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A place to exercise reason, deep thought, freethinking, and share research, articles, videos, and a variety of sources pertaining to philosophical concepts. Debate and discussion are open and welcome. Be sure to remain clear, concise, and manage your grammar. Edits should be .. Read more

Posts Tagged "world" By EliRodriguez11 (2) Posts by anyone

Philosophy
Jan 3, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by Matias
Does the "sacred" also exist for atheists and non-religious people? As I understand the concept, the answer is no. The "Sacred" is that which, so to speak, protrudes into our world from a sphere that transcends the human and natural world; the ...
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Posts
Dec 27, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by tipi
Hello, Terrafriends. Happy terraseasonal holidays. Thank you for receiving me here. What do you think about a moral/ethical interpretation of the relativity law?( Decoding/reinterpreting one-stone (einstein). The (ethical)...
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Shared from Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 29, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by Spongebob
Is existential awareness necessary towards freedom from religion? Once a person is aware of the absurdities of living, that they are but a decaying bag of chemicals governed by the laws of nature, they would realize that their attachment to religion ...
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Philosophy
Aug 26, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by AlanCliffe
Westworld on dvd. Love me some Thandie Newton. The show is, of course, a variation on a theme that has been with us quite a while, going back at least to Frankenstein, maybe to the golem or further: If man creates a being in his own image, thus ...
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Philosophy
Apr 8, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Arachne
What is Enlightenment? Was ist Aufklarung? ENLIGHTENMENT IS man’s release form his self-incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man’s inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another. Self-incurred is this tutelage when its ...
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Shared from General & Hellos
Mar 12, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by JacarC
Heinlein's Intermissions are a summary of his living philosophy. “Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death. There is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.”...
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Philosophy
Nov 18, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by Matias
Does science need "metaphysical naturalism" as a foundation?
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Philosophy
Oct 29, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by Matias
Mathematician Reuben hersh makes the following interesting claim: >>Study of the lawful, predictable parts of the physical world has a name: “physics.” Study of the lawful, predictable, parts of the social-conceptual world also has a name: ...
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Philosophy
Oct 12, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by Matias
Why are fake news and conspiracy theories so toxic?
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Philosophy
Aug 24, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by AmmaRE007
ok here is my personality type lol Your Personality Type: INTP You generally take an Introverted (I) approach to life. Your preferred mode of perception is Intuition (N). You make judgments primarily through Thinking (T). You typically show ...
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Philosophy
Jun 24, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Matias
What is the competence of philosophy today?
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Shared from Philosophy & Meaning
Jun 10, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by skado
It's interesting to me that many "New Atheists" are happy to disregard the majoritarian authority of god-believers worldwide (some 80% of our species) on the question of God's existence, but rush to reinstate that majoritarian authority when ...
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Philosophy
Feb 21, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by towkneed
Anyone familiar with the Chinese Room argument against strong AI? I think that a fundamental flaw with that argument is that it presumes that consciousness is localized, i.e. since the man in the room doesn't understand Chinese there can be no ...
2 comments
Philosophy
Jan 16, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Mokvon
I am curious to here what we have to say about the ideas of "ludwig wittgenstein". That our world is limited language. I have used his ideas to make myself understood.
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Philosophy
Sep 13, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by DonaldHRoberts
I am subject to change because the world around me never stays the same
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Philosophy
Jul 14, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Matias
Is there only one kind of truth; only one kind of reality? Or are there several types of reality? The sentence "Emma Bovary died by suicide" is true although "Emma Bovary" is only a fictitious entity, an element of an inter-subjective reality (in ...
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Shared from Philosophy & Meaning
Jul 2, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by TheMiddleWay
Russel, the greatest salesman the world has ever known!
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Philosophy
May 8, 2018May 2018

Posted by EliRodriguez11
This is a link to one of my personal favorite online sources for developing a sense of direction and knowledge of analytic philosophy. Carneades practices a form of pyhronic skepticism he calls indirect skepticism, but provides a well-rounded ...
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