Philosophy - August 2007

2007-08-13 18:02:26 · 10 answers · asked by Third P 6

i have a friend who says that he is the type of person who is very honest, but whenever we talk it feels like he is hiding something from me? Am i overthinking about it or is he hiding something and I'm sensing it.

2007-08-13 17:45:33 · 11 answers · asked by purplet 1

When we think weve lived that bit of our life before etc?

2007-08-13 17:36:06 · 20 answers · asked by emnie 2

2007-08-13 17:35:44 · 7 answers · asked by sanjith k 1

God’s economy was unveiled through the apostles, but because the believers lost the proper understanding of God’s economy, there is the need for it to be recovered by the Lord

2007-08-13 17:25:50 · 6 answers · asked by The way to God 1

Me and my friends always have an argument/ debate about whether nothing is something. Personally I think it is, depending on the context- It could just mean that it is nothing relevant to the subject- but what do you think?

2007-08-13 17:21:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Assume you'll get the honest answer...

2007-08-13 17:21:16 · 11 answers · asked by Habanera 5

Is Hell, as Sartre said, other people? Or is it an eternity spent on Yahoo!Answers, repetedly subjected to questions like "Why?" and "What is the meaning of life?"

2007-08-13 16:59:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Personally, so I see a silver, glowy, liquidy, floaty thing. Haha I think I've been corrupted by society...

2007-08-13 16:38:54 · 27 answers · asked by Foxglove 2

(For the first part of this question, See my prior posting.)

2007-08-13 16:36:58 · 4 answers · asked by Fancy You 6

To me it is Zero...

2007-08-13 16:24:45 · 9 answers · asked by Nagi Ojo-sama 1

2007-08-13 16:10:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do we have to be educated and trained by parents and by society to fit in?

2007-08-13 16:08:27 · 17 answers · asked by cynic 4

Things like "does god exist?" are ridiculous questions, because that is not the question a philosophic minded person would ask. Maybe a teenage confused atheist would, but not someone who has a handle on metaphysics, cosmology or ethics.

Heres a better question - is the idea of the metaphysic realm a credible one?

2007-08-13 15:58:29 · 12 answers · asked by carabatzis_2000 3

For example, truth. How can one have a false perception of something that is true?

2007-08-13 15:57:47 · 6 answers · asked by Intension Juxtaposed 2

Does God exist? Or, is God simply the invention of the feeble human mind?

2007-08-13 15:48:44 · 17 answers · asked by Dr. Blake 1

sorry if you all don't understand. this is really not a joke and I thought that there were really smart people on here

2007-08-13 15:48:27 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you had never experienced something 'bad' in life, would you know that something is 'good', without 'bad' to compare it against. If everything was good, maybe things that are excellent would be 'good', and things that are 'OK' would be 'bad'. Maybe what we think is bad today is actually 'OK', and just a comparative reference for 'good'.

2007-08-13 15:27:03 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-13 15:23:53 · 6 answers · asked by guna s 1

I've got a candle lit, lighting a ciggy off it... tuned into radio Paris (je ne suis pas le français mais j'aime simplement l'accent, je ne peux pas comprendre trop bon non plus). I can't sleep, I'm laid on top of the sheets cos it's clammy. There's a cold glass of milk on the cabinet and QA is where I'm at...trying to help folk along lifes journey.... My kitten is curled by my feet and the clock on the wall echoes in the silence. In the back of my mind, life's streaming video plays...memories of what used to be....... somewhere, out there, the dawn is heralding a new day, in other places the night is creeping in....and in every lonely apartment, my thoughts are with likeminded hearts, trying to see through their eyes...at the end of my day...the world seems to be still buzzing in the fast lane... I wanna talk, yet she doesnt, I wanna just sleep and hope its all a dream, but its not... I want to write and talk more but I'm running out of space......have a good day everyone. J.J U.K

2007-08-13 14:56:12 · 3 answers · asked by ~☆ Petit ♥ Chou ☆~ 7

2007-08-13 14:52:59 · 5 answers · asked by moonlight 1

What makes humility so difficult to attain?

“Swallow your pride occasionally, it's non-fattening!” —Anonymous
“It is always the secure who are humble.” —G. K. Chesterton
“Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.” —William Safire

Care to share?

2007-08-13 14:46:28 · 11 answers · asked by shahrizat 4

In the article "First tentative steps," Rodney Brooks is quoted as saying, "My belief is that we, people, are machines. So in principle, I see no reason why we can't build a robot that is as capable as a human being." Compare that statement with the two remaining articles, other readings you have done, and your own views. Discuss your position relative to the possibility of machines becoming equal to humans.

2007-08-13 14:41:44 · 2 answers · asked by lazybonz1974 1

2007-08-13 14:34:33 · 2 answers · asked by chriskelly003 1

why is the world the way it is...............why is there sorrow and suffering...........pain and neglect................why are we soooooooooo.................mean at times...............this is what i ask you..................simply this..................WHY?????????????

2007-08-13 14:23:34 · 5 answers · asked by N² 3

A man says he is a compulsive liar.
Is the statement he said a lie, since he is a liar?
But if it was a lie, that means...
=]

2007-08-13 14:04:05 · 9 answers · asked by ? 2

2007-08-13 13:59:27 · 1 answers · asked by christine 1

The feminist philosophy: "...much of feminist theory also focuses on analyzing gender inequalities and the promotion of women's rights, interests, and issues. Themes explored in feminism include discrimination, stereotyping, objectification (especially sexual objectification), oppression, and patriarchy."

So it promotes females to have equal rights as the males; free to do less/as much/more than their male equibalvents. They're also against objectifying women. But what if a female chooses to become.. say a pole dancer on her own will (http://www.wikiality.com/Johnna_Mink), she's just excerising her freedom to do whatever she wises, but she is objectifying herself at the same time. So isn't there a "loop-hole" in the feminist philosophy?

Don't get my wrong, I support the philosophy but this is the part I don't quite fully grasp.

2007-08-13 13:56:56 · 11 answers · asked by pikester666 3

Would there even be multiple beings, or would only the One Will exist?

2007-08-13 13:43:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

desire to succeed(or desire to win), desire to know(or desire to learn), deisre to love(or desire to procreate) or desire to change(or desire to transform)

and WHY?

2007-08-13 13:36:49 · 37 answers · asked by enki 4