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In philosophy, why are feminism and transsexuality so controversial?

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Can erotetic logic be used to devise a noncognitivist moral realism?

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Is Christianity testable?

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Is there a philosophy ideology that "whatever is beneficial to me, is the reasonable thing"?

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According to theories of embodiment, am I in all my body?

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Does a philosophy scholar in the modern world need to study ancient philosophy?

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Is everything in philosophy and rhetoric just about where you draw the line? [closed]

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Would a nonlocal interpretation of quantum mechanics be more parsimonious?

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Is probability a concept derived from the wavefunction? Since the p.d.f. is found by finding the modulus of the wave function in Q.M

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Can the sexual double standard be justified according to this logic/reasoning?

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What is the basis of the sunk cost fallacy?

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Aggregate utility and the sadistic theatre

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Can we paint or draw imaginary or nonexistent objects? [closed]

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Objects and Platonic Forms

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Order/disorder and complexity

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Is Gödel's incompleteness theorem based on premisses bearing a contradiction? [closed]

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"we consider the claim that a more extensive state is justified, because necessary (or the best instrument) to achieve distributive justice"

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Are laws separate “objects” or are they inextricably part of the universe?

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To what extent is intersubjective agreement required for one to be justified in trusting one's own subjective experiences?

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How do you know two premises are combined to support an argument?

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What did Robert Nozick mean by "subjunctive information"?

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Does the distinction between "weak" and "strong" emergence make any sense?

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How many possible worlds does SDL need (at a minimum)?

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Is the classical theory of concepts compatible with logical positivism's view on analyticity of mathematics?

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Circularity in definition of Real

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Is to be able to describe something to be able to judge that it's true or not?

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Will we ever have an answer? [closed]

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Understanding Rawls and Nozick

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What is the definition of real?

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Queries and Thoughts on The Evolution of Free Will

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Could something prevent us from ever existing?

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Can someone explain to me what a contingent fact is?

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Can abstract concepts be represented by types in mathematics?

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What’s the logical fallacy that’s based on “what could have been” arguments?

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What are the philosophical solutions to "ship of Theseus" problem of identity?

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Why are euthanasia and suicide considered inhumane?

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What is a philosophical principle?

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Can a question be bullshit?

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How can this argument by the philosopher Berkeley in favor of idealism be resisted?

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Consciousness and Understanding of Physics, Mathematics and Philosophy

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Why care for anything in life? [closed]

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Is there any context in which a divine, personal explanation is more likely than a natural one? [closed]

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Aristotle's virtue

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What's the name of a fallacy when a debater selectively picks facts and ignores others?

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Can private experiences justify private belief in supernaturalism?

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Is the Form of the Good equivalent to the Form of the Intelligible Animal?

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