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Science as a counterexample to Hume's ideas on Causality and The Problem of Inference?
Hume seems to believe that inference, which is the derivation of a novel set of facts from a given one, must be based on causality, and that causality cannot be arrived at via propositions that fall ...
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Can consciousness be formalized as the ratio of true beliefs to the total complexity of an object’s description?
The premise is that any object—whether physical, abstract, or social—can be uniquely defined by a minimal set of true statements. This total description has a measurable complexity (in bits, ...
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Is morality falsifiable?
I was having a conversation with a friend and I was trying to argue that there is no point in asking questions that are unfalsifiable. My friend objected that humans constantly ask what the morally ...
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Argument against Necessitarianism from existence in time?
While i tried building an argument for Necessitarianism, I thought that temporal existence makes necessaties imposible by defenition. Necessitarianism claims that everything that is, is necessary, but ...
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Does Nietzsche's concept of overman make any sense whatsoever?
Based on my understanding, Nietzsche's controversial overman is not a biological concept. He does not say that humans will evolve into a new superior biological species with enhanced mental ...
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Where should one start with Carnap?
I recently got interested in Quine, and that in turn made me want to start reading Carnap.
I think he was an extremely arrogant man, just based on the stupidity he said about Heidegger's philosophy, ...
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Which philosopher was the first to come up with the “god brings more questions than answers” retort?
One of the best arguments against god to my eyes is the idea that god doesn’t really answer whatever it is you are trying to explain, but rather just brings more questions as to how or why that god ...
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How, Why do we Experience Time?
The question further is do we experience "Time" or "Passage of Time"?! To move through Time I don't need to move through Space, but even when I am sitting completely still ...
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Argument against Reflective Equilibrium regarding the Problem of the Criterion
I am attempting to write on why reflective equilibrium isn't a solution or proposed alternative to the classical responses to the PoC syllogism of Particularism, Methodism, or Skepticism. I want to ...
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How Quine’s epistemology be both part of psychology and of abstract philosophy?
Quine states that epistemology is part of psychology. It should use the methods and the results of psychology.
Yet at the same time he states that philosophy (which is concerned by both epistemology ...
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What logic is used in statements of fact, and statements of opinion?
The concepts of fact and opinion are the foundations for reasoning. What rules are used in a statement of fact, and what rules are used in a statement of opinion (like opinion on beauty)?
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Can something exist halfway?
Traditionally, either something exists or it does not. But could there exist something that is between existence and non-existence - e.g. if we take an existence function that returns 0 when something ...
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Is there something inauthentic about committed integrity?
How does committed integrity mean having already made up my mind, when faced with challenges, which seems inauthentic?
A person is subject to many conflicting desires. If one simply acted
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Is Nietzsche’s concept of nihilism a form of dialectical thinking, and how does it differ from or relate to Hegelian dialectics?
Nietzsche is widely recognized for his exploration of nihilism, particularly the "death of God" and the resulting collapse of absolute values. While Nietzsche never systematized a ...
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Is consciousness just an illusion?
If consciousness is merely the product of complex brain processes and chemical reactions, can it truly be said to exist independently of the physical brain? If the mind is purely a byproduct of the ...
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