Philosophy

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1. Sam Harris and Noam Chomsky corresponds (ouch)

   By LovePrevails, May 16, 2015
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   • LovePrevails
   • August 18, 2015

2. Peace between Magical thinking and science

   By rock siles barcellos, December 23, 2013   

   • art
   • magic
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     • art
     • magic
     • science
     • Alan Moore
     • comic books
     • spirituality
     • religion
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   • rock siles barcellos
   • December 25, 2013

3. How would UPB be applied to something like negligent homicide?

   By Kanith101, November 2, 2015   

   • MoralityUPB
   • Negligent homicide
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   • Trotter332
   • November 19, 2015

4. Do you need Sonder to feel Empathy?

   By Ashton, December 23, 2013
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   • Wesley
   • December 23, 2013

5. Logical problems with UPB

   By kenshikenji, May 13, 2015
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   • SamuelS
   • May 24, 2015

6. Why do guys hate Justin Beaver so badly?

   By aFireInside, January 9, 2014
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   • Kevin Beal
   • January 10, 2014

7. are anarchists the only legitimate opponents of rape?

   By SimonF, March 24, 2013
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   • Guest
   • June 2, 2013

8. Thoughts about Noam Chomsky?

   By bishal, March 4, 2013
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   • bishal
   • March 23, 2013

9. Criminals as victims of circumstance

   By Donnadogsoth, June 17, 2015
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   • Anuojat
   • June 18, 2015

10. Should libertarians consider Rene Girard? [Introduction to Rene Girard]

    By batou, April 1, 2013
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    • Brandon Buck _BB_
    • April 26, 2013

11. What is beauty? Can beauty be objective?

    By aFireInside, October 1, 2013   

    • beauty
    • Can beauty be objective?
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    • HasMat
    • December 18, 2013

12. A brief critique of UPB

    By csekavec, April 3, 2016
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    • Kevin Beal
    • April 8, 2016

13. Please review my AGW Global warming argument for soundness and offer critique

    By TheAuger, November 11, 2015   

    • global warming
    • philsophy
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    • Torero
    • November 12, 2015

14. merits of behaviorism?

    By cab21, April 17, 2014
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    • pnelson
    • March 30, 2015

15. Philosophical Films (must watch!)

    By GuzzyBone, June 13, 2015
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    • August Boulder
    • June 25, 2015

16. What is Reality?

    By powder, January 1, 2014
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    • cynicist
    • January 4, 2014

17. The Curse of Knowledge

    By memeverse, December 21, 2013
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    • fridolutin
    • December 28, 2013

18. That which changes is not æternal; that which is æternal does not change

    By Donnadogsoth, May 6, 2017
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    • _LiveFree_
    • May 10, 2017

19. How to achieve Freedom.

    By Victor, January 19, 2017
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    • M.2
    • March 29, 2017

20. Self as a concept

    By Fudo Manu, November 12, 2013
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    • dsayers
    • January 4, 2014

21. What is Morality?

    By abcqwerty123, March 3, 2014
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    • HasMat
    • March 21, 2014

22. First principles

    By sdavio, January 19, 2015
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    • luxfelix
    • February 2, 2015

23. Jordan Peterson's defense of free speech, what gives?

    By lorry, January 23, 2018
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    • eschiedler
    • March 7, 2018

24. Is the Argument from Morality just an instance of the Argument from Effect?

    By John Sambrook, June 7, 2016
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    • Des
    • June 21, 2016

25. What are "values"?

    By NigelW, April 26, 2014
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    • NigelW
    • May 13, 2014

26. U Preferred B? Preference and Choice

    By Will Torbald, January 29, 2016   

    • upb
    • 15 replies
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    • MysterionMuffles
    • February 2, 2016

27. Parents as "The State"

    By Rick Horton, March 20, 2013
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    • Rick Horton
    • March 23, 2013

28. Race Relations in America

    By IsaacGage860, November 15, 2016   

    • Philosophy
    • Solutions
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      • Philosophy
      • Solutions
      • Diplomacy
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    • DCLugi
    • December 12, 2016

29. Is it time for "The Truth About Free Will"?

    By shirgall, October 21, 2013
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    • HasMat
    • December 18, 2013

30. Is NAP a circular argument?

    By NoTreason, February 2, 2014
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    • labmath2
    • May 12, 2014

31. "Who Am I?"

    By Phuein, September 18, 2014   

    • self
    • identity
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      • identity
      • reality
      • dream
      • hinduism
      • vedanta
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    • Satsang
    • October 22, 2014

32. The anti-philosophy noise is growing

    By pipeline_mike, June 16, 2014
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    • ...
    • June 19, 2014

33. Logic is not the foundation of the Universe

    By Donnadogsoth, June 27, 2017
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    • Donnadogsoth
    • July 13, 2017

34. Stef's wager (free will)

    By Mole, November 26, 2017   

    • free will
    • determinism
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      • free will
      • determinism
      • morality
      • reason
      • rationality
      • philosophy
      • human nature
      • stefan
      • psychology
      • epistemology
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    • RichardY
    • December 21, 2017

35. An good introduction to philosophy?

    By doc911, August 13, 2015   

    • philosophy
    • beginner
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      • beginner
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    • jason_
    • August 14, 2015

36. What does UPB say about statutory rape?

    By BaylorPRSer, February 20, 2015
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    • ProfessionalTeabagger
    • April 22, 2015

37. Why shouldn't I kill you? (Alternate topic to "Why be moral?")

    By Des, March 23, 2016
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    • Des
    • March 28, 2016

38. Does Canada exist?

    By RFan, January 8, 2013
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    • David L
    • January 11, 2013

39. Panarchism

    By weenie, December 3, 2014   

    • panarchism
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    • weenie
    • December 10, 2014

40. Are looks subjective or objective?

    By Jot, October 16, 2016   

    • looks
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    • Kikker
    • October 18, 2016

41. Freedom of Speech

    By luizpauloalbers, December 11, 2014
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    • Pepin
    • December 30, 2014

42. Universally Permissible Interactions, or how I think about ethics.

    By Will Torbald, January 23, 2016   

    • morality
    • upb
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      • morality
      • upb
      • nap
      • ethics
      • philosophy
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    • Will Torbald
    • January 23, 2016

43. Help Me Understand UPB

    By David Foster, September 2, 2013   

    • UPB
    • Morality
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      • UPB
      • Morality
      • Universality
      • Is/ought
      • help
      • NAP
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    • TDB
    • December 30, 2013

44. Could the Natzies have won the War ? (hypothetical)

    By aFireInside, May 22, 2014
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    • aFireInside
    • May 25, 2014

45. God said take what you want and pay for it .

    By RichardY, May 5, 2016
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    • Des
    • May 6, 2016

46. Understand what your freedom is being sacrificed for.

    By Guest darkskyabove, June 17, 2013
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    • STer
    • June 21, 2013

47. Animals DO own themselves!

    By Jot, November 28, 2014   

    • UPB
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    • J. D. Stembal
    • December 7, 2014

48. Applying Morality

    By Alice Amell, April 14, 2015
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    • Guest
    • May 23, 2015

49. "Country" and rebel freedom fighters

    By gwho, November 15, 2013   

    • nationalism
    • country
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      • freedom fighters
      • rebels
      • motivation
      • culture
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      • war
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    • Existing Alternatives
    • December 16, 2013

50. What do you think of Kant's categorical imperative?

    By labmath2, April 13, 2014
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    • greekredemption
    • April 16, 2014