Philosophy - October 2007

This is for an exam......it says note: to answer this question you must first define materialism and idealism and its for a SOCIOLOGY class...think soc

2007-10-11 10:53:30 · 4 answers · asked by RubiaBonita 2

you woke up one day from a coma and were told that your whole life was just a dream you had while being unconcious and when you came home you had a homelife worse than the one in your dream.

this is a strange question..but i was just wondering

2007-10-11 10:32:38 · 12 answers · asked by Beka14 3

Starting with genetically altered seed, such as seed altered by introducing e-coli bacteria to the gene structure of the seed changing the natural gene to a mutated one? Will altering genes eventually move to human gene's, and will they be able to be patented?

2007-10-11 10:29:24 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can we believe religious theories on the origin of the Earth and life if there is absolutely NO proof. I am not in favour of a scientists view on this issue, in fact I am impartial to any views that people tell me. But scientists do have some proof of the big bang through scientific research and religious groups have....writings and scriptures?
I do not intend to offend people with certain religious beliefs, but how can you say that your scriptures that you rely on are really true? That they are giving us the right idea about how life flourished?
I think people will have some strong arguments against this and I welcome them, but ill say it again, this question was nothing to do with me trying to offend religion. Just to explore some people' views.
Thanks.

2007-10-11 10:21:47 · 8 answers · asked by **hardcore-bizzle** 3

Are they really afraid that evolution will somehow devalue thier place on Earth?
Are they really afriad that they won't go to heaven?
Just what is the threat that causes them to overlook a huge body of evidence supporting evolution. Evoution just has to be one of the most beautiful laws (not theory as the general public uses the word) in science.

2007-10-11 09:39:05 · 13 answers · asked by chelseablue 3

sometimes life's hard..but i knew i had to live on..oh yeagh!!

2007-10-11 09:36:55 · 9 answers · asked by gurl_wif_heart 1

Is there a universal ideal of beauty ?? If not, do you know what it is in some different countries ? Just curious about this. I know beauty does go beyond looks but for now I am asking just about physical appearance.

Thanks :)

2007-10-11 09:05:42 · 10 answers · asked by sorry richard! ps :amanda 5

2007-10-11 09:02:50 · 16 answers · asked by jennifer 3

for you which among the 6 hues represent STRENGTH?

2007-10-11 08:33:14 · 43 answers · asked by enki 4

I need help finding what and who to write about.
The essay is on a philosopher's philosophy. Its around 3 to 4 pages long and its descriptive, so it does not matter whether I agree or not.

My Options are:
Plato
Aristotle
Socrates
Who should I write my Essay on,and what is their Philosophy?
Thanks a bunch.

2007-10-11 08:07:52 · 5 answers · asked by Cupids Flower 4

I refuse to believe that Heaven can't be whatever a person's individual tastes are(including sexual).

But if that were the case hypothetically speaking, then there must be a place where all of life's desires CAN be experienced.



When I die, I will still want to drive that Ferrari at 100 mph and also have sex with a sexy actress like Angelina Jolie or
Denise Richards.

2007-10-11 07:42:32 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-11 07:29:34 · 3 answers · asked by bidwrig 1

2007-10-11 07:29:17 · 11 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7

They say that in hell it's whatever would make you totally miserable and tormented that you've gotten to know on Earth(fire, hunger, darkness, bugs, snakes, etc.).

Wellllllll, then it's only BE FAIR that all the pleasurable, desirable things that someone considers to be their own personal paradise that they've gotten to know on Earth can be experienced in heaven, right???(Sex, sports cars, music, Pizza Hut, baseball, etc.)





I would much rather do any of those immidiate things above in heaven than keep kneeling down praising God constantly nonstop 24/7 never getting up to do anything else. Constantly standing or kneeling there praising over and over sounds like an awful drag and an intolerable bore to me.

2007-10-11 07:22:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-11 07:07:50 · 10 answers · asked by slowsmile 2

do you wanna live forever or do you really think that everything comes to an end?

2007-10-11 06:45:59 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

If it should give reasons why and if it should'nt give reasons why

2007-10-11 06:39:01 · 16 answers · asked by First L 1

The name of a person is often given to them by their parents...the surname...the given name...etc...

Can one truly understand the individual role of a person's name on the overall make-up of the individual?


Malcolm X, is a poignant example...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENHP89mLWOY

2007-10-11 06:11:49 · 5 answers · asked by Sopwith 4

2007-10-11 06:10:58 · 21 answers · asked by Arun G 1

Some historians says one thing and some other historians says other things.But how if man is not there a baby cant be born as well as a woman give birth to young ones,so how it is possible?Very very much excited to know.If u think that it is an interesting question dont forget to rate it as an interesting question.How it is possible.

2007-10-11 05:56:53 · 18 answers · asked by tani 2

I feel it is time to fess up. I do not necessarily accept any supposition that just because someone now says that something is/was a myth or did not exist, or any dogmatic statement that can not be proven "off google".
I reject googlemania, googlethons, googledogma. If you must prove it on google you are wrong.

2007-10-11 05:40:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Global Warming? Atomic wars? anyone any guesses as to what and when and how the world will end?

2007-10-11 05:27:22 · 18 answers · asked by The World At War 1

I don't

2007-10-11 05:13:24 · 19 answers · asked by Yuzuki 4

one who stands and watches the water hoping it will go down before your eyes?

Or somewhere in between...

2007-10-11 04:42:31 · 14 answers · asked by gldnsilnc 6

if God will give chance, giving you half an hour before you die ?

2007-10-11 04:14:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-11 04:10:43 · 16 answers · asked by yamse 1

Thank you so much philosophers for all the answers. Have a wonderful day!

2007-10-11 03:35:28 · 15 answers · asked by Third P 6

2007-10-11 03:02:07 · 29 answers · asked by Chickoon 4

Is there any correlation between the two emotions. Or is it just a play of words?

2007-10-11 02:42:25 · 12 answers · asked by wanderjogi 2

Is it rational to love sombody (love as in passionate physical and sexual attraction, not like the love of ones mother or friend). In Rational Philosophy is it seen as irrational to love somebody and expecially if they already have a partner. I am a follower of Stoic Philosophy and from what I have gethered it is wrong to love sombody who loves somebody else. True?

2007-10-11 01:51:46 · 18 answers · asked by noachian 2