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When we deliberate, we often make note of pertinent constraints as we form our opinion. For instance, a jury member might arrive at a different recommendation than she would have ...

November 19, 2009
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Mitch Green

As someone who is clinically depressed, I have often wondered: philosophically speaking, is trying to treat depression wrong? People are depressed for a reason, possibly because life's pretty damned depressing ...

November 17, 2009
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Mitch Green and Jonathan Westphal

Is this for philosophers, mathematicians, or logicians? But here goes: Given that the decimal places of pi continue to infinity, does this imply that somewhere in the sequence of numbers ...

November 17, 2009
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William Rapaport and Daniel J. Velleman

Eugenics has a bit of a history for being unethical; between disputes over what makes people 'better' and outright genocide of those that don't make the cut, this is quite ...

November 19, 2009
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Miriam Solomon

I'm just a Portuguese 15 year old boy looking for some answers (sorry for my bad english) Imagine that there is a suicide bomber terrorist with some people in a ...

November 19, 2009
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Miriam Solomon

What are the most notable and the best books with the subject : "history of philosophy", that can be used as a reliable reference?

November 17, 2009
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Mark Collier

Can philosophy help us live 'better' lives?

November 17, 2009
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Eddy Nahmias

Is it morally defensible that men are allowed to go topless in certain public situations while women are not (e.g., at the beach or pool, park, gym, etc.)? Are the ...

November 12, 2009
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Andrew N. Carpenter

Will philosophy ever end? Will we ever find the unchallengeable 'truth?' Or will we just get inches closer without ever really grasping the answers to life's most puzzling mysteries?

October 29, 2009
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Mitch Green

What are the possible responses when people say that concepts like "being" and "nothingness" are essentially meaningless?

November 12, 2009
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Mitch Green

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