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Something occurs to me: Different people understand the same words differently. So, for example, to my parents, "therapy" might be a self-indulgent activity that only weak people engage in. To ...

October 8, 2009
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Mitch Green

Hello philosophers, there is a vast philosophical literature that defends animal rights and vegetarianism, but the opposite camp doesn't seem to have produced much. What is the equivalent of Singer's ...

October 29, 2009
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Amy Kind and Jean Kazez

How long is a instant? please answer!

October 8, 2009
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Marc Lange

Why are philosophers so dodgy when asked a question? It seems like I can never get a straight answer from the few philosophers I know. Is this the philosophers' fault ...

October 29, 2009
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Jennifer Church

Why are some emotions considered 'negative,' like hate and envy while others are held as the pinnacle of human achievement, like happiness or love? Who is to say happiness is ...

October 29, 2009
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Jennifer Church

Is it plausible the theory of "occam's razor". Could a complex answer be the right one?

October 18, 2009
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Miriam Solomon

Is death without afterlife really all that bad? I mean, it could be worse, right? Of the plethora of possibilities the human mind can imagine, quiet, peaceful oblivion seems to ...

October 22, 2009
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Oliver Leaman and Amy Kind

I recently found out that a cousin of mine, about 15, is being brainwashed by his parents into accepting all sorts of religious dogma and nonsense. Now, personally I don't ...

October 1, 2009
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Lisa Cassidy

I'd like to hear what you - dedicated to answering questions - have to say to the following: 1) Philosophers and scientists seem to believe that a) problems are shared ...

October 8, 2009
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Douglas Burnham

How do we say something that is recognizably artistically meaningful? It seems that in order for it to meet that standard, it would have to play on themes that have ...

October 3, 2009
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Douglas Burnham

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