Questions tagged [idea]
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Do some philosophical questions tend to entertain vacuous ideas?
Empty, inane, devoid of value. This is a dictionary definition of the word "vacuous". Are vacuous ideas worthy of consideration? I mean no offence, but I fail to see the sensible intent ...
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An object exist means what? And what is the relation of it with space and time?
If something exist mentally & physically, in both forms it is understandable that we have a Idea of it in mind as well as in reality or physically but , what about things which exists in the form ...
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What do contemporary philosophy schools say about the Platonic theory of forms?
What do different schools of contemporary philosophy think about the Platonic Theory of forms? Is it approved by any philosophers today? What are the different thoughts towards it?
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What is the terminology to qualify things that are not reduced when shared (ideas vs physical objects)?
Is there a defined terminology to refer to things:
Which gets "reduced" when shared: for example if I have 2 apples and I give you one, now I have one apple
Which stays the same when shared:...
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In how far is language involved in the world of ideas? [closed]
Language is a means to express ideas or emotions. It sets them free from the world in which they roam, i.e. our brain between our ears, inside our skulls.
It could work the other way too. Language ...
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The philosophical analysis of creating and implementing good ideas?
There are projects with great ideas, but poor implementation; and there are mediocre ideas, but are well implemented.
What sort of philosophy and which philosophers, if any, address this phenomenon?
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Information(matter or energy)
What is information? Is information matter or energy or neither but how can neither be possible. If we assume it to be either matter or energy then it must be following the laws of conservation. If ...
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Are Ideas Noumenal?
I've been studying Kant's philosophy recently and I haven't been able to get something straight.
Quick question here: How does Kant's distinction between phenomena/noumena apply to ideas and thoughts? ...
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Is Plato's ideal world comparable to heaven?
Plato thought there was an ideal world where ideas live. Independently of people. These ideas throw a shadow on the material world we live in. By examining this material world we can get knowledge of ...
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Are ideas things or just, eeeh, ideas?
We can read for the definition of idea, in the Cambridge dictionary:
a suggestion or plan for doing something:
I've had an idea - why don't we go to the coast?
"Let's go swimming." "...
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Do modern philosophers of mind believe that thinking is a symbolic or visual process by nature?
Do some philosophers regard thinking as a symbolic process only because they don't actually think for themselves -- rather, like most of us, they are "having thoughts", their ...
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What is the difference between Frege's and Descartes' theory of ideas?
Frege discusses the ideas (Vorstellungen) in Logical Investigations part I: Thoughts. Descartes discusses the ideas (the imagination) in Meditation VI. We have to find a similarity and a difference ...
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Hume on Induction vs Education
Hume thinks that mental ideas are built upon repeated observations and habituation, namely by induction. As far as I know, the principal alternative to this view is given by Descartes, postulating ...
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Can "moral reasoning" be defined as a perception?
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1527-2001.1996.tb01017.x
I saw this research paper titled "Moral reasoning as perception", and I was wondering how is it possible to conceive "moral ...
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Do I have the right understanding of Hume's suggested association of ideas?
Hume, in his Treatise of Human Nature says: "two objects are connected together in the imagination, not only when the one is immediately resembling, contiguous to, or the cause of the other, but also ...
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Dynamic concept of "truth"
I've recently read a book in which a certain sentence sparked a question in my mind:
"the Platonic philosophy is a search for truth, the certain truth.
Such truth... is necessarily static" (...
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How to build up clear ideas
I was reading Descartes' Rules for the direction of mind and noticed how clear are his ideas. I would love to speak in that way, where every sentence is a necessary step to climb up the final idea.
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Can one conceive history as "one body"? Are there "fixed" concepts or ideas that define cultural relativity?
Ideologies can be thought to be sometimes perceived as being an "unified" body of historical information. A sort of body that reflects how an individual or a group will come to perceive the current ...
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Name of the theory where abstract concepts are considered only to exist within our mind
I'm be no means an expert in philosophical terms, but I want to learn more. My question is about whether there is a name for the idea that abstract concepts (e.g. Goodness, baddness, value, etc...) ...
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Is Time just an idea?
All the things we perceive undergo changes as time goes by. Even if we didn't do anything, Time does 'its' work. For communication we use this word as an idea. If 'Time' were just an idea it couldn'...
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Hobbes on imagination: mental images or ideas?
Hobbes, in his book Leviathan, second chapter, says:
So that imagination and memory are but one thing, which for diverse considerations hath diverse names. Much memory, or memory of many things, is ...
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Does limited time constitute maximum effort?
Have there been any philosophers who have emphasized or spoken about/around any of the following ideas?
The idea that our limited time on Earth does/doesn't constitute a responsibility to 'make best ...
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Why do we create? [closed]
It could be an invention, or an idea, or anything. What is the main reason behind why we create things? I realize that there could be many reasons but I'm wondering if they can be summed up into one ...
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Is soul motion? [closed]
Has any philosopher shown that it is not?
Aristotle holds - that the soul is the form, or essence of any living thing.
René Descartes holds - that the mind is a nonphysical substance.
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What is the absolute ultimate subject (like math, literature, etc)? [closed]
Seems like all subjects are branches of more general subject. Pretty much all sciences seem to find their roots in physics but physics is just math. There are many branches of math but still all just ...
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What is the difference between an 'idea' and a 'concept'?
What is the difference between an 'idea' and a 'concept'?
Has a distinction between the two terms been settled and accepted by most modern philosophers?
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