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Adequate Animal Housing and the Naturalistic Fallacy
Many animal rights activists claim that adequate animal housing should be geared towards the natural environment of animals. For example, they claim that monkeys should be not kept within human's houses because their natural environment is the…
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How to demonstrate causation if correlation isn't sufficient?
It is widely known that correlation does not necessarily imply causation. However, after recognizing that the correlation alone doesn't prove causation, what needs to happen in order to evaluate whether the causation exists? What's the missing…
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Why and how is Camus "against nihilism"?
I see in several sources that Camus is "against nihilism"(though there are also a few that state he utilizes elements of nihilism), however,
(Sorry for referring to Wikipedia. Didn't have enough time to dive into more original research)
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Was the European Left confined in a false dichotomy between capitalism and communism?
In the 2004 book "Camus and Sartre: The Story of a Friendship and the Quarrel That Ended It" (link to a brief review/synopsis), the author portrays two of the leading members of the literary class' political left as divided over the following…
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Which philosophers have posited that our mortality gives meaning to our lives?
Cancer researcher, Doctor John Wynn gave an interesting talk this year. In it he argues, in short, that it is the fact of our mortality that gives our lives meaning.
Which philosophers have discussed this notion, and what conclusions have they come…
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What justifies probability in the case of a onetime experiment?
If I have an "experiment", the results of which can be classified clearly into "outcomes" (like rolling a die), then I can make a concrete and verifiable empirical claim that "if you repeat this experiment many times, the frequency of this outcome…
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What exactly is the persuasive power behind Jackson's "Mary's Room" argument?
The knowledge argument (also known as Mary's room or Mary the super-scientist) is a philosophical thought experiment proposed by Frank Jackson in his article "Epiphenomenal Qualia" (1982) and extended in "What Mary Didn't Know" (1986). The…
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As a result of human progression in science (specifically medicine), have we created ourselves a plateau in the evolutionary process?
It is assumed, for the purpose of this question, that Charles Darwin, in the 19th Century, formulated the concept of "Survival of the Fittest". Penned in his book "The Origin of the Species", which is internationally renowned, the theory is that…
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How is Saul Kripke said to have revive metaphysics again?
How is Saul Kripke said to have revive metaphysics in analytic philosophy tradition again?
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Which of Kant's writings would be a good introduction to his work?
I've been planning to read some of Kant's work for a while, but have no idea where to start. Which of his writings would be a good initial introduction to his philosophical views?
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What were the government ideals for the Socrates and Aristotle?
Winston Churchill famously quipped, "The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter." Plato also seems to have held such a view, where he wrote in The Republic that "philosopher kings" should lead…
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Who does Wil Wheaton represent in "Big Bang Theory"?
Following the aesthetics-challenge my first question on this site:
In several episodes of "The Big Bang Theory" Wil Wheaton appears.
In the credits it is stated that he plays "himself". But I have problems with that statement. It seems to me that…
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Why do people believe a turing machine can be fully conscious?
In his book Consciousness Explained Dennett writes "Anyone or anything that has such a virtual machine as its control system is conscious in the fullest sense" [p281] referring to a Joycean machine which (if I understood correctly) may be…
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Is it reasonable to believe that others have sentient minds?
Obviously I'm not looking for a valid deductive proof using formal logic, but at least a relatively convincing argument.
How do I know that humans who I encounter other than myself have sentient minds, and aren't just unfeeling zombies?
It seems…
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Who are the most prominent Christian philosophers of the 21st century?
The question's title says it all. Who are the most prominent Christian philosophers of the 21st century (if there are any) and why?
By "Christian philosopher", I mean a philosopher who believes in the teachings of Jesus Christ and has philosophical…
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