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Critique and criticism and counter to that, of the Karma doctrine of Indian religions?
The three main religions generally considered of Eastern origin - Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism - have a common doctrine of the concept of Karma-theory and subsequent infinite rebirth of the soul (...
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What way of worldview/philosophical thinking is this?
If someone sees the world as inherently bad, because humans dominate other species, kill animals, and evolution produced this without a way out, is there a specific name for this kind of thinking?
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Which philosophers believe freedom (liberty) is more important than one's own life and how did they argue this?
In history, are there any philosophers who believe that freedom (liberty) is in general more important than one's own life and wrote books/articles to argue this? What are their arguments/reasoning in ...
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Isn't it obvious that there is life outside earth? [closed]
Earth is a tiny speck in the Universe.
Suppose God created life on earth.
Isn't it obvious that there is life outside earth ?
I mean, who will create such a vast universe and then such a fantastic ...
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Can we say, the logical person does not care so much about worldly things but most people are not logical?
This question is about life.
If we look at the current world, so many people care about money, or power, or fame, or all of the above.
However, if we do believe in reincarnation, or that we'd ...
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Should one learn everything?
I like to learn a lot of things. Like dance , magic tricks , business , physics , geography , chemistry , biology , maths. Just everything. Definitely , you understand that all of these topics take ...
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Does TV resolution hints we are living in a loop? [closed]
Let's assume our minimum meaningful resolution on black and white TV is 480P, the permutation of each frame possible to be displayed is still quite big, but still finite. A 1080P colour TV gives much ...
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Why is it that, if not often but quite often, that I want to do something new or say, learn a new thing, my brain and the way I feel are miles apart? [closed]
Consider a scenario wherein I want to learn XYZ & having Googled lots about it makes me quite well-versed with the rudimentary knowledge about that. Now the problem is that when I proceed with a ...
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Comedy we play everyday and pretend everything is fine?
I am sure it has a name or is covered by a movement, and I am sure that many philosophers have already talked about this, but I have this on my mind more and more everyday.
It is obvious, but how can ...
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What are philosophies of life?
From Wikipedia:
A philosophy of life is any general attitude towards, or philosophical view of, the meaning of life or of the way life should be lived. The term is generally used in an informal sense,...
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The formal philosophy as a habit [closed]
I am a Computer Science Student, I have always loved philosophy and the way it makes the obvious logical , But sad to say I struggle with learning it and studying it in my life, Because philosophy ...
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Does there exist truly objective thoughts?
Today I was arguing with my friend that the colour of sky is subjective.
I claimed that the colour of sky is a subjective idea and a person who is colour-blind may perceive it as a different colour. ...
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Kant, suicide, and the unalienable right to life
Recently, after taking an introductory course in Kantian ethics — I am now familiar with the concepts of free will, duty-conception, the categorical imperative —, I was writing an essay on his ...
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Is it a voluntary action (and therefore something one is responsible for) to remain alive?
Creating a life is (normally) a perfectly voluntary action with well known consequences, and hence the people involved are morally responsible for the result. But, what are the arguments for that the ...
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How can one reconcile the physical view of life and the second law of thermodynamics?
Life appears to not follow the second law which states that (approximately speaking) physical systems tend towards more disorder (higher entropy).
This appears to be not true with life which actively ...
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