Philosophy - June 2007

I was shocked to discover when we covered the topic of religious experience in my philosophy class, that there is a lot more evidence supporting the existence of ghosts than goes against it.
I sat there thinking..surely everyone else sees that the idea is ridiculous...but it emerged that most people in the room...even my teacher, believe in ghosts. People started coming out with all these claims; each person truly believed they had seen a ghost.
But how can I question another person's experience? I wasn't there, I didn't see...so how can I judge?

My gut instinct has always been...what a load of rubbish. But now I'm faced with a world that seems to take the concept of ghosts very seriously. I guess I'm scared of the philosophical implications this might have, if it were true.

Please tell me I'm right to be skeptical and explain to be how the existence of ghosts can be disproved.

2007-06-11 11:51:23 · 35 answers · asked by Julz_18 2

Smart and beautiful is not an option.

2007-06-11 11:47:02 · 15 answers · asked by ruby 4

2007-06-11 11:46:56 · 4 answers · asked by guru 7

2007-06-11 11:38:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-11 11:35:36 · 2 answers · asked by Tigger_Gal 2

2007-06-11 11:33:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

what is the main characsteristic of adult interactions and reasoning.
how do you cope when you feel you have behaved childishly such as analyzed something unecessaryily.

2007-06-11 11:26:22 · 4 answers · asked by El Dorado 2

What do you think that is?

2007-06-11 11:16:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-11 11:09:31 · 18 answers · asked by someone 5

Inspired by my dear friend Rooster's question "what do u think of this?"

and one of the answers given:

"love is an expression of the soul and in its acceptance lies its fulfillment."-Orion

2007-06-11 10:47:56 · 11 answers · asked by someone 5

2007-06-11 10:44:05 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I had one once .. looking for another any ideas?

2007-06-11 10:24:52 · 24 answers · asked by big Bad Bones 1

2007-06-11 10:20:49 · 14 answers · asked by x 2

2007-06-11 10:13:03 · 19 answers · asked by Salaama 2

And why and how?

2007-06-11 10:10:07 · 6 answers · asked by heaven137000 1

so obsessed with LOVE??

I know that I am a Romantic at heart but what is it about Love that mystifies us so much?

2007-06-11 10:03:51 · 14 answers · asked by Toria 3

What do you do if you contantly fail at things? If you stay the same or get worst in: sports, school, social life, etc. do you continue? Do you spend your whole life trying to succed but fail at this thing? A life of failure? Is that better than knowing when to quitting? Take that Optimistic people!

2007-06-11 09:52:14 · 12 answers · asked by Cpalms 2

2007-06-11 09:46:46 · 38 answers · asked by it's me 5

I feel like life is boring, i felt this way in the 9th in high school and now i feel the same way in college. I feel like i need to do something new, or make a big change...what should i do to fix this bordom? move, buy something, or etc...

2007-06-11 09:38:29 · 12 answers · asked by zero_tk_123 2

Depressives may question the meaning of life, and it could be argued they are right to. An endless cycle continues; birth, education, work, reproduction, death. Anti depressants seem to restore the serotonin in the brain and give meaning back to life, but the age old question still remains; what is the meaning of life? A question that has never, and can never be answered, except by the depressed: "There is no meaning of life".

2007-06-11 09:32:47 · 25 answers · asked by Benny H 1

I was flipping through a Bon Appetit magazine when I saw an advertisement for a gorgeous stove. This ad had ample amounts of succulent looking food in it. Momentarily I thought how nice that stove would be and how good those delicacies must taste. Then my mind, shocked back to reality, denied me permission to engage in such fantasy citing famine in Africa and other places as the reason. Is it reasonable to deny oneself happiness and peace of mind because it seem so many do not have it?

2007-06-11 09:27:27 · 17 answers · asked by Immortal Cordova 6

2007-06-11 09:25:31 · 19 answers · asked by it's me 5

2007-06-11 09:15:03 · 9 answers · asked by Hany_K1 1

2007-06-11 09:07:35 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Here is the deal. I go to college with this girl who i help alot with classwork but thats as far as it goes. I know i can make her hapy but she doesnt give me the time of day besides when she needs help with school. I really care for her just seeing her smile makes me so happy with myself and with life. she brings such a joy to my day that i yern to be with her even if we jsut spoke to each other more i would be happy with that.

So my question is is there anyway to put a spell on her to lure her to me even if we just spoke to each other more like on AOL or the phone perhaps. then maybe i can win her over that way? Anyone who helps will be greatly appreicated.

2007-06-11 09:00:46 · 17 answers · asked by Brooklyn 2

Can you be honest.........It would be nice if all the people were nice, and loving. On the path to spiritual enlightment every person would be there with you...........People will lie to you,betray you, selfishly hoard your property.............The human prospective is to hate those that hate you.............Or offer love for insult because that person needs love and healing..........what do you do in your life??

2007-06-11 08:58:32 · 18 answers · asked by Rita 6

2007-06-11 08:50:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

The pacificist rationale is that the evil of violence and tyranny are best resisted by the abdonment of reactionary force. This premise relies on the recognition of self-immolation as a contradiction, and follows that the tyrant or whatever social institutions which allow him to remain in power will crumble out of their empathy for the self-immolator. Does it seem a perverse contradiction that anyone would seek in another man's pity the motive to cease his self destruction? When a man surrenders his reason as the source of his life and replaces as its source the pity of tyrants and thugs he has committed moral treason. The pacifist contradiction is that he committs this moral treason while insisting he practices the highest moral virtue.

2007-06-11 08:49:40 · 5 answers · asked by kirbyguy44 3

"a yes or no is good but details is always greater"

2007-06-11 08:14:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

well morally it's wrong right, but for at least the moment it will make you feel good, what are your opinions on this and one night stands aswell

2007-06-11 07:55:20 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous