HeyJaredPhilosophical Convictions - A Collection
Philosophy and Theology Student, with an focus on Ethics/Meta-Ethics, Morality, Free Will, the Existence of God, and Consciousness.
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Aesthetic Realism Survives Subjectivity (opens the original)
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Preface -I find that, especially in studying analytic philosophy, Aesthetics is a topic which is either under-appreciated or approached with a sort of, smug air of “I-wouldn’t-touch-you-with-a-ten-foot-pole-ness” because of the nature of the field. I understand just generally not liking it, but I don’t think it is, by any means, an unserious field of philosophy, especially considering one of the very central questions it seeks to answer. Is Beauty An Objective Property? I am of the opinion that
Temptation Isn’t Required For Goodness (opens the original)
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Preface - Lots of people seem to believe that goodness derives its meaning from temptation or the possibility of being tempted otherwise. Additionally, a weaker thesis is sometimes put forward that goodness just means less if someone isn’t tempted/capable of being tempted. I will argue that for a number of proponents, this is straightforwardly contradictory to their worldview. For others, the reason for that contradiction will simply serve as a test case for whether or not they truly believe thi
On Answers Worth Giving (opens the original)
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Preface - Recently, I wrote an article detailing the foundations of asking good questions. This is, of course, only half of the issue. It is true that asking poorly formulated questions will only lead to the propagation of bad answers. However, we find ourselves in a chicken and egg scenario: which came first? Did we have an exess of bad questions which then led to worsening answers? Or did we have an excess of bad answers which led to worse questioning? Fortunately, for tho
On Worthwhile Questions (opens the original)
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Preface - A decent percentage of miscommunication in our areas of discourse can be chalked up to many people not being taught how to recognize ill-formed questions. It is quite plainly a poor marker for a society’s quality of communication that nearly every conversation consists of repeatedly saying: “It’s a simple/basic question.” Simple and basic questions are rarely the right kind of questions. As students, all the way up to high-school, most of our interaction with questions consists of one
Meaning Is Tricky (opens the original)
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Preface - For a great deal of philosophers, thinkers, and people, life’s most troubling affair is figuring out what it all means. What is it all for? What is life’s great purpose? Why? Unfortunately, I won’t be answering this question for you today, primarily because I think the question is ill-formed and is looking for the wrong kind of meaning. What needs to be addressed is the attitude that both Atheist’s and Theist’s seem to have towards the question. Both seem to be operating under the misa
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