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**Author:** [@HardyFern18](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/HardyFern18)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/i-have-a-theory-that-consciousness-is-a-property-of-any-electrical-system/3035 "2026-10-11T19:01:58Z")
With consciousness I am referring to the fact that we are observing reality and we don’t function automatically without having to observe and feel the world. That consciousness. Since we only experience and observe what … --- ## [One Day at a Time: A Philosophical Commentary on the Twelve-Step Program](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/one-day-at-a-time-a-philosophical-commentary-on-the-twelve-step-program/3550)
**Author:** [@Existentialism97](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Existentialism97)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/one-day-at-a-time-a-philosophical-commentary-on-the-twelve-step-program/3550 "2026-10-10T23:49:44Z")
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” - Socrates, Apology “Every night we must call ourselves to account: ‘What bad habit have I cured today? What fault have I resisted? In what respect am I better?’” - Seneca, On… --- ## [Why God almost certainly doesn't exist](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/why-god-almost-certainly-doesnt-exist/2657)
**Author:** [@Dobbler](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Dobbler)\ **Replies:** 329\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/why-god-almost-certainly-doesnt-exist/2657 "2026-10-10T14:03:54Z")
I want to explain why I think that God almost certainly doesn’t exist. I don’t want to add too many caveats or carve outs, but I should at least describe what I mean in the broadest terms. I am agnostic toward the notio… --- ## [Questions on genocide](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/questions-on-genocide/3469)
**Author:** [@vishagan951](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/vishagan951)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2026, 7:06am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/questions-on-genocide/3469 "2026-10-10T07:06:25Z")
I had some questions regarding the morality of genocide. I divided genocide into escapable and inescapable genocide. The first detracts from the classical definition of genocide. It is a genocide targeted towards groups … --- ## [The TOE - via Logical Necessity](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/the-toe-via-logical-necessity/2895)
**Author:** [@PoeticUniverse](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/PoeticUniverse)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/the-toe-via-logical-necessity/2895 "2026-10-09T22:53:04Z")
The TOE 0. There is Something; It can’t have an opposite; ‘Nothing’ cannot even be meant; The Something is ungenerated and deathless; it is Ever. 1. The Something is causeless since there cannot be an infinite regress. … --- ## [Reminder: No AI-Generated or AI-Polished Posts](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/reminder-no-ai-generated-or-ai-polished-posts/3430)
**Author:** [@Jamal](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Jamal)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/reminder-no-ai-generated-or-ai-polished-posts/3430 "2026-10-09T15:52:04Z")
I would like to remind everyone of our rules on the use of AI. Posts that have been through an LLM for refinement, polishing, or any alteration beyond basic grammar and spelling fixes count as AI-generated and are not al… --- ## [Reading Group: Davidson: Actions, Reasons, and Causes](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/reading-group-davidson-actions-reasons-and-causes/1696)
**Author:** [@Banno](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Banno)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/reading-group-davidson-actions-reasons-and-causes/1696 "2026-10-09T01:06:12Z")
Donald Davidson stands amongst the most influential philosophers of the late 20th Century. He was a student of Quine, continuing continuing the emphasis on logical structure, while bringing in developments from Tarski in… --- ## [June Reading: "The Death of the Author" by Roland Barthes](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/june-reading-the-death-of-the-author-by-roland-barthes/1163)
**Author:** [@Jamal](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Jamal)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/june-reading-the-death-of-the-author-by-roland-barthes/1163 "2026-10-08T21:33:48Z")
This month we’re reading “The Death of the Author” by Roland Barthes. It was first published in English translation in 1967, in the avant-garde journal Aspen, and only published in the original French in 1968, in the jou… --- ## [Philosophy chat?](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/philosophy-chat/3456)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/philosophy-chat/3456 "2026-10-08T19:34:00Z")
@Garon mentioned doing a philosophy chat room. It would be for lighter, looser philosophy discussions that aren’t up to thread level in terms of complexity. Maybe philosophy shouts? Does that sound worthwhile? --- ## [Subject and Object](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/subject-and-object/3360)
**Author:** [@Andy](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Andy)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/subject-and-object/3360 "2026-10-08T14:27:11Z")
I’d like to open up a discussion about a paper I first read almost thirty years ago and that has stayed with me ever since. Mait Edey’s paper first appeared in the Journal of Consciousness Studies, Volume 4, No. 5/6, 199… --- ## [Are we engaged in a new arms race?](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/are-we-engaged-in-a-new-arms-race/3231)
