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A proposal for the meaning of life [closed]
I propose that the meaning of something is "all of the information related to it", and thus that the meaning of life is "all of the information related to life" - all of the causes ...
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Wanted references to the Phillip K Dick Total Recall (1990) paradox
The movie Total Recall 1990 was inspired by the book "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" written by Philip K. Dick whose leading role was played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. The storyline is about a ...
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Philosophic current in this excerpt of Ask the dust
I read Ask the dust by John Fante. The following is an excerpt from the book. It is right after Arturo went to Vera Rivken's place and feels guilty for having slept with her.
My question is: what is ...
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Do humans have the comprehension of an ant regarding certain things?
The leading theory behind the anomaly that is human intelligence is that humans had the greatest diversity in selective pressures over the course of our evolutionary history which allowed only the ...
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Is there a philosophy of what we can't know?
Is there a philosophy of what we can't know?
I'd guess that some things we can't know may exist, and have properties. But is that the same as things that we can't know exist?
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Isn't biocentrism just a simple deduction from subjectivism?
I havent actually read his book, but as he's described it, I thought that he was just sharing his view on subjectivism.
Biocentrism, as Robert Lanza says, is:
..."the view that life creates ...
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Is it possible to know anything?
I am very sure this apple in front of me exists. I could be hallucinating however, so lets say:
I am 98% certain the apple exists.
I am confident that (1) is a fair assessment, but I can't really be ...
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Hypothetically observable
Question: When is it appropriate to assign the property "hypothetically observable" to a thing?
The set up is that someone is discussing an object that they claim has some sort of existence. Maybe ...
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Why do some philosophers argue that we do not know, a priori, that something thinks?
The Cartesian argument seems to explicate the fact that I necessarily know that something thinks, and that I necessarily know that something thinks even if I don't checking the world to verify whether ...
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What is value of a philosphical argument/theory when a conclusion can never be reached?
I have seen several questions and discussions recently on this forum concerning p-zombies, whether or not what we call consciousness is a tangible entity or merely an illusion or elaborate scheme ...
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One sentence to describe everything [closed]
How would you put together a reasonably short sentence, in order to describe everything?
By everything, I mean that the sentence would be broad enough to cover any possible subject by recursive ...
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Could 'cogito ergo sum' possibly be false?
I've heard it postulated by some people that "we can't truly know anything". While that does seem to apply to the vast majority of things, I can't see how 'cogito ergo sum' can possibly be false.
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