The Spirit of a man need not have historicity in the sense of being said to belong to a real person who had some bodily existence. One sort of usage to the word is a reference to a character, a feature or combination of features or ideas which seem or Can be used to refer […]
Written by kFoyauextlH
The Key is Can. Not is, was, will be. So one can say. Such and such can be interpreted as and can be made mean such and such. Not this Is such and such, or this certainly was or definitely will be such and such. The plus symbol can be used as a reminder of […]
Written by kFoyauextlH
Sometimes people are in positions where they can access direct source materials and individuals with information one might be interested in. I can’t seem to find a complete list of the 234 identified names of Gods in Ugarit and their epithets and the meanings of these names and their context. I would also like a […]
Written by Whisper
Language and Dialect In Sociolinguistics: an introduction to language and society, Peter Trudgill (2000) addresses the factors which influence a person’s language and dialect. The first example that Trudgill brings up is a study in which judges had to guess the race of the speakers based on their voice over the phone. The speakers who […]
Written by Whisper
Language and Thought In The Language Instinct, Pinker discusses mentalese, a language composed of mental images. Overall, Pinker claims that people think first in mental images but later apply language to thought. Pinker attacks the position of Benjamin Lee Wharf, who claims that language effects thought. If Wharf is correct, then the according to […]
Written by Socrates
You all may have noticed my post signature, I just thought I would explain what I think it means. The Republic is all about Justice. When Socrates is put to death with hemlock, Asclepius is the God of medicine and to bring in some of Derrida’s thought here, that means Asclepius is the God of […]
Written by atreestump
@”Whisper” bought up this interesting insight on the moderator Discord today. The subject matter was ‘why don’t people from Facebook join the forum etc’? I would say that people are frustrated with social media and would rather be creative, they are just not aware of the irritation. It’s like when you watch too much television, […]
Written by atreestump
As philosophy is all about the inquiry of what is true and meaningful, virtuous and beautiful, I thought we could start a few threads asking these simple questions, starting with Truth. What is truth to you? Is there absolute truth? Is truth just something we believe is there, but isn’t, kind of like the arguments […]
Written by atreestump
More Netlogo stuff: In this Netlogo program, it models extortion. It’s about social norms, whether shops choose to denounce or pay extortion, it measures anxiety, boycotts of extorted shops, the wealth of the society. Truly fascinating.
Written by kFoyauextlH
Hello! I am looking for a complete list of literature, excluding very modern content, unless a serious academic discussion, of the order of texts containing references to BaalZebul or BaalZebub and Astaraoth or Astaroth, Termagant, Belial or Beliar, Mahound, Apollyon, Amon, Asmodeus, Mephistopheles or Mephisto, Shemyaza and other things like that. Basically, I wanted a […]