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How would you explain in terms of philosophy of mind the phenomenon of love?
David Chalmers: I wish I had a good answer! I would say that the phenomena of love include both an experiential element and a functional/behavioral element. The second of these is a complex question that is probably best approached empirically, supported by careful philosophical analysis of just what the phenomena are.
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Friday, May 31, 2002
pleasure and happiness
good & evil Criterion of Pleasure and Happiness:
The philosophers who consider pleasure and happiness to be the criterion of good are also far from the truth. The criterion of pleasure and happiness is baseless. No single measure can be laid down for pleasure and happiness. The measures and standards differ from man to man. For example, likes and dislikes of the rich and the poor widely differ.
The philosophers who consider pleasure and happiness to be the criterion of good are also far from the truth. The criterion of pleasure and happiness is baseless. No single measure can be laid down for pleasure and happiness. The measures and standards differ from man to man. For example, likes and dislikes of the rich and the poor widely differ.
Socrates
Not dancing, talking In each of the episodes, there are musings on how Socrates might help us to deal with unpopularity, how Epicurus thinks that consumerism cannot lead to happiness, how Seneca might help us face a broken heart, how Montaigne faced feelings of inadequacy, how a broken heart might be mended by thinking about Shopenhauer's views on romantic love, and how Nietzsche's philosophy can help us to cope with insurmountable hardship.
Schopenhauer
German Philosophy - Arthur Schopenhauer "There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life."
--Schopenhauer, Essays, Our Relation to Ourselves, sec. 24
"The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom."
--Schopenhauer, Essays, Personality; or What a Man Is.
--Schopenhauer, Essays, Our Relation to Ourselves, sec. 24
"The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom."
--Schopenhauer, Essays, Personality; or What a Man Is.
Happiness
Shadows Of Illusion Happiness comes most to persons who seek her least, and think least about it. It is not an object to be sought; it is a state to be induced. It must follow and not lead. It must overtake you, and not you overtake it.
Happiness
Shadows Of Illusion "Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think."...Arthur Shopenhauer
Shopenhauer
It was Shopenhauer who helped make Buddhism something of a household word among the educated classes of the 1850s. Shopenhauer was particularly impressed by Buddhism�s denial of God. He believed that Eastern religion had shown great brilliance by moving both beyond the concept of God, and beyond the notion of earthly or heavenly happiness. Buddhists recognized the all important fact of human suffering and did not shrink from it. They also recognized that morality did not derive from godly commandments but from the capacity of individuals to identify with one another and that the highest morality was one where the barrier between self and others was totally annihilated. Another aspect of Buddhist genius was the notion that the �will� or �spiritual force� in the universe was totally unknowable. Because people thought that they knew God�s will, they were constantly striving to achieve unrealizable goals.
The payoff for Shopenhauer, and presumably for many Germans, was that this purposeless striving could be suspended by contemplation. For him, the contemplation was on art, music and other forms of culture than through meditation. But it allowed him to appreciate the moment without necessarily clinging to it. Other romantics also dipped into the Buddhist manner of relating to a transparent world. The artist Van Goth was impressed by the way that Buddhist artists could focus on something as simple a single blade of grass rather than having to elaborate a system.
Westerners were beg
The payoff for Shopenhauer, and presumably for many Germans, was that this purposeless striving could be suspended by contemplation. For him, the contemplation was on art, music and other forms of culture than through meditation. But it allowed him to appreciate the moment without necessarily clinging to it. Other romantics also dipped into the Buddhist manner of relating to a transparent world. The artist Van Goth was impressed by the way that Buddhist artists could focus on something as simple a single blade of grass rather than having to elaborate a system.
Westerners were beg
Shopenhauer
Quotes about God, religion, philosophy, mortality, time, war, science & sex The fruits of Chrisitanity were religious wars, butcheries, crusades,
inquisitions, extermination of the natives of America, and the introduction
of African slaves in their place.
