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Question posted on May 15, 2013; 1 response
What do you call this type of argument? Stephen Hawking recently boycotted a prestigious Israeli academic conference, and many were quick to call him a hypocrite: "If you’re going to boycott Israel, please remove the Intel chip that allows you to...
Rationality Show

Question posted on March 21, 2013; 1 response
Is there a difference between blind faith and faith? Doesn't faith in a certain sense have to be blind to rational....
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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 November 8, 2012; 1 response
Can rationality be explained? Sometimes I think that it can, it is just something like non-contradiction. But sometimes I think it can't, since any explanation of rationality will have to assume it. ?...
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Question posted on May 24, 2012; 1 response
I've heard it asserted several times in quite different contexts that "people make decisions primarily using emotional criteria, and only after the fact do they then use reason to justify this decision." I'm curious both to hear your response(s) in general,...
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Question posted on May 3, 2012; 1 response
I often read that we must judge arguments or claims based on their own merits, rather than on the quality of the person presenting them. This is fine in realms such as logic or everyday life, where we can...
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Question posted on March 22, 2012; 1 response
If somebody behaves unethically, and knows they are doing so, have they made some sort of error of reasoning? Is it coherent to consciously choose to do something one knows is wrong? Or does it merely demonstrate that...
Ethics, Rationality Show

Question posted on March 9, 2012; 2 responses
In scenarios where the metaphorical glass is either half-full or half-empty, so to speak, are there any compelling rational reasons to come down on one side or the other? Or is a person's optimism or pessimism just a character...
Emotion, Rationality Show

Question posted on January 26, 2012; 2 responses
According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of philosophy Schopenhauer was one of the first philosophers to advocate for the idea that the universe was not something "rational" What is an "irrational" universe then? Is there a difference between a universe being...
Philosophers, Rationality Show

Question posted on January 26, 2012; 1 response
Despite the fact that philosophy is based on rationality, are there any philosophers who embraced the irrational side of man or irrationality in general, and how could they justify this except by contradicting themselves by using rational arguments?...
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Question posted on January 26, 2012; 1 response
I just had a job interview today. As is often the case, I am now nervous as to whether or not I got the job. But in the process of being nervous, I got to (over)thinking about my...
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Question posted on January 3, 2012; 1 response
Why do some feminists like to criticize rationality so much? Doesn't that just reinforce the idea that women are less rational?...
Feminism, Rationality Show

Question posted on November 23, 2011; 1 response
Is it possible to think irrationally? My instincts tell me not but my philosophically-versed friends tell me that it is....
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Question posted on September 22, 2011; 1 response
I have a fifteen year old son, bright competent, popular, who has been missing school on a regular basis for the past one and a half years. He has attended a psychologist (for this reason) and the psychologist has...
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Question posted on August 10, 2011; 1 response
What does it mean to say that an opponent's view, though incorrect (as far as one can tell, anyway), is nonetheless "reasonable"? Why aren't all incorrect views unreasonable?...
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Question posted on July 3, 2011; 1 response
Why do smart people disagree about fundamental questions about life? ...
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Question posted on June 16, 2011; 1 response
Consider a person who wants to go jogging in order to improve their health, but never seem to actually be able to go out and jog, despite having lots of free time and, in many cases, nothing better to do....
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Question posted on April 6, 2011; 1 response
What do we mean by rationality? Is it just the ability to judge whether the means will achieve the ends? Is it some all-encompassing understanding of existence? Or is it something else?...
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Question posted on March 30, 2011; 1 response
Is it conceivable that an intelligent species could evolve, say on another planet or in the future, that has radically different ethical and moral values and paradigms? Would they be wrong? Or would every possible intelligent species naturally...
Ethics, Rationality Show

Question posted on March 9, 2011; 1 response
Can madness be explained in terms of irrationality? ...
Mind, Rationality Show




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