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First: I think every question has a logical answer. is it correct?

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 16:50:34 +0000

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First: I think every question has a logical answer. is it correct? Second: If the answer to my first question is yes, then what is the logical answer to the question why a cow has four legs?

Hello. I read on the internet that Buddhism teaches solipsism. I want to ask: Do

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 20:33:42 +0000

Mind

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Hello. I read on the internet that Buddhism teaches solipsism. I want to ask: Do the teachings and doctrines of all the official schools of Buddhism in China, Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam allow Buddhists, Buddhas, and Bodhisattvas to believe that other people have individual minds, consciousnesses, feelings, emotions, and thoughts? Thank you

Hello! I'd like to ask about syllogisms. I have a particular problem when

Anonymous — Sat, 04 Sep 2021 14:47:53 +0000

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Hello! I'd like to ask about syllogisms. I have a particular problem when understanding this certain syllogism: Some girls are single. Some girls are sad. Therefore, some girls are single and sad. While I think it is valid, I cannot fully make an accurate explanation as to why it is. Hoping somebody could help me. Thanks!

Do you think genetically stupid people should not have kids since the kids will

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 11:51:18 +0000

Children

Ethics

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Do you think genetically stupid people should not have kids since the kids will also be like that and having a child would just be adding misery to it's life since it would never be able to be successful or achieve anything. S/he would spend all their life being inferior to other and it would just be a lifetime of pain.

Do you think genetically stupid people should not have kids since the kids will

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 11:51:18 +0000

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Could someone help me clear up a paradox? Let’s say there’s a woman who says “I

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 16:17:38 +0000

Language

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Could someone help me clear up a paradox? Let’s say there’s a woman who says “I cannot say no to you” and the woman she is speaking with responds “well then, say ‘no’”. Is this really a paradox? In my opinion it isn’t: When the woman says that “she can’t say ‘no’” there are one of two interpretations of that phrase. She either means “I cannot deny your requests” or literally “I cannot utter the word ‘no’”. If it’s the former, then asking her to just “say no” wouldn’t put her in a paradox, since simply uttering the word “no” isn’t denying a request, it’s just making an empty utterance. It’s like how saying “I declare bankruptcy” doesn’t actually do anything, it’s just making noise. If it’s the latter example, and she cannot “say no”, then she technically never said she cannot deny a request—she just can’t use the specific word “no” in her statement. She can still say “I refuse” or “I will not do that” and then not have to say “no”. Am I wrong about this?

I’m reading Terry Pinkard’s “German Philosophy 1760-1860 The Legacy of Idealism”

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 07:54:07 +0000

Language

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I’m reading Terry Pinkard’s “German Philosophy 1760-1860 The Legacy of Idealism”, and on page 113, he writes: “Signing a check, hitting a home run, making an assertion, shopping at a sale are all other examples of normative activities that cannot be captured in a purely physical or “naturalistic description of them.” I’m not getting why hitting a home rim cannot be described as purely physical phenomena. Can somebody explain it to me?

If you were to look back at a certain period (of time) that you did something,

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:11:21 +0000

Freedom

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If you were to look back at a certain period (of time) that you did something, can you say with certainty (most likely) you would have done a different action instead of the action that you took that lead you to the present you. Or does it become another probability that you cannot infer that you would have most likely done things differently. Say for example you said that you would have most likely went to school B if you did not go to school A. Are you saying that if you went back to that instance in time, knowing all the stuff that you did you would most likely have chosen school B given your circumstances of you at the past without any of the future biases that you hold from choosing school A? Or does it become another possibility of a what if scenario where you cannot infer that you would have done this or that to certain degree? How can you say for certain you would have done that when you did not (choose school A) therefore there would be no certainty in what you would have done in the past?

Consider two identical sets, A and B; but they're not identical, because they

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Jul 2021 13:37:52 +0000

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Mathematics

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Consider two identical sets, A and B; but they're not identical, because they have different names. Paradox?

Consider two identical sets, A and B; but they're not identical, because they

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Jul 2021 13:37:52 +0000

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Consider two identical sets, A and B; but they're not identical, because they have different names. Paradox?