Questions tagged [progress]
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Churchill said that democracy is the worst form of government - except for all the rest. So if democracy is the least worst, how can it be improved? [closed]
I was intrigued by a recent question about which forms of government are better or worse. If they are all bad, as Churchill said, but some are better than others, how do we improve his least worst - ...
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Does the notion of "moral progress" presuppose the existence of an objective moral standard?
Consider two societies: Society A, which rejects homosexuality, opposes abortion, and endorses slavery, and Society B, which embraces sexual diversity, supports women's right to choose, and rejects ...
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Was Fedorov's cosmism a "materialized Hegelianism"?
In the introduction to Boris Groy’s excellent book Russian Cosmism, which is a compilation of writings from within the Russian cosmist movement, he says the following:
In a sense, Fedorov developed ...
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Aristotle's Golden Balance - bad for the economy?
Matt Haig in this quote: “Happiness is not good for the economy. We
are encouraged, continually, to be a little bit dissatisfied with
ourselves. …To be calm becomes a kind of revolutionary act. To be
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Would the inability to mathematically prove randomness in our world prove that we live in the simulator? [closed]
My personal impression is that advocates of Hegel's absolute idea, or, the World inside a computer simulator, have a much easier time proving this, given how our world obeys common, predictable, ...
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I am struggling to believe there is anything good in humanity: can you help?
I feel neither like a sinner nor sinned against, but I am struggling to see any good in anyone or myself. I am reminded for the 100,000th time of "mankind is a bridge", and that's what we ...
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How do philosophers differentiate between change and progress at the intersection of art, design, and business management?
I do Theory of Knowledge (IBDP) at school and in regards to the subject areas, I was thinking of linking the arts and design (humanities? design of products?) to reason, sense perception, intuition, ...
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How can we differentiate between change and progress in the area of history and natural sciences?
I'm studying a branch of philosophy that is concerned with knowledge.
I'm studying theory of knowledge(epistemology) and I want to use faith, reason, and memory as tools for carrying this ...
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Is civilization really a good thing? [closed]
According to Bertrand Russell
Change is one thing, progress is another. Change is scientific, progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.
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Does evolution always entail progress?
It was Darwin who first introduced the concept of Evolution in his Evolution Theory. However, whenever he and in general people speak about Evolution, I always have the feeling that they connote it ...
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On the Idea of Progress
Any suggested reading on the Idea of Progress? I am thinking of the idea that sprung within the West and during the Enlightenment, that promoted the belief that humanity (or at least parts of it) are ...
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Is philosophy a waste of time? [duplicate]
Philosophy has not advanced very far since Ancient Greece and Rome and every philosophical point of view, when extended, becomes absurd.
Meanwhile, in little more than 3 centuries, and mostly in the ...
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What characteristics of humanity have philosophers labeled as the greatest obstruction to human progress?
I am curious about what characteristics of humanity, considered individually or collectively, have been labeled and discussed by a somewhat iconic philosopher as a great obstruction to human progress?
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