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How can an uneducated but rational person differentiate between science and religion? [closed]

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How can one argue against income inequality while defending achievement and expertise inequality - beyond invoking Rawls' difference principle?

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What did Nietzsche and Marx think of each other?

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How do defenders of libertarian freewill reconcile it with constraints imposed by the laws of physics?

asked Dec 9, 2015 at 22:38

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How can something non-physical exist?

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Theories of Everything as a hold over from monotheism?

asked Apr 23, 2015 at 13:08

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How can one refute John Searle's "syntax is not semantics" argument against strong AI?

asked May 20, 2016 at 17:12

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What are the philosophical consequences of the undecidability of the spectral gap in quantum theory?

asked Dec 11, 2015 at 16:14

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Does Google's latest translation tool support Jerry Fodor's Language of Thought Hypothesis?

asked Jan 10, 2017 at 19:59

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Can one speak unambiguously of "the" scientific method?

asked Feb 4, 2016 at 20:16

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Is it ever possible to objectively state that a piece of music or film, or a genre, is better, or more artistically valid than another?

asked Dec 17, 2015 at 8:47

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Does causality always require time?

asked Jan 4, 2016 at 20:48

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Did Wittgenstein anticipate Gödel?

asked Jun 25, 2015 at 20:36

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On Atheists who are sympathetic to religion?

asked Oct 26, 2015 at 5:42

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Have there been any modern philosophical defenses of polytheism?

asked Nov 7, 2015 at 0:46

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What does "physical" mean to philosophers?

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If everything is theory laden, how can one argue against climate change deniers?

asked Jul 13, 2016 at 0:08

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Is there a demarcation problem for religions?

asked Jun 16, 2015 at 23:44

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Does refuting the fine-tuning argument for the existence of God necessarily require belief in a Multiverse?

asked Nov 27, 2015 at 8:38

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Can belief in science be considered a form of theism?

asked Oct 23, 2015 at 17:26

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Can someone be an atheist and subscribe to substance dualism at the same time?

asked Feb 25, 2015 at 21:50

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How did the logical positivists respond to Gödel's incompleteness theorem?

asked May 17, 2015 at 13:38

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How can a stream of thoughts and perceptions have freewill?

asked Jun 3, 2015 at 19:49

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How would Robert Nozick and Ayn Rand respond to the following moral dilemma?

asked Aug 19, 2016 at 17:17

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Who is Plato and Socrates' God?

asked Jan 21, 2017 at 5:40

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Is there a philosophical basis for the conflation of the cultural left and the economic/fiscal left?

asked Nov 3, 2017 at 2:38

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What is the meaning of "There are questions that science can't answer"?

asked May 26, 2015 at 21:56

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Does Gödel's argument that minds are more powerful than computers have the inconsistency loophole?

asked Nov 5, 2015 at 5:00

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On the difference between "knowing" and "understanding"?

asked Nov 30, 2015 at 10:09

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Is Conway-Kochen's "free will" theorem about quantum measurements an argument for panpsychism?

asked Dec 9, 2015 at 21:03

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How can an uneducated but rational person differentiate between science and religion? [closed]

How can one argue against income inequality while defending achievement and expertise inequality - beyond invoking Rawls' difference principle?

What did Nietzsche and Marx think of each other?

How do defenders of libertarian freewill reconcile it with constraints imposed by the laws of physics?

How can something non-physical exist?

Theories of Everything as a hold over from monotheism?

How can one refute John Searle's "syntax is not semantics" argument against strong AI?

What are the philosophical consequences of the undecidability of the spectral gap in quantum theory?

Does Google's latest translation tool support Jerry Fodor's Language of Thought Hypothesis?

Can one speak unambiguously of "the" scientific method?

Is it ever possible to objectively state that a piece of music or film, or a genre, is better, or more artistically valid than another?

Does causality always require time?

Did Wittgenstein anticipate Gödel?

On Atheists who are sympathetic to religion?

Have there been any modern philosophical defenses of polytheism?

What does "physical" mean to philosophers?

If everything is theory laden, how can one argue against climate change deniers?

Is there a demarcation problem for religions?

Does refuting the fine-tuning argument for the existence of God necessarily require belief in a Multiverse?

Can belief in science be considered a form of theism?

Can someone be an atheist and subscribe to substance dualism at the same time?

How did the logical positivists respond to Gödel's incompleteness theorem?

How can a stream of thoughts and perceptions have freewill?

How would Robert Nozick and Ayn Rand respond to the following moral dilemma?

Who is Plato and Socrates' God?

Is there a philosophical basis for the conflation of the cultural left and the economic/fiscal left?

What is the meaning of "There are questions that science can't answer"?

Does Gödel's argument that minds are more powerful than computers have the inconsistency loophole?

On the difference between "knowing" and "understanding"?

Is Conway-Kochen's "free will" theorem about quantum measurements an argument for panpsychism?