Philosophy - July 2007

2007-07-02 10:29:41 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

X is the symbol for your ideas ,theories, and opinions, etcetera.

This is a Q in logic and in rhetorics

2007-07-02 10:16:29 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Sometimes you have to lose your dreams to find your destiny.

2007-07-02 10:11:58 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

that was a real question for an exam at a philosophy class...

2007-07-02 10:11:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

of course you're supposed to be who God made you, but what if you don't know if that's how He made you or if it's how you've messed up your own life? like what if you were gay or something, is that who you are, or is it a sin? i'm not homosexual or anything, i was just wondering... where do you draw the line?

2007-07-02 10:05:49 · 10 answers · asked by Marie 3

Why do we do things for other people? Is our motive ever completely free from personal motives? Can a person do something for someone else without having a sense of "a job well done" or "i did the right thing" or "i did what was best" or any other type of self gratification? Even people who seem to "make a sacrifice" may seem to be doing it for the possibility of receiving a reward of some kind or for the gratification that "i did it so they could have what they wanted. Would anyone like to share any thoughts on this?

2007-07-02 10:00:26 · 10 answers · asked by scorpido 2

2007-07-02 09:49:37 · 6 answers · asked by John 1

2007-07-02 09:43:51 · 28 answers · asked by tigerstrpn 2

Although its not everybody, most people marry people with the similar skin color, culture, and economic background (e.g. White marry White, Black marry Black, Hispanic marry Hispanic, Asian marry Asian) Even though there are more interracial marriages then before, it still represents a small minority of all marriages. Why do we marry our own race instead of other races more?

2007-07-02 09:34:48 · 24 answers · asked by Go For Broke 3

2007-07-02 09:34:37 · 25 answers · asked by zmanjohn00 2

On the one hand more people have more things that make life easier like reasonable housing, electricity, transport, running water,etc and a whole range of gadgets that we seem to use but would somone from 100 years ago or even 500 years ago look at much of modern life and see a lot of alienation, loneliness and depression, etc and overall see people whose lives he or she would not envy? Is society improving for some and not others maybe and if so, is the general question ie everyone's welfare and progress harder to answer with a simple 'yes' or 'no' ?

2007-07-02 09:21:58 · 18 answers · asked by Maxim 2

Does being in a social context change the way you think or act? (beyond mere perfunctory gestures of manner)

Even online in a forum like Y!A, did you act differently when you had complete annonymity compared to when you have online 'friends' and 'contacts' watching. C'mon be honest now.

Is a little bit of 'rudeness' required to maintain your individuality and complete honesty?

2007-07-02 09:10:17 · 3 answers · asked by megalomaniac 7

2007-07-02 09:03:44 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

aren't answers opinions?

2007-07-02 08:55:57 · 24 answers · asked by Leigh 1

It is dishonest because, the Answerer who does this rarely answers the Q asked in a meaningful truthful way. It is illogical because it makes your A sound monsensical or illogical or both and no Q is ever asked with that intent by a sane person. Example you ask a Q about pornography and the Answerer accuses you of being a pornographer. More generally you ask about X and that results in an accusation that you do X otherwise you would not have asked about X. You ask a Q about racism and you are accused, ipso facto ,of beind a racist. You ask a Q about illegal immigrants and automatically you are one or you love one etcetera, etcetera.

Plato & his teacher Socrates saw through this fallacious form of reasoning the one that clever sophists and lawyers use to put down all who simply ask Q' s seeking **meaningful, logical ,nonfallacious, sound and valid Answers.**

2007-07-02 08:36:31 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

ı think tis is the sickness of 21 century. We are the peoples
we are going to close over souls and connections to eachothers. The enemy is technology. Technology destroys over life. everybody **** self. how can we save the humanity?

