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  • Best books on evolution?
    I liked Why Evolution Is True by Jerry Coyne.
  • The Last Word
    There are only two things that are certain: death and me getting the last word.
  • Scientific Government Policies
    ↪GreenPhilosophy
    I think it would be called a technocracy.
  • Giving everyone back their land
    And the corollary question is: should we just allow people to take others' land with impunity? — Baden
    Taking land usually involves war which can get really ugly. I don't think fighting a war in order to take someone's land is moral.
    Which on a grand scale translates to, is ethnic cleansing OK? — Baden
    Not necessarily. You don't have to ethnically cleanse a country to take it over. Peutro Rico for example was acquired from the Spanish by the United States in the Treaty of Paris 1898.
  • Word game
    Never try to teach a @CuddlyHedgehog to hug.

    Elephants will learn to jump rope before ________.
  • The Charade
    What is a charade? :joke:
  • How can the universe exist without us?
    You seem to be assuming that for something to exist it requires a perceiver — jastopher
    How?

    Subjective idealism, which appears to be what you are proposing, is refutable on a number of levels. — jastopher
    I did not intend to propose subjective idealism. I am not sure if my position does imply subjective idealism.

    When we speak of the 'the universe' we speak of our concept of an independently existing phenomenon. If the concept disappears because there are no beings around to conceptualise it, it doesn't follow the phenomenon ceases to exist also. — jastopher
    If there were no intelligent beings, then the very concept of a phenomenon would not exist. There would be no such thing as phenomenon.
  • How can the universe exist without us?
    ↪René Descartes
    Okay, I'll include them. How could the universe exist without us or them (if they exist)?
  • Word game
    I'd like to take my girl to the park and make love in the moonlight.

    I really don't give a ____ about other people and that's why I have no ____.
  • Philosophical Jeopardy
    ↪aporiap
    I know who it is because I googled the phrase you gave. I'm therefore disqualified.

    I never heard of him before.

    I'll let someone else answer.
  • Philosophical Jeopardy
    ↪aporiap
    Who is Saul Kripke???
  • Philosophical Jeopardy
    Who is Thomas Hobbes?
  • Word game
    It makes no sense to be upset over spoiled milk.

    There's no _______ in a _________.
  • Philosophical Jeopardy
    ↪Baden
    Correct.
  • Philosophical Jeopardy
    This German logician and mathematician was famous for his work in the philosophy of language. Also known as the father of analytical philosophy.
  • Philosophical Jeopardy
    This is not one of the greatest philosopher of all time and is famous for saying, I think therefore I am. — René Descartes

    Who is Descartes? Bold is mine.
  • The Last Word
    Somebody got the last word in the last forum.
  • Word game
    I would rather go back in time and stop my former self creating this thread instead of having to spend a ridiculous amount of time thinking of a good response.

    China is _____ than the USA because______.
  • Philosophical Jeopardy
    This is the greatest philosopher of all time — René Descartes

    That's a matter of opinion.
  • Philosophical Jeopardy
    This philosopher is famous for his pronouncement that God is dead.
  • Philosophical Jeopardy
    Correct.

    What is rationalism?
  • The Last Word
    . I'll just have outlive all of you to get the last word. That shouldn't be too hard.
  • What is the point of the regress argument?
    To me the infinite regress argument is both good and bad. Good because it sets a high standard for epistemology, thereby assuring quality in knowledge. Bad because it can't be answered in a favorable way. — TheMadFool
    I think knowledge is very mysterious just like consciousness and I don't think the regress argument does it justice.
  • What is the point of the regress argument?
    The point of the regress problem? To problematize the whole notion of axioms — Ying
    What does the regress argument have to say about 'self evident truths'?
  • What is the point of the regress argument?
    hat's all fair enough, if someone puts a regress argument. But the alternative is to just question 'how do you know that?' and continue questioning until the person you are questioning either walks off or realises that the knowledge of which they felt so sure actually rests on an infinite, circular or ungrounded chain of prior assumptions. — andrewk
    But these are not random questions. Aren't you implicitly excepting the regress argument as true when you interrogate the believer?

    That way the only claim is made by the knowledge claimant, so the onus is on them to justify their claim to knowledge. — andrewk
    It's a nice strategy but if I were the knowledge claimant I would ask for the reason for the constant requests for justification.

    The point? The point is to encourage greater epistemic humility. Since much of the harm in the world seems to be done by people who are very sure of themselves, anything we can do to make such people less sure of themselves seems likely to reduce the amount of harm. — andrewk
    I would also like to see certain people less sure of themselves. Good answer.
  • Word game
    What did you do to me? Who are you? Why me?

    Confucius say...______.
  • Word game
    Knock Knock Knocking on heaven's door, answer or i'll use drugs to get to you.

    Life is like a box of ____ everything is so _____.
  • Word game
    Caffeine does wonders to my behavior.

    Laziness is a ___ in fact ___.
  • Word game
    The purpose of life is to outlaw the word "ladybug", therefore I am done with ladybug memes.

    Hi, my name is _____, and I come from _____, to sell you ____.
  • Word game
    The world is filled with evil and therefore should be abolished.

    My favorite color is ___. If I were a dictator everyone would wear ___ colored shirts.
  • Word game
    Why would you start a flame war? All just because I mentioned your name!

    This is what happens when ___. Everything turns to ___.
  • Word game
    Once upon a time people thought Mr Phil O'Sophy was the coolest name.Then they heard of Purple Pond. The end.

    Roses are red violets are blue. ___.
  • Word game
    As a young child I always enjoyed doing math due to my high IQ.

    According to Jacque Derrida ____ in so far as ____.
  • Word game
    Giant squids tentacles are dipped in Tartar sauce in order to become flavorful.

    Are you ___ because you sure do have a lot to say about___.
  • Word game
    Ladybugs are actually beetles and like to eat aphids.

    If I had to spend the rest of my life on an island with the company of only two people they would be ____ and ____.
  • Word game
    Like this? — Lone Wolf
    :up:
  • Word of the day - Not to be mistaken for "Word de jour."
    ↪T Clark
  • How old are you?
    ↪CuddlyHedgehog
    Not so cuddly after all.
  • How old are you?
    Too bad there's no category for 2 year olds...
  • How old are you?
    Please tick the box unless you’re in the first group where there’s no box. Don’t blame me, I didn’t design this thing! — CuddlyHedgehog
    You mean the "box" that was supposed to be the question of the poll? :rofl:
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