-- Arthur Shopenhauer
inquisitions, extermination of the natives of America, and the introduction
of African slaves in their place.
-- Arthur Shopenhauer
Shopenhauer
The Retriever - Opinion As Arthur Shopenhauer stated, "With health, everything is a source of pleasure; without it, nothing else, whatever it may be, is enjoyable .... Health is by far the most important element to human happiness."
Shopenhauer
Another Philosopher named Shopenhauer wrote that, "the way to attain superiority in dealing with men is to let it be [clearly] seen that you are INDEPENDENT of them. And, [he added]..it is advisable to let every one of your acquaintances...feel now and then that you could very easily dispense with their company."
Shopenhauer
The Daily University Star ONLINE Opinions
The German philosopher Arthur Shopenhauer said, "Not only is optimism wrong, but it mocks all those who suffer."
The German philosopher Arthur Shopenhauer said, "Not only is optimism wrong, but it mocks all those who suffer."
Sunday, May 12, 2002
McLuhan
McLuhan McLuhan was a master of aphorisms, and like Heidegger, he loved wordplay. The title of his best-selling book The Medium is the Massage is no exception. Maybe he was making a statement about the way that the media massage or pummel us, or perhaps he was making a pun on the new "mass-age." In any case the underlying notion is that the message is greatly impacted by the delivery system. Some would understand this position to be the ultimate in media determinism. If the content is obliterated by the channel, "what" we say is of little importance-only "how" we chose to deliver it. McLuhan's belief in technological determinism is obvious by his phrase, "we shape our tools and they in turn shape us" (quoted in Griffin, 1991, p. 294).
meme
Meme Central - Memes, Memetics, and Mind Virus Resource Welcome to Meme Central, the center of the world of memetics. Memes are contagious ideas, all competing for a share of our mind in a kind of Darwinian selection. As memes evolve, they become better and better at distracting and diverting us from whatever we'd really like to be doing with our lives. They are a kind of Drug of the Mind. Confused? Blame it on memes.
Dawkins
Wired 2.03: The Economy of Ideas
English biologist and philosopher Richard Dawkins proposed the idea of "memes," self-replicating patterns of information that propagate themselves across the ecologies of mind, a pattern of reproduction much like that of life forms.
English biologist and philosopher Richard Dawkins proposed the idea of "memes," self-replicating patterns of information that propagate themselves across the ecologies of mind, a pattern of reproduction much like that of life forms.
Wednesday, May 8, 2002
letter
letter At the Saturday Cypherpunks physical meeting, Marianne Mueller (I think) was telling me about an experience where an old letter she'd written to someone showed up in an Alta Vista search. A personal letter, that is. How this happened was that the letter to her friend was buried several subdirectories deep in a directory he made accessible to the outside world. Presto, Alta Vista found it, indexed it, and made it keyword-searchable! (Humans are pretty bad at doing such meticulous file prep work, but all-seeing spiders are very good at seeing everything.)
1996 Flame Convention
Dear Emily Postnews
http://www.advicemeant.com/flame/
http://www.advicemeant.com/troll/trollone.html
Guide to Flaming - Word Skills The 1996 Flame Convention agreed that "As innuendo can do so much damage, its use must be restricted to (a) retaliation against personal insult and (b) protection of vulnerable third parties." In practice, this has been taken to justify its use against people who are grossly sexist, racist or who have attacked those unable to protect themselves.
But if all else fails, all's fair ...
http://www.advicemeant.com/flame/
http://www.advicemeant.com/troll/trollone.html
Guide to Flaming - Word Skills The 1996 Flame Convention agreed that "As innuendo can do so much damage, its use must be restricted to (a) retaliation against personal insult and (b) protection of vulnerable third parties." In practice, this has been taken to justify its use against people who are grossly sexist, racist or who have attacked those unable to protect themselves.
But if all else fails, all's fair ...