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Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeWittgenstein's notes called On Certainty
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"Whether a proposition can turn out false after all depends on what I make count as determinants for that proposition (OC, 5)."
This is an interesting point, many of our beliefs are indee... |
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Famous PhilosophersSocratic and Platonic philosophies
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I love your posts wittgenstein! You disputatious son of a bitch. :D |
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Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeWittgenstein's notes called On Certainty
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What follows is my own analysis of On Certainty, and this analysis is done with very little input (reading or otherwise) from other philosophers. Hence, some of my thoughts may diverge or converge wit... |
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Famous PhilosophersCritique of Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
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It may be asked whether impudent perversity or idle vanity impelled me to write, let alone submit, the following article. I can only attest to what my powers of insight tell me, that this work sprung... |
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Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeWittgenstein's notes called On Certainty
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I am going to not only analyze On Certainty, but I am also going to develop a theory based on Wittgenstein's hinge-propositions. |
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Life & Deathwhat defines life
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after reading the debate between heyjme and wittgenstein, I feel like what I say is so insignificant. Where do you two go to college and what are your majors? |
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Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeWittgenstein's notes called On Certainty
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"If you do know that here is one hand [G.E. Moore, Proof of an External World], we'll grant you all the rest. When one says that such and such a proposition can't be proved, of course t... |
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Life & DeathLife Accomplishments
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To take the mantle from Jack the Ripper and establish a blood-line of matchless murderers. In accordance with Darwin, my gene-pool will represent the best-equipped in mankind, and the name "Wittg... |
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Life & DeathLife Accomplishments
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"To take the mantle from Jack the Ripper and establish a blood-line of matchless murderers. In accordance with Darwin, my gene-pool will represent the best-equipped in mankind, and the name "... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsTruth, reality and the meling pot
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"3. Wisdom. This is the ability to know when to stop and when to start."
The hell is that supposed to mean? I have never, in all my years of life, heard of wisdom defined as the ability t... |
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Logic
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In an earlier post I outlined a Socratic approach, for which I would have to conduct a synthesis of all the different fields of philosophy, and, by extension, thought. The assumption is that written i... |
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Life & Deathwhat defines life
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Lol.
Wittgenstein, heres an analytical answer for you:
Life is that part of time which occurs between the bringing into existance an entitiy which is capable of inner stimlus to direct its actio... |
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SpiritualityI'm think I'm losing faith in God.
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I think I'm beginning to see pupa ria and wittgenstein's argument more clearly.
In reality, the only way you could be a true agnostic was if you were only exposed to the labels and their... |
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Two Theories
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The only thing worse than an affront to our common sense is finding some common sense to our affront. Which category the following tract falls into is for the reader to decide. I hope it will not be c... |
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Life & DeathIs Life Worth the Strife?
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I'll try to be austere. You may not read this and almost certainly won't reply, but it just strikes me that bad communication from both of us is creating an unnecessary impasse.
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Aesthetics
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It is a truth well documented, though not necessarily well known, that aesthetics is not, and has never been, taken very seriously. The two key objections are as follows: firstly, that aesthetic propo... |
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Paen to Common Sense
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It is a verity amongst creationists that science is a faith system, equally problematic, and yet more dogmatic, than religion itself. Sometimes this claim is justified (should we dignify it with such... |
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Life & Deathwhat defines life
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Sorry but I cannot help but be amused at your seemingly overrated, vague misconstrued remarks. Just my perception though. Wonder why you wish to take such a presumptuous inclination.
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Atheism & AgnosticismAetheists Are Illogical
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Since you neglect to rebut my most pressing points, I'll asume you haven't read my post properly. Do so.
In the meantime, I will answer your call for a more cogent impeachment of the conc... |
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PHILOSOPHY (UN )JUSTIFIED
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The key, the most inescapable, most unanswerable question of philosophy is: why philosophise? Thought thinking itself, as Hegel called it; reflexion, in the parlance of literary theory; and, as I see... |
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Ethics & MoralityNotes on Ethics
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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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Aesthetics & BeautyPhilosophy Playing Cards Design: Looking for Feedback
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Hello, everyone! I am new to the forums here, so I will start with a brief introduction. My name is Martin Pulido, and I am philosophy graduate who also happens to love card games (as well as board ga... |
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