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'Absolute perfection'…
13 Posts • 9731 Views Philosophy Forum |
Attolia> yes, I do believe that there is an opposing force applicable to everything. Time is abstract and is a notion created by man, however, like Angel stated, the opposite of time would be no ti... |
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Human Nature & EmotionPartners In Life
27 Posts • 7877 Views Philosophy Forum |
First of all, your posts to me, seem pretty incoherent, as your explanations seem vauge and contradictory.
For the abstract, take an electric guitar. By itself, with out an amplifier, its just a fu... |
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Can science explore nothingness?
30 Posts • 7595 Views Philosophy Forum |
I think I understand your difficulty. Many years ago I attempted to understand what I call "the problem of the infinitely small." I began to wonder about the idea of the "smallest parti... |
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Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeThe Use of Types of Thought
8 Posts • 8372 Views Philosophy Forum |
i think you're trying to describe the problem we may have when communicating an abstract idea or philosophical treatise that contains one or more typos or 'category errors', whereby the... |
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Intelligence, Memory & BrainThe Magic of Words…
3 Posts • 2320 Views Psychology Forum |
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Words are just a symbol for something else. The word chair (whether spoken, signed, written, drawn, photographed, sculptured), it is just an association of that thing.
When we learn that that t... |
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Human Nature & EmotionWhere did love come from?
5 Posts • 3571 Views Philosophy Forum |
I think Socrates -- not Plato -- gets the credit for the comment about an "unexamined life". But, whoever said it, it still raises a question. The comment implies that the author of the comm... |
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what if..
12 Posts • 4020 Views Philosophy Forum |
Conway, I think your reference to Kant's work in relation to the question of infinite reality is quite astute. His ideas about causality being a hardwired paradigm of human perception totally turned t... |
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SpiritualityCan the Supernatural be taken seriously?
32 Posts • 9562 Views Religion Forum |
Decius- we could keep going on and on and on, if we wish.
I don't claim that your view is an opinion
what do you think it is then?!
And since logic is on my side, I'll believe wha... |
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EconomyWhat can we do to improve international relationships with the USA?
7 Posts • 2884 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
First, open up Google Scholar.
http://scholar.goo gle.com/schhp?hl=en&tab=ws &q=
Then, I'd recommend searching the following...
"neo-coloni alism"
"neo-colonia lism&quo... |
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God in Religionproofs for God's existence
23 Posts • 7350 Views Religion Forum |
give me your opinions, objections, questions. this is a pretty simplified version of aristotle's and anslem's proofs, fist done by my teacher, and then by me, and i admit i havnt studied it... |
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PedophiliaPaedophilia
189 Posts • 72498 Views Sexuality & Intimacy Forum |
Sex is a biological creation, first and foremost, for the purpose of reproduction.
As I wrote, only god knows what is the purpose of sex. Only the creator can know it.
And you are not god.
Sinc... |
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Child & Family PsychologyEffect of aggressive voices on TV on baby
3 Posts • 4578 Views Psychology Forum |
Hi jonnytekno, I am not an expert but I used to teach children and I had an interest in learning about the effects of music/sound on children, so I have my own opinions that are in tune with your beli... |
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ChristianityA Cartoon Banned by the Mormon Church
12 Posts • 3264 Views Religion Forum |
I agree. It is rediculous because it is wrong.
Let me just correct a few things and also introduce some other idea's.
Mormons DO believe in countless gods that were once human and that God hi... |
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GovernmentQuestion for Love-it-or-leave-it types
2 Posts • 3054 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
mim3 for the Maoist Internationalist Movement:
The United $tates is the world's imprisonment leader, so my
question to love-it-or-leave-it types: 1) Do you they love
Amerika because it is th... |
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Rehab & AddictionNew Study: Shows Neuropsychological Decline In Cannabis Users
1 Posts • 3825 Views Health & Wellness Forum |
Ever since junior highschool, when I had to do a class speech and I chose marijuana because my mom at the time was doing some early childhood course and had pamphlets on the topic - I have had it ingr... |
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Can we compare physics and psychology?
3 Posts • 2297 Views Philosophy Forum |
The purpose of my post was to illuminate how my past experiences provide the background for comprehending my new experiences.
I have for many months been studying the new theories of cognitive scie... |
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The Mind
49 Posts • 13185 Views Philosophy Forum |
"What are the postive uses of the mind? There aren't any"
"MIND" is an illusory reflection of cerebral fidgeting. It comprises all the random, uncontrolled thoughts that bu... |
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God in ReligionGod in physical form in Africa(Bulawayo Zim)
15 Posts • 3527 Views Religion Forum |
Okcitykid,
You assert a certain theism to Albert Einstein in your messages dated 2nd and 7th of this month. Yet you don't specify which god the Great Man worships. He evinced a great admiration... |
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Why live if you're just going to die?
74 Posts • 59102 Views Philosophy Forum |
Let me tell you a story:
A great wizard walks across a vast desert. He wears a long purple cloak and a high pointed hat. His white beard touches the ground. He carries a large bucket. He stops and... |
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Human's Inevitable Downfall
89 Posts • 23373 Views Philosophy Forum |
"What i reckon is, war is a necessary part of any modern 'civilization'. This is because, with the massive increase in productivity, luxury commodities and leisure time, the human race... |
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ChristianityThe fraud of Christianity
102 Posts • 23952 Views Religion Forum |
I'm still waiting for your great wisdom, you offer none, yet you ask for wisdom from me to insult me with it. I plead the fifth, You think your so smart to insult me then you're smart enough... |
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Famous PhilosophersNeo-Socraticism
2 Posts • 2843 Views Philosophy Forum |
The following will disclose a view on what it is the job of philosophy to do. Instantly, a problem intercedes. “What gall!†you cry. “How outré! â€' to assert the unity of phil... |
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Ethics & MoralityNotes on Ethics
1 Posts • 2424 Views Philosophy Forum |
I bought and read a book on moral relativism. The protagonists of the debate resemble two people who, though travelling in opposite directions, have fallen into the same pit. Both views are expressed... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsCan inanimate objects carry expressive meaning?
6 Posts • 7814 Views Philosophy Forum |
Rugged individualism might be an appropriate expression for all the creatures in the world, with one exception. Humans have, in the last few hundred years, moved from being rugged individuals to our p... |
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SpiritualityWe didn't exist before we got here
48 Posts • 13626 Views Religion Forum |
We do not know the entire history of biological enitities that have existed on this planet, it is fine to say that humans are the most developed to our knowledge, not as an absolute of past or even pr... |
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