Recent content by Dan Philosophy

Bane of my existence -- I can explain a lot of things, but I can't fit it on a bumper sticker. People who don't care about The Truth have the advantage there. The Truth is rarely pure and never simple. And, as a general rule, I will do my best to explain things as simply as I need to to get my...

Fair enough, I'll make a second pass. "Bisexuality is a whole, fluid identity. Do not assume that bisexuality is binary or duogamous in nature; that we have "two" sides of that we must be involved simultaneously with both genders to be fulfilled human beings. In fact, don't assume that there are...

FYI, I did watch the video. It was surprisingly short, only 5 minutes, and I wasn't expecting the ASL. I did learn a few things, but nothing immediately relevant to this conversation. I do agree with the presenter with the thing about "since when did English make sense"? Still not convinced that...

Yeah, I did try to make that point, but I'm afraid my pedantic clarity was lost in my Wall of Text! :D

I think I was talking more to the universe at large than you specifically, but thanks for the theological clean bill of health. I'll try to stop replying now.

Have fun. I will watch the video. As penance for my sins. Wish I knew what those sins were, but maybe I can bank my penance for sins to be committed later?

Oh god. It had to be a video. Why did it have to be a video. I don't suppose I'm lucky enough for there to be a transcript? Oh, and I'm not ignoring you, skippy64. It's just that I'm out Door Dashing, and that one's going to require an actual keyboard. Be warned :p

I did look it up, friend, I did. I will admit that the very authoritative website I consulted several months ago was not specific as to the etymology of the term. It merely purported to give a "modern" definition of it. I suppose I could look it up in the Oxford English Dictionary on my phone...

Okay, had lunch, helped my parents with some housework, took the dog for a walk, did some laundry, and I have 2 hours until D&D night with an INFP, an INFJ, an INTJ, and two people of unknown MBTIs. Back to this. Let's review the standard taxonomy of sexualities, as was explained to me by a...

I believe both of these posts touch on that problematic use-case I mentioned above. To review, I provided a definition of 'woman' based on a gender concept I called 'agent gender' - how your gender feels from the inside. I also said that one plausible way to translate "trans women are women" is...

You calling Jesus a finite intelligence? That's what the doctors thought back in the day. And they "fixed" the "problem" without even checking in with the parents first or even letting the parents know that there was a "problem." These days, the docs have learned that unless there's an actual...

Ugh. Have to wake up an hour and half early in the morning, so of course I can't sleep. Might as well work on this post for a while. Hrm. You're assuming that (pure) Social Constructivism and Biological Essentialism are the only games in town when it comes to gender. From where I sit, I would...

That is, indeed, one way to do it :)

Well, I got this far and nobody has already said my answer. So I'm going to gamble that nobody else has in the next 2.5 pages and go ahead and give my answer :) It is physical impossible to permanently achieve happiness. But happiness is still worth pursuing. That's because psychologists tell...

Okay, I think I've read the entire thread. And I spotted a post I can reply to so I can begin to provide my definition of "woman." But there's a couple of things I want to say about conceptual analysis in general first, since I think they're relevant. First, what philosophers try to do when...