Philosophy - March 2007

Why do you think so?

2007-03-26 20:04:41 · 5 answers · asked by 10 Point Shoe-In 3

i tried to make flowers and unicorns sad...tell me how i did...
im only 11...

Flowers
Depressing- Just as flowers slowly perish, just as our love…Flowers slowly wither away, lifeless on the cold winter's ground…For our love is just as flowers...Beautiful and stunning, at first glance…However, our love slowly dies…and we are together no more…One day, I'll be with you once more…Maybe not in this world, but nirvana…As the cold wind blowing my glamorous ebony hair…I hold a lustrous knife in my hand, as I feel the pain…and as crimson blood drips from my wrist…I know I'm going to be with you….

Unicorns
Depressing- Unicorns are only a illusion…Faked happiness, told to little naïve children…For Unicorns are only to make the world have hope, that someday…You'll ride a unicorn, and everything is going to be okay…Unicorns creates hope….Hope creates fake lies, that never come true…It's time to face the truth, the world isn't a happy place…Full of sunshine and smiling faces…The world truly is eb

2007-03-26 19:31:34 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think it all comes down to a misconception of what free will is. I am a determinist and a compatibilist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determinism

If the laws of the universe are truely based on randomness, do you think that people have control over the randomness, or that the randomness has control over people?

2007-03-26 18:45:52 · 10 answers · asked by Michael M 6

1 in the life time
2 when ur dead u have another life
3 U never die
4 none above
5 U have another answer . And tell ur answer and why u have another life.

2007-03-26 18:30:10 · 10 answers · asked by Jay 1

Do you guys believe that there is such a thing as destiny? Or when people say : whats meant to be will always find its way. Or "wats meant to happen will happen no matter wat." Or what I dont get is when ppl say our lives are already planned out for us. Personally I think that the choices we make affects the outcomes of our lives, For example, a murderer cant go kill someone and then say "oh my life was meant to be this way." Right?

2007-03-26 18:06:16 · 16 answers · asked by ¤Amanda¤ 2

2007-03-26 17:58:04 · 17 answers · asked by Karthik 3

My assessment is:

Unity (1) is indistinguishable from nothingness (0) if nothingness is as "part, whole, equivalence, uniqueness, limit, link, influence, sensation, origin, derivative, rule, condition, intent, and fulfillment."

What is your assessment?

2007-03-26 17:48:19 · 8 answers · asked by The Knowledge Server 1

2007-03-26 17:36:01 · 18 answers · asked by Jamie 4

2007-03-26 17:29:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-26 17:23:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-26 17:19:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know there are good arguments that we don't have freewill, but one thing is always left out of those argument: spontaneity.

People argue with have no freewill because off a bunch of different reasons, including that we can't be any different than our environment and genes made us. In a certain situation, we will always be more likely to do a certain thing.

That's where spontaneity come in. What if you just feel like trying something new? What if the weather makes you want something hot to drink, but you go into Starbucks, and a song playing inspires a random thought in your head which reminds you of a time that you got a frappacino. So you get a frappacino. So many things could affect your choice. You could happen to overhear someone talking about one drink, and another person talking about another while you look at the menu and think of the song thats on- there are so many factors it doesn't really seem there could be order.

How could your choice be completely determined?

2007-03-26 17:18:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

There are times that we find ourselves in a situation that, no matter how hard we try to control it, we end up losing our temper.

2007-03-26 17:13:22 · 20 answers · asked by september 2

The dilima..U needed the knowledge then that U have now...but didn't know that U needed to know something different then...now that U know things, U don't have the body to carry out what U now know that U wanted to do with your body then. Is it OK to pretend U R young when U know that U R not?...like watch music videos and pretend...like dress wild in your own house...like cry when U realize that U did not appreciate what U had when U were young, now that U R not...U wish people could look at U and see who U really are, not what U look like now...and U want to tell the young people not to take what they have for granted...cause they will look like U someday. So U say what is the question? Will U be old and wish U did something different?

