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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 ...
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In German, to which of Nietzsche's books does the abbreviation “GA” refer to?
I'm reading an academic article in German about Nietzsche and I really need to check the texts the author refers to, however I have no clue what "GA" refers to, even after checking the list of German ...
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Wanted: literature on the ethics of creating a fake world (The morality of God)
WARNING (reader discretion is advised. Don't do these experiments if you are not familiar with existential philosophy or if you suffer from some mental disorder)
This question is subtle. I think ...
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A taxonomy of Meta-Ethics (Reference Request)
On the accounts of many Doctors of Philosophy specialising in Meta-Ethics, the philosophical landscape is notoriously hard to taxonomise. What are the best comprehensive guides to Meta-Ethics. I have ...
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What ethical studies have been performed on what would happen if a government raises kids without parents?
This is a thought experiment that deals with morality and ethics:
Due to low natality governments decide to create schools in which kids
are raised by professional caregivers and people trained ...
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What other theistic positions support open theism besides Christianity?
Open theism is a libertarian view of free will claiming that God’s omniscience does not extend to knowing the actual choices of free human agents. It is a theory of “dynamic omniscience”.
This ...
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Where to find the “tightened up” definitions of computing mentioned by Searle?
I think it is probably possible to block the result of universal realizability by tightening up our definition of computation. Certainly we ought to respect the fact that programmers and engineers ...
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Introduction to Philosophy via thought experiments
I am a mathematics scholar who once took a course on "Philosophy of rationality" and absolutely loved it. In there, we discussed a couple of thought experiments including 'The Trolley Problem'. I am ...
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On Putnam's belief that we can choose a logic system based on the task at hand
I was reading "A Graphic Guide to Logic" and a little speech bubble from Hilary Putnam says that "I still believe that there are facts in the world that determine which logic it is appropriate to use ...
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Does Plantinga view God as knowing precisely what a human being will choose to do?
This question has been bothering me since I attempted an answer to Dmitry Ornatsky’s question about God’s omniscience: How does Plantinga's defense of free will align with omniscience
I think ...
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1answer
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The primary nature of feeling
Are there philosophical schools or traditions that support the idea, that the physical world is secondary (but neither illusion nor projection of own mind) and the feelings of people and their ...
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Berkeley on perception - now you see it, next it's not there?
I remember years ago I read somewhere that, 'Objects don't exist when we are not looking at them', is an old philosophical idea. I have heard that it probably comes from Berkeley or is based on ...
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Authors on “the Trouble with the Revolutions of the Mind”
Accepting that planet Earth was not at the centre of the universe and the stars were like just like the Sun but only much further was a "revolution of the mind" that took centuries to accept. ...
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Recommendation request re Fitch notation
I am looking for books, articles, and websites that are basic introductions to the logic notation system created by Frederic Fitch. Recommendations welcome.
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Good books that give a detailed explanation of different topics in philosophy
So, I couldn't really find any resources on this online, so I am looking for recommendations. What I am looking for is a philosophy book meant for somewhere around moderately experienced readers, ...
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1answer
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Husserl's Cartesian Mediations
What should I read to get a clear outlook of Husserl's Cartesian Meditations? I tried reading "Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Husserl and the Cartesian Meditations" but it's not going too well. I ...
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Book or article recommendation about causality and counterfactuals
I'd like to assign social science undergraduate students an article, short part of a book, or even a blog post about causality and counterfactual logic that is easy to understand.
It seems that most ...
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why did Kant say the only truly “good” thing in this world “without exception” is a “good will”?
why did Kant say the only truly “good” thing in this world “without exception”?
if I understand him correctly, which I very well may not, I believe he states that good will is the only truly good ...
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Faith versus Reason
I am looking for books on the discussion of terms and concepts like reason, faith, instinct, evidence, confidence, justification, etc. But especially reason versus faith. I not looking for science ...
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2answers
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subject-based philosophical book request
Is there a subject-based philosophical book?
one book which discusses in each chapter a philosophical subject such as ethics, nature of world, ...
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Why is Kant's Groundwork so much more popular than his other ethical works?
Kant has three main works on ethics: the Groundwork, the second Critique, and the Metaphysics of Morals, and some important short essays: "What is enlightenment?", "Toward perpetual peace", and "...
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Any good philosophy debate recommendations?
[Note for admins - close if it doesn't fit the SE, I asked in the Symposium but no one answered so I came here. No need to downvote.]
Hi all, I saw Dennet, Krauss, and Massimo debate a couple of days ...
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Rigorous, modern introductions to informal reasoning and critical thinking?
This is a reference request. I'm looking for a modern, rigorous, and intelligently written introductory book on informal logical reasoning and critical thinking, aimed at a non-mathematical audience (...
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Burden of proof amid a temporal sequence
Say doctrine A claims premise X to be true, and Y to be false.
Say doctrine B claims premises X and Y to be true.
There is some sense (I believe; you might want to confirm), in which the "burden of ...
