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Is philosophy male-dominated? If so, why?
"Philosophy is for posh white boys with trust funds".
A report by the Equality Challenge Unit in 2015 showed that over 70% of employed philosophers in the UK are white men. Of course, other countries might be a paradise of equality or this exchange…
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Can a lack of knowledge or understanding invalidate a positive claim?
Consider the example of causal determinism. It can be phrased in many ways, all with identical meaning:
- The idea that "every event, including human cognition and behavior, decision and action, is causally determined by an unbroken chain of prior…
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Could ChatGPT etcetera undermine community by making statements less significant for us?
I was just reading a response to an Answer on this site, where the author of the Question said that the Answer sounded like a paste from ChatGPT.
I re-read the Answer and couldn't really tell if that might be true or not. I don't have enough…
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Does every possible event have non-zero probability?
Almost every human being would agree that 2 + 2 != 5. In a sense, this is a logical impossibility.
However, almost every human being would also agree that pigs can't fly. Some, however, are adamant in suggesting that this event still has a non zero…
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Is it the job of physics to explain consciousness?
Is explaining consciousness in the realm of physics?
Detailed question:
We know that consciousness exists. Or rather, I know that I have it. The rest of you may not be conscious, but I know that I am, so it exists. Since it's the job of physics to…
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Testing Free Will
Could we ever come up with an experiment that is able to explain once and for all if free will exists or not? Another way to put it: given a universe and agents acting within it, is it possible for such agents to determine whether or not they…
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Why do people still believe in free will?
If we assume that macro-scale matter like we have in brains only acts in ways that are caused, then would not all actions in human behavior be a result of prior physical events beginning with development from conception? Alternatively, if you look…
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What does "You go to women? Do not forget the whip!" mean?
As an Iranian citizen I have read most Nietzsche's books which have been translated in Persian/Farsi language as my mother tongue.
There are still debates between translators,philosophers and enthusiasts of philosophy about what this sentence from…
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What's the name of the logical fallacy where a debater extends a statement far beyond the original statement to make it true?
Suppose that someone initially states that "fossil fuel consumption due to mobile phone usage is similar to that of private transportation, so if you think we should switch to electric/bike to fight climate change, then you should also stop using…
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For a utilitarian, is a lie morally equivalent to a mistake?
As far as I know, utilitarians consider that only the consequences should be considered as the calculation of the morality of an action.
Since a mistake and a lie differ only in their intent, are they equivalent according to this philosophy?
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What are the main points of contention between Marxist and capitalist economic philosophies?
What are the main points of contention between Marxist economic philosophy and the various "pro-capitalist" economic philosophies (Labor Theory of Value, Austrian School, Libertarianism, etc.?)
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Using Special Pleading to invalidate first-cause argument regarding existence of God
I don't have enough rep to comment or participate in the thread that prompted this post but I wanted to discuss the argument posted here:
How can you disbelieve in god?
The most popular answer at the moment seems to be the one from Phillip or…
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Is Nozick's Criticism of Rawls correct?
When Nozick says distributive justice 'marks a shift from the classical liberal notion of self ownership to a notion of property rights in others', is this a fair criticism of Rawls and distributive justice?
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Do "if everybody did it" arguments commit a fallacy?
Who is committing a fallacy in this discussion, and what kind of fallacy is it?
A: There's nothing wrong with killing people at random
B: If everybody did it, you would too most likely be a random victim.
A: Well, if everybody was killing random…
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How valid is Nietzsche's critique of Buddhism?
According to a paper titled Nietzsche's Reception of Buddhist Psychology With Constant Reference to Christianity by McDonald (2012), given at a conference in Copenhagen, Nietzsche's work contains 158 references to Buddhismus and its cognates within…
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