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When I was a child, I wanted to know what forever was. I would sit and concentrate -- think and think and THINK -- until finally I felt what may ...

August 24, 2010
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Charles Taliaferro

Is there a correlation between intelligence and morality? I can imagine an intelligent person giving a sophisticated analysis to a complex moral question before acting as warranted by his/her analysis. ...

August 31, 2010
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Sean Greenberg

Why do we, psychologically/philosophically speaking, put such an emphasis on things being "real"? What got me thinking about this question is the nature of our memories - while I can ...

August 26, 2010
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Andrew Pessin

If everything that physically exists is indeed the result of primordial coincidence, is there any way of statistically measuring the chances that human beings (in our present state of development ...

June 29, 2010
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Allen Stairs

Some twelve step groups advocate taking the right actions to lead to the right thinking, "right" being defined as non-addictive behavior. The phrase is "Fake it until you make it." ...

June 29, 2010
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Charles Taliaferro

Does language shape our understanding of what we call reality (or, maybe, our perceptions of reality), or does reality shape our language? Is there, significantly, a German world, a French ...

June 30, 2010
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Jennifer Church

I am going under anesthesia in about a month. Once it is administered and I am unconscious, how do I know that the person who wakes up will be me ...

June 29, 2010
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Amy Kind

Does writing a book or making a film render a hard copy of (part of) one's mind outside the brain? Are these two products as close as one can get ...

June 24, 2010
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Charles Taliaferro

What happens to thoughts once they are acknowledged? I.e. where do thoughts go once they have surfaced in the mind?

June 14, 2010
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Charles Taliaferro

Are there good philosophical reasons for taking drugs? Michel Foucault, Aldous Huxley and Sam Harris are examples of people who have experimented with drugs for creative purposes and in order ...

June 14, 2010
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Peter S. Fosl

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