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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 ...

January 26, 2012
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Nicholas D. Smith

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 ...

January 26, 2012
1 response
Charles Taliaferro

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" ...

January 26, 2012
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Bette Manter and Stephen Maitzen

Why do some feminists like to criticize rationality so much? Doesn't that just reinforce the idea that women are less rational?

January 3, 2012
1 response
Bette Manter

Is it possible to think irrationally? My instincts tell me not but my philosophically-versed friends tell me that it is.

November 23, 2011
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Sean Greenberg

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 ...

September 22, 2011
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Thomas Pogge

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?

August 10, 2011
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Richard Heck

Why do smart people disagree about fundamental questions about life?

July 3, 2011
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Allen Stairs

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 ...

June 16, 2011
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Charles Taliaferro

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 ...

March 30, 2011
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Sean Greenberg

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