**Author:** [@Punshhh](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Punshhh)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:39am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/are-we-engaged-in-a-new-arms-race/3231 "2026-10-08T11:39:32Z")
There has been a marked increase in security, war, existential threat, related news stories recently. It seems that every day a new story breaks through on to the front pages. Stories which a few years ago would have bee… --- ## [Distributive Justice and Identity](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/distributive-justice-and-identity/3409)
**Author:** [@Toothy\_Maw](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Toothy_Maw)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:10am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/distributive-justice-and-identity/3409 "2026-10-08T11:10:41Z")
In this OP I build a functional definition of distributive justice via an analysis of distribution of opportunities. I do this in terms of continuous freedoms and the ability to act on one’s desires. What makes my analys… --- ## [Iraq and Iran](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/iraq-and-iran/3426)
**Author:** [@kerravon](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/kerravon)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/iraq-and-iran/3426 "2026-10-07T17:23:32Z")
I supported the 2003 Iraq war for multiple reasons, but the clincher was the fact that Saddam was ordering the rape of Iraqi women - institutionalized rape. A similar thing is happening in Iran, and I want to see a simi… --- ## [Morton's fork, fallacious/not?](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/mortons-fork-fallacious-not/2609)
**Author:** [@Scorpion](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Scorpion)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/mortons-fork-fallacious-not/2609 "2026-10-07T09:58:05Z")
Morton’s fork is the tax dilemma. If you’re poor you’ve saved money. If you’re rich you have money to spare. Either way you have to pay taxes. The Wikipage claims this is a false dilemma. I thought it might be of intere… --- ## [Does panpsychism explain abiogenesis?](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/does-panpsychism-explain-abiogenesis/3364)
**Author:** [@invicta](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/invicta)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/does-panpsychism-explain-abiogenesis/3364 "2026-10-06T23:06:21Z")
The idea behind panpsychism is that consciousness is not something that brains create but that matter itself is conscious to some degree. Matter by itself is not as conscious as that generated by the brain but conscious … --- ## [How can I read and understand philosophy?](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/how-can-i-read-and-understand-philosophy/3392)
**Author:** [@baltipa](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/baltipa)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 4:35am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/how-can-i-read-and-understand-philosophy/3392 "2026-10-06T04:35:27Z")
Hey, I hope you all doing good well! I’m a new user on this forum, the thing is that, I want to read philosophy to answer the questions that are draining my mind. But, whenever I hold a book and start reading, it feels l… --- ## [Why Physicalism Entails Panpsychism. by Galen Strawson](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/why-physicalism-entails-panpsychism-by-galen-strawson/3070)
**Author:** [@Citizenschallenge](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Citizenschallenge)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 2:33am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/why-physicalism-entails-panpsychism-by-galen-strawson/3070 "2026-10-06T02:33:54Z")
My project is a hydra, Zeno’s hydra, no matter how far I travel, I’m still only half way there. Following up on one concept that winds up forcing me onto another. Wish I had that serious organizational skill to track m… --- ## [The Coherent Causality Argument](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/the-coherent-causality-argument/2496)
**Author:** [@WhoKnows](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/WhoKnows)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 1:53am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/the-coherent-causality-argument/2496 "2026-10-06T01:53:32Z")
Hi. This is my first thread created on this Message Board. I have been working on this argument for a while and invite critique which might serve to tidy it up or throw it in the scrap. The argument was initially deve… --- ## [Take #3: The hard problem of appreciating physical reality](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/take-3-the-hard-problem-of-appreciating-physical-reality/3230)
**Author:** [@Citizenschallenge](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Citizenschallenge)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/take-3-the-hard-problem-of-appreciating-physical-reality/3230 "2026-10-05T14:20:06Z")
I had intended on overriding my “Take Two” essay, but there’s too much of a difference and in considering of some comments over there, I’d just as soon start fresh - there’s been a lot of work with some amazing discovers… --- ## [Who is responsible for the original sin?](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/who-is-responsible-for-the-original-sin/1003)
**Author:** [@MoK](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/MoK)\ **Replies:** 337\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 3:33am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/who-is-responsible-for-the-original-sin/1003 "2026-10-05T03:33:26Z")
The story of original sin revolves around four main characters, namely God, the Serpent/Satan, Eve, and Adam. God is an all-powerful character here with foreknowledge. Satan is a character who hates humans. Adam and Eve … --- ## [Refining Justified True Belief Through Wittgenstein](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/refining-justified-true-belief-through-wittgenstein/3348)
