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Confucius and I | (p ^ ¬p)
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September 2, 2010. I’ve begun reading the. Of Confucius, and I’ve been struck by an amazing oddity. Up to this point, my only knowledge of Confucius had been the image of the Three Vinegar Tasters. Had I fully committed to the representation as Yin and Yang, however, I’d’ve been more accurate in my assessment. Riddled through the. Are lines that sound like they could have come directly from Lao-Tzu or Chuangzi. Take this aphorism, from Chapter 5 of the. Is this not a familiar sentiment? Confucian thought...
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Tomorrow’s Innovation | (p ^ ¬p)
https://paradoxholds.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/tomorrows-innovation
October 29, 2010. The trend of specialization has been an observable phenomenon since, arguably, the dawn of civilization. With a sufficiently Darwinian outlook, it’s even possible to argue that reality on the whole has a tendency towards specialization From a human perspective, however, it’s clear that specialization has cranked its process up a few notches since the Industrial Revolution. But today, in this very moment, specialization is beginning to develop a problem. But as specialization continues t...
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Zen and the Art of Expression Paradoxes | (p ^ ¬p)
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Zen and the Art of Expression Paradoxes. Zen and the Art of Expression Paradoxes. December 4, 2010. There is a paradox in metamathetics that asks the thinker to conceive of the smallest number not describable in fewer than eleven words. The paradox arises when the thinker notes that that description itself is ten words long, and thus any number to which it refers is, indeed, describable in fewer than eleven words. Let us take the most easily discussable instantiation of this: a concept that is inexpressi...
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Practice Exercises — Gettier’s Problem | (p ^ ¬p)
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Practice Exercises — Gettier’s Problem. Practice Exercises — Gettier’s Problem. July 19, 2011. To copy and paste viciously from Wikipedia,. Suggests, in his. In 1963, however, Edmund Gettier. Published an article in the periodical. Entitled “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? 8221;, offering instances of justified true belief that do not conform to the generally understood meaning of “knowledge.” Gettier’s examples hinged on instances of epistemic. Take that route and simply bitch about the category of ...
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The Past and Today’s Repast | (p ^ ¬p)
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The Past and Today’s Repast. The Past and Today’s Repast. November 25, 2010. Today, Thanksgiving, is traditionally a day of remembrance, family, and friends in the United States. We celebrate our community, our lives, and our families in repast and a break from work. But, in this day of community and remembrance, we naturally look to the past, and this celebration is stained by the bloody history of its tradition. And so the so-called patriots, the conservative, the nationally-proud retort annually.
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Sculpting the Mind | (p ^ ¬p)
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November 17, 2010. But the subconscious is not an independent, freely active beast. Our subconscious ideas are formed by our actions, our circumstances, our experiences. Every datum of input that strikes the mind shapes the mind. These data make often imperceptible (and currently immeasurably small) changes to our psychological makeup, and they become self-reinforcing. Use it or interpret it as such. We are not immutable slaves to the subconscious. Regardless of our sexual orientations. When we unthi...
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wmjbyatt | (p ^ ¬p)
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Practice Problems — Molyneaux Problem and Infinite Regression. July 30, 2011. Next in Wikipedia’s list of Unsolved Problems in Philosophy. Is the Molyneaux Problem, which asks the following:. If a man born blind, and able to distinguish by touch between a cube and a globe, were made to see, could he now tell by sight which was the cube and which the globe, before he touched them? Practice Exercises — Gettier’s Problem. July 19, 2011. To copy and paste viciously from Wikipedia,. Suggests, in his. 8221;, o...
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Practice Exercises — Art objects | (p ^ ¬p)
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Practice Exercises — Art objects. Practice Exercises — Art objects. July 17, 2011. Continuing down the list of Unsolved Problems in Philosophy. Wikipedia page, the next problem with which we shall concern ourselves is the question of art objects. The fact is that these problems occur at the edges of the conceivable whenever we try to explicitly categorize. What needs to be understood is that. Of a space filled with entities. The borders between regions are simply not defined, much like a hand gesture...
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The Luddite Fallacy | (p ^ ¬p)
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July 14, 2010. Held that the changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution would lead to a moral degradation of society. Many modern Luddites often argue the same thing that technological progress opens up the door for deeper and deeper immoralities and creates a darker and darker world. But that’s not all that any of these technologies have done. The Luddites, see, saw a half-empty glass. But progressivists who see only the good of technology are like bright-eyed optimists. Oftentimes more fun...Every...
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Practice Problems — Molyneaux Problem & Infinite Regression | (p ^ ¬p)
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Practice Problems — Molyneaux Problem and Infinite Regression. Practice Problems — Molyneaux Problem and Infinite Regression. July 30, 2011. Next in Wikipedia’s list of Unsolved Problems in Philosophy. Is the Molyneaux Problem, which asks the following:. If a man born blind, and able to distinguish by touch between a cube and a globe, were made to see, could he now tell by sight which was the cube and which the globe, before he touched them? Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Zen and th...
