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Does the focus on "humane" killing of animals distract from the real moral problem of killing?

asked May 8, 2023 at 16:34

16 votes

12 answers

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Does the "gradual brain replacement" thought experiment prove consciousness is independent of substrate?

asked Apr 2 at 18:23

8 votes

12 answers

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When is it ethical to be ethical towards the unethical?

asked Jan 23 at 11:56

7 votes

6 answers

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Can the hard problem of consciousness, in principle, be answered with a mathematical formula?

asked Aug 4, 2023 at 20:23

6 votes

5 answers

431 views

Can the goals of an organism be imputed from observation?

asked Mar 9 at 9:06

6 votes

3 answers

329 views

Can reasoning be modeled as a preference relation over sets of propositions?

asked Mar 27 at 18:24

5 votes

2 answers

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Are qualia state variables of the mind, or input variables to the mind?

asked Oct 30, 2023 at 2:38

5 votes

6 answers

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What's the importance of self-awareness?

asked Mar 12, 2021 at 20:31

5 votes

2 answers

207 views

Is the concept of a "model" in logic grounded?

asked Mar 22, 2021 at 11:42

5 votes

0 answers

69 views

Is there any difference between abduction and induction in Bayesian terms?

asked Apr 20 at 9:19

5 votes

7 answers

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Can probability amplitudes be used as credences?

asked Jun 12 at 21:59

4 votes

9 answers

706 views

What is a system?

asked Feb 17 at 18:07

4 votes

5 answers

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How serious are believers in the private language argument?

asked Sep 6, 2023 at 15:55

3 votes

3 answers

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Is philosophy about the resolution of mental conflict and disunity?

asked Sep 6, 2023 at 4:33

3 votes

1 answer

101 views

Is there a mathematical grounding for functionalism?

asked Jun 15, 2023 at 18:45

3 votes

5 answers

150 views

Does philosophy involve long inferential chains?

asked Oct 24, 2023 at 6:04

3 votes

2 answers

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Model of an argument

asked Sep 18, 2023 at 16:55

3 votes

3 answers

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Feynman's name of the bird

asked Sep 3, 2021 at 18:18

3 votes

2 answers

232 views

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asked Feb 22, 2022 at 16:43

3 votes

2 answers

56 views

Ethics based on maximizing "understanding"

asked May 18 at 21:35

2 votes

0 answers

29 views

Is consciousness "what the introspective faculty measures"?

asked Apr 11 at 8:33

2 votes

0 answers

34 views

Is the meaning of a sign the effect it has on your mind?

asked Jun 26 at 12:38

2 votes

5 answers

393 views

What actually is a simulation philosophically?

asked Dec 23, 2020 at 2:41

2 votes

7 answers

298 views

What logic comes closest to how humans think?

asked Mar 2, 2021 at 12:54

1 vote

2 answers

319 views

Is there a name for this theory of truth?

asked Jan 31, 2021 at 8:51

1 vote

1 answer

68 views

Functionalism and potential causation

asked Apr 26, 2022 at 17:20

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0 answers

57 views

Philosophy of social motivations

asked Sep 28, 2021 at 17:56

1 vote

1 answer

184 views

What is a functional relationship?

asked Aug 21, 2023 at 17:12

1 vote

1 answer

91 views

Impersonally-accountable communities

asked Feb 14, 2022 at 0:55

1 vote

0 answers

74 views

Logic of reflective equilibrium

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42 Questions

Does the focus on "humane" killing of animals distract from the real moral problem of killing?

Does the "gradual brain replacement" thought experiment prove consciousness is independent of substrate?

When is it ethical to be ethical towards the unethical?

Can the hard problem of consciousness, in principle, be answered with a mathematical formula?

Can the goals of an organism be imputed from observation?

Can reasoning be modeled as a preference relation over sets of propositions?

Are qualia state variables of the mind, or input variables to the mind?

What's the importance of self-awareness?

Is the concept of a "model" in logic grounded?

Is there any difference between abduction and induction in Bayesian terms?

Can probability amplitudes be used as credences?

What is a system?

How serious are believers in the private language argument?

Is philosophy about the resolution of mental conflict and disunity?

Is there a mathematical grounding for functionalism?

Does philosophy involve long inferential chains?

Model of an argument

Feynman's name of the bird

AI philosophers

Ethics based on maximizing "understanding"

Is consciousness "what the introspective faculty measures"?

Is the meaning of a sign the effect it has on your mind?

What actually is a simulation philosophically?

What logic comes closest to how humans think?

Is there a name for this theory of truth?

Functionalism and potential causation

Philosophy of social motivations

What is a functional relationship?

Impersonally-accountable communities

Logic of reflective equilibrium