Philosophy

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1. Why do so many people live life in lies?

   By utopian, October 11, 2015
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   • dsayers
   • October 17, 2015

2. Life Expectancy and Ethics

   By Des, October 7, 2015
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   • Des
   • October 7, 2015

3. Your Logical Fallacy Is...

   By Koroviev, October 3, 2015
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   • Will Torbald
   • October 3, 2015

4. Information Theory

   By HasMat, October 2, 2015
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   • bugzysegal
   • October 2, 2015

5. UPB has a Catastrophic Problem: Informal Proof

   By MrLovingKindness, September 28, 2015   

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   • Des
   • January 5, 2016

6. moral categories

   By labmath2, September 28, 2015
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   • dsayers
   • October 6, 2015

7. Government + taxation = Yay! Individual + theft = Meh!

   By Sabras, September 27, 2015   

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   • dsayers
   • October 6, 2015

8. What is randomness?

   By Magnetic Synthesizer, September 26, 2015
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   • bugzysegal
   • September 29, 2015

9. question: what's the word for this

   By SWMA, September 25, 2015
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   • square4
   • October 8, 2015

10. Is "not being bad" enough to be "good"?

    By Will Torbald, September 24, 2015   

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    • bugzysegal
    • September 28, 2015

11. Is it "fair"

    By Sabras, September 23, 2015   

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    • Sabras
    • September 23, 2015

12. UPB, objective? 1 2 3

    By bugzysegal, September 22, 2015
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    • bugzysegal
    • October 12, 2015

13. Argumentative/Logical Feedback

    By Crallask, September 22, 2015   

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    • Will Torbald
    • September 22, 2015

14. Stefan's take on the philosophy of language. 1 2 3

    By bugzysegal, September 21, 2015   

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    • Armitage
    • December 8, 2015

15. Suggestion of better communication of UPB

    By robmcmullan, September 15, 2015   

    • UPB
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    • bugzysegal
    • September 22, 2015

16. What is human qua human?

    By Donnadogsoth, September 13, 2015
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    • Magnetic Synthesizer
    • September 14, 2015

17. Do you have a philosophy for management

    By utopian, September 7, 2015
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    • NumberSix
    • September 10, 2015

18. Definition of Morality/Ethics?

    By LiberT, September 5, 2015   

    • morality
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    • Des
    • October 22, 2015

19. [Communication] indicators of opinion are near useless to the rational.

    By Magnetic Synthesizer, September 4, 2015
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    • Magnetic Synthesizer
    • September 8, 2015

20. AI Systems and morality responsibility

    By njhunit, September 3, 2015   

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    • john cena
    • September 16, 2015

21. Common Ethical Arguments: "Morality is a Matter of Opinion"

    By LovePrevails, September 2, 2015
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    • Mike C.
    • September 3, 2015

22. Logic, Science, and Probability

    By BenjaminRVA, August 24, 2015
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    • BenjaminRVA
    • September 17, 2015

23. Tautology

    By JSDev, August 18, 2015
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    • patrick4
    • September 26, 2015

24. Allison Randal's "Philosophy of Free Software" (from DebConf 15)

    By shirgall, August 17, 2015
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    • A4E
    • August 26, 2015

25. An good introduction to philosophy?

    By doc911, August 13, 2015   

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    • jason_
    • August 14, 2015

26. The abstract philosophy of moths to a flame

    By utopian, August 9, 2015
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    • Armitage
    • December 9, 2015

27. Encounters with Black Hat Ethics

    By ProZachJ, August 1, 2015
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    • AccuTron
    • August 20, 2015

28. The Senses as necessarially valid.

    By Zelenn, July 28, 2015
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    • ProfessionalTeabagger
    • August 4, 2015

29. morality of how we treat the dead.

    By cab21, July 21, 2015
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    • cab21
    • July 24, 2015

30. Had a voice debate with caller [Requesting Feedback]

    By Thomas-Jefferson, July 18, 2015   

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    • Slavik
    • July 18, 2015

31. Eastern vs Western Philosophy (ERB)

    By Tservitive, July 7, 2015   

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    • Donnadogsoth
    • July 7, 2015

32. Freud

    By Koroviev, July 4, 2015
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    • Koroviev
    • September 1, 2015

33. Symbols

    By BaylorPRSer, July 2, 2015
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    • utopian
    • August 10, 2015

34. "Don't believe everything you hear," A misnomer?

    By Koroviev, June 30, 2015
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    • Alan C.
    • June 30, 2015

35. Criminals as victims of circumstance

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

36. If transgender, then transracial? Can you accept one and reject other? 1 2

    By fractional slacker, June 17, 2015
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    • Donnadogsoth
    • July 5, 2015

37. An accurate definition of authenticity regarding digital images

    By Jinr0h, June 15, 2015
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    • Jinr0h
    • June 15, 2015

38. Philosophical Films (must watch!)

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

39. Charles Manson vs. Ross Ulbricht - the crime of bad thoughts

    By fractional slacker, June 11, 2015
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    • Agalloch
    • June 30, 2015

40. Unrugged Individualism: The Selfish Basis of Benevolence

    By EuanM, June 8, 2015
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    • EuanM
    • June 8, 2015

41. The tale of the Unicorn

    By FriendlyHacker, May 25, 2015
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    • FriendlyHacker
    • May 25, 2015

42. What personality type(s) is associated with jihadi Islam?

    By Donnadogsoth, May 22, 2015
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    • myclippedwings
    • November 28, 2015

43. Luck and Wishes?

    By MysterionMuffles, May 17, 2015
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    • utopian
    • May 18, 2015

44. A question specifically for Mr. Molyneux, if I may.

    By thebeardslastcall, May 17, 2015
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    • dayna j.
    • May 18, 2015

45. What personality type(s) is associated with Ecology?

    By Donnadogsoth, May 17, 2015
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    • MMX2010
    • May 20, 2015

46. Sam Harris and Noam Chomsky corresponds (ouch)

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

47. A philosophical struggle of mine

    By utopian, May 15, 2015
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    • Armitage
    • June 8, 2015

48. Logical problems with UPB

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

49. What personality type(s) is associated with adhering to Postmodernism?

    By Donnadogsoth, May 12, 2015
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    • Donnadogsoth
    • May 14, 2015

50. Need help in philosphical proofs

    By Moo, May 6, 2015
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    • Kevin Beal
    • May 6, 2015