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What is the relationship between philosophy and science?
Science has grown out of philosophy. Physics is still called natural philosophy in some ancient universities. Philosophy continues to spawn new scientific fields. Classical philosophy is founded on ...
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Why do we have a problem about understanding the concept of the "empty set"?
There are two separate questions here: why do we have difficulty with the empty set; and why do we need the existence axiom. The well-known principle of mathematical induction includes two clauses: (...
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Why do we have a problem about understanding the concept of the "empty set"?
My personal view is that any extension to the counting numbers 1, 2, 3… requires additional axioms, none of which is obvious. Von Neumann once remarked that in mathematics one does not understand ...
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Did any philosopher promote a “pure” pragmatic conception of truth?
I do not know what you mean by "pure". Do you mean pragmatic truth relied upon to the exclusion of other types of philosophical truth? Robert Brandom is considered a neopragmatist. So that ...
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Was Nietzsche making fun of the military mindset when he said "That which does not kill me, makes me stronger"?
I am always willing to accept that someone might actually mean what they say! It makes sense even if it is ironic. As quotes from philosophers go, it is right up there along with "The world is my ...
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Is reason under challenge?
Let's be clear that the only sense in which 'reason was preeminent' over the last few centuries is that a particular brand of rational empiricism made tremendous inroads into society and politics. ...
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Is reason under challenge?
By identifying phenomena like anti-vax, Trumpism, Islamism as a threat to reason is like saying that YOU know what is true or not. Because reason has the aim of seeking the truth.
Understanding ...
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Is reason under challenge?
Is reason under challenge?
Throughout history, the attacks against reason have been recurrent enough to preclude the term "resurgence" merely on the basis of current trends. Your mention of ...
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Is reason under challenge?
We should rather say that relatively particular theories of reason were preeminent in various parts of the world over the preceding millennia, but even this statement would miss out on many details. ...
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Why do philosophical questions arise?
Philosophical questions always arise because people were led to an intellectual rut by the superficially apparent state of things, which upon closer inspection turns out to be untenable. Some (random)...
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Why do philosophical questions arise?
I'm almost certain that it emerges from the differences perpectives, althrough it seems superficial, somethings are more simples than others, this is the main reason, logically it have many others, ...
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Is necessary existence a property?
If it is then why?
My dog exists.
The Unicorn doesn't.
So, existence is a property of my dog, but it is not of the Unicorn.
doesn't it follow that necessary existence is also not a property?
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