Philosophy

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1. My moving out plan(s). Help

   By aFireInside, January 8, 2014
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   • LanceD
   • January 10, 2014

2. a man walks in front of a bus...

   By dsayers, January 23, 2014
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   • cab21
   • January 28, 2014

3. "It only effects me" and other bad Libertarian arguments.

   By aeonicentity, January 30, 2014
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   • Guest
   • February 7, 2014

4. Potential rights and abortion

   By tiepolo, April 28, 2014
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   • DanielB
   • May 9, 2014

5. Arguing over subjectivity with friends...

   By Grizwald, May 18, 2014
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   • mjdsharks
   • May 21, 2014

6. What would art look like in the future?

   By MysterionMuffles, July 7, 2014
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   • nathanm
   • July 18, 2014

7. Looking for a definition

   By NigelW, July 9, 2014
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   • Dwain Dibley
   • July 29, 2014

8. Fallacy fallacy fallacy?

   By NigelW, August 6, 2014
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   • DrTruthiness
   • August 9, 2014

9. Validity of IQ

   By Alice Amell, March 25, 2015
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   • thelion
   • March 30, 2015

10. Question about UPB, and truth as an APA (?)

    By sdavio, May 5, 2015
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    • sdavio
    • May 24, 2015

11. Dancing with ghosts

    By utopian, October 27, 2015
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    • utopian
    • October 30, 2015

12. 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

13. What is manipulative language?

    By Jot, February 2, 2016
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    • Bipedal Primate
    • February 5, 2016

14. Initiation of force

    By Boss, March 2, 2016
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    • ProfessionalTeabagger
    • March 3, 2016

15. Inability to Counter Points in Debate

    By aviet, May 6, 2016
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    • algernon
    • May 12, 2016

16. The accuracy of the senses

    By rosencrantz, July 11, 2016
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    • thebeardslastcall
    • July 14, 2016

17. Epistemological Hierarchy

    By Donnadogsoth, October 5, 2016
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    • Donnadogsoth
    • October 27, 2016

18. Saving the Arts with New Objectivism

    By RamynKing, January 20, 2017   

    • objectivist
    • objective standards
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      • objectivist
      • objective standards
      • subjectivism
      • OBSTAN
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    • DaVinci
    • January 22, 2017

19. Mathematical proof for UPB

    By crafn, August 30, 2017   

    • upb
    • objective ethics
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      • formal
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    • crafn
    • September 3, 2017

20. If a UPB MASTER philosopher had taught at the 'Jedi' academy...

    By barn, December 9, 2017   

    • star wars
    • upb
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      • upb
      • use of the force
      • philosophy for the jedi
      • dark/bright side
      • self awareness
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    • barn
    • December 10, 2017

21. Is it immoral to get an internship in the military?

    By Mole, February 14, 2018   

    • ethics
    • military
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      • dilemma
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      • taxation
      • war
      • army
      • psychology
      • university
      • work
      • nap
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    • smarterthanone
    • June 10, 2018

22. The morality of luck

    By ofd, April 10, 2018
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    • ofd
    • June 12, 2018

23. Question about collectivism

    By Aleks, May 18, 2018
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    • ofd
    • May 18, 2018

24. Similarities between Socialism and Judeo-Christian beliefs

    By Aleks, June 1, 2018
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    • MahtiSonni
    • September 21, 2018

25. How is UPB not a rip off of Kant's Categorical Imperative?

    By ThoseWhoStayUofM, January 13, 2013
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    • DaisyAnarchist
    • February 13, 2013

26. The Dark Idiocy of The Zeitgeist Movement

    By Rick Horton, February 8, 2013
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    • empyblessing
    • February 11, 2013

27. UPB koans

    By Subsidiarity, May 4, 2013
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    • norpan
    • June 21, 2013

28. Deeply confused about the argument for MORALITY

    By cmac3721, May 9, 2013
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    • TheRobin
    • May 9, 2013

29. Catholic Exorcist Claims He Rid World of 160,000 Demons

    By Alan C., May 31, 2013
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    • SimonF
    • June 1, 2013

30. Paradox of Tolerance

    By ThomasDoubts, July 26, 2013
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    • ThomasDoubts
    • July 30, 2013

31. Alphas and Betas

    By Josh F, December 3, 2013
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    • Josh F
    • December 16, 2013

32. Self Ownership and ethics

    By alexqr1, January 8, 2014
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    • dsayers
    • January 18, 2014

33. atlas shrugged chapter 1, james vs dagny

    By cab21, February 19, 2014
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    • Malovane
    • February 25, 2014

34. What do you do when your in a philosophical debate with your boss and they start projecting their childhood traumas as if they were universal absolute

    By AKeinick, August 1, 2014
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    • Bipedal Primate
    • November 12, 2014

35. Real Apologies and Regrets

    By MysterionMuffles, August 26, 2014
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    • MysterionMuffles
    • September 21, 2014

36. "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

37. Does manipulation break the non-aggression principle?

    By Guest nickxenol, November 16, 2014   

    • manipulation
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      • nickxenol
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    • Tweety
    • November 24, 2014

38. Entertainment in a free society

    By Nick Coons, January 12, 2015   

    • entertainment
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    • Matt Zeeie
    • February 7, 2015

39. Shouldn't we divide concepts into those with abstract instances and those with concrete ones?

    By Premysl Bosak, February 3, 2015   

    • Concept
    • Instance
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    • RestoringGuy
    • February 5, 2015

40. Morality: Objective or Subjective?

    By Jamesican, April 28, 2015   

    • Morals
    • Morality
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      • Philosophy
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    • Lars
    • April 30, 2015

41. 8-Bit Philosophy - Do we crave fascism?

    By Eh Steve, May 4, 2015
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    • green banana
    • May 17, 2015

42. Symbols

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

43. The Senses as necessarially valid.

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

44. Tautology

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

45. [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

46. The Backfire Effect

    By Mister Mister, December 11, 2015
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    • A4E
    • December 12, 2015

47. The problem about philosophy. The sophist in all of us.

    By Random, March 15, 2016
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    • Random
    • March 18, 2016

48. An inherent flaw in morality?

    By utopian, March 23, 2016
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    • vahleeb
    • April 2, 2016

49. The Secret About Nitpickers: What Stefan Doesn't Know

    By ClearConscience, March 26, 2016
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    • Cesco
    • April 1, 2016

50. The Bronze Rule?

    By Mike Larson, April 7, 2016   

    • Philosophy
    • Social Interaction
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      • Philosophy
      • Social Interaction
      • civility
      • Virtue
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    • Sima
    • April 8, 2016