Questions tagged [reference-request]
This tag should be used when the question is asking for specific references.
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Aristotle's Categories with academic commentary
I am looking for books on Aristotle's Categories with academic commentary, preferably with references to further development of logic.
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What's a Good Introduction/Summary to Probabilistic Logic?
I hadn't even heard of Probabilistic Logic before today. My world view was already leaning in this direction as I never really put much stock in either the law of the excluded middle or the principal ...
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How to categorize a certain pattern of argumentation?
There happens to be a pattern where a discussant makes a statement about the world and his/her partner retorts with another statement or usually a question that translates the subject onto a ...
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What is the impact of video games on philosophy?
Video games are a quite recent invention and they became popular far after being invented, maybe by 90s. However, I think video games somehow affected my worldview and produced some ideas. I will give ...
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Can there be different levels of evil to a thought?
With reference to the subject matter treated in these questions:
Can the act of having certain thoughts be unethical?
Evil thoughts without actions?
EDIT: The below "thoughts" can be ...
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Buddhist canon database
Is there an online database that either contains the Buddhist canon in either English or Chinese?
I've had a difficult time tracking down first hand sources other than the usual suspects (Heart ...
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What are the most popular introductory logic textbooks, and what sets them apart from each other?
I plan to choose one and read it.
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Can I truly express my thoughts?
Looking at the Private language argument it occurs to me that Wittgenstein does not really account for the developmental nature of language:
Temporal and spacial separation of Speakers will ...
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Books on the logic of science
I was recently skimming through Nagels "The Structure of Science", and I wonder if there are other books that go through the philosophy of science through a logical point of view; That is, I am ...
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Are there any sources dealing with Clark's *Without Evidence or Argument: A Defense of Reformed Epistemology*?
Clark's argument seems to be in response to Clifford's Ethics of Belief. Are there any sources which attempt to defend Clifford's argument against Clark's supposed rebuttal?
Thank you very much, any ...
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When we talk about a general concept, we imagine a particular instance
I'm looking to find some resources to read about the following:
When we talk about a general concept (the word pencil in "a pencil is made of wood"), we actually have a mental image of a particular ...
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My first thought is always: I AM
This question is derivative of the question here: Could 'cogito ergo sum' possibly be false?
It is noted by authors such as Nietzsche and Kierkegaard that there are several assumptions ...
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Where did Rorty claim no essential difference between Philosophy and Literary Criticism/Theory?
What's the source for this comment?
Rorty infamously claimed (in so many words) that there is no essential difference between philosophy and litcrit.
Has any other philosophers argued this?
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Ethics vs manipulation: Is it ethical to manipulate and is ethics a form of manipulation?
Are there ethical frameworks in which manipulation is acceptable? Knowing that we are being raised and conditioned to accept an ethical framework since early childhood is it fair to say that all ...
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**Choose Choice**
Choose choice, means: When all other things are equal, then the preferred choice would be the one that allows for the greatest number of subsequent choices.
Has any philosopher proposed this or ...
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What (who) to read before reading Kant
I am going to be taking an undergraduate course with a prof who marks quite severely. She mentioned that the course expects a working knowledge of Early Modern Philosophy, and specifically to read the ...
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History of philosophy - not chronological but thematic
I was reading in the recent past the multivolume History of Philosophy of F.Copleston.
It is essentially the only interesting history of philosophy (along with the multivolume Routhledge History of ...
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Authors that wrote on how to look for the truth efficiently?
The human mind is perhaps not efficient when it comes to looking for the truth, specially when you are emotionally attached to an idea about any subject such us close relatives, God, your government, "...
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Who said that questions can only be asked if the askers roughly knows the answers?
I remember it was Marx who said this as a thought for Hegel's take on history, but searching for keyword answer in his Wikiquote page doesn't yield any result. The exact quote might be very different ...
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Can my attitude kill you? Part 2
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Can my attitude kill you?
Taking attitude to mean: The unique medley of ideas that makes the person.
Suppose I'm a doubly depressed neurotic pessimist. Who can ...
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Can my attitude kill you?
Would it be morally reprehensible to tell a truth to someone if I know or suspect that it may cause them harm or discomfort? Of course there are trivial instances like telling a dying man he is going ...
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Is atheism about the existence of Deities or a personal perception of Sacredness?
Wikipedia on atheism:
Atheism is, in the broadest sense, the absence of belief in the existence of deities.
Now what about deities?
A deity is a supernatural being considered divine or sacred.
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Looking for Sources on Philosophical Discussion of Modern Atomic Theory
I'm currently planning a research project which tracks the development of atomic theory in the physical sciences (though mainly physics since that's my subject). In the last section I want to discuss ...
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Is this nihilism?
I'm looking for a quote or a passage about how we shouldn't waste time analyzing possibilities that don't exist, like "what if"s of the past. That we should reflect on how things came to be and not on ...
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Authors on the brainwashing of the American People and western world [closed]
I'm looking for books and authors which relate to the times we are going through in terms of disinformation, "fake news", cultures based on war and violence and the "call of duty", false flag ...
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Do future selves have duties to the current self?
