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Originally Posted by wolf_22
you are just trying to find ways to increase your arguments and philsophy is not a good place for that.
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I started this thread because marmalade said that she wanted to philosophically discuss abortion. Not because I needed another avenue to make my argument. I was already winning with the scientific argument. marmalade thought that if she could get away from science, that she could win. So far, she is avoiding this thread because I believe she sees that she can't win here either.
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Originally Posted by wolf_22
you do become something other than yourself if you do not think or process things the same way you did. you are not just defined by being an individual, you are defined by how you relate to the world around you and how the world relates to you.
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You are what you are wolf. Your DNA identifies you as you. If you suffer a brain injury and your personality is lost, you are still you. You don't become anything, or anyone else. You are you with a brain injury, nothing more.
How you relate to the world is a product of your upbringing. Your parents, your friends, your surroundings. Had you been given up for adoption when you were born, you might have an entirely different world view as a result of a different upbringing but you would still be the same individual you were on the day of your conception. The effect that other people have on you does not define what you are.
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Originally Posted by wolf_22
philsophy is not difinitive. each philsopher has had a different set of views and there are numerous field of philsophy wach containing their own basic views which are deconstructed or built on by other philsophers.
perhaps you need a refresher course in philosophy.
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Perhaps you need some more advanced courses. You have at best, two semesters and my bet is that you made no better than a C in either. Don't suggest that I need a refresher until you can demonstrate a better grasp of the basics.