Post No.: 0315 Furrywisepuppy says: Robert Nozick, who supported the school of libertarianism, believed in a minimal state that had no distributive justice (welfare state) or paternalism (people should not be stopped from harming themselves if that’s what … Read More
Post No.: 0301 Furrywisepuppy says: ‘Embodied cognition’ is about the (non-neural) body being integral to the mind too. A mind and body is also shaped by, and shapes, the wider environment. The notion of a ‘mind-body dualism’ is … Read More
Post No.: 0289 Furrywisepuppy says: Utilitarianism is an example of consequentialism because it cares ultimately about the outcomes or consequences of things rather than the methods to achieve them – in the case of utilitarianism, this means maximising the … Read More
Post No.: 0272 Furrywisepuppy says: The emotion of disgust probably evolved to protect us from the tiny microorganisms and viruses that can harm us from the inside, while the emotion of fear probably evolved to protect us from … Read More
Post No.: 0246 Fluffystealthkitten says: We can be said to have standing-based justice/rights (rights that we have for simply being human, for being sentient or for being able to feel pleasure or suffering) and action-matching justice/rights (rights that … Read More
Post No.: 0218 Furrywisepuppy says: This post relates to Post No.: 0115 but I’ll explore more the ethics regarding doping in sports… Save for things that would be illegal if done outside of a sport too, what … Read More
Post No.: 0208 Fluffystealthkitten says: We briefly queried whether there could be a creationist god after all in Post No.: 0074. For the sake of this post, we’re going to agree that God exists… Well philosophers have … Read More
Post No.: 0179 Fluffystealthkitten says: I personally cannot find many satisfying horror movies – they’re generally full of protagonists doing things I think normal people in real life wouldn’t do if they were in the same situations, hence … Read More
Post No.: 0145 Furrywisepuppy says: I personally believe that philosophy or philosophical thinking contributes to the natural sciences (physical and life sciences) by guiding what questions we want to ask and ultimately want answered. For instance, where did … Read More
Post No.: 0136 Furrywisepuppy says: Preventing crime (whether at the grassroots level or increased police presence, for instance) is better than attempting criminal correction after a crime has been committed, but sometimes prevention fails because we don’t want … Read More
Post No.: 0130 Furrywisepuppy says: Lots of people consider visual art and aesthetics to be a subject that can never be truly investigated and understood by science because it’s beyond the language of science or should not be … Read More
Post No.: 0102 Fluffystealthkitten says: I personally have no fluffy problem whatsoever with people who are homosexual because it’s not sufficiently persuasive to say that it does harm to other people or even to the individuals involved, as … Read More
Post No.: 0074 Fluffystealthkitten says: What if a sentient god (who is or was more stealthy than me!) designed DNA and the process of natural selection on purpose? The problem with this argument strategy is that it … Read More
Post No.: 0066 Furrywisepuppy says: Premises: All dogs have butts, I am a dog, Conclusion: Therefore I have a butt. The above syllogism is sound. A sound argument is one with true premises and valid logic. An … Read More
Post No.: 0056 Furrywisepuppy says: As of posting, we can build artificial intelligences that can beat the best of the known natural intelligences fairly and consistently at intellectual games like Go, chess or Jeopardy! yet we cannot currently … Read More
Post No.: 0045 Fluffystealthkitten says: Here’s a classic thought experiment in philosophy for you… Regarding us getting closer and closer to being able to create more and more believable virtual worlds – chances are that, arguably, we … Read More
