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Is Kant's talk of "homogeneity" the deeper point-of-contact between his theory of categories, and modern category theory?

The SEP article on category theory says: Categories, functors, natural transformations, limits and colimits appeared almost out of nowhere in a paper by Eilenberg & Mac Lane (1945) entitled “...
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How do terms and concepts map to and relate to each other when thinking across languages?

I am working on creating a cross-linguistic dictionary every now and then, and currently thinking about the relationship between terms (single or multi word), morphemes (word parts), and concepts. At ...
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Is there a name for the relation between a proposition and the proposition formed after applying the diamond modal operator?

I don't know if there is a name for it but, since a negative proposition is the negation of another proposition for e.g. the proposition that "it is not the case that it is sunny" is the ...
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Is this a fallacy: "A woman is an adult who identifies as female in gender"? [closed]

The phrase tries to avoid the overt circular definition found in the variant, "a woman is anyone who identifies as a woman", by swapping woman with female in gender. But is that still a ...
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what do you call a logical argument between 2 people who hav personal grudges? Its opposite of Ad Hominem bt not Inverse Ad Hominem. what's it called?

If A and B already have personal grudges but keep that aside, they are discussing a subject and a conflict erupts argument. Their points are based on the subject only and nothing personal but the heat ...
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Ethical naturalism and moral naturalism

This article (Shook, 2015) makes a distinction between "ethical naturalism" and "moral naturalism": Moral naturalism as defined at the conclusion of the previous section is ...
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"Truth" as a description of our cognition versus "truth" as a description of reality

In reading about the feud of foundationalism, infinitism and coherentism, there seems to be some arguments based on how cognition/reasoning works. However, an argument of the form (vaguely put by me) ...
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Would objectivist utilitarianism be considered to be a form of moral absolutism?

Wikipedia defines moral absolutism as the view that "there is at least one principle that ought never to be violated". Does this mean that even someone who holds morally objectivist ...
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What is the difference between token mental state vs type?

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/phenomenology/ Part 6 paragraph 4: The classical identity theory holds that each token mental state (in a particular person’s mind at a particular time) is identical ...
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Why is Xenophanes B34 epistemological fragment also gnoseological?

I was reading a History of Ancient Philosophy (from the National Research council in Spain, CSIC) book where the following Xenophanes' fragment B34 is classified as gnoseological, without further ...
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What is the difference between natural theology and transcendental theology?

According to wikipedia, Natural theology, once also termed physico-theology, is a type of theology and deism that seeks to provide arguments for theological topics (such as the existence of a deity) ...
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"Impredicative" definitions in mathematics

In this blog post, the following definition of an "impredicative definition" is offered: A definition is said to be impredicative if it defines an object E by means of a quantification over a ...
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Can you explain clearly the difference between race and ethnicity?

I have tried to look it up but most definitions usually don't make the difference crystal-clear. Many results on Google give overlapping definitions. What my understanding is is that race is rooted in ...
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Philosophical school of thought that includes "unsatisfaction" or "the yearning for more" as a key component of "happiness"

What is the philosophical term for Callicle's position here? The quotes are from Plato's Gorgias. SOCRATES: [...] Tell me, then:—you say, do you not, that in the rightly-developed man the passions ...
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Academic consensus on Thales being hylozoist or panpsychist (or alternatives)

For researchers on history of philosophy, taking into account, for example, the typical beliefs in societies predating Thales', which interpretation, if any, is more generally accepted in academia of ...
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Is there any philosophical English term close to greek aletheia/alethes ( ἀλήθεια/ α-ληθές)?

Aletheia means unveiled mystery, not secret, disclosed facts and intentions, how something works and how it does not work, how it does exist and how it does not exist. "To say of what is that it ...
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How does assignment work? [closed]

The only place that 'assignment' is dealt with in any kind of formal context is in formal logic, the idea of a variable assignment function is one I wish to understand in simple terms to allow me to ...
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Nomenclature for AND-operation on boolean reasoning

I develop a computer program to summarize a boolean decision. This program takes into account operators AND and OR. For the OR-operator, I can call it alternative, since this is how grammar rules call ...
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Where does the type of practical reason fit into Kant's layered terminology?

At one point in the first Critique, Kant shoots off this list of stipulative definitions: We are in no want of words to denominate adequately every mode of representation, without the necessity of ...
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How does "if p, then q" compare to "p only if q"?

How do the statements if p then q and p only if q compare
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Help understanding this bit of philosophy in this paper

I was reading about data structuring in computer science in this paper "Record Handling C.A.R. Hoare" when he outlined some philosophy about the properties of objects that I'm struggling to ...
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Cause-effect fallacy

Person A: "Why is 1 + 1 = 2?" Person B: "Because if you collect one apple, and then collect another apple, 1 apple + 1 apple = 2 apples, so you now have 2 apples in total" The ...
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How To Distinguish Between Philosophy And Non-Philosophy?

Surely not all thinking or intellectual effort is philosophy, right? Where to draw line between philosophy and all other thinking? What, if any, feature is present only in philosophy?
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In cosmology, what do you call a visual representation of fundamental elements/forces in the universe?

I am interested in learning about various cosmological systems that come from various philosophies and religion throughout history. To understand what I really mean, here's a graphical example: I am ...
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What is the name of the philosophy that believes one should do whatever they want?

