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Geoffrey Thomas

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B.A. Philosophy, 1st class hons., London; Ph.D., London. Retired philosophy lecturer, University of London. Main professional interests are ethics, political philosophy, and the philosophy of history. Recent shift of interest to epistemology and metaphysics.

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Since words are defined in terms of other words in dictionaries, leading to infinite loops, does it mean natural languages are meaningless?
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What logical fallacy is "If you don't like it, move!"?
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Does the no true Scotsman fallacy apply to anti Stalinist etc. communism?
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Is the "legacy" of Marx & Engels unwarranted?
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Why is a lion not evil?
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How can a person truly love another if hard determinism is true?
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When is absence of evidence not evidence of absence?
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Did the Ancient Greek Philosophers actually believe in their Gods and Myths?
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How are workers exploited when they have a choice in working for a boss?
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Can an argument be valid even though one of its premises is false?
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Are we sinners because we sin or do we sin because we are sinners?
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How can one not believe in god as the root cause of the universe?
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How come nihilism is so popular today?
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Why do atheist euthanasia proponents consider nothingness preferable to suffering?
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Does human life have innate value over that of other animals?
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Did Logical Positivism fail because it simply denied human emotion?
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What is the term for the fallacy/strategy of ignoring logical reasoning intended to disprove a belief?
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Philosophy vs Corporate Personhood
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If you place a pencil in an opaque box and close the box, does the pencil exist?
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Did Plato believe in reincarnation?
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What sentence convinced Russell that Wittgenstein was not a "complete idiot"?
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Best Book(s) to Explain multiple Philosophies
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Buddhism in Phaedo
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Is using analogies a bad logic reasoning?
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Is verificationism dead?
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Is there a term for the belief that what is popular in society defines what is moral?
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What is actual is a metaphysical necessity?
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"I have lied but I am not a liar, and I have done bad things but I am not a bad man."
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Was Descartes the first one to approach metaphysics epistemologically?
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Did Karl Marx believe there is an innate human nature and does it matter in the light of contemporary biology?
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