Naturalism revisited

11 December 2010 307 3 View

Flame Wars: the Umpire Strikes Back

This group was started to provide meaningful exchange between serious philosophers and researchers in other scientific fields (I actually managed to write that with a straight face). You'll...

11 December 2010 2,820 43 View

Realism by bootstraps

04.06.2010 "As an empiricist I continue to think of the conceptual scheme of science as a tool, ultimately, for predicting future experience in the light of past experience. Physical objects...

05 June 2010 6,496 7 View

Pilate's question

So, what is "truth" ? Anyone got any ideas ?

02 March 2010 4,036 36 View

Apprehensions of reality - the mind question (Locke vs. Kant in two rounds - my submission)

31 December 2009 6,937 1 View

Mind and metaphysics

Can we - and should we -treat Mind as being primarily a "metaphysical puzzle"? If we do, should our primary domain of investigation be the relation between Mind and other "metaphysical puzzles" -...

31 December 2009 6,237 23 View

Major orientations in the philosophy of time

[I know we shouldn't really cross-post; though I posted this in the "Bell" thread, I think it's perhaps worth reposting in a new "time and space" topic where we can thrash out the different terms...

31 December 2009 6,080 2 View

Can we pass from "is" to "ought"?

The difference between, for example, metaphysics and ethics is the difference between decidiing what "is" the case and deciding what "ought to be" the case. Imagine that John ought to be...

11 December 2009 1,863 87 View

AUTHORITY, JUSTIFICATION, AND CLAIMS TO "PRIVILEGED EPISTEMIC STATUS"

Here's a characteristic Shekeris bombshell remark: "the same [that we have no reason for accepting epistemic justification by authority alone] could be said at least about science as an...

11 December 2009 8,180 25 View

Just to make things clear

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mysticism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscience http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudophilosophy

11 December 2009 311 3 View

How to determine implicit ontological and epistemological stance?

I am hoping for some guidance and additional reading material that will assist me in determining ontological and epistemological stance when not explicitly detailed within the research. Here is...

26 February 2021 227 5 View

How can a traditional medicine exist if its validated outcome is translated into molecular mechanism for acceptance of modern medicine?

A traditional medicine (e.g. Unani System of Medicine) has its own philosophy of treatment of a disease. Nowadays, there is emerging demand to validate the effectiveness of an intervention (a...

05 January 2021 9,472 5 View

You can mention a contribution that science will achieve in this year 2021?

It is known that scientific knowledge is replicated each time at more unusual speeds, however, humanity expects more from our scientific work, that is, solutions to problems that have accumulated...

02 January 2021 8,300 16 View

What is your philosophy about life ?

how do you understand life as it is really big suspense, why we are here, our consciousness is big unconsciousness and our unconsciousness big consciousness.

25 December 2020 7,632 19 View

What the essence of yoga and meditation ,how you take it as?

we all have our own thought and experience regarding yoga and meditation, we all know it's a miracle unexplainable to those who do he/she feel it.What's your view regarding it.

24 December 2020 3,615 10 View

Why the taste of foods(item) changes with the sources of fuel we used(bio fuel,wood,dried dung) reality or meth ?

As my experience and many consumer experience they feel the different taste of the same item served cooked in a different source, is it real or not, what is the reason behind this.

24 December 2020 6,476 3 View

Even if behavior was "embodied", wouldn't the brain notice?

Even if behavior was "embodied", wouldn't the brain notice? YES, of course: then the BRAIN would become the better "vehicle" for remembering, thinking, and "time travel" (i.e. prospective...

06 December 2020 8,108 3 View

Why do some apply skills learned from soft skills training and others do not?

Be it resilience, communications, leadership, diversity & inclusion, etc., many of us have been provided soft skills training. Some of which we used and some of which we did not. If you are over...

06 November 2020 208 3 View

Everywhere but nowhere ? Is this a wrong practice professionally ?

It is expected that employees must work in a team or group and help each other. How you consider this philosophy. Does helping out everyone everywhere but not being getting credited anywhere is a...

11 October 2020 7,314 9 View

Can a Type I Civilization (Kardashev Scale) develop an Artificial Intelligence of Type II Civilization?

According to Kardashev Scale, can a Type I Civilization be able to develop artificially intelligent system that surpasses it's own intelligence to match the intelligence of higher civilizations in...

10 October 2020 2,161 8 View