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Authors on Social Evolution, Personal Liberties and Corruption
Institutional corruption as been associated with excessive hedonism eg. libertinism. In history there have been recurring cycles in which economic depression has led to the uprising of authoritarian ...
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What characteristics are generally considered traits for perfection?
Assuming it's possible for someone to be absolutely perfect, can we get an idea of what is socially considered "perfect" (in a manner or way that could not be better) through linguistics?
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Hegel's Master Slave dialectic
Can someone briefly explain to me how self consciousness 'Ich bin Ich' becomes the master/slave dialectic and then how this transforms into a self consciousness in general?
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What is the theory called where a person has different behaviors according to the person in front of her?
All my question is in the title : What is the theory called where a person has different behaviors according to the person in front of her ?
Example : A woman will react with kindness in front of her ...
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In Hegelian Dialectic is an antithesis ever a shift in the status quo, or only an opposition to the status quo?
I am trying to understand how the Hegelian dialectic evolves over time. I will use tn (where n is a constant integer) informally, such that tn+2 - tn+1 is not necessarily the same duration as tn+1 - ...
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Which kinds of academic revolutions has philosophy of science indentified so far and when?
Recently, I had an interdisciplinary discussion with some friends about Industry 4.0, internet of things,...which brought up the question, which kind of academic revolutions apart from industrial ...
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Does collectivism actually exist?
Does collectivism actually exist?
Wikipedia defines:
Collectivism is a cultural value that is characterized by emphasis on
cohesiveness among individuals and prioritization of the group over
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What does ‘Disinterestedness’ mean in the context of Mertonian norms?
With ref to the CUDOS Mertonian norms...I used to think disinterestedness mean’t striving to be objective but I now think the intended meaning was for it to be taken literally.
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Do you know any Medieval philosophers, who have writings on the problem of anomie?
I know that the usage of the term declined in the Middle ages, but I was wondering, whether someone discussed this problem, perhaps referring to it as normlessness.
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Is "class culture" an artificial construct or does it have "natural" motivation?
Is "class culture" an artificial construct or does it have "natural" motivation?
A lof of things, at least judging by internet, are associated or measured relative to socio-economic class. However, ...
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Authors who think war and violence are part of the American culture and economy
The United States Military budget exceeds the next 9 countries on the list combined ref. here. A great deal of Hollywood movies portrait the glory of war and present violence as something entertaining ...
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Would we choose to become psychopaths if we could?
Deep Brain Stimulation to stop major depression is a reality in its infancy hence let’s make a thought experiment:
Presume a much more advanced version was created and everybody
could inhibit any ...
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Authors on leaders, leadership, and the crave for power
Where does the need to become a leader come from? Is it an animal instinct and humans as social animals need an alpha male figure to lead the mob? Are individuals who eager for power dangerous for ...
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Authors on wars making societies evolve [closed]
Let's presume Nazi Germany did not happen. Young kids would not have references on how damaging extreme nationalism can be therefore the Third Reich could have append anywhere in the world an can ...
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Is there a fundamental difference between hypothetical explanations in sociology and natural sciences?
According to Explanandum and Explanans on Wikipedia:
An explanandum (a Latin term) is a sentence describing a phenomenon
that is to be explained, and the explanans are the sentences adduced
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What makes moral realism so popular a standpoint?
According to wikipedia page on moral realism:
A survey from 2009 involving 3,226 respondents found that 56% of philosophers accept or lean towards moral realism (28%: anti-realism; 16%: other).
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Is the confusion about philosophy's place in the academia a result of the analytic movement?
First, let's state that obviously there will be those who'll say "what confusion" (by confusion I mean for example questions like "what philosophy has to do with science"), and for them I'll start ...
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Authors on the philosophical impact of the discovery of an Extraterrestrial civilization [closed]
Is humanity ready to accept the existence of an extraterrestrial species? Would the average citizen of the XXI century would like to know or perhaps It would be better to society to remain ignorant? ...
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Can class, status and power exist independently?
Class, status and power are usually seen together as the three-component theory of stratification (according to Max Weber)
Class - the division of a society based on socioeconomic status
Status - the ...
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Was Bourdieu's 'Ökonomisches Kapital, kulturelles Kapital, soziales Kapital' written originally in German?
Self explaining question. I did an extensive online research to find the original text, but it doesn't go before
In: Reinhard Kreckel (Hg.), »Soziale Ungleichheiten« (Soziale Welt Sonderband 2), ...
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How can philosophy and soc. sci. avoid idealism, which seems so prevalent? [closed]
So, again and again I notice that even philosophers, soc. scientists etc. that claim to not be prone to be idealist (since it's unfashionable to be labeled as an idealist, because it's anti-realist), ...
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Functionalism, its key concepts and social phenomena
I have a class test and have been instructed to find the following information and I have chosen the functionalism perspective and in particular Emile Durkheim as one of its key thinkers.
State the ...
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Is philosophy considered mainly as ethics in modern society (mainly in the public perception)?
I might be very wrong in my judgment here, so correct me if I'm wrong, that's just what I'm getting from reading and hearing the every-day talk about philosophy (news, small talks, etc).
It seems as ...
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What are some discussions on the state of prison rehabilitation in the UK and globally?
I'm interested in doing a data-based study on re-offending rates as people leave prison. One thing I'm particularly interested in is the differing approaches to prison lifestyle and/or rehabilitation ...
