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Can you prove to me that this does not exist?
Mar 1st
A philosophy professor walks in to his lecture theater to give his class their final exam papers. Placing a chair onto the desk in front of the class, he instructs, “To pass this exam you may use anything applicable that you have learnt in this course, now prove to me that this chair does not exist.”
As the majority of the class struggles to remember Descartes, Sartre and a foray of other philosophers, one student spends less than one minute writing his answer, and then turns his paper in.
Time goes by until eventually the day comes when all the students receive More >
Plato, Desire and its Unrelenting Love
Jan 9th
Love is often argued to be the most powerful and moving emotion. It drives us. Whether for sex, wealth, greed, power and/or for any other selfish need, we rely on this false ideology of love as being beautiful, untouched and selfless to claim our actions as permissible and out of the best interest of our hearts desire. It is this obsession with love which has intrigued philosophers for hundreds of years, and as a result, the reason such deliberation and rationality has been extended to it. Plato, a Greek philosopher, mathematician and writer, is often considered to be one of More >
A Shark Tale
Nov 22nd
I would not be amazed if someday some angler caught a large shark, cut it open, and discovered inside was a whole person. Then the angler cut the person open, and inside was a smaller shark. And, although it would be incredible to see another human inside the smaller shark, there wouldn’t be, as the shark would be too small. Perhaps inside the shark there would be a human doll replica. But, inside that doll would be nothing. Inside the nothingness is where the shark now resides, outside existence and outside knowledge.
I now come to ask myself the following questions:
Why More >
The Basic Conventions of Moral Philosophy.
May 26th
Moral philosophy is the study of ethics in relation to the ultimate questions of morality. There are two main branches of thought being Metaethics and Normative Ethics.
Metaethics:
Question: What is the nature and methodology of moral judgement?
The study of Metaethics studies the nature and methodology of moral decision and judgment and asks questions along the lines of:
What does “good” and “ought,” mean?
Can we justify moral truths?
Whether there is rationality between right and wrong?
A metaethical view normally consists of two conjoining parts.
1. The definition of “good” choices. 2. The selection of moral principles.
Methods of consonance often base morality on social convention, More >
Why put off ’til tomorrow what you can do today?
Mar 12th
Generally, a person should never delay longer than required, nor do today, what they could put off till tomorrow. Insight may be gained for tomorrows deeds today and if you could have prolonged what you chose to do today, you may have been able to do it better tomorrow.
“Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done.”
- Aaron Burr
Why are fools and fanatics always so certain of themselves, but wiser people are full of doubts?
Mar 2nd
I met a girl the other day at uni who asked me my view on this question.
A personal conviction is easier to formulate if you have lesser knowledge about a given topic.
Our world is outside absolutes. The actual possibilities are relative to constant variables and factors that influence all aspects of the impossibility.
Therefore, if a fool or fanatic is certain of himself or herself, it only means that they are certain within their limited scope of knowledge.
Their answer was easier to formulate opposed to a wiser person, as they only knew a limited amount of possibility.
So obviously, the more knowledge More >
If you eliminate the impossible, must whatever remains be the truth?
Jun 5th
Not necessarily.
If you were able to eliminate the impossible, you would be left with the possible.
Just because something is possible does not mean it is the truth.
Therefore, if you eliminate the impossible you are not left with the truth only a possible entity.