**Author:** [@Sam26](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Sam26)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 3:33am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/refining-justified-true-belief-through-wittgenstein/3348 "2026-10-05T03:33:26Z")
I’m developing my account of epistemology one post at a time. Some questions will be answered as the thread progresses, particularly when I explain more of Wittgenstein’s role. I’ll be writing in numbered posts so reader… --- ## [The Problem With Trusting Unreliable Sources](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/the-problem-with-trusting-unreliable-sources/3023)
**Author:** [@LordKing777](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/LordKing777)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 1:34am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/the-problem-with-trusting-unreliable-sources/3023 "2026-10-05T01:34:28Z")
Human beings construct their understanding of reality based on what they accept as true and correct, yet these concepts are remarkably fragile. We anchor our lives to our personal knowledge, assuming it reflects an objec… --- ## [Does completeness signify a lack of life?](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/does-completeness-signify-a-lack-of-life/3222)
**Author:** [@Astorre](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Astorre)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/does-completeness-signify-a-lack-of-life/3222 "2026-10-04T21:56:51Z")
Below is a monologue by the protagonist from the film Stalker (1978, directed by Tarkovsky): “Let what was conceived come to pass. Let them believe. And let them laugh at their passions; for what they call passion is n… --- ## [AI Apocalypse — by Frankenstein or the Antichrist](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/ai-apocalypse-by-frankenstein-or-the-antichrist/3328)
**Author:** [@VerticalOntology](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/VerticalOntology)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/ai-apocalypse-by-frankenstein-or-the-antichrist/3328 "2026-10-04T16:27:11Z")
The seizure of power by artificial intelligence is one of the most popular cultural artifacts of recent years. Today we have indeed encountered the creation of something that can, in a certain sense, be called AI. The q… --- ## ["Actualism" : Honderich on Consciousness](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/actualism-honderich-on-consciousness/3321)
**Author:** [@j\_j](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/j_j)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2026, 10:47am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/actualism-honderich-on-consciousness/3321 "2026-10-04T10:47:07Z")
Ted Honderich got a genuine grip on that especially slippery sign “consciousness.” He understood philosophy as the attempt to achieve such a grip. Philosophy is the line of life owed to a certain impulse … to reduce to… --- ## [My first philosophical question here](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/my-first-philosophical-question-here/3088)
**Author:** [@CivicMeadow65](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/CivicMeadow65)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/my-first-philosophical-question-here/3088 "2026-10-03T14:25:50Z")
Hello guys! I’m writing here for the first time so I’m not sure that writing my thought here is correct. Anyways, I got a ‘problem’ for you guys if I can call it a ‘problem’. So I asked myself: 'For example here’s a se… --- ## [A pragmatic approach on mental identity](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/a-pragmatic-approach-on-mental-identity/3394)
**Author:** [@Johnathanrs](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Johnathanrs)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2026, 5:53am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/a-pragmatic-approach-on-mental-identity/3394 "2026-10-03T05:53:33Z")
\[AI-genertated content removed\] --- ## [What Created God?](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/what-created-god/3062)
**Author:** [@Vox](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Vox)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/what-created-god/3062 "2026-10-02T17:25:35Z")
Okay, so I’m not religious but from how I understand it people say God created the Universe and life. But then what created God? At some point there has to be some scientific thing that created God, because matter canno… --- ## [The Law of Personal Interest, and the Development of Civilization](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/the-law-of-personal-interest-and-the-development-of-civilization/3221)
**Author:** [@Flying](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Flying)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/the-law-of-personal-interest-and-the-development-of-civilization/3221 "2026-10-02T15:58:58Z")
Previously, I published a post on the positive role of the law of self-interest in a market economy. In this post, I want to highlight another, much broader sphere of the social process in which, in my view, the aforeme… --- ## [Active Imagination: Confrontation with the Unconscious](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/active-imagination-confrontation-with-the-unconscious/3367)
**Author:** [@LordKing777](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/LordKing777)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 8:37am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/active-imagination-confrontation-with-the-unconscious/3367 "2026-10-02T08:37:02Z")
The unconscious is so powerful that it can produce manifestations of the soul that you never consciously knew existed. It operates beneath conscious awareness. It contains emotions, symbols, and forces that are far deep… [Previous page](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/latest.md?page=1) [Next page](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/latest.md?page=3)