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Philosophy Logic
04/20/19
What exactly is the essence of life, the very elixir of animated existence?
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Philosophy Logic
04/20/19
Give me three features that make alive things different from things that are not alive?
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Philosophy Logic
04/20/19
What philosophers do you recommend one should listen to on YouTube?
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04/20/19
Can we tell whether human groups or societies are behaving as superorganisms?
An anthill can be described as a superorganism, with behaviours and interactions much more complex than those of an individual ant. We could find analogies between the superorganism and other...
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Are there any philosophy books for an intelligent nine-year-old?
I would like to buy some books on philosophy for the child of a friend. He is very intelligent and mathematically able and clever for a nine-year-old. I remember near that age really enjoying the...
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04/20/19
How accurate is Russell on liberalism versus fanaticism in war?
After the second world war, reflecting on the rule of empiricism versus various kinds of dogmatism in political philosophy, Bertrand Russell writes (_Philosophy and Politics_, 1947; emphasis...
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04/19/19
Theories of Everything as a hold over from monotheism?
In his book "A Tear at the Edge of Creation", physicist Mario Gleiser argues that results from cosmology and particle physics make it unlikely that we will ever find an elegant unified theory of...
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04/19/19
What is the term for the fallacy/strategy of ignoring logical reasoning intended to disprove a belief?
Mr. Pink practices a lifestyle of New Age religion/belief. He buys books about new age healing, reincarnation, magic powers, holy god men, etc. Although Mr. Pink doesn't outwardly proclaim his...
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04/18/19
When is violence appropriate?
In what situations would violence be appropriate? The way I see it, the only excuse is **as a response** to violence (self-defense). Am I missing anything?
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04/16/19
Can you prove anything in philosophy?
I don't understand philosophy very well, and so I am wondering whether you can "prove" anything in philosophy. It always seems you can go a layer down, and find another question, almost endlessly...
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04/15/19
Is there a way to understand material implication without truth-tables?
I understand how, given the truth-functional definition of the conditional, any sentence of the formIf P then Q is truth-functionally equivalent to Either not-P or QOr, to put it symbolically: P →...
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Philosophy History Of Philosophy
04/13/19
Does philosophy progress?
The question of progress is occasionally raised with regard to variety of fields - natural science, social science, art, and so on. But, can we at all have reasonable criteria by which to determine...
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How big is the universe?
Nobody knows how big the universe is, but it is mind-bending to think of just how big it might be.
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04/12/19
What did David Hume mean when he said that "reason is a slave to the passions"?
I don't understand the meaning of this oft-quoted quotation of Hume's in _On Reason_, namely his saying that "reason is a slave to the passions." What exactly does he mean by that ? Is it simply...
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04/10/19
Are the unexamined lives of others worth examining?
Socrates continually admonished his interlocutors to become more introspective, arguing passionately for self-examination:
> The unexamined life is not worth living.
But an examined life is...
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Philosophy Philosophy Of Science
04/09/19
Thinkers and scientists opposed to philosophy?
I have heard of some thinkers having negative opinions on the use of philosophy. I want to understand this point of view. I would like to know the names of some thinkers, and especially scientists,...
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04/09/19
What is the difference between metaphysics and ontology?
I know that ontology is a sub-field of metaphysics. But I can't see the difference between them. I mean ontology is defined as "The study of being and existence", and metaphysics is defined as...
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04/07/19
How does one know one is not dreaming?
How does one know one is not dreaming? How could one logically demonstrate to a skeptic that one is "really" there, awake and not just dreaming the entire situation/world around him? Specifically...
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Philosophy
04/07/19
Translate the passage into TFL
Pam and Sam will see Us if and only if the theater opens at noon. The theater opens at noon if Sam won't see Us. Therefore, either Pam will see Us or she won'tIf Amanda wins the competition, then...
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Philosophy
04/07/19
Translate the following sentences into TFL
If the bear and the fox are on the box, then either the herring is unhealthy or the cat is on the mat The cat is on the mat if and only if the bear is on the box but the fox is not. The fox is off...
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