2007-07-02 08:36:28 · 10 answers · asked by catalin_64 1

just have fun and be nice to others who you judge to be deserving of your help.

just wondering are there any downsides to this way to live life?

im not being rhetorical or sarcastic, its a serious q im just wondering. thanks

2007-07-02 08:08:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-02 07:39:24 · 6 answers · asked by ruth c 2

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.douglas-adams/msg/d1064f7b27808692

Now stop quoting it.
:)

2007-07-02 07:04:19 · 6 answers · asked by zentoccino 2

Either "Waterworld" or "The Day after Tomorrow" and do you think that it would be a good thing or a bad thing?

2007-07-02 07:00:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

If individual experiences are less valued than experiences we can share collectivley then what is that saying about our opinion of the individual.

2007-07-02 06:57:22 · 10 answers · asked by purplepeace59 5

answerd

2007-07-02 06:55:18 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-02 06:51:41 · 7 answers · asked by Windy 1

which is sometimes UNRECIPROCATED......
:-(

2007-07-02 06:51:02 · 51 answers · asked by enki 4

seems like plato was a socrates wannabe and did not establish his own identity! what is his most famous ideology?

2007-07-02 06:35:27 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

that is the question

2007-07-02 06:28:51 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

Consider the bond between mind and body in this experience
we call life.
To sustain the experience we require sustenance in the
form of food and drink, but why do we require food and drink?
To survive is a vague answer to say the least because we
don't desire simply to survive. We desire to live with
convenience.
Perhaps, we require food and drink to keep the body
ready and able to retrieve physical information for
consideration by the mind. If we are hungry or thirsty
our minds are generally less capable of proper function.
Therefore, living might be thought to have an intrinsic
tie to the ability of the mind in the constant present.

The fore mentioned seems to imply that we who seek
meaning do not simply eat and drink to survive, but
to live and to gather the knowledge to find and apply
the meaning.

All thoughts and opinions no matter how abstract or
concrete are welcome.

2007-07-02 06:18:31 · 19 answers · asked by active open programming 6

If you are going to talk me into faith...I tell you I have been to many of those vigils...nothing changed when I attended those vigils and faith talks...it made no difference in my life but just made me attend those vigils...I know what your thinking right now, "how can I help you if your so stubborn?" it's not me being stubborn, it's just that talks will never change anything, will it erase things that have been done? No! because the problem is still there. and the fact that you said some problems take more time to get out of. Which is my point that when that time comes, I may not surpass the depression it made to me. ALso I see your point that you want to meet up personally however Since I have been burned so many times even in person I trust nobody anymore...there is no difference meeting in person and thru email. I know there is no easy way out in problems...My belief and faith will never change anymore after all these problem I have... It now came to the point that the only person I can trust is myself. No religion, person or faith can help me in this world..that's what I believe in now. I hung into my faith for so long and the time came that I had to let go. I am not that soldier of God who has the strength to hang on as He expects or if ever he has a destiny as he said. I am nor the saint of a devil for the devil is the reason for my sufferings. I only hang into myself for I alone can help myself in this so unfair world. I made my destiny, I fell into the trap of the devil, I hoped that the One trus God would show me the way to his righteousness however I failed. I'm stuck in the pithole where I stand and I must find my own way without any others belief and faith. I stand by myself alone...and this is what the world brought into me...I'm glad their are people out there like you who are willing to help people like me...but if you would just like to talk faith into me... I tried that so many times and it doesnt work with me... just to let you know...If God is stronger , why did he let me fall into the hands of the devil? If you say it was my free will and choice, think again, who in this world wanted to fall in the hands of the devil? If God truely guides us, does He want us to experience these struggles? If this is a test, I say this is a good joke God made. Because I failed the test... In the first place, why does he gives test if he created us...what about those people who failed his test? so that means we wont go to heaven after all? those who only passed the test will?? so that means even heaven is no differnet than the world we live in. Where there is social classes, government and politics.

2007-07-02 06:17:02 · 4 answers · asked by enelrahs 2

2007-07-02 06:00:14 · 55 answers · asked by enki 4

2007-07-02 05:59:24 · 4 answers · asked by kickinupfunf 6