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What does it mean to say "possible in reality?" [closed]
Consider the following truth table.
I am hungry
My eyes are closed
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Each row is possible. But that seems to me like an incomplete statement. Instead, I think it makes more sense ...
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What is the philosophy that deals with concepts being correctly fitted to reality or "carving reality at the joints"?
In philosophy of science thinkers sometimes speak of certain theoretical concepts "carving nature at its joints" (I think this might have been used prominently by Hilary Putnam but I can't ...
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The absorption of parathetic sentences into the One True Fact
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At least "hypothetically" or "for the sake of argument," I would like to use the slingshot argument to compare and contrast various sentence-types. So for now, ...
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Is perspective a human limitation or a property of reality? [closed]
This might be an unremarkable observation but the further away someone is to an object the smaller it becomes and vice-versa. From an evolutionary standpoint it doesn't seem to be any type of benefit ...
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Same vs identical vs equal objects
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Consider two objects made from the same factory without any difference (an ideal scenario). Can we say that the two objects are the same? I would say no because one may be produced earlier ...
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Is there a way to prove that I'm not in a simulation or a vr of some sorts in which everything I see, feel, etc aren't real? [duplicate]
My question is could all I think of as real in this world, the pain, the happiness, sadness all just be part of some futuristic vr of some sorts that is making me think i am thinking and doing all im ...
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Can an omnipotent being create a world where 1+1=3?
This thought started off as 'If we are in a simulation, or if there exist a God/omnipotent being that can change the laws of physics (and everything) as we know it - is it possible for a change to ...
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Two questions about logic/mathematics
1: Why do we say that there can't be other logics/mathematics than those we have?
2: Logic and maths are independent of reality. Then, if we have invented a logic/math based on reality, would it be ...
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Does a rejection of the principle of sufficient reason result in blurring the distinction between being and non-being?
Celestine Bittle in 'Reality and the Mind' holds that if we do not grant that there is a reason for being rather than non-being, then there is no actual distinction between being and non-being since ...
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If magic is "fake," why is science real? [closed]
Consider this: I watch a Harry Potter movie when I am a kid (I did) and, as early as kids, of course, older people tend to teach young kids at some point that motion pictures are "fiction" and not to ...
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How do correspondence theories handle statements like these?
I have a number of true statements. Each of these statements is a case where I have difficulty seeing how (assuming physicalism) the statement could correspond to a state of affairs. My question is: ...
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Succinct argument for the fundamental role of binary digits as information units
I will clear up the context of this question so that the potential answers can be effectively targeted towards what I'm looking for.
Information (at least in the non-semantic, canonical sense of the ...
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