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From Wikipedia:
In philosophy, naturalism is the idea or belief that only natural laws and forces (as opposed to supernatural ones) operate in the universe.[1]
Naturalism is not so much a special ...
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I am reading this book. In the chapter "The Ontology of Metaphysical Realism" the author says:
Many relations are such that pairs of objects enter into them only when taken
in a ...
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First, English is not my mother tongue and hence maybe the expressions I will use are not very accurate.
Causality as I understand is when there is a change, then there is a preceding event "...
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What if we asked someone, “In what sense are these words a description of what you see?” — and he answers: “I mean this by these words.” (Perhaps he was looking at a landscape.) Why is this answer “I ...
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Is it also in the view that it is illusion that I am conscious?
Is it possible that one is in illusion that he is conscious, but actually he is not conscious?
Can consciousness be illusion as some ...
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When people talk about ontological parsimony, it is generally used to add or subtract credibility from a theory about what exists 'within' the universe or multiverse. For example, it's used to discuss ...
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As I understand it, Fredrich Nietzsche-- at least in the latest works he had scribed before his death-- was neither an advocate of antisocial nor prosocial passions. How he professes this position is ...
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I tend to believe that morality isn't all subjective. Society objectifies morality and keep a distinction between good and bad.
So even if a person felt (subjective) what he was doing was right, ...
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Not knowing any Sanskrit, but knowing a little philosophy and some Bengali I'd translate nirguna as nir-guna (no qualities); and this in the phrase:
nirguna Brahman
A term used in several places ...
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In our current state of affairs it is safe and reasonable to assume something exists - be it a universe, pure conciousness, illusion or other designations. If some readers nevertheless claim something ...
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Examining the practical, impactful, real-life benefits of getting a degree in philosophy
It is often asked, "What is the practical use of philosophy?" or "How will learning about ...
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I came across this philosophical thought.
There are no facts, only interpretations
written by Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). As translated from Notebooks, Summer 1886 – Fall 1887, in The Portable ...
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What does Kant mean by "Existence is not a predicate"?
How does that invalidate the ontological arguments? and how can he show that it's not a predicate?
By predicate, I think he means a "property"...
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Zizek often draws on Lacan term the Big Other; what is this and what does it mean?
One supposes that there may also then be a little other - is this right?
What would be sensible examples of either ...
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Can you answer these questions?
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For the following argument, I am trying to create a structure diagram with added suppressed premises. I'm having difficulty in determining the inferences and how to reconstruct the premises and ...
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So I am hoping this question spurs the thought of,"Ok, lets say they didn't all exist at the beginning of the universe then how did they all come to be?". Then the next step would hopefully ...
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Years ago I read a quote attributed to Aristotle:
The remarkable thing about slavery is that slaves believe they are
slaves.
What was the actual quote?
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