ] Semiotics - Language/Symbols - numbers & letters Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:29 am by Satyr My thesis: Language evolve from grooming. It became vocalizations with specific tones informing the group, sharing awareness of resources, an impending threat, sexual availability etc. Evolution of vocal cords to control the exhaling of air, made verbal language possible. Sequences of sound indicated phenomena in environment. More specificity was possible. Later this evolved to indicate … [ Full reading ] Optimization and Efficiency Sun Jun 24, 2018 6:20 pm by Magnus Anderson First, some definitions: optimize to make as perfect, effective, or functional as possible efficient (of a system or machine) achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense So, to optimize means to make something as good as possible in certain regard. In simpler words, it means to improve something as much as possible in some way. On the other hand, to be efficient means … [ Full reading ] Examining Value Ontology Thu Mar 01, 2018 6:13 am by Zoot Allures quotes Barracuda is responding to are taken from: http://ilovephilosophy.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=177148
[ Full reading ] Nihilism - Symptomatology Wed Mar 14, 2018 8:23 am by Satyr What is nihilism? How does it spread? How does it construct itself? Why is it so creative, manifesting in multiplicity of variations, ideologies, philosophies? We know the official definition, but is it accurate or a product of nihilists defining a world void of the human abstraction they need to endure it? Is a cosmos void of god, universal morality, purpose, wholeness, a negative … [ Full reading ] Baudrillard, the Principles of Seduction | Top postersMost Viewed TopicsStatisticsOur users have posted a total of 2765 messages in 111 subjects We have 22 registered users The newest registered user is Fooloso4 |
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