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Can we know the fundamental nature of space and time?
Can you please point me to an argument by a notable contemporary philosopher arguing why we may know the fundamental (metaphysical) nature of space and time?
In a recent answer to a question I wrote that we cannot, to which @modalmilk commented…
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Can an eternal god destroy himself?
Possible Duplicate:
Is the definition of God consistent? (primary)
also:
An immovable object and an irresistible force
God's paradoxes and their implications
To many, at first sight, this question may seem to strike as absurd. However, honestly…
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What does the "mind-body problem" mean?
I'm confused about what the mind-body problem means. On some accounts the mind-body problem is specific to dualism. The dualist has to explain how the mind, a non-extended substance, interacts with the body, an extended substance.
And on some other…
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Where can I find a rigorous and complete exposition of Plato's theory of Forms?
I've already consulted four different textbooks on the history of (ancient) philisophy (the ones by Russell, Giovanni Reale/Dario Antiseri, Sir Anthony Kenny and the one I use in high school), as well as Russell's The problems of philosophy and some…
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What is the inverse of solipsism?
Solipsism is the philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist.
Does there exist a term to define the concept that one only exists due to one's perception and interpretation by others' minds?
In other words, one only finds existential…
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What does Michel Foucault mean by the "micro-physics" of power?
I was wondering if anyone could help me understand what Michel Foucault means by the "micro-physics" of power in Discipline and punish:
What the apparatuses and institutions operate is, in a sense, a micro-physics of power, whose field of…
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Does Foucault take a position in "Discipline and Punish"?
I am new to Foucault and was studying his essays on Discipline and Punish, I was however uncertain whether or not he is taking a specific position in this regard. Is the "pan-optical" method of observation his proposal for overcoming crime? Or is…
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Why are French postmodern philosophers (like Baudrillard) so hard to read/understand?
I've read my fair share of philosophers. Now I won't say that proper philosophical texts are ever easy to understand, but it seems that French postmodern philosophers like Baudrillard are extremely hard to understand.
Now this might just be me. To…
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Please recommend a good philosophical book on entropy
Can you recommend a good book on entropy?
I'm interested in one which balances well philosophy and physics, since at both edges the likelihood of having to read through nonsense increases (physicists who don't appreciate philosophy or philosophers…
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What are the historic stances on the epistemological status of mathematics?
I know that Plato and Kant thought it was synthetic a priori (although Plato would not have phrased it in that way). What other major thinkers have weighed in on this issue, on both sides of both the analytic/synthetic distinction and the a priori/a…
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Kant and free will
Could someone explain Kant's view on free will to me?
As I understand it, Kant says that it is necessary that we have free will, because otherwise it would be unreasonable to hold people responsible. We hold people responsible for things, even…
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Is there an onus on the critic to provide an alternative solution?
In many situations, when someone criticises a procedure, or a policy, a common response is something like "yeah, we know it's crap, but you're not presenting an alternative solution, so shut up". There are many examples in the comments here, and…
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Are there different levels/categories of falsehood?
Consider the following sentences:
The current president of the United States has 2 daughters.
The current president of the United States has 5 sons.
The current emperor of the United States has 12 children.
The current ruler of the Unites States…
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A bizarre question asked at a job interview about conditional probability
I was recently asked a "logic puzzle" type question at a job interview which seems to be a slightly mangled version of a N-coin puzzle (intended to test the subject's knowledge of conditional probability).
You are approached at a party by a…
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Which if any philosophers might be considered affiliated with Wittgenstein's school of thought or have expressed similar views?
Are there any philosophers who might be considered affiliated or belonging to the same turn or school, or perhaps hold the same kind of views, as Wittgenstein?
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