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Question posted on May 15, 2013; 1 response
For a philosophy student, what is the best language to learn? Particulary, a student interested in moral and political philosophy, and epistemology too. I think is english, and that's why I'm already learning it. If I'm right, what is the...
Education, Language, Philosophy Show

Question posted on May 2, 2013; 1 response
Having the opportunity to learn and discover philosophy is in my mind a privilege. Learning and understanding philosophical matters can be enlightening, clarifying, reassuring and ultimately life-changing. Although this may appear as a personal issue but relevant to all those...
Education, Philosophy Show

Question posted on April 25, 2013; 1 response
I've read many here who say that everyone alive who thinks critically is a philosopher, not just those who have published academic articles and books. Isn't this a dangerous and incorrect notion since it gives credence to the fact that...
Philosophers, Philosophy Show

Question posted on April 25, 2013; 1 response
Is it true that no computer, no matter how sophisticated humans construct it in the future, will ever be able to solve philosophy problems because fundamentally a computer cannot function without initial human input programming? Even something as simple or...
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Question posted on April 18, 2013; 1 response
Are answers to philosophical questions always distinct from sociological questions? How much should the two fields inform one another or at all? It seems particularly when it comes to ethics, many people give philosophical answers to sociological questions and vice...
Philosophy Show

Question posted on April 18, 2013; 2 responses
If there IS philosophical progress, is it worthwhile to read philosophy that was written before you were born? Isn't the most current understanding of philosophy the most valid? For example, we now know Newtonian physics is false at the quantum...
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Question posted on February 21, 2013; 1 response
If i define philosopher as lover of wisdom, how can i be sure that its a rational,critical and systematic investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct(one of nowadays favoured definitions of philosophy, it seems to me)that...
Emotion, Philosophy, Rationality Show

Question posted on February 7, 2013; 2 responses
philosophy is a mind opener to me personally, thats is talking in respect as subject in school. but i would like to know if their reasons why other people think this subject is foolish?, please be sincere...
Philosophy Show

Question posted on February 7, 2013; 1 response
Feminists often allege that their is something especially sexist about departments of academic philosophy? What would you day about this charge? One criticism of philisophy is that it doesn't allow any consideration of the subjective aspects of existence which are...
Feminism, Philosophy Show

Question posted on February 7, 2013; 1 response
Does complex and conventional language hamper the growth of true understanding in philosophy? ...
Language, Philosophy Show

Question posted on January 31, 2013; 2 responses
Is philosophy about the world or is it just about our concepts and the way we use them? Or both?...
Philosophy Show

Question posted on January 31, 2013; 1 response
Many disciplines have areas of study that overlap other disciplines. For example, to do physics also requires substantial math. At the same time, each discipline has something that is uniquely its own. Physics tests the mathematical predictions against actual...
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Question posted on January 10, 2013; 1 response
How much science should a philosopher know in order to do his or her work properly? If I want to be a philosopher, should I study things like calculus, computer science and quantum mechanics? Should I read those big science...
Education, Philosophy Show

Question posted on January 2, 2013; 2 responses
What would you say is the best resource for learning philosophy at the level of an absolute beginner? I have tried MIT OCW, reading articles on the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and taking out books from the library -- none...
Education, Philosophy Show

Question posted on December 13, 2012; 1 response
How was logical positivism largely proven wrong by philosophers in the 1950s and 60s? Do you think that the "New Atheists" largely make the same mistakes when it comes to metaphysics and emotive claims?...
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Question posted on November 25, 2012; 1 response
Why is Buddhist philosophy consistently ignored by contemporary Western philosophers, especially when there is so much truth and logic to the epistemological and metaphysical systems of the traditions, such as the Madhyamaka school?...
Philosophy Show

Question posted on October 18, 2012; 2 responses
Hi It seems to me there is a striking similarity between Economics and Philosophy. It's hard to find the words, but I feel like the 'same parts' of my brain are being used when I am trying to solve a...
Philosophy Show

Question posted on October 18, 2012; 1 response
What is the definition of Eastern Philosophy? ...
Philosophy Show

Question posted on September 26, 2012; 1 response
What's the difference between post-modernism and critiques of modernity?...
Philosophy Show

Question posted on September 22, 2012; 1 response
Would it be fair to say that philosophy is a manipulation of words, and that scientists deal with the relationship between language and extra-language observations? Thus "truth" would primarily be a language concept according to which consistency between words would...
Philosophy, Science Show




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