A lovely 2011 profile of the seminal philosopher Derek Parfit, who died yesterday. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/09/05/how-to-be-good …
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Peter Singer comments on the death of Parfit. http://dailynous.com/2017/01/02/derek-parfit-1942-2017/#comment-96731 …
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That (mostly) part is important
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It's just a hedge.
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fellow student of philosophy?
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Reminds me of Gazzaniga's interpreter. https://youtu.be/mJKloz2vwlc
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everything (mostly) is; what else does relativity and quantum tell us (as will their endless chain of successor-theories)
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@mtracey we are "the dream of a shadow" seems a humble but realistic perspective for developing a fruitful view of oneself and the worldThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mtracey "Man is the dream of a shadow. But whenever the radiance of Zeus comes, a bright light and gentle life rests upon him."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Kahneman said we are what we remember
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It's sweepingly simplistic to say that. Responsible self-awareness must formulate goals & self-limitations, incl. moral principles.
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I found evermore profoundly with time that philosophy is for those who have trouble finding themselves. Many troubled philosophers.
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All *serious* intellectuals have a strong moral foundation of principles, but not excessive to impose on others.
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here's another one to ponder: if everything u do is just pixels on a screen u r truly an illusion
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"Enlightenment for a wave in the ocean is the moment the wave realizes it is water." (Thich Nhat Hahn)
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