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  • Free Will
    If we had total free will, it would invalidate all scientific knowledge about human behavior since there would be nothing fixed in our behavior.
  • Free Will
    I'd say that if we have free will, it's very limited. Otherwise it would be an insult to those low-functioning autists and anorexics. It would mean that an anorexic could wake up one day, make a U-turn and say "I'm going to eat as much as I need from now on." Or that a low-functioning autist could suddenly snap out of their autistic personality and become normal. But those things aren't happening. So if free will exists, it must be very limited.
  • Agrippa's Trilemma
    The solution is to accept the trilemma as unsolvable and instead work with knowledge in terms of conjecture and criticism.
  • What happens to reality when we sleep?
    ↪LuckyR
    Don't we experience change while we're asleep? Reality must keep track of all other organisms' state and location.
  • Free Will - A Flawed Concept
    Free will is the ability to make choices not determined by determinism or randomness.
  • Free Will - A Flawed Concept
    I don't know if there is free will or not, but I'm leaning towards it not existing. It logically doesn't make sense to try to explain how free will can exist. There may be true randomness, but that doesn't necessarily mean that there are multiple possible futures.
  • How should we define 'knowledge'?
    ↪Ludwig V
    You can't prove anything without assumptions.
  • How should we define 'knowledge'?
    I think knowledge could be defined as "Beliefs based on highly-tested perception" or "The best explanation for sensory evidence."
  • Arguments for free will?
    Free will does not exist. Studies have shown that our brains make decisions before they reach our consciousness. If you had free will, you'd be aware of your decisions at the same time that you make them.
  • How should we define 'knowledge'?
    Karl Popper's suggestion was to throw away certainty from knowledge and work with knowledge in terms of probability. Basically, we are justified in believing something if it's the most probable belief given our current data.
  • How should we define 'knowledge'?
    Perhaps we may define knowledge as "Beliefs based on rigorously tested sensory beliefs"?
  • Nihilism. What does it mean exactly?
    ↪TiredThinker
    Nihilists reject some general aspect of human existence, such as knowledge, meaning or morality.
  • How should we define 'knowledge'?
    ↪180 Proof
    I get it. Knowledge should be seen as a pragmatic tool to help us navigate.
  • How should we define 'knowledge'?
    ↪SophistiCat
    What I wanted to do was find a solid way of forming knowledge. Pragmatism appears to be the answer.
  • How should we define 'knowledge'?
    ↪T Clark
    This is a pragmatic approach to knowledge. But perhaps it's the only working epistemic theory.
  • How should we define 'knowledge'?
    ↪invicta
    Science is by definition falsifiable theories, so defining knowledge as "unfalsifiable information" leaves no room for science-based knowledge.
  • How should we define 'knowledge'?
    ↪invicta
    What about science though? If you define knowledge as unfalsifiable information, then science is out of the window.
  • Determinism must be true
    The problem with determinism is that it cannot explain the beginning of everything.
  • Interpreting what others say - does it require common sense?
    ↪Srap Tasmaner
    I suppose common sense is necessary so there aren't too many questions. We need to move on / navigate smoothly enough.
  • What is insanity?
    ↪Yohan
    Accept that certainty is impossible. Its' the same for everyone.
  • What is insanity?
    ↪Yohan
    You can't ever be sure you won't do anything insane before you die.

    But being insane means doing things no one in their right mind would do. For example, throwing away your iPhone 12.
  • Neither science nor logic can disprove God?
    In order to discuss God's existence you need to agree on some of its traits.
  • How do we know that our choices make sense?
    ↪GraveItty
    I'd define knowledge as "mental awareness of objective truth".
  • How do we know that our choices make sense?
    ↪frank
    Yeah. You can't guarantee you won't do something extremely stupid.
  • How would you define 'reality'?
    ↪Outlander
    Discussion requires agreement. Without agreement, nobody knows what anyone is talking about.
  • Are there sports where nothing is open to subjective interpretation?
    ↪Tom Storm
    So there is no absolute, objective science for any sport? What about athletics, such as high jump and running?
  • How would you define 'reality'?
    ↪Caldwell
    Basically, that which you are forced to accept.
  • Is it wrong to have children?
    ↪tim wood
    Bad.
  • Is it wrong to have children?
    ↪tim wood
    If there is no such thing as objective good or bad, then anyone is free to procreate. But otherwise, I'd say yes, to prevent suffering and cruelty in this world.
  • Does thinking take place in the human brain?
    ↪Alkis Piskas
    Mind-body dualism?

    But yeah thinking certainly has a physical presence/existence.
  • What is a Fact?
    ↪Athena
    A fact is a socially accepted idea about others and right or wrong and our physical existences.
  • Does thinking take place in the human brain?
    ↪Alkis Piskas
    Every thought has a physiological reaction in the brain, and mental things such as mental stress and mental suffering can affect the body, leading me to believe thoughts happen in the brain.
  • Are there things we can’t describe with the English language?
    ↪Manuel
    Schadenfreude is sadism in English.
  • Should the state be responsible for healthcare?
    Yes, given how poorly mental healthcare works without state involvement.
  • Is Most of life random chaos?
    ↪schopenhauer1
    Free will has nothing to do with meaning of life.
  • Is Most of life random chaos?
    ↪dimosthenis9
    I appreciate your honesty, because humans tend to be defensive with regards to deep questions as though They’re significant. The only thing that makes humans special is that we have free will.
  • Is Most of life random chaos?
    ↪hope
    Everything has an ultimate nature. The question is How predictable human behavior in the physical world is If you assume nothing about a particilar individual. Is order or chaos the best way to describe How any particular individual behaves?
  • Is Most of life random chaos?
    ↪dimosthenis9
    Humans are very order-less :D
  • Is Most of life random chaos?
    ↪dimosthenis9
    But you say we’re not completely random-oriented in nature.
  • Is Most of life random chaos?
    ↪dimosthenis9
    I see. So there is no fixed way in Which all humans behave.
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