dayffid granthem dyksson

Philosophy nerd | Interested in minds, political phil, sci fi, surfing, punk, etc. Not a terribly clever guy, but I try.

[dayffid granthem dyksson @dagradix]

@PhilosopherJoeC Personally, I find the possible worlds semantics unhelpfully confusing in these kinds of questions. To your Q, if we assume God has these abilities, then sure. Thus you've ID'd a log possibility. How does this help settle anything beyond the possibility?

[dayffid granthem dyksson @dagradix]

@PhilosopherJoeC If one doesn't believe the omni-omni-omni God exists, then P1 is false for them. "God" is a non-existent individual conceived as having literally inconceivably powers that thus seem impossible. In this kinda arg, God is a toy for setting up "What if this" Qs.

[dayffid granthem dyksson @dagradix]

@JoshuaLWatson No, but my neighbor has a lot of it.

[dayffid granthem dyksson @dagradix]

@mattyglesias “FP” means? Free Press? Foreign Policy? Something else?

[dayffid granthem dyksson @dagradix]

@yesnicksearcy @ggreenwald Los Angeles has used this format in mayoral elections for over one hundred years. It's not new. Separately, CA has used this format in other elections numerous times. It was Arnold Schwarzenegger who pushed for it in the Govs race and won through it.

[dayffid granthem dyksson @dagradix]

@maklelan Are atheists not allowed to criticize Christianity because they're not Christians? If so, are Christians not allowed to criticize Islam because they're not Muslims? Should it be a rule that you can't criticize others' beliefs unless you agree w them?

[dayffid granthem dyksson @dagradix]

@rbnmckenna86 Also, some of the quotes seem totally uncontroversial. What you know often depends on perspective and context? *Claims* to objective knowledge often assume non-objective positions? Like, okayyyy, this is what's destroying the humanities?

[dayffid granthem dyksson @dagradix]

@rbnmckenna86 After a quick read over the section showing the evidence, it seems (i) not all of the quotes count as "relativism" in the sense defd in the footnote, and (ii) it's like the author just went hunting for quotes -- "Look, it's everywhere!"

[dayffid granthem dyksson @dagradix]

@RobertTalisse The things that some people care about... (shakes head)

[dayffid granthem dyksson @dagradix]

@worst_account @PAHoyeck Tangential: I liked Raymond Geuss' book Not Thinking Like A Liberal. Deneen seems mostly like an ideologue. By contrast, someone like Alvin Plantinga is both an ideologue *and* has interesting things to say (in epist. / logic).

[dayffid granthem dyksson @dagradix]

@PAHoyeck My personal favorite is Hillary Putnam, but in the annals of time, it’s probably Charles Sanders Pierce.

[dayffid granthem dyksson @dagradix]

@ZaidJilani Anyone who's read Aquinas would understand why God shouldn't/doesn't have gender. Of course, protestantism has allowed almost absolute freedom of interpretation. God can be big mad/sad sky daddy if that's what Christians want.

[dayffid granthem dyksson @dagradix]

@ZaidJilani Christianity began by spreading into the Hellenistic world of the Levant, Anatolia, and the Aegean. It was developed with Hellenistic and Jewish religious concepts. This is part of why it was such a popular alternative to Roman religious views.

[dayffid granthem dyksson @dagradix]

@thebadstats @Noahpinion Sabine H. versus the world? lol

[dayffid granthem dyksson @dagradix]

@PhilosopherJoeC So many things we argue about—sexuality, gender, athletics, etc, etc, etc…—come down to differences in what people are comfortable with. No matter what sys of mores/norms, some will be more, others less comfortable w things, & ppl will fight abt it.

[dayffid granthem dyksson @dagradix]

@mattyglesias @BeezyManzell I’d have benefited from that learning in high school. I’d have been aware of asking what the point of relationships is (besides having sex with a person I like to spend time with).

[dayffid granthem dyksson @dagradix]

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