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Saturday, October 1, 2011
Are There Questions We Can’t Ask Because the Answers Cannot be Known?
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The question we are asking is a question of metaphysics, which concerns our understanding of the concept of truth. If a question can be ask...
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Is Atheism Logically Untenable?
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Must we keep an open mind about God, even those of us who are skeptical about the grounds for theism? Let me first give some examples of t...
Saturday, September 10, 2011
What is Determinism?
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Determinism makes the ideological point that our actions and thought are determined by some universal basis. This universal basis can be lan...
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Why Can’t Descartes Doubt his Own Existence?
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In his First Meditation , Descartes wants to more or less abandon any belief that he can doubt at all. This is a way of finding a belief tha...
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Who Am I?
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Self-knowledge. On the entrance of the temple of the Delphian Oracle there was written: "know thy self.” That question of self-cognitio...
Saturday, August 20, 2011
What is the Difference Between Internal and External Freedom?
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Internally, we have the freedom of thought and reason, the freedom to deliberate and decide. However, there are restrictions on decisions, c...
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Saturday, August 13, 2011
Is Philosophy Significant to Anyone Else but a Philosopher?
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Yes, I think it is widely significant. There are two main reasons I think this. Firstly, everybody, when they try to think a little more dee...
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