So, then, there is no reality? Our individual perceptions create individual worlds suited to our own specific conditions and experiences? This feedback motif...
The first contribution a philosopher can make to the debate surrounding globalisation is to attempt to clarify the concept, and it seems to be a word that...
Far be it from any philosopher to approve any acts which are degenerative to the human condition. Such is globalisation, a mass treatise to disengender the...
I hope I didn't give the impression that it was feasible to hold that there is no reality. I don't even know how it would be possible to frame the question if...
I’m hoping you didn’t read what I wrote before you came out with these clichés. We all know this, but it isn’t the *result* of globalisation, its an...
Point taken. However... Do you think that the West has a monopoly on exploitation and self-interested immorality? At no point did I mention the West as the...
Bryn Whoops, have been unavailable to respond to this (do these statements/questions go stale?)... Protagoras, who famously said that 'man is the measure of...
Bryn: While we can agree that a man's beliefs may be held because they have been successful in generating a benefit - we must distinguish between two types of ...
The racism lies in believing that 'they' are uninformed and 'we' are informed. That 'they' are exploitable and 'we' are not. Although I do accept that racism...
In a message dated 12/2/2002 12:26:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... I would tend to agree with this statement. But the more important question, which should...
Your contributions are never stale my friend, however, mine are sometimes mangled. The subject was comparison, I chose Protagoras as a counter-example to the...
I agree entirely, (with the first paragraph) no qualifications whatsoever. My position is, and has always been, that the explanation of benevolent behaviour is...
Hello Bryn, I was happy to read your ideas about globalisation, and happy to see that the question has generated further discussion. I posed the question in...
<Finally, religion is safe, even from hostility such as mine, not because it is the domain of the stupid, that cannot possibly be true statistically, but...
... wrote: That is the game. it is about feelings. Where it becomes muddy is that our feelings are prime motivators to action. The majority of modern terrorism...
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What, if anything, could ever be done to stop the mechanism which causes men to peruse material finite goals at the expense of "morality." An increase in...
Can we not say that the cause of emotion is the mind? The reaction to the processing of data through the sense is how we perceive the world, and then there is...
... to the ... and then ... Surely the ... goal ... yearning for ... the egg ... It is a tricky question, prone to loops and feedback. perception to reaction...
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Logic cannot be the instigator of emotion. I agree that an emotion is virtually a mental content having been constructed from sensory input combined with...
Some comments in the 'Globalisation' thread reminded me of a perennial question of mine. Is materialism, the pursuit of wealth and success in the business...
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Dec 3, 2002 9:45 pm
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... my humble opinion as the best tool we have to help us fathom every single philosophical problem. It cannot surely be responsible for an emotion. All it can...
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Dec 3, 2002 10:09 pm
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It seems that 'success' (in the business world) is directly proportionate to compassion, in that greater compassion equals less 'success'. (Obviously I am...
Aren't you agreeing with me and just saying you disagree? Your mail; "I agree that an emotion is virtually a mental content having been constructed from...
The distinct notions of success does seem to be the source of the conflict. But can't someone in business hold to a different standard (ethical success?) and...
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Query (continued): So, in addition to conflicting notions of success, there is plain human nature. But, the difference here is, no one pays attention to a...
In a message dated 12/3/2002 4:34:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Hmmm, Pure Orderly logic vs Chaos - I like it! [Non-text portions of this message have been...
... methods by which 'success' (generic) is reached has the determinate factor of human nature. If by this you mean the means will justify the end, I would...
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Hi Nessa, Thanks for your response. I am glad to hear that your call to more clearly define the term 'globalisation' was well-received. My equation of...
Hi Guys & Girls, Is it just me, or does the standard of debate significantly increase while I'm away? <-[Rhetorical question] So, torn as I am between...
Let's look at this shall we? ... by which 'success' (generic) is reached has the determinate factor of human nature. ... Whether success is defined as...
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