Philosophy - March 2007

If you believe so, then what are you likely to come back as and why?

2007-03-19 23:33:26 · 12 answers · asked by nicjays 3

2007-03-19 23:24:24 · 3 answers · asked by \" moOnLighT "/ 1

2007-03-19 23:24:14 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

how to study the philosophy of man

2007-03-19 23:04:28 · 5 answers · asked by unic 1

2007-03-19 23:01:48 · 11 answers · asked by boie t 1

2007-03-19 22:58:10 · 14 answers · asked by kelleygaither2000 1

Do you think that our life is mapped out the minute we are born, like a destiny ? If so, do you think we can change the path it goes or are we purely on a certain course for life?

2007-03-19 22:49:07 · 12 answers · asked by BONNI 5

2007-03-19 22:47:46 · 15 answers · asked by rusalka 3

2007-03-19 22:42:18 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Am in my early 40's now. Since i been 18 i have met 5 or so handreaders who have 'read' my hands. All readings were unsollicited and none of the readers took payment for their time.
All have said i was to have two children. I had one miscarriage at 19. Not that i was aware of it at the time. Maybe it was the stress of splitting up with my boyfriend of 1.5 years at the time.
Never wanted children apart from sometime in my mid-20's but that sort of blew over after no suitable dad was on the scene anyway.
Then at 38 i had a daughter. Unplanned she was. Not expected. And a real good dad. And i make one of the most unlikely mothers, believe me.
Makes me wonder though ... is having children a 'Divine Right' as it were? Like from an evolutionary viewpoint, if the universe is deterministic chaos as they say, then is it not determined from the beginning what DNA will be passed on through the generations? (Or at least reasonable to expect so for the philosophical nitpickers)

2007-03-19 22:24:00 · 8 answers · asked by Part Time Cynic 7

We came from dust. We will return to dust. Does the universe transform old beings into new beings from dust? When I am transformed into an other being, do feelings continue?

2007-03-19 22:10:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

As the human population grows and resources decrease we may be forced to artificially control the human population using systems similar to China's one child system. However is this social engineering ever morally acceptable.

2007-03-19 22:02:55 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is there such a thing as objective reality or is all we understand purely subjective reality?
How can we be certain that what we consider to be objective reality is not purely our subjective opinion? Does majority rule turn subjective reality into objective reality?

2007-03-19 22:00:09 · 6 answers · asked by John B 4

i learned this question from ous history class,from Socrates...

2007-03-19 21:58:31 · 11 answers · asked by spongey 1

2007-03-19 21:50:38 · 13 answers · asked by wyzeguy82 2

It goes:

"Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law."

I take that to mean 'would society be able to function if everybody adopted that maxim'.

You might think it would be great for you to sneak in your neighbours back door and steal his DVD player but if everyone did that kind of thing society would collapse.

Have I understood?

2007-03-19 21:08:39 · 3 answers · asked by tuthutop 2

Sometimes we want to something of our own, our desire the things which may be full of fun, enjoying life but in limits changing jobs taking risks in life when no other things are going to get affected and suddenly you cant do the things because some responsibilities have come your way what you will do?

2007-03-19 20:53:55 · 39 answers · asked by satya p 2

What do you feel is your reason for living? Do you ever wonder why you are here, and what's the point..if there is one? I'm also beginning to wonder that a lot of people who are religous, mainly are religous because they are afraid of death (of course that would never be admitted!), and the fact that there really may be NOTHING after you die..


Are you afraid of death? When did you realize that you weren't going to live forever, and that EVERYONE has the same fate? Do you accept the fact you will one day die, or does it secretely scare you? Did you go through a phase in your life where the word 'death' constantly loomed in your mind?

2007-03-19 20:53:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-19 20:27:11 · 6 answers · asked by Praxis 5

I think that everyone has their own 'heroes' of their life, maybe teachers, parents, public figure, or even a stranger. Someone that you always respected and think highly about. Some people even inspired by their lives and want to be just like them.

I personally think that there're many figures that become my inspirations and I adore them.
1. Pramoedya Ananta Toer (a great novelist from my country)
2. Oprah
3. JJ Abrams
4. and my teacher

I think they're great and each of them doing what they're believe in and become great in what they're doing. So what I learn from them is,
'living is about dreaming and achieving'

2007-03-19 20:22:45 · 6 answers · asked by Jojo 1

2007-03-19 20:08:48 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

i hate everything. do you?

2007-03-19 19:58:00 · 24 answers · asked by Dee 2

yo wood u rathers have 1 hot femalie in your hand or wood u rather look at 2 in the bush

2007-03-19 19:55:48 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have had a lot of trials in my life - I wasn't able to have children after 10 years of trying and 2 tries at ivf then an early hysterectomy / had a house repossessed / been mugged / been raped / first husband had 3 strokes and died of a brain haemmorage ? and various other 'bad' experiences' Now my second husband is an alcohlic and had a mini stroke last night Is this all to prepare me for a job in the afterlife?

2007-03-19 19:54:34 · 9 answers · asked by saddo 3

2007-03-19 19:30:42 · 4 answers · asked by The Knowledge Server 1

what if that boy had no father figure or a very self destructive and weak father figure. how would that boy teach himself how to be a real man?

2007-03-19 19:30:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-19 19:23:40 · 3 answers · asked by The Knowledge Server 1

some things about philosophy i think are pretty rediculous. like doubting yours or anybody elses existence.

for example, alot of people will answer questions or say things like "life is an illusion of our nonexistent minds". and then act like what they just said was incredibly deep and thought provoking. when in reality it makes no sense at all and is nothing more then a pseuodo philisophical statement to make they speaker seem smart.

i also think it tries to disprove science. and alot of philsosophesr say "science assumes there is a reality". which is also rediculous. science is of course a type of philosophy but it is a factual one, and to desregard it is wrong.

and another thing is that philosophy gets so caught up in its own language trying to prove that we exist that in the end of the arguement they are exactly when they started. there like dogs chasing there own tails, when you can ask any 5 year old and they will have a more logical answer.

I do however think that philosophy is great when it comes to creating theories about the unkonwn and creating ideas and opinions on other things that we can never realy have the answers to. would you agree?

2007-03-19 19:11:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

The 'hunched back' or 'crooked back' of the specialist. He basically says that when a person specializes, they pay for it with being stunted in other ways. I think it's in Zarathustra, but I can't find it. Any help? Thanks fellow Nietzsche fans.

2007-03-19 19:05:14 · 2 answers · asked by Iconoclast 2

I often answer questions here about the meaning of life saying that there is none. I "know" this to be true.
My main reason for this is that everthing is temporary. Whether humans die in 200 years or 200 million years, we will die some day.
Is there any other real criteria for "meaning" than "eternal"? If any life form will eventually die, how can it's life have "meaning"? Why are humans more "meaningful" than fleas?
I'm willing to hear other options, but I hope they go beyond the idea that human lives have meaning simply because of emotional needs.

PS, let me be clear, a nihilist/atheist perspective. If you're going to tell me about god's plan for me, it's falling on deaf ears. You might as well tell me about the tooth fairy's plan for my adolescent teeth.

2007-03-19 19:04:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous