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Question posted on November 14, 2013; 1 response
I was wondering if Nagel's argument in "what it is like to be a bat" or the Qualia "Knowledge argument" can be used to prove that certain non physical knowledge can only be attained through experience? For example, could I...
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Question posted on November 7, 2013; 1 response
Does an interested layperson have any business in evaluating or criticizing the arguments of specialists in complex academic fields? Are the intellectual efforts of laypeople (limited, perhaps, for those of working-class status to only a few hours a week) destined...
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Question posted on October 31, 2013; 2 responses
I'm sure that, for almost any position I take on a controversial political issue, there is an expert out there who has investigated it more than I have and, as a result, rejected my position -- or who *would* reject...
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Question posted on October 10, 2013; 1 response
Do you think that there are things humans cannot understand because our brains are limited? Philosopher Thomas Nagel was recently quoted as saying that there are surely truths that people cannot understand (and will never be able to understand), as...
Knowledge, Mind Show

Question posted on September 25, 2013; 1 response
Has the Gettier Problem been given too much credit? Take the man looking out the window and sees a mechanical sheep 200 yards away and forms the proposition "There is a sheep out there"...and in reality there is a sheep...
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Question posted on August 22, 2013; 1 response
What is the difference between "knowledge" and "wisdom" from both a current and a historical context. ...
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Question posted on July 3, 2013; 1 response
Why knowledge has intrinsic value? Why dow value knowledge for its own sake?...
Knowledge, Value Show

Question posted on June 27, 2013; 1 response
What is value of knowledge? ...
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Question posted on June 7, 2013; 1 response
Immanuel Kant remarked that the Jews lived in a culture that encouraged selfishness and dishonesty in business dealings. More recently it is generally accepted that gypsies produce a culture that centers on cheating gullible non gypsies into spending money on...
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Question posted on March 7, 2013; 1 response
Can we know for sure that the external world exists? I was wondering about it for a while, and yesterday I thought that it must. You see, when I drink alcohol, it is an empirically experienced factor that affects my...
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Question posted on February 28, 2013; 1 response
Is knowledge based on memories? ...
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Question posted on February 14, 2013; 1 response
How do you know that you are sure that your parent are your parents?...
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Question posted on February 14, 2013; 1 response
Is there any way we can be sure that reality is as we perceive it through our senses, or that it is not an illusion that some third party imposes on us? I know that this subject was solved by...
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Question posted on January 2, 2013; 1 response
In philosophy there's supposed to be a "problem of other minds". But sometimes our own minds are problems. Is it possible for others, say my friends and family, to know me "better" than I know myself? Might I...
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Question posted on December 20, 2012; 1 response
I have a question that relates to the french language. The word savoir (to know something) is generally accepted as a verb that expresses a certain knowledge of something. Savoir is used more often than the word connaître...
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Question posted on November 25, 2012; 1 response
What part does emotion play in the acquisition of knowledge? Does the role of emotion vary across the different areas of knowledge (Natural Science, Human Science, History, The arts, Ethics and Maths) ? Thanks a lot for responses...
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Question posted on November 17, 2012; 1 response
I have a question about empiricism. If I was an empiricist how would I know that the country of New Zealand exist if I had never been there to experience it with my senses? I have seen it on tv,...
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Question posted on September 26, 2012; 1 response
In many answers, here, philosophers talk about justified beliefs. I would like to ask if there is any difference between a justified belief and a rational belief....
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Question posted on September 22, 2012; 1 response
In a classic episode of "Batman: the Animated Series" (called "Perchance to Dream"), Bruce Wayne discovers (spoiler alert) he is in a dream because he in unable to read a newspaper he picks up. At first there are some...
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Question posted on August 9, 2012; 1 response
Last week, I read a book called "Sophie's World" about a young woman who receives philosophy lessons in the mail from a secret source. Toward the end of the book, Sophie (the young woman) realizes that she is a character...
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