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If Pascal's wager can be applied to belief in anything, then what is the fallacy in Pascal's wager?

answered Jul 18, 2017 at 21:53

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Aren't Determinism and Free Will indiscernible from the mortal perspective?

answered Sep 21, 2017 at 15:52

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How is first-order logic complete but not decidable?

answered Aug 22, 2017 at 14:48

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If Pascal's wager can be applied to belief in anything, then what is the fallacy in Pascal's wager?

answered Jul 19, 2017 at 6:02

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What did Socrates teach which lead to his conviction that he spoiled youth and taught other Gods?

answered Jul 16, 2017 at 2:07

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What are reasonable basic obligations of citizens in democratic societies?

answered Jun 1, 2017 at 20:45

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Xunzi - If inborn human tendencies are evil, how are we supposed to rectify ourselves?

answered Sep 22, 2017 at 19:09

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Are "if smoke then fire" arguments deductive or inductive?

answered Sep 19, 2017 at 14:58

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Can being Violent in speech be considered as violence?

answered Sep 29, 2017 at 14:49

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Frege's Argument About the Sense and Reference of a Sentence

answered Sep 9, 2017 at 18:34

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What distinction is there between logic, philosophy of logic and philosophical logic?

answered Jun 4, 2017 at 19:45

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Can a machine generate an "idea"?

answered Jul 4, 2017 at 15:34

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Definition of Kant's synthetic a priori

answered Jul 31, 2017 at 20:26

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What is the difference between the idea of the "social contract" in Hobbes and Locke?

answered Jun 20, 2017 at 23:47

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Who first suggested that the state should hold the monopoly on violence?

answered Jun 21, 2017 at 15:21

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Leibniz monads/connection to the physical universe/atom

answered Jul 23, 2017 at 20:23

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What philosophers argued that human rights can be forfeited?

answered Jul 10, 2017 at 18:14

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Mill's Proof and Nozick's Experience Machine

answered Apr 21, 2017 at 22:31

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Frege's Argument About the Sense and Reference of a Sentence

answered Sep 13, 2017 at 21:18

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Why does rationality + free will necessitate an objective morality for Kant?

answered Aug 22, 2017 at 16:29

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Hubert Dreyfus & Heidegger - is Heidegger a dualist?

answered Aug 4, 2017 at 18:50

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What is the consensus on metaphysical innocence of social construction (2N2C)?

answered Aug 12, 2017 at 17:25

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Why did Socrates not believe in democracy?

answered Oct 28, 2017 at 15:07

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To what extent can we carry on the concept of discrimination?

answered May 22, 2017 at 17:50

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Understanding Rawls' Justice as Fairness?

answered Jun 7, 2017 at 17:01

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What are some movements and schools inspired by Wittgenstein's philosophy?

answered Jul 5, 2017 at 16:21

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In which existing category "the great Beethoven fallacy" falls in?

answered Jul 17, 2017 at 16:02

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Is it advisable to study political philosophy without having a firm & detailed acquaintance of European history?

answered Jun 16, 2017 at 19:02

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Can it be said that the tenets of democracy are philosophical in nature? Why/ why not?

answered Jun 1, 2017 at 16:59

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Has anyone developed a "restricted English" notation for logic (first-order or otherwise)?

answered Jun 14, 2017 at 2:04

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If Pascal's wager can be applied to belief in anything, then what is the fallacy in Pascal's wager?

Aren't Determinism and Free Will indiscernible from the mortal perspective?

How is first-order logic complete but not decidable?

If Pascal's wager can be applied to belief in anything, then what is the fallacy in Pascal's wager?

What did Socrates teach which lead to his conviction that he spoiled youth and taught other Gods?

What are reasonable basic obligations of citizens in democratic societies?

Xunzi - If inborn human tendencies are evil, how are we supposed to rectify ourselves?

Are "if smoke then fire" arguments deductive or inductive?

Can being Violent in speech be considered as violence?

Frege's Argument About the Sense and Reference of a Sentence

What distinction is there between logic, philosophy of logic and philosophical logic?

Can a machine generate an "idea"?

Definition of Kant's synthetic a priori

What is the difference between the idea of the "social contract" in Hobbes and Locke?

Who first suggested that the state should hold the monopoly on violence?

Leibniz monads/connection to the physical universe/atom

What philosophers argued that human rights can be forfeited?

Mill's Proof and Nozick's Experience Machine

Frege's Argument About the Sense and Reference of a Sentence

Why does rationality + free will necessitate an objective morality for Kant?

Hubert Dreyfus & Heidegger - is Heidegger a dualist?

What is the consensus on metaphysical innocence of social construction (2N2C)?

Why did Socrates not believe in democracy?

To what extent can we carry on the concept of discrimination?

Understanding Rawls' Justice as Fairness?

What are some movements and schools inspired by Wittgenstein's philosophy?

In which existing category "the great Beethoven fallacy" falls in?

Is it advisable to study political philosophy without having a firm & detailed acquaintance of European history?

Can it be said that the tenets of democracy are philosophical in nature? Why/ why not?

Has anyone developed a "restricted English" notation for logic (first-order or otherwise)?