Philosophy is learning to die.

response to EnglishGoethe and professoranton about death and life.

http://footnotes2plato.com/2010/01/23/before-the-body-knows-its-gone/

0ThouArtThat0's webcam video February 25, 2011 12:59 AM

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[EZkill25l7]

ive tried to ask you this in the past and its come up again. why do you say heidegger is a kantian?

[0ThouArtThat0]

@EZkill25l7 B/c I don't think he engaged sufficiently with the natural sciences or cosmology. He remained a philosopher concerned with human access. His focus on being forfeited discourse on the nature of beings to scientists. Also, it is no put down to be part of the Kantian lineage. If you're interested, check out Graham Harman's object-oriented ontology. He builds on Heidegger, pushing him in a cosmological direction.

[87Julius]

Continued :

-It is possible to reach a world view similar to yours with rationality alone? Is philosophy an exclusively rational exercice? If not, is lack of rationality a strength or a weakness? Do you have a better way to present it than an opposition between rationality and belief?

Especially liked the "inane peripheral questions" part

[0ThouArtThat0]

@87Julius I do not think philosophy is an exclusively rational exercise. It is the "love of wisdom," which implies that it is driven by a non-rational desire. A completely rational being would not be much of a being at all, since it would be all thought and no feeling or will. Also, rationality does not do away with belief, it produces new beliefs.

[87Julius]

Damn man. You are in deep. A few questions then, if I may :

-How do you suppose intellectual activity reveals anything pertinent about the world / our existences? Why couldn't I wave this off as a construct made for the sake of psychological comfort?

-How is thinking = feeling?

[0ThouArtThat0]

@87Julius I think intellectual activity participates in the ordering of the world itself. Humans do not have a monopoly on intelligence, though we are perhaps unique in the sense that we have become consciously aware of our intelligence, whereas most of nature is unselfconsciously brilliant.

I don't think I said thinking is equal to feeling, but that thinking requires feeling, just as feelings evoke certain kinds of thoughts.

[patternsinchaos]

You should check out an old movie called "Flatliners" Matt. You might really like it. It's about a group of medical students who are exploring the nature of consciousness by inducing near death experiences. So named because they medically induce a state where the brain starts to "Flatline"

[natedaug1]

@0ThouArtThat0 I was just, wondering because I like your channel, where are you getting your Phd, from, just curious?

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[SeracRavel]

@natedaug1 Only for people that care about names and authority. As for me, the opinion of a NateDaug is equally worthy as that of a Husserl.

[natedaug1]

@SeracRavel Trust me, Husserl's opinions are better than yours.

[SeracRavel]

@natedaug1 All opinions are equally worthless. Now a question rises: is "all opinions are equally worthless" an opinion or not? It is an opinion, what else? So it's worthless. But what derived its worthlessness was not a matter of opinion, but inference, logic. So, logic is outside the worthlessness of opinions, and if Husserl produced anything logical, then it stands on its own and doesn't need our respect. Otherwise, his opinions are as worthless as mine. Or just as worthy as pigeon shit.

[natedaug1]

@SeracRavel Well, you just gave an opinion on having opinions, so I guess you just had a "brain fart." I think your generalizing a bit, many people have very well thought out, and profound opinions.  To just say all opinions are "pigeon shit," is really not acknowledging people who have put a lot of work into something. Think of someone like Husserl, was his opinions just "brain farts?"

[SeracRavel]

@natedaug1 I have opinions too, but this doesn't mean opinions are worth more than pigeon shit. Actually, I call my thoughts and opinions "brain farts".

[natedaug1]

@SeracRavel But you just gave your opinion, so then why did you type your opinion? Also then who cares about your opinion?

[poolerboy0077]

Dude I swear I've seen you in porn.