Questions tagged [applied-philosophy]
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Is AI Mimicking or Simulating? [closed]
In the current applied ethics debate, a serious push to anthropomorphize or understand AI in human terms is underway. What many scholars point to is how LLMs allow AI to replicate and respond to our ...
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Does the idea of "some" or "better" evidence for something make sense? [closed]
What does it mean to say that there's more evidence for A than there is for B? Or for there to be some evidence for A but not enough? Shouldn't evidence either be enough or not? Any standard you use ...
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What philosophies will support the idea that smarter is better?
Whether its natural or artificial, intelligence is economically expensive for businesses thst need intelligence to provide a good or service (Is AI a good that provides a service?) . Given all the ...
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How Biases and Prejudices Deviate the Philosophy of Peace in round table meeting of world politics
Why do politically strengthened nations deviate from the ideal of peace building and misuse power through bias, prejudice, and subjugation of others towards "peace," but not actual, absolute ...
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Examples for real-world instances of trolley cases [closed]
Trolley cases are scenarios that play an important role in a specific kind of thought experiment, famously published by Philippa Foot. Here's just one of the many formulations:
Consider a pair of ...
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Is a fallacy involved in perceiving the solution to a long-standing problem as simple and straightforward?
In university (or, school) we're often presented with a problem, and directly afterwards, the solution is presented. Quite often, the solutions presented for a given problem seem painfully obvious, ...
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Is this ad hominem or in general acceptable behavior during an argument?
Person A: What is considered socially acceptable should be common sense regardless of outside influences.
Person B: What is considered common sense or obvious can be very different depending on the ...
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Extent of hypotheticals in applied philosophy?
It is not uncommon to find a huge emphasis on thought experiments in applied philosophy.
Much of the hypotheticals thrown around in applied philosophy are usually an extreme hypothetical similar to ...
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Philosophy in everyday life [closed]
We play "armchair gods" as we sit here and philosophise, but these are breif interim moments of our humdrum mesoscale lives.
In the domain of managing our household, relationships, health, and ...
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Can an entire society be unethical?
Every month or so, I encounter an argument of the following basic form:
A representative of Florin claims that the Guilderians are unethical for having the death penalty.
A representative of Guilder ...
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Does philosophy of mathematics affect mathematical research?
I am interested in a special case of the general question about whether the philosophy of X has an effect on the research or practice of X.
My special interest is in the area of mathematics. I am a ...
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Can you apply Stoic Philosophy to a Business Goal?
I have recently read Irvine's book about stoic philosophy and I am interested about his take on the trichotomy of control.
He states that you have 3 options for control:
Some things that you have ...
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What are some real-life applications of metaphysics?
Metaphysics seems to be a field that is almost purely abstract. However, I am also interested in knowing how metaphysics has impacted the real world, if at all.
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What risk should we tolerate in accepting (im)migrants?
Here is a question that I've had to simplify and idealise to the point that it no longer corresponds exactly to any real-world situation. However, I think it still captures a very important and ...
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What was Einstein's contribution to philosophy?
Daniel Dennett, in a lecture abut Darwin, mentions Newton, Darwin, Skinner, Turing, Gödel, and Einstein as 6 "non-philosophers" who have had a major impact on philosophy. I can see how the other 5 had ...
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