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If I say that a stereotype conditions people to act in a certain way, isn't that an stereotype in itself?
I am arguing with a friend. She hates the use of stereotypes because she thinks that they condition the society in a bad way, but isn't that also a stereotype? I might know about a stereotype but not ...
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Why do famous people become famous? [closed]
Why do famous people become famous?
Is it because how historians pick them and then portray them or can one become famous by pursuing it?
E.g. was Alan Turing such person that he deserves, how his ...
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Are Laws crafted around personal/individual beliefs ethical? [closed]
For instance.
Gender Identity is defined as what a person believes they are.
Gender Roles is defined as what society constitutes as being a specific gender.
With the latest boom in Gender Identity ...
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How do we select protected attributes?
The origin of much contention in contemporary politics is the presence of discrimination of protected attributes. For instance, affirmative action, insurance or credit provision via models for ...
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Explanation behind the 'human' reaction to 'terrorism' [closed]
My question is essentially, what are the philosophical reasons behind the way in which societies as a whole react to terrorism. Taking the recent Manchester attacks as an example, 22 people were ...
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Gender roles - do they matter?
This may well be too broad (spreading over into psychology too), I'll try to narrow it down as I outline my thinking but any advice is welcome.
I began by thinking about how its unfair if you ...
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What are the reasons for taboos in a society?
As we know, the society is full of taboos on many topics such as sex, drugs, etc... But what are the reasons for the creation of taboos by humans? Shouldn't we be open-mind and free to discuss all ...
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Can a society with an arbitrary social rule be moral?
Suppose there existed an isolated society somewhere with a central ruling (church-like) committee that dictates how people should live. If that committee came up with a set of social rules that no ...
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Does culture both reflect and create society? [closed]
It seems to me that if a culture represents a society's values and ideologies, then it is society that creates culture, and not the other way around. Take, for example, the 1960's civil rights ...
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What does Baudrillard mean by "The end of the Social"?
In Simulacra and Simulation (as well, I am told, as in many other works), Baudrillard speaks with the typical obscurity of a French-English translation of the end of society and the "End of the ...
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If everything is theory laden, how can one argue against climate change deniers?
Per Quine's results from "Two Dogmas of Empiricism", the Duhem-Quine thesis, and later results such as those of Kuhn and Feyerabend, all empirical observations are theory laden. Even widely accepted ...
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Assistance in interpreting this excerpt concerning political philosophy
The article comes from "The Rhetorical Functions of Slogans: Classifications and Characteristics" by Robert E. Denton. The title should give away what the entire article is about. I've come to the ...
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a relationship with the other
Bourriaud somewhere says:
“artistic practice is always a relationship with the other, at the
same time as it represents a relationship with the world”.
Does he by "with the other" mean "with ...
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What are the philosophical roots of the current American parenting style?
A light hearted question:
As a parent of two young children, I struggle with the current mainstream American parenting and educational style which is typically parodied (rightfully so) as the "...
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Has anyone suggested a modern substitute for mythology?
Several authors have mentioned that mythology play a central role in human societies, satisfying various social and psychological needs and giving meaning and a spiritual dimension to people's lives. (...
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What is the philosophy of terrorism? [closed]
We are seeing things being done in the world by some organized group of people. And I am trying to understand something. Certainly, as a group, they act on a defined agenda. This must imply a ...
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Can religion be considered obsolete? [closed]
Can religion be considered obsolete and in practice an obstacle to the rise of science and reason? I think that religion is the outdated mode of existence, governance, and education of social ...
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Is Fatherhood among humans really natural? [closed]
I read in a book and have heard this argument by many social scientists that Fatherhood was an invention by humans during the time when we first started living as societies. This was presumably in ...
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Is there still any philosopher who supports the incompatibility thesis in the social sciences?
The incompatibility thesis asserts that quantitative and qualitative research paradigms are inherently different from each other. Their irreconcilable differences prevent the possibility of a mixed-...
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If the atoms of a person's body change every x number of years, should the person be prosecuted today for a crime that he/she committed x years ago?
I saw this question somewhere in the Internet(I forgot the source) and I think this forum is a good place to ask it.
According to what I know, the atoms in a persons body are replaced every certain ...
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What are "entanglements" in "feminist philosophy"?
I saw this:
http://www.hastac.org/blogs/ari-schlesinger/2013/11/26/feminism-and-programming-languages
As someone who likes computer programming, I am intrigued by new ideas for computer programming ...
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In a way, isn't everyone biased somehow? [closed]
You hear people say that you ought to see an "expert" to get unbiased viewpoints.
Isn't that largely based on the assumption that experts are unbiased? Or is it believed that smarter people in, say, ...
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How do Modernity and Progress relate to one another? [closed]
I understand that the Modern world is where we have science and technology, humans relying on empirical evidence rather than truths found in some scripture to derive laws for themself. I often hear ...
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Who owns the means of production?
Labour is Marxs term for those who do not own the means of production and thus rely on their own labour - ie they are wage earners.
What is his term for those who do own the means of production? Its ...
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How did Bourdieu interpret the word 'class'?
If I were to ask Pierre Bourdieu: "What is class to you?", what would he answer?
I've read some research on Bourdieu's work, but I have yet to encounter a clear answer on his interpretation of class.
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Is (are) there a civic religion(s) in Western Europe?
The sociologist Robert Bellah considered The United States to have a civic religion centred around national figures (Lincoln etc) and documents (The Declaration of Independence).
Its worth noting ...