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71What is the Nature of Reality? Berkeley's Inconceivability Argument
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Berkeley's Inconceivability Argument: Why Bodies are Nothing More than Perception It is one of the most basic human intuitions that the bodies we encounter in our everyday experience exist are physical... published 7 months ago
58On de Beauvoir's Examination of Woman
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"One wonders if women still exist," Simone de Beauvoir muses in her Introduction to The Second Sex, "if they will always exist, whether or not it is desirable that they should, what place they occupy in... published 2 months ago
56The Vagueness of Language and the Sorites Paradox
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Introduction Shaquille O'Neal is 7'1. He is tall. Tim Duncan is 7'0. He is also tall. Kevin Garnett is 6'11. He is tall. Amare Stoudemire is 6'10. He is tall. Rudy Gay is 6'9. He is tall. By the same... published 2 months ago
58Explanation, Exoneration, What We Can Hear, and How We Respond
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Introduction On September 11, 2001, the vulnerability of the United States was exposed. Four commercial airliners were hijacked by a group of 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists and used to wage destruction on the... published 2 months ago
61Russell's Response to Frege
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Russell’s Response to Frege Logicians widely recognize Frege’s Begriffsschrift (“Concept Notation”) a monumental turning point for the field of logic. In fact, in this work he is essentially... published 6 months ago
60The Geneology of the Sovereign Individual
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The Genealogy of the Sovereign Individual “ Rather, it was ‘the good’ themselves, that is, the noble, powerful, high stationed and high minded, who felt and established themselves and their actions as... published 6 months ago
65Genealogy of the Sovereign Individual
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The Genealogy of the Sovereign Individual “ Rather, it was ‘the good’ themselves, that is, the noble, powerful, high stationed and high minded, who felt and established themselves and their actions as... published 6 months ago
67On Plato's Objections to Democratic Culture
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On Plato's Objections to Democratic Culture Introduction At the beginning of Plato's Apology, Socrates implores the jury hearing his case to “concentrate your attention on whether I am just or... published 5 months ago
61Truth, Falsity, and Intuitionism
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Truth, Falsity, and Intuitionism As humans, we construct language to describe the experiences we see and the intuitive ideas that we encounter. Without language, there arises great difficulty and complexity... published 6 months ago
62Spinoza, Leibniz and the Power of Necessity
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Spinoza, Leibniz, and the Power of Necessity When we reflect on past events, it is quite common that we fall into the habit of saying things like, "If only had I not gotten hurt" or " If only had I went to a... published 6 months ago
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