The philosophy in question believes: You only live once, and you have predetermined desires from your genetics and environment. If these desires are not fulfilled as short-term or long-term goals you ...
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Gnosis vs. Episteme - Is there a change over time periods in Ancient Greek Philosophy?

"Episteme" is the word of choice in Plato, generally (although there are a few instances of "Gnosis" here and there) By contrast, "Gnosis" is far more frequent among ...
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What stance values non-coercion over preventing harm?

I hold a particular stance, which may or may not be consistent. I would like to know if this stance has a name. I believe religion is not just wrong but harmful. I support freedom of religion. I do ...
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What does meaning-scepticism mean?

I found the term in The Limits of Realism (Tim Button) (2013) on page 2: We are, then, looking for an argument that forces realists to consider semantic questions. A natural place to look is in the ...
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Is it easier to prove something wrong than it is to prove something right?

Constantly I am faced with questions of whether something is the right choice or the wrong choice and I am forced to choose. Often, when faced with a problem, I feel that there is a correct answer and ...
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Does anything exist that doesn't cause effects?

In trying to understand the meaning of the word 'exist', I'm asking if there is anything exists that doesn't cause effects. Or is there anything that causes effects that doesn't exist? If not then it ...
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Is 'a level of quantity' a poor definition of 'real number'?

I was thinking about how we define numbers with respect to their uses, and came up with the definition of 'a level of quantity' which can have a different physical consequence for each quantity ...
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Is '=' a relationship between the objects or their expressions?

The Wikipedia definiton of equality gives it as a 'relationship between two expressions' This confuses me as when we define mathematical expressions like 2+2=4 it makes no sense to say that '=' or '...
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Why should a person care about what happens to the world now?

Apparently the word 'should' is problematic, but I don't see why. To me it means: "You will be better off if you do this." And, this definition is part of the accepted usage of the word. I ...
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What qualifies as a volition? Are unconsious acts (walking) volitions? Are things like our heartbeat a volition?

As the title says, I'm not quite sure what exactly qualifies as a volition. Some sources say that volition must be conscious, so that makes me wonder if things like habits, which are unconscious ...
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Is a variable simply a symbol?

If a 'variable assignment' function maps from a set of symbols, would it be correct to formulate a variable as simply a particular symbol that performs the role of a variable in my language? So when ...
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Can an 'abstract object' be a collection of constituent parts?

When I ask this, the use of collection or set is not necessarily 'mathematical', so if in this case I mean a collection of ideas that encapsulate it, 'make up' the idea in the same way the various ...
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Can 'collections' be 'objects'?

Most things we call 'objects' are generally made up of other 'objects' can we consider a collection, such as a physical collection of objects as an 'object' itself? If we have a 'collection' or an ...
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Is there a difference between ambiguity and vagueness?

I was reading the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy articles about Ambiguity and Vagueness, and was led to ask this question. Is there a difference between the two concepts? If so, are there ...
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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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What are the reasons some thoughts cannot be simplified, reduced to a simpler set or phrases?

What are the reasons some thoughts cannot be simplified, reduced to a simpler set or phrases? When reading Heidegger or Hegel, one wonders why those authors couldn't simplify their tangled web of ...
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What is philosopher's definition of Universe? And what is Multiverse?

As by definition Universe is collection of every thing in space. So if everything in space is inside universe then why we talk about parallel universes? Wouldn't they be inside the universe by ...
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What is the definition of WILL? (not free will)

I find everywhere people talking about "free will" and defining what "free will" means, but could not find anyone that defines "will" as such. What is (free, or not free) ...
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What are the things that we "value" called?

So I have asked a few question about terminology, as I am here and there considering how to model various things. That brought me to Morality because I was about to define a category of things called &...
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A word that encapsulates the strongest aspects of "model" and "theory" (and perhaps "hypothesis")?

I saw What is the difference between a "model" and a "theory"?, where it says, like Wikipedia says, that a scientific theory is a well-tested and thoroughly researched explanation ...
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What is meant by "begin to exist" in the Kalam Cosmological argument

This question, tbc, is about the first three steps of the cosmological argument, because without those steps, the remainder of the argument just doesn't matter. As William Lane Craig formulates the ...
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Proper name for "affirming the common ground" fallacy / rhetorical technique?

I'm trying to find the name for this form—I don't know if it'd rightly be called a "fallacy", or just a "rhetorical technique"—where you affirm or reiterate non-disputed premises ...
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What is the difference between anti-teleology and deontology?

In regards to ethical positions, what is anti-teleology, and how is it different from deontology? Are they opposites or is their relationship of another sort?
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"All there is are cells" as a philosophical school of thought

Like atomists since Demokrit and Lucretius believe that all matter is made out of atoms, biologists since Schleiden and Schwann believe that all living matter is made out of cells. But since atomism ...
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Does Bayesianism not have a concept of knowledge, given that belief is partial and not categorical?

If Bayesianism replaces the categorical belief of former analyses of knowledge with a quantitative notion of partial belief, does Bayesianism have a concept of 'knowledge' at all?
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Can a collection be a single 'thing'?

Can a collection be any single object in itself, for example Collection A is 'one collection' or set A is 'one set' or even one 'mathematical object' if viewed as a whole? For example a set containing ...
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