Philosophy - April 2007

in what aspects they differ?
when can they be the same?
does being intelligent also means being wise?

kindly share your ideas regarding this one....

2007-04-03 21:21:16 · 39 answers · asked by Celine 3

2007-04-03 20:42:03 · 11 answers · asked by The Knowledge Server 1

2007-04-03 20:31:38 · 9 answers · asked by The Knowledge Server 1

2007-04-03 20:30:18 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Has our species evolved to take more "responsiblity" of him self?

Have we "earned" more freedom from our instincts?
I mean we are of course limited by our nature, human nature, whatever all of it may be, but within that space of what it means to be human do we have some degree of freedom?
e.g. I can choose to go left right, I can choose to bang my head on the wall, but I cant be you for 5 min., I cant throw a rock to mars with my hand etc.

Do we have free will, do we have freedom?
Does a monkey think he has free will, or snail or stone?
How can we be sure of free will even within that small space of human possibility's?

Everything we do we do because thats what being human means, just like anything else, things just do what their nature at that moment permits them to do, just like us, right?
Now does a rock or a dog have free will?

Sorry for my poor writing, english is not my mother tounge.

2007-04-03 19:33:22 · 9 answers · asked by Lorenzo de' Medici 1

can one really learn something from watching tv shows ? unlke reading?

2007-04-03 19:25:39 · 11 answers · asked by Zachary M 1

The universe is HUGE - why? Even if you think people are the point of the universe somehow, why all the space?

2007-04-03 19:14:53 · 16 answers · asked by KatGuy 7

Paradox? Why or why not?

2007-04-03 18:42:21 · 15 answers · asked by aa.gabriel 4

2007-04-03 17:30:07 · 19 answers · asked by enki 4

2007-04-03 16:57:09 · 23 answers · asked by jo_anne 1

Why is youth corrupted by age? Why are the things of youth deemed by those that are older to be disdainful?

Take for example the predication of youth to play imaginary games, this is a pastime that takes hours and gives enormous enjoyment to those engaged in it. However the adults see it as merely useless child's play and something that must be discouraged (at all costs sometimes) in time in favour of "real world" activities.

Now people have said that it is because the "real world will chew them up and spit them out if this continues. THIS IS TOTAL BS!!! WE HELP TO CREATE THE WORLD WE LIVE IN, and as such we are the ones who will do they chewing and spitting.

So my question is, why do we see the things of youth as useless and immature? What is it that we are so afraid of?

Why do we not instead try to create a world where we value these things, where we cherish the parts of ourselves that create and wonder at the simplest things?

Serious answers only please.

Thanks.

P.S. Do not answer thing things like death and disease cause it, these things have been around since the beginning of time and have had no effect towards destroying and eradicating it to date, imagination and alike are still here still here. Poverty and abuse, yeah we make it happen or do nothing to stop it. In other words we are responsible for it.

2007-04-03 14:45:15 · 7 answers · asked by Arthur N 4

(preferably one which is very meaningful and has had a profound affect on you)

2007-04-03 14:32:01 · 31 answers · asked by tom 1

Do you have a vision that keeps you going? A favorite blanket? Do you see good around you? Someone inspires you? You want to live well enough for revenge on yuor cheating ex... or what?

2007-04-03 13:52:50 · 32 answers · asked by Hauntedfox 5

"If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on
the slightest evidence."

- Bertrand Russell, Roads to Freedom

2007-04-03 13:13:50 · 7 answers · asked by Psyengine 7

2007-04-03 13:13:47 · 44 answers · asked by lissome 3

2007-04-03 12:58:51 · 2 answers · asked by axel 1

2007-04-03 12:10:00 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've always wondered....

2007-04-03 12:04:18 · 16 answers · asked by justagirl 2

2007-04-03 11:54:51 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

e.g. television is completly biased, to culture, time and whatever other motivation there might be behind it. I have a hard time trusting all of the info. we get. And there is a massive flow of info. today.
Information Overload?

2007-04-03 11:47:14 · 14 answers · asked by Lorenzo de' Medici 1

my mom passed out, but i for get how long to wait before you call 911. is it 20min or 30min. please hurry with your answer cause i have already been waiting 10min.

2007-04-03 11:34:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-03 11:07:47 · 10 answers · asked by joanne_alvrz 1

2007-04-03 10:52:02 · 22 answers · asked by ? 6

2007-04-03 10:42:44 · 23 answers · asked by Sniper of Goth 4

2007-04-03 09:38:27 · 5 answers · asked by Alex 5

2007-04-03 09:38:02 · 14 answers · asked by Sniper of Goth 4

2007-04-03 09:24:06 · 18 answers · asked by dinpashoh 3

I was answering someone else's question, and my answer got me to thinking this:

Education is believing what we are told so that we all believe the same thing at the same time, thus making us free thinkers.

And in America here, any time I have a thought that might suggest I am not free--I am told I am being brainwashed. And of course, to free my mind I believe in my being brainwashed and correct it, thus allowing me to be free again to think as the majority does; because the majority is free.

Freedom hurts the brain a little bit, can anyone suggest a remedy.

2007-04-03 09:22:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who would you be? The stranger or yourself? How would you convince people you were you?

2007-04-03 09:11:26 · 6 answers · asked by I Ain't Your Momma 5

...as prescribed by the very nature of reason itself, it is not able to ignore, but which, as transcending all its powers, it is also not able to answer?

2007-04-03 09:09:20 · 15 answers · asked by Foot Foot 4