Philosophy Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, August 27, 2015

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Top new questions this week: Does studying philosophy help finding answers to questions in life? In an attempt to find answers for almost life-long critical questions specifically concerning epistemology and logic, I'm currently considering getting a degree in philosophy. For y'all who have ... logic epistemology   asked by Shameless Developer 4 votes answered by transitionsynthesis 5 votes Is Kant's noumenon infinite and in what sense? In the Critique of Pure Reason (B306) Kant defines noumenon - the thing in itself: If, by the term noumenon, we understand a thing so far as it is not an object of our sensuous intuition, thus ... kant infinity noumenon   asked by MATHEMATICIAN 4 votes answered by Jo Wehler 1 vote Can any consensual activity be wrong? What are the philosophical arguments / frameworks that view at least seemingly consensual activities (e.g incest, killing (assisted suicide), mutilation, gay sex ) involving one or more autonomous ... ethics philosophy-of-law genealogy-of-morals   asked by Ahmed Abdullah 4 votes answered by James Kingsbery 3 votes Why is Hesperus necessarily Phosphorus? "Hesperus (the evening star) is Phosphorus (the morning star)" is one of Kripke's examples of necessary aposteriori, statements that are true necessarily if true at all, even if their truth can only ... logic epistemology philosophy-of-science modal-logic   asked by Conifold 4 votes answered by jobermark 0 votes Descriptions of mental states: objective or subjective? Is the sentence "Bob likes eggs." objective or subjective? To flesh it out a bit, I'm using "likes" in the usual sense when applied to food; some combination of finding the food pleasing to eat, ... subjectivity objectivity   asked by Dave 3 votes answered by virmaior 4 votes How to deal with ¬∃ (negated existential quantifier) in a proof? I need to prove that the following premises lead to a contradiction. ∀x (P(x) → Q(x)) ∃x ¬Q(x) ¬∃x (¬P(x)) A couple of things are confusing me. Does the first premise say that if x is a P then ... logic proof   asked by Leon 3 votes answered by Camil Staps 4 votes Who (else) dislikes rights? I continually run across arguments where people fail to understand that morality is not always and automatically about rights per se, and particularly not necessarily about the intellectual equivalent ... ethics rights   asked by jobermark 3 votes answered by shane 3 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: Taoist argument that a white horse is not a horse While learning about Taoist philosophy, we learned about Gongsung Long's argument that a white horse is not a horse. We recieved the english translation of his argument, and for me it didn't make much ... chinese-philosophy taoism   asked by Cicero 7 votes answered by virmaior 7 votes What is the meaning of "predicate" in this definition? I have trouble understanding the article on existence in this Philosophy dictionary. Instantiation in reality, or actual being. Kant pointed out that existence is not a predicate. What is the ... logic terminology existence   asked by saber tabatabaee yazdi 6 votes answered by quis est ille 3 votes Can you answer these? Nozick-like argument for property rights? So, upon reading Nozick again I ran into something I haven't seen any libertarians argue vis a vis justifications of property rights (Ibdont think Nozick wouldn't promote this as an argument since ... ethics political-philosophy society   asked by Simon Hartman 1 vote How does Kant justify the introduction of the noumenon? Kant introduces the notion of the noumenon in his critical philosophy; he also later demonstrates in his system that solipsism isn't possible. Is the introduction of the noumenon essential to this ... metaphysics kant   asked by Mozibur Ullah 1 vote Late Wittgenstein's metaphilosohy Wittgenstein early metaphilosophy in the TLP basically gives philosophy the role of "riddler solver", that is, a discipline whose main task is to study language in order to clarify the meaning of ... wittgenstein metaphilosphy   asked by Dante 1 vote

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