Lurker > Joker98

MedeaLysistrata posted...

Do you read at all? When were you in school? We could always just add each other and see if we get along. I'm looking for a reading and writing partner.

I read sometimes. Lately I read the republic, and before that I was reading about moral objectivism. I've read pretty much all the famous european philosophers in college (graduated in 2015).

I'd be down to read, don't have so much time to write tho, but I can probably write outlines.

For sure, DM me your user and I'll add you

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What are some things you do to stay productive?

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RedJackson posted...

I usually think of that as the base mixture of man ranging between ages 0-5. The cultural belief systems and values imposed that mix in with impulses that are later expressed in more complicated entanglements with morality. Usually if someone referenced me for example and said its in his nature I assume that reference would be to an exterior self presented in the time I knew that particular person.

I tend to believe that beyond mental ailments and our physical appearances our genes are capeable of carrying historical markers of some sort.. entire instances not of memory, but literal genes and chromosomes that have been shaken in someone elses bodies and obviously contains innate properties that lead some people to certain dispositions and character.

Not quite sure honestly, I just really wanted to know what sorta response youd give to my malarkey - Im really interested in the subject and enjoyed the one class I took in it so Id love to learn more with people that know >_>

It's interesting that you mentioned personality traits being passed down in DNA because I do know that trauma specifically is passed down through DNA, for instance in the children and grandchildren of holocaust survivors. (see Epigenetic marks of trauma).

You mentioned that if someone said something is in your nature that it would be a reference to an external self (versus your internal self) in the time you've known the person. Do you think that if each person's experience of another person's nature is subjective (since it's based on how long they've known them, and the version you choose to present), then claims about another person's nature are inaccurate?

David1988 posted...

The only philosophy that interests me these days is philosophy geared towards dealing with ontological questions and the nature of individuation

What is your working definition of an individual?

MedeaLysistrata posted...

Sure, I'd join a philosophy discord. There was one before but we didn't do much, like has been mentioned. If you have time to be active, TC, I do too.

Awesome! Lets see if this topic gets traction and if there's general interest then we can set one up

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yunalenne10 posted...

That's really admirable for you wanting to have a protg to carry on your legacy.

Thank you thank you

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I don't know everything about business obviously, but I have built systems for business development and strategies for growing content creation platforms, including recruiting guests for talk shows and networking.

In the past I've had 3 talk show podcasts, including one with 200,000 downloads and we've interviewed about 150-200 guests including many people you've heard of.

I've grown my TikTok platform to about 300,000 followers and gotten over 3M likes, so I do know how to do it. But I've gotten bored of running it, and I don't want to do any business development of my own right now.

Now what I want to do is find somebody who is trying to grow their own platform or their own small business and teach them what I know.

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kirbyakaZ posted...

I'm not into philosophy, so instead I'm going to look at this question more like a game developer.

Every person has the same variables, however the base values in those variables differ.
For example, fight or flight.
Some are near 100% flight, while others are near 100% fight, but most probably range in the 60% flight area.

Kinda like the Sims.

I like your approach. Can their nature change over time?

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SPE posted...

its part of their essence and who they are. It is inherent to them and they wouldnt be themselves without it.

If nature is part of the essence, what is the essence then?
Is the nature inherent to someone and they wouldn't be themselves without it, would you say a traumatic brain injury that changes someone's personality changes the person?
Can a person's nature change?

SPE posted...

Heres a Q: what is philosophy? I am serious.

all I learned in classes was ok, this one school of thought says this thing, and these guys were their top representatives, now let me tell you about what each one of them thought. Now lets move on to this other school

Philosophy means "The love of knowledge" Philo = love. Sophia = knowledge. From wikipedia: :"Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about reason, existence, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. The term was probably coined by Pythagoras"
Furthermore, philosophical questions are ones without an objective answer. "What is the capital of CA?" is not a philosophical question because it has an answer, but "Why do humans organize into states?" Is a philosophical question because there is no 1 objectively correct answer.

Doe posted...

A "person's nature" does not necessarily exist in an exact, computable way just because it is stated in a figure of speech. People use that term to talk about how somebody has been observed to act and is thus expected to act.

I agree that a person's nature is not computable. Would you define a person's nature as a collection of their past actions that can be used to predict how they will act in the future? If so, would their nature change as they perform additional actions that change how you would expect them to act in the future? For instance, if Bob has always done greedy things and you expect him to continue, but then he suddenly starts doing generous actions and this makes you think he will continue to do generous actions now, has his nature changed?


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I have a philosophical question for anyone who's interested in answering. After you answer, I'll reply to you and possibly pose a challenge to your definition (as one does in philosophy). At the end of it, maybe we'll have a really good comprehensive definition!

Q: What is a person's nature? Ie, if someone said, "It's in their nature", what exactly does that mean?

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I wouldn't mind having a philosophy thread, or even a discord server with voice chats where we discuss philosophy!

I majored in it, and I'm really craving someone to discuss philosophy with

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