Philosophy - July 2007

My worst memory was when I was four, I was walking on a side of cement, I rripped, and landed face down on the cement. Later I had to go to the hospital.

2007-07-05 10:39:31 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-05 10:31:14 · 38 answers · asked by enki 4

2007-07-05 10:20:30 · 8 answers · asked by Giant Bear Claw 2

Pls assist.

2007-07-05 10:17:34 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-05 10:13:03 · 10 answers · asked by PLUTO 6

2007-07-05 10:01:51 · 11 answers · asked by Timeless 2

...or is "God" merely convenient "filler" for a gaping void in one's own "system?"

2007-07-05 09:56:18 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-05 09:51:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

is it just in your mind? maybe everyone you meet is just a figment of your imagination? maybe you yourself don't even exist? is humankind just fooling itself with religion and love? what if it's all just an illusion and there's no point in me talking to you because your just not real? maybe we all live in this big fake lie?

2007-07-05 09:37:09 · 16 answers · asked by somethingcompletelyrandom 3

Consider this first: it's entirely possible that we are just a brain in some laboratory run by aliens or mad scientists, and we're being programmed to see what we see, hear what we hear, feel what we feel, etc. For example, maybe I'm just being programmed to think that I'm sitting in front of a computer typing this question. Maybe someone or something is altering the neurons and pathways in my brain to make my brain think that I have fingers that are typing on a keyboard, maybe they're just making me think that I'm sitting on a couch. It's possible to make someone hallucinate by altering their brain chemicals, and often those hallucinations are just as real as, well, what others call reality. Schizophrenics, for example...

And because I know someone will say "cogito ergo sum," I think therefore I am, can't we really only prove "cogito ergo cogito," I think therefore I think?

What do you think?

2007-07-05 09:16:23 · 18 answers · asked by arfblat 3

2007-07-05 09:10:00 · 6 answers · asked by sshhmmee2000 6

This is ugly. Theres nothing profound or unique about being created or manufactured by another being. For without that being we are nothing.However, Truth is not a matter of subjective opinon it is a matter of objective fact. So lets examine this problem logically.People state that we are not robots b/c we have "Free will" the ability to choose between right and wrong. If I give you two choices do you really have an option?You can only choose between the choices that are thrust upon you, thus you have no choice at all. I contend a superintelligent, ominpotent, omnibenelovent being comes from human vanity.We are smart so whatever created us is All knowing. We are good so whatever created us is All Good.etc...Our idea of God comes from our subjective belief in the law of casulty. Cause and effect. Everything comes from something.Yet our own minds are limited by scope. Therefore the combination in our belief in the law of Casulty and the limit of our "scope" has lead to a belief

2007-07-05 09:06:18 · 21 answers · asked by Future 5

Sorry if this sounds a bit personal but I have my own ideas about what the meaning of life is and I was wondering what other peoples ideas were. My personal idea is that we live to experience love. I know there are obviously no right or wrong answers, but I'd love to hear what everyone has to say. So I can understand what different ideas there are, I would like you to tell me what your meaning of life is.

2007-07-05 08:34:09 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does it lie within the rooms of truth and integrity or does it lie in the rooms of acceptance and passivity?

Sometimes I wonder....where does it lie for you?

2007-07-05 08:32:16 · 13 answers · asked by Gatekeeper 4

=)))))))))))

how fast or slow does LOVE devolop?

2007-07-05 08:31:33 · 49 answers · asked by enki 4

If so, then we must always find ourselves oscillating around our own self defined point on the continuum of any dualistic perception. For example, joy is always defined by our perception of nonjoy, and this will be different from other's definition, and may change continuously over our lifetime. (The fulfilment of a desire establishes a new neutral point on the continuum)

This means that the duality cannot be 'tipped' or biased in one direction over the long term and MUST balance itself out. (Experiences of happiness must be balanced by experiences of unhappiness)

And so, it becomes a roller coaster ride oscillation with a variable period between peaks and valleys and a variable magnitude; the period determining how quickly we move between joy and sorrow, and the magnitude determining how dramatic the joy and sorrow.

What we do is try to tip the balance, but all we're actually doing is moving our reference along the continuum, to which we then normalize.

Wadayathink?

2007-07-05 07:48:54 · 16 answers · asked by philmeta11 3

Jesus said it.
Do you think he had a point?

2007-07-05 07:10:06 · 24 answers · asked by John N 2

Benefits on society?
Who does this?
Is it a good idea?

2007-07-05 06:39:27 · 8 answers · asked by Vixen23 2

Does Love really exist? Or is it all just a matter of perception or choice?

2007-07-05 06:23:08 · 21 answers · asked by Optimistic 6

- Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855) for the quotation.
Please do not attribute or reference your answer to his philosophy (Unless you believe that), as the quote was just a good way of parsing the question.

2007-07-05 06:09:07 · 11 answers · asked by hoegaarden_drinker 5

I think faithfulness is too ideal but loyalty is more real. In a sex permissive world, we may all get unfaithful sometimes but we may as well have one person we cherish so much and always come back to despite our many flirtations. see Bill and Hillary, Isn't it Loyalty that has sustained the relationship? In the real world can we be rigidly faithful to one person or it's loyalty that matters.

2007-07-05 06:06:35 · 10 answers · asked by solofaak 1

2007-07-05 05:39:03 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Sick of the old question about the chicken and the egg? Me too!! We already know that the egg came first. I ate it for breakfast......later on I ate the chicken for dinner. The real question here is about the cats. We don't eat them (big ones may eat us)....so how could a cat come before a kitten or vice versa? In case you're wondering (like me) this question is just as Philosophical as the tired old chicken/egg one. And yes, I do lie awake at night pondering it. Of course I sleep with a cat.

2007-07-05 05:34:56 · 10 answers · asked by donelle g. 7

What is conscience and where does it come from? Does it vanish when we die? The planet could feasibly have its own conscience. But is it alert to what we are doing to it?

Events such as Hurricane Katrina could be evidence of the Earth's immune system kicking in as a way to "fight off the infection" (us), or could it be a vengeful conscience that turned against us to make us pay for our wrongs? Or perhaps it could be something else. What do you all think?

2007-07-05 05:25:55 · 21 answers · asked by Joker 3

2007-07-05 05:25:28 · 16 answers · asked by Calchas 3

without the chicken there would be no egg, withut the egg there would be no chicken ... any idea's?

2007-07-05 05:18:39 · 17 answers · asked by xsacredflamesx 1

2007-07-05 05:07:19 · 18 answers · asked by Calchas 3

2007-07-05 05:06:26 · 7 answers · asked by sabri_ah2000 1

2007-07-05 05:04:58 · 3 answers · asked by bigills 1

I've read that many agnostics refuse the label atheism because they think that "non belief" requires a value judgment that they are incapable or unwilling to give. But atheists see their state as a light switch: on for deity belief, off if not. In that situation, the value only applies to the one who chooses to believe, the non-belief is not a value judgment in their eyes.

So which is it , are you born agnostic or atheist? Are we just playing semantic games?

2007-07-05 04:49:51 · 13 answers · asked by ycats 4