I think there are clear cases in which my future selves have rights against me (or I have duties to my future selves). For example, my future selves have the right to enjoy a healthy life and thus I ...
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Any book/article that talks about a difference in what science achieves and what society wants/needs?
I'm not trying to ignite a discussion on the topic, simply a reading reference for someone who talks about any difference between the academia and society - for example I've seen a book (published ...
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What does Helmuth Plessner mean by : 'the human being is at a distance to her boundary'?
Plessner defines living organims in terms of a boundary between It and the environment.
http://helmuth-plessner.de/en/helmuth-plessner/denken/
This question concerns the following statment:
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Is Reality an intersection of Incompatible Ontologies?
Empiricists do not ask questions about the ontological status of mathematical or logical structures. Idealists don't explain how Ideas are developed, or how technological advancement in general takes ...
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Did Plato believe in reincarnation?
I have read in some philosophy forums that Plato believed that death was not the end and he most likely believed in reincarnation.
Are there any texts that confirm that Plato actually believed in ...
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On the way we relate to the world\thinking the way we think
Walking down the streets I heard:
Measuring means comparing.
I was shocked. Why $A$ is better\bigger\higher\etc than $B$?
It becomes somehow obvious: that simple idea shapes part of our reality.
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Resources for nihilism, existentialism, and absurdism
Background: I haven't studied philosophy at all.
Which texts should one consult to learn about:
1) Nihilism
2) Existentialism
3) Absurdism
I have heard that Nietzsche is a nihilist, and that he ...
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Philosophy of dreams
According to some eastern teachings (Tantric, Buddhist, etc) it's a good thing to ponder and meditate on dreams:
Dream 1
A person dreams of finding money or gold or any other luxuries. This
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How might studying philosophy impact your mental health?
According to wikipedia on Pessimism and Pragmatic Criticism
...Al-Ghazali and William James rejected their pessimism after suffering
psychological, or even psychosomatic illness...
Other authors ...
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Authors on religions as mental traps
Religions use mental concepts such as final judgement, sin, salvation, redemption, condemnation, karma, purification of the soul etc. A person who has been indoctrinated for years with these concepts ...
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What are the main reference tools professional philosophers use to do research?
Many people do an internet search to find information about a topic they are interested in. Some tools I’ve seen referenced here to find philosophical information are the Stanford Encyclopedia of ...
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What are the top professional organizations that philosophers belong to?
I looked for a list of philosophical organizations and found this list on Wikipedia.
What are the top or most prestigious organizations on this list (or some other list) that a professional ...
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A database of answers to what is __ questions, Plato style
What is a 'place'?
What is a 'strategy'?
What is 'fun'?
Is there any philosophical forum that answers these questions in a way in greater alignment with foundationalism than coherentism? ...
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Western philosophers that emphasize on the importance of meditation?
Who are the main western philosophers who acknowledge the importance of meditation, self-discovery(know yourself) and the realization of your own mind-habits and emotional responses?
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Is Kant's postulate of the existence of God a metaethical assumption?
Also, I would like to get some bibliographical reference about Kantian metaethics.
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Authors on the philosophical impact of the discovery of an Extraterrestrial civilization [closed]
Consider the following thought experiment:
Some kinds of spiders species while mating the female eats the male.
Sometimes when female puts and egg and later when it hatches the baby spiders eat ...
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Why is metaethics both “intellectually and practically problematic”?
I wonder if some of you could give me some bibliographical references with respect to the following passage of the entry Metaethics in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
Such reflection ...
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Who are the representatives of Michigan and Rutgers ethical naturalism?
I am writing an excursus on contemporary naturalism for my thesis. In fact, after a brief introduction to the subject of moral philosophy and to ethical naturalism, I will analyze the Duke manifesto "...
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Authors on the Philosophy of Ancient Egypt
What philosophies or systems of believes apart from the religious ones did those people have? Were there any forums in which ideas were discussed? Were there any significant philosophers or high ...
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Books on how Philosophers overcame Misanthropy (hatred towards humanity)
There has been many great philosophers and thinkers that at some point or for all their lives hated society:
“In the depths of my heart I can’t help being convinced that my dear fellow-men, with a ...
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Introductions to Camus on absurdity
For a layman, what’s a good, accessible introduction to Camus’ work on absurdity?
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Did the Ancient Greek Philosophers actually believe in their Gods and Myths?
Is there any historical proof that shows what attitude the Ancient Greeks, specially the philosophers, had towards their Gods?
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Authors on the Business of Philosophy and the Philosopher's ego
In a capitalistic society every human experience is susceptible of becoming a business, eg. the business of beauty, sex, art, justice, health, education, journalism, emotions and psychology, ...
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Were the Bavarian Illuminati actually Luciferians? [closed]
According to wikipedia the real illumianti were:
...the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on 1
May 1776. The society's goals were to oppose superstition,
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Is all meaning just comparison/measurement? (Reference request)
I've had an idea and I'm almost certain it might not be a novel one, so I'd like some pointers to read more about it. Maybe some philosophers/writers already explored the subject and elaborated it a ...
