On QUORA: How do I know the truth? Truth is established when a hypothesis meets both the necessary and sufficient conditions. Note especially that the proposed hypotheses must be disprovable. The necessary condition is met when a hypothesis explains the observed situation. The sufficient condition is met when all but one hypothesis, including unknown hypotheses, have...
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Grace is a central component of reason. Without it, reason cannot happen. First, Reason As Intellectualism's Vanishing Point On Quora, I was asked why philosophers think other philosophers talk nonsense. https://server.learningframework.com/?p=10659 To answer the question, I first asked another question to the philosophical community. I asked them to explain...
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What exactly is Nietzsche's übermensch? Nietzsche's Übermensch (the super man), Letzter Mensch (last man), der Wille zur Macht (will to power), and the Nietzschean 'crisis of nihilism’ are top-down concepts developed by Nietzsche for his analysis of humanity. These terms are difficult to understand because one has only...
Read MoreCan “cogito ergo sum” be refuted? Well yes, by Descartes's interpretation of the language, but the likely actual meaning is so much better. The phrase is amazing. The problem is that Descartes, at least initially, does make a definition for “think.” And, we need that definition (of think)...
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What is Nietzsche's “Will to Power?” [Anything which is living] will endeavour to grow, to gain ground, attract to itself and acquire ascendancy—not owing to any morality or immorality, but because it LIVES, and because life IS precisely Will to Power. … “Exploitation” does not belong...
Read MoreImmanuel Kant said, "Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind." Do you consider this a fair statement or has Kant missed something in his statement? Yes, he has missed something. I think so much more is going on, for the human wellspring of...
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