Questions tagged [life]
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Is life possible in a deterministic system?
A recent closed question asked 'What is life in a deterministic system?'.
The question seems to assume that life can exist in a deterministic system, but one answer and commenter in particular ...
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What is Life in a Deterministic Universe? [closed]
In a deterministic universe, where every event is a result of preceding causes, the distinctions we make between living and non-living entities might be an illusion. Our perceptions—colors, sounds, ...
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We live in a hypocritical society, devoid of ethics! [closed]
We meticulously groom ourselves, applying makeup before stepping out, so that everyone admires our beauty. Yet, we feel uncomfortable if someone stares at us. If we were truly dressing up for our the ...
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Can we study scientifically the set of facts and behaviors if we have no scientific explanation for the source, origin or underlying mechanism of it? [closed]
For example, we don't know what force (if any) drives the creation, evolution and development of human societies and the world's history. But can we study this "mystical force" by examining ...
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Destroying life versus creating life
Why does society often treat depictions of violence and death, such as in crime reports or war footage, as more acceptable than depictions of human reproduction and intimacy? Both involve fundamental ...
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What do we deem conscious or not? Is it just sensations and experiences? What is the cutoff point to claim that something is conscious?
What I am trying to ask in particular is how do we know what is conscious and what is not just because something moves, breathes and interacts with the environment doesn't mean it is necessarily ...
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Is there any school of thought or ideology that explicitly advocate suicide?
I was curious if there's any ideology that does not criticize suicide or even advocate it?
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Is it justified to communicate one’s feelings regarding someone’s abortion decision? [closed]
Note-1: Due to the question being subjective and opinion based nature, as well as due to it is touching a controversial issue, I have voted to close my own question, with keeping the existing ...
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Why we haven’t observed any galactic civilization of III or IV type? [closed]
This question is scoped to natural philosophy.
The study of natural philosophy seeks to explore the cosmos by any means necessary to understand the universe
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Philosophy vs. Real Life
I read and listen to learn about life, existence, and consciousness. I find it comforting and interesting to realize how much I don’t know. However, in a split second, one of my children yell for me, ...
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Is the meaningfulness of life a relative measure of the absolute suffering we could bear?
I have come across many ways of philosophically explaining the "meaning" of life, such as the one put forth by Camus saying that life is inherently meaningless, and it is by living that we ...
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Are some narratives worse than death?
Are some narratives worse than death? I'm not talking about psychological or physical suffering, but narratives (what actually happens, as we understand that, as humans) that are worse than it just ...
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What are the main elements of Stoicism? [duplicate]
My question is this: What are the main elements of Stoicism?
As a secondary question, it would also be nice to know how Epicureanism compares to or contrasts with Stoicism.
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Is God even more improbable than the origin of life?
This question came up with a chat with one of the members here. In his Ultimate Boeing 747 Gambit argument, Dawkins states that one cannot use the improbability of life to state that God must have ...
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Why is the notion of life after death taken seriously in philosophy? [closed]
We obviously do know what happens after death. We die and that’s it. Why is there so much literature on this subject in philosophy and why does this concept gain special status?
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