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1d ago
Ive been trying to get into them but I cant because of the weird ass words they use which arnt in their glossary. Is there books I should read before to get a better idea and hopefully figure out the words meanings?
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1d ago
Where can we see philosophical ethics in the movie Hidden Figures? Can we see utilitarianism, ethics of care, kantian ethics?
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1d ago
Leopardi’s experiment:
“I asked many people whether they would be happy to relive their life over again, on condition that they relived it exactly as they had done before. [. . .] [R]ather than agree to that, everyone answered (as I did to myself) that they would do without that return to their early years [. . .]. [. . .] What does this mean? It means that in the life that we have lived, and which we know, all of us have certainly experienced more ill than good; and that if we are happy, and we still desire to live, this is only because we are ignorant about the future, and have an illusion ..read more
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1d ago
How is it possible to arrive at qualified real definitions of things? And how do we know if we have a true definition?
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1d ago
Which book should I start with?
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1d ago
I've had this question on my mind for a while now, but I was slightly afraid to ask it since it's probably a ridiculous notion.
My understanding of Cogito ergo sum (I think therefore I am) goes like this, I am thinking and therefore something whether that be a brain in a vat, a simulation, or maybe a demon is controling my mind etc., But at the very least something is there doing the thinking. The only problem I have with this and I know this may sound illogical and maybe it is, but isn't it possible that our own logic (human logic) is incapable of actually imaging the true scenario. What if ..read more