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Friday, December 31, 2010

Why Do Philosophers Love Arguments?

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Philosophers love argument. I don't just mean that they love arguing. I mean that philosophers are in love with the Platonic idea of ar...
Friday, December 24, 2010

What is the Difference Between Faith and Hope?

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(In the spirit of the holidays ...) Perhaps in everyday language very little. To say, I hope it will snow tomorrow, or, I have faith that ...
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Friday, December 17, 2010

What are the Ethics of Cloning?

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Remember Socrates: "know thyself"? And many others, who said the same? Let us say, then, that knowing how to clone is good, if sel...
Saturday, December 11, 2010

Why is it that Children in our Schools are not Permitted to Read the Bible and Men in our Prisons Can?

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(I heard this question posed on local news channel) Because our country is not a theocracy; there is separation of church and state, or so...
Friday, December 3, 2010

Can Religious Experience be a Legitimate Source of Knowledge?

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Yes, of course. Absolutely. The question is, what kind of knowledge. Most people, especially in the past, have accepted what their senses ha...
Friday, November 26, 2010

How Do I Know That I Am Not Part of Someone Else's Dream?

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This question puts a peculiar twist on Descartes' story of the Evil Demon. In the First Meditation, Descartes imagines that there is a...
Saturday, November 20, 2010

What’s Wrong With Lying?

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Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative states in effect that we're only morally permitted to do things that we could reasonably will...