2007-03-26 17:07:18 · 13 answers · asked by Over The Rainbow 5

What is it that the process that takes place while an individual pray to God? One thing that is found common in all religious prayers in all religions, is the reduction of Ego for the individual before God.

Can we say reduction of individual ego before Divine Ego, the purpose of prayers ?

Just see this q. in Y/A also

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AkHfVseqjx7ia5.byWVtpFojzKIX?qid=20070320181342AAiuQgR

2007-03-26 17:05:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Will the masses ever learn?

2007-03-26 17:04:01 · 10 answers · asked by ZeeZyx 2

2007-03-26 17:01:33 · 5 answers · asked by zemps22 2

I always hear people saying that life is a dream and death the reality of life...What do you think?

2007-03-26 16:52:56 · 16 answers · asked by dg 1

yeah, every college freshman i've ever met (including myself) can see nothing but relativistic answers to questions about ethics and philosophy, and I gave up this point of view about three years ago or so...

but my question is this:
when did you see that this is not a fruitful manner of approach to philosophy and 'hang it up'??

if you have not hung it up, please say how long you've held relativistic views about ethics or other philosophical issues and explain how you maintain your relativism in the face of living in the world that will really punch you in the face if you ask it to - or whatever basic "living" problem you might come up with.

david hume talked about not being sure about anything, but needing to live in the 'real' world... whatever its nature...

so when did you give it up?

2007-03-26 16:50:05 · 5 answers · asked by Steve C 4

2007-03-26 16:48:01 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-26 16:22:34 · 8 answers · asked by lukedog_bball4 1

Answer if you please??? I just thought these were some interesting topics...?

Christianity v. Atheism

President v. Anarchy

Pepsi v. Coke

Dr. Pepper v. Mt. Dew

Cream Soda v. Root Beer

Pretty v. Smart

Rock/Alternative v. Rap

Black v. White (as in clothes color)

Denim v. Khaki

Chevy v. Ford

God v. Jehovah

Inside beauty v. Outside beauty

Movies v. Books

X BOX 360 v. PlayStation 3

World of War-craft v. Ultima

Dogs v. Cats

Normal Death v. Reincarnation

Catholic v. Baptist

Men v. Women

Gay v. Straight

Pro Abortion v. Anti Abortion

Marijuana legal v. Marijuana Illegal

Alcohol v. Marijuana

Blonds v. Brunets

Niki v. Adidas

Etnies v. DC

Single v. Married

Single v. Dating

2007-03-26 16:17:15 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

This comes up in Euthyphro and indirectly in Laws, the question is (basically):
are laws just because they are given by the gods or are they given by the gods because they are just?

this is the old wording of the question --- of course it assumes that the "gods" have given the laws -- the story behind this, in short, is that Hesiod and Homer wrote about Zeus meeting with King Minos once in awhile to tell him how to run his countries and Minos made the laws in accordance with Zeus's commands.

My [modernized] question is:
Is there some source of just laws (some overarching theory of goodness or justice) that we have that make them just
(i.e., freedom of speech, or whatever law you think is an ex of a just law)
or could we say that those overarching principles of justice are only considered just because they provide us with the just laws that we have?


if you don't think there is such a thing as a just law or have some other semantical discrepency you should rethink your approach

2007-03-26 16:11:46 · 7 answers · asked by Steve C 4

2007-03-26 16:05:58 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-26 15:51:45 · 6 answers · asked by frank_gnr 2

is it me or does she have the most prettiest eye?! anyway, does anybody have footage when they went to find her? I cannot find it.

2007-03-26 15:48:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-26 15:34:26 · 16 answers · asked by fatstan@sbcglobal.net 2

2007-03-26 15:29:11 · 7 answers · asked by mcloud210 1

2007-03-26 15:29:00 · 10 answers · asked by fafa 1

of another civiliziation

2007-03-26 15:16:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous