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How can the relationship between a ray of light and the sun be expressed mereologically?
I'm struggling to understand how to frame the relationship between a ray of light and the sun in mereological terms. A ray of light is not a part of the sun in the strict sense, but it clearly depends ...
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How do theories of moral luck or determinism challenge the idea of merit-based judgment?
I’ve been thinking about how often people are judged as “better” or “worse” based on what they’ve achieved or how they’ve acted, without much consideration of the circumstances that shaped them.
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What would be the response to this (epistemological) critic on evolutionary psychology?
The question concerns evolutionary psychology (EP) in the context of evolutionary epistemology. Quine, but also Plantinga and other methodological naturalists stem their justification of knowledge ...
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Does Fitch's knowability paradox weakly support an old-school Platonic theory of knowledge?
The knowability paradox is a simple logical problem whereby if all truths can be known, then all truths are known. So, it seems as if not all truths are knowable, or that is the common refrain.
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What philosophies influenced Ayn Rand's Objectivism
What prior philosophies did Ayn Rand build upon to construct Objectivism? I know about aristotelian, and platonism helped make it but I cant find which of their principles did? furthermore I don't ...
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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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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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Where to start with the basics of philosophy of religion?
I am reading some books about Philosophy of Religion, and I think that it isn't the best option to just read them, without any basics. What I mean is, how can I get the basics of metaphysics, ontology,...
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Using paraconsistent logic, can we construct a conceptually stable set theory where proper classes both are and are not sets?
Suppose that the superclass problem is the problem of defining a new infinite hierarchy of set-like concepts over the concept of proper classes. For example, some superclass types in the literature ...
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Confusion about Allison's argument regarding Kant's claim of the syntheticity of an expression of the synthetic principle
In the Critique of Pure Reason, Kant once expressed his synthetic principle in such a manner:
"The synthetic proposition, that every different empirical consciousness must be combined into a ...
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What is "aboutness"?
One of the most essential categories in any description of reality appears to be 'things'. Ideally, 'thing' is all-encompassing. It does not lead us into an infinite regress of higher categories, like ...
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Clarifying Chalmers argument against materialism about consciousness
If I understand the argument David Chalmers makes in The Conscious Mind or this article, he argues that:
a) We can imagine philosophical zombies
b) This is a good test of logical coherence
c) If there ...
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Hegel on Schelling's "Philosophical Inquiries into the Essence of Human Freedom", why did he think that this work is unique?
In volume 3 of his "History of Philosophy" Hegel has a chapter on Schelling. By that time Schelling has already written several great works from the early period of his philosophy. Hegel ...
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Semantic Tableaux
I want to learn how to use semantic tableaux and understand, I cant seem to understand the branches and all the symbols. Could anyone recommend any resources to learn it from the beginning preferably ...
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Does Anyone Use/Teach Traditional Syllogisms w/ Affirmative Propositions Only?
I had an insight to replace negative propositions with the complements of their respective affirmatives in traditional syllogisms*.
E.g. “All S are not-P” rather than “No S are P”, where “not-P” means ...
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