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If an ox gores to death a man while it is passing through the streets, should that case have no basis for a claim?
The law requires philosophical assessment, and the top thinkers have yet to find an answer. But the spiritual thinkers think they have found one in the Talmud.
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Am I morally obligated to report that I took a hit of a vape in a building on campus?
I took a hit of my vape in a university building today and I know I wasn't supposed to. I was completely unaware I did it until I saw the vapor when I exhaled and I freaked out. Should I report this ...
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Is there really such a thing as metaphysical necessity?
I have read about the notion of necessity in a logical sense. For example, 2+2=4 seems to be logically necessary.
But I have also read about the notion of metaphysical necessity. God, for example, is ...
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How can we use probabilities non-pragmatically within our finitude?
There is usually the notion the we don't require certainty for knowledge. This usually comes through an assessment of probabilities. This is entailed in induction(which are probabilistic), including ...
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How can syntactic manipulation give rise to understanding?
I am a computer science student new to philosophy.
I have been thinking about the Chinese Room Argument and its replies and have tried to think of it as a different, more physical analogy.
Imagine a ...
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Intuitionist perspectives on Greek mathematics
My question pertains to how intuitionist perspectives on the philosophy of mathematics might apply to Greek geometry and number theory. It seems that the standard examples given to justify the ...
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Revival of Logical Positivism?
Have there been any recent attempts to revive logical positivism? I've heard discussions that a modified version of the approach is gaining popularity, but I haven't seen any literature to that effect....
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Type of mapping between subjective experience and the physical configuration?
It seems undeniable to me if I specify the physical configuration (of the brain), then there is a mapping to our subjective experience. Are there any clever arguments on the kind of mapping there is ...
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What is wrong with samsara and dukkha from the perspective of advaita philosophy? [migrated]
To my understanding, most Āstika schools of Hinduism view dukkha (suffering) and samsara (the cycle of life and death) as something bad, from which one should strive to be liberated (Moksha). This is ...
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Can Internal Set Theory provide a complete system of arithmetic?
Internal Set Theory (IST) is a conservative extension of ZFC that adds three axioms that serve to define a predicate standard such that all numbers are either standard or not. There are finitely many ...
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Infinity is not a number
So I've been on a number of math fora, part of learning some calculus (not much of set theory, no). To my surprise I found what I would describe as strong resistance from some folks against (using) ...
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Does impersonation heighten the evil of an immoral behaviour, perhaps similarly to illegality?
Does impersonation heighten the evil of an immoral behaviour, perhaps similarly to illegality? I tend to think of just laws doing exactly that, and suspect that impersonating, e.g. by identity theft, ...
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We have differing types of infinity; do we also have differing types of randomness? [closed]
I really feel I should explore only one topic at a time (free-will), but then I feel like I would never be done exploring anyway so I ask another question - this time about randomness. We have ...
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Mathematical Realism and 0=1
Mathematical Realism is the notion that mathematical truth exists, and is not subjective or merely a mental construction.
Inspired by Noah Schweber’s recent post on Math Stack Exchange: https://math....
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Abduction, deduction and induction in medical diagnosis and intervention
(Apologies if my views on logical inference are overly simplistic -- I'm a radiologist by profession, very far from a philosophy major. My goal is to understand what medical decisions are and where ...
