480 Answered Questions for the topic philosophy

Philosophy

05/29/19

Platos Allegory of the Cave - Puppetmasters
Plato writes "Imagine further that there are men carrying all sorts of gear along behind the curtain-wall, projecting above it and including figures of men and animals made of wood and stone and... more
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05/29/19

What does it mean for a book or a theorist to be "post-modernist" as opposed to "modernist"?
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05/26/19

How was financial profit viewed in Medieval Europe?
What was the attitude of people in Medieval Europe towards earning money, making a profit etc. I know that in some places Jews were well established as merchants because, from the point of the view... more
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Philosophy Ayn Rand Objectivism

05/25/19

What's the difference between Randian philosophy and Objectivism?
I recently encountered a debate about whether Objectivism was the same as the philosophies of Ayn Rand. Wikipedia says they're synonyms. Is there another definition of "objectivism"? Has... more
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Philosophy Applied Philosophy

05/25/19

How will learning about philosophy impact real-life?
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05/25/19

On what grounds can a democratic state prohibit pornography?
On what grounds can a democratic state interfere to prohibit or limit its citizens from producing, distributing and consuming pornography? Does the state have any right to prohibit pornography or... more
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Philosophy Theology

05/24/19

How can one not believe in god as the root cause of the universe?
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05/23/19

How come nihilism is so popular today?
I've been trying to attack this question (or more precisely, come up with an answer to that fact) for some time now, but after a while of research I'm suddenly not so sure of the reason the... more
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Philosophy Marxism

05/23/19

How are workers exploited when they have a choice in working for a boss?
Under Marxist theory, workers are being exploited for their labor and not receiving the full value of their labor. Workers however have a choice in who they work for and how much they earn so how... more
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05/23/19

What is the origin of the Continental vs. Analytic divide?
There's been much ado about the divisiveness between Heidegger and Husserl fans on the one side, with Frege and Russell stalwarts on the other. I'm mostly amused by accounts of name-calling between... more
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Philosophy Logic Fallacies

05/22/19

Is "I cannot imagine a mechanism for X to happen, so X can never happen" a named logical fallacy?
"I have encountered this reasoning quite frequently: Somebody posits the hypothesis that an event X can happpen. A recent example I encountered was ""vinegar and salt in the boiling water make... more
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05/19/19

What is the difference between naturalism and materialism?
What is the difference between **naturalism** and **materialism**, if any?
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05/18/19

Is Nothing actually imaginable?
It's possible to imagine something, for example a table, we see one everyday and can bring it in front of our minds eye (although it's a moot point whether we can *see* it - I certainly don't). But... more
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05/17/19

Is atheism a requirement for a consistent existentialist philosophy?
Søren Kierkegaard is generally considered to be the "father of existentialism". This always bothered me, since to me Sartre and Camus are the defining figures of the movement, and it seems that... more
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05/17/19

What should philosophers know about math and natural sciences?
My question is whether a lack of knowledge about formal mathematics or theoretical science in general would have an impact on a philosopher's ability to think and make judgments. Why should a... more
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05/17/19

How can one differentiate nonexistent entities?
How is it possible for things that do not exist to not be the same? How can one differentiate nonexistent entities? How can I know the difference between ghosts and werewolves if neither exist?
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Philosophy Math Logic Proofs

05/15/19

Intro to Logic- Use Natural Deduction to prove Dist E
Hi everyone, Can someone please help me. I have to use natural deduction to prove Dist E for both 'or' and 'and'These are the two questions: 1: Dist E-Ex(Px v Qx) premiseConclusion: ExPx v ExQx2:... more
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Philosophy Science

05/14/19

What is your opinion on biotechnology?
Not everyone agrees that biotechnology should be used to modify crop plants
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Philosophy Logic Belief

05/14/19

Why can't humans believe contradictions?
I'm reading something on the topic of **logic** and one of the exercises asked me to convince myself that a contradictory statement was true. I could not convince myself of this and now I am... more
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Philosophy

05/14/19

taking her life right or wrong
Jenni Murray made plans to end her life if she becomes a burden to her family. She is sealing a pact with two friends that they will assist each other to die if any of them is diagnosed with a... more
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05/14/19

What does "physical" mean to philosophers?
A childish question (literally) - My 8 year old asked me this morning: "Dad, what does 'physical' mean?" - and I found myself at loss for an ordinary language answer. Every answer I could come up... more
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05/14/19

Can a lack of knowledge or understanding invalidate a positive claim?
Consider the **example** of causal determinism. It can be phrased in many ways, all with identical meaning:<br /> - The idea that "every event, including human cognition and behavior,... more
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Philosophy Free Will

05/13/19

Is free will reconcilable with a purely physical world?
Many are of the opinion that there is no metaphysical world beyond the material that we can sense, and that everything is therefore governed by physical cause and effect (some believe that we... more
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05/11/19

What would you say water is?

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05/11/19

What are the foundations of philosophy?
I'm a student majoring in mathematics. I've taken a course in mathematical logic and a course in set theory. My problem is basically that I'm always finding philosophical concepts, for example... more
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