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Would Kant choose to sacrifice one life to save another?
If what I know about Kant is correct- watching the Harvard Justice series on Kant and some summaries of his work- then Kant believes in an absolute morality where everything is either right or wrong in every situation. The act of morality is not…
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Is "you're part of the problem" a logical fallacy?
I've heard many people say if you X, then you're part of the problem. I'm not a logic or philosophy expert so I was wondering if this is a logical fallacy (or something along those lines)? If so, what is the name of the fallacy?
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Arguments against "if I don't, someone else will"
Im looking at a class of problems where a person thinks in the line of: "Ok, what i am doing might be wrong. But if stop this activity, someone else will take my position. Therefore, it is not wrong for me to profit from this since if I would…
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What are some real-life applications of metaphysics?
Metaphysics seems to be a field that is almost purely abstract. However, I am also interested in knowing how metaphysics has impacted the real world, if at all.
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Existence of mathematical objects: how?
In mathematical philosophy, one asks the question "do mathematical objects really exist"?
This is then followed by "yes" or "no" answers, but does the question even make sense? Is it even meaningful to talk about the existence of an idea? Of a…
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How to implement the so called 'principle of charity'?
The 'principle of charity' has been considered of great importance especially in scholarly communication. It is not very clear, nonetheless, how the principle can be implemented, even in simple context of studying philosophy and writing philosophy:…
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How can probability statements be falsified?
Have studied recently some about philosophical views of probability and ran into an interesting problem put forward by Popper:
According to Popper, probability statements are not strictly falsifiable.
[For example, the statement "the probability…
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Why is Modus Ponens valid?
I am having trouble understanding what defines Entailment operator. On Mathoverflow I posted this question on what I perceive to be paradox of entailment.
Consider:
Modus Ponens:
P therefore Q P
Therefore, Q
My question is could we have…
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Did Kant come to believe that we have access to things-in-themselves after all?
Kant's position on things-in-themselves is often described Socratically, of them we know only one thing, that they are. However, in an old but apparently still popular history of philosophy book I found a different sounding take:
"In the Critique…
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Can there be a priori truths for science?
Can there be a priori truths for science, even if science is heavily based on the scientific method with empirical evidence? What if we're using examples like theoretical physics? Please explain.
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What are the major criticisms of Alain Badiou's claim that mathematics is ontology?
Building on Was mathematics invented or discovered? I would like to know what the major criticisms are of Alain Badiou's claim that mathematics is "the very site of ontology" (in Being and Event.)
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Why do people perceive the randomness of events so poorly?
People who are not trained in statistics and randomness (and even sometimes those who are) tend to draw horrible conclusions about whether an event is random or caused. Fundamentally my question is - why is this true?
Note that I am talking about…
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Has anyone suggested a modern substitute for mythology?
Several authors have mentioned that mythology play a central role in human societies, satisfying various social and psychological needs and giving meaning and a spiritual dimension to people's lives. (See for example Karen Armstrong, Joseph…
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Introductory book on philosophy of logic?
I know that there are quite a few questions like this here already, but I haven't yet found an answer that would satisfy me.
I'm looking for an introductory logic book. My main goal is to work towards understanding philosophy of logic (also…
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What did Poincaré mean by intuition of pure number?
To what does Poincaré refer in his article Intuition and Logic in mathematics when he speaks about the intuition of pure number? He refers also to two other forms of intuition, besides the "intuition of pure number", namely, "analogical intution"…
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