Philosophy Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, February 26, 2015

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Top new questions this week: Can someone be an atheist and subscribe to substance dualism at the same time? I consider myself to be firmly in the atheist camp. None of the arguments for the existence of a higher being or prime mover convince me, let alone attempts at proving the existence of the old God of ... philosophy-of-mind free-will materialism dualism   asked by Alexander S King 7 votes answered by Cort Ammon 2 votes Does the imperfection of man imply the imperfection of God? I'll begin by laying out some some ideas that are considered true for the sake of argument: 1. Given: God Exists 2. Given: God is Perfect 3. Given: Everything God does is good 4. Given: Everything ... logic ethics   asked by Sean Rowe 6 votes answered by Neil Meyer 6 votes What makes generalization of a mathematical notion correct? As far as I know, the notion of open set has been formulated after the notion of open interval in the real line. Was the goal of generalization to allow the definition to work in higher dimensions? ... philosophy-of-mathematics   asked by user107986 3 votes answered by R. Barzell 4 votes Libertarian "thought experiment" about planned economy I once stumbled upon a text from a libertarian (I believe it was a philosopher) setting out a thought experiment to show that even a planned economy run by "omniscient bureaucrats" would produce ... reference-request political-philosophy economics   asked by aRaRa 3 votes answered by Five Sigma 6 votes LPL Q6.26 without --> or material implication This is a repeated question: Language Logic and Proof Q. 6.26 "Using the natural deduction rules, give a formal proof of A ∨ D from the premises A ∨ (B ∧ C) (¬ B ∨ ¬ C) ∨ D" The LPL textbook ... logic proof   asked by Billy Bob 2 votes answered by Mauro ALLEGRANZA 1 vote First book to self-learn logic, mainly to improve reading comprehension? I read Where is a good place to start reading about logic? and ask.metafilter.com, but want to focus on improving comprehension and parsing of difficult writing. I never studied logic before, and ... logic reference-request   asked by Law Area 51 Proposal - Commit 2 votes answered by David Titarenco 1 vote Where does Derrida say that deconstruction and (the exitence of and belief in) God are incompatible? I am searching for a text I've since lost that I believe is a transcription of a conversation between someone and Derrida. The context may have been Heidegger's particular conception of philosophy and ... theology continental-philosophy heidegger derrida deconstruction   asked by Kyle 2 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: How does Nietzsche define and characterize "freedom" throughout his works? My basic question concerns the meaning of freedom in Nietzsche's work. Nietzsche suggests that, in reality, a will can never be absolutely "free" or "unfree"—rather, any particular will is going ... nietzsche free-will   asked by Joseph Weissman 20 votes answered by Cody Gray 14 votes What is the difference between metaphysics and ontology? I know that ontology is a sub-field of metaphysics. But I can't see the difference between them. I mean ontology is defined as "The study of being and existence", and metaphysics is defined as ... metaphysics ontology   asked by wajed 28 votes answered by Jaime Ravenet 16 votes

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