| Subject | Date Asked |
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| Existentialism | 11/19/2009 |
Q: Sir, did any existentialist speak about social responsibility and asked to get off our comfortable ...
A: Yes indeed, more than one existentialist spoke of social responsibility and having the courage to ...
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| philosophy | 8/31/2009 |
Q: I would like to know, what is the best way to learn about philosophy? I am finished with univarsity, ...
A: I think you're on the right track with Plato, but you might want to go back just a little further ...
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| nietzsche | 8/24/2009 |
Q: I have yet another. Nietzsche mentions how "strict selfishness" is the most profoundly necessary ...
A: You mention some concerns of immediate practicality, such as maintaining and enhancing the body in ...
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| nietsche again | 8/22/2009 |
Q: so I have continued my reading in "Ecce Homo" by Nietzsche. I am currently reading through the ...
A: Without my going back through and doing the research in Ecce Homo specifically, I will give you the ...
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| nietzsche | 8/19/2009 |
Q: I have been reading the book called "Why I am So Wise" by Friedrich Nietzsche. I am currently ...
A: First, I think you mean the book is "Ecce Homo", and "Why I Am So Wise" and "Why I Am So Clever" are ...
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| scientists play a greater part | 8/6/2009 |
Q: I have problems with this question "Should scientists play a greater part in the government of a ...
A: i) Examples I think would include issues such as global warming, contagious diseases, and space ...
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| Merely mirror them | 7/28/2009 |
Q: Hai, do you mind explain & describe to me what this whole sentence means, please "Television sex and ...
A: "Television sex and violence does not mould societal values, it merely mirrors them.' Discuss." This ...
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| Work in Philosophy | 7/21/2009 |
Q: what work is there in philosophy?
A: Do you mean unpaid work or paid work? There's virtually infinite unpaid work in philosophy! More ...
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| Existentialism | 5/29/2009 |
Q: Mr. Motta. Could you explain to me the main idea of existentialism? I am in grade eight and the ...
A: It's great to hear from younger readers! First, I have a novel to recommend to you especially ...
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| saying | 5/26/2009 |
Q: What is the meaning of saying that the consciousness of the past weighs like a nightmare on the ...
A: It's difficult for me to tell exactly what the saying has in mind, since there's no author ...
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| unconscious, subconscious | 5/13/2009 |
Q: Do you agree with the sentence below: "We unconsciously reject or accept, and then subconsciously ...
A: Wow! You sure knew how to give me a tough one this time! To be honest with you, even though ...
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| Education in Plato | 4/29/2009 |
Q: I am a researcher and have following problem:in Plato political thought are citizens free to choose ...
A: Presumably we're talking about "The Republic". As for your first question, no. Second question, ...
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| reality | 4/27/2009 |
Q: !! I'd like to ask you about the first sentence below. "Unless we postulate that somehow each ...
A: Howdy Luke, I think the first sentence is trying to draw a dichotomy between the purely subjective ...
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| Inauthenticity and Jean-Paul Sarte | 4/20/2009 |
Q: When we try to avoid making choices or living up to the responsibility of making choices, according ...
A: since it's Monday morning! Two words: "bad faith". Please see one of my personal archives here: ...
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| lagarde | 4/19/2009 |
Q: I have a few questions about “George de Lagarde”. 1. His date of birth. 2. His date of death. 3. His ...
A: Wow, you sure know how to ask tough questions! I'm sorry that I won't be able to give you much, but ...
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| how to be acknowleged. | 3/26/2009 |
Q: Motta. How you doing. My name is Tittim. I just had a look at your description at the all experts ...
A: Shwan, Thanks for the question. There are a lot of different ways to get publicity, but in this ...
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| question | 3/25/2009 |
Q: who is considered as the greatest philosopher of all time like bertrand russell?
A: Waqar, Thanks for the question. Obviously, this is highly subjective, but I will make two comments. ...
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| Fallacious reasoning | 1/30/2009 |
Q: I'm trying to think of the technical phrases (or Latin term if applicable) for the type of hazy ...
A: Syllogist whore, First, let me direct you to this page, as it's filled with all sorts of fallacies ...
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| The Bucket List | 12/4/2008 |
Q: I have a presentation that is due on monday for my Philosophy classl. The project consist of a list ...
A: First, I'm wondering why you chose "The Bucket List" if you're having problems using it. Couldn't ...
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| plato | 11/30/2008 |
Q: I am having difficulty figuring out the argument for the existence of god in Plato's law's book X. ...
A: R, Thanks for your question. First, let's make sure you have the text. Here is Book X ...
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| Help | 11/7/2008 |
Q: I am curious thats why i am sking this type of question and this is not a homework question. What ...
A: Sam, Yes, the Forms "truly exist" for Plato. They're timeless and static. Now I think Plato would ...
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| Help | 11/6/2008 |
Q: I am curious thats why i am sking this type of question and this is not a homework question. What ...
A: I refer you to an article I've written: http://www.ehow.com/how_2148157_understand-platos-forms.html ...
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| question about author | 6/17/2008 |
Q: I have a question about the French philosopher Albert Camus. Do you know if there is a book of his ...
A: I doubt that there would be a book consisting specifically and exclusively in Camus quotes. But ...
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| human nature norms/assisted suicide (pro) | 5/15/2008 |
Q: I have been trying to do research for a paper from a Phil of Human Nature class where I was Lost; my ...
A: Bretti, Thanks for your inquiry. Here is an article of mine that compares deontological ethics ...
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| Unusual Question | 5/2/2008 |
Q: Sorry to trouble you, I have an odd, rather convoluted question to ask. Basically, I'm an ...
A: Geoff, Thanks. This was a fun question. As much as I enjoy writing, and as much as I hate to admit ...
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| Feuerbach | 4/27/2008 |
Q: What is another philosopher that I can compare to Feuerbach's new philosophy. Plese help thank you.
A: K, Thanks for your question. The first philosopher who comes to my mind when I see the name ...
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| Chicken and the egg semantics | 4/11/2008 |
Q: The Chicken and the egg paradox seems to have been resolved and I tend to agree with the results. ...
A: Dom, Thanks for the question. I'm going to have to go with "because it came from a chicken" on ...
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| Sartre vs Thoreau | 4/6/2008 |
Q: I am trying to flesh out the differences between Thoreau and Sartre, particularly with their views ...
A: Rose, Thanks for your question. For Sartre's existentialist philosophy, I think soft paternalism ...
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| no existent objects. | 2/25/2008 |
Q: should we accept that there are non-existent objects?
A: Rob, Thanks for the question. Here is a page that summarizes various problems and arguments ...
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| Philosophers and their theories on "self" | 2/21/2008 |
Q: i have to write an in class essay tomorrow on 5 philosophers and their theories of "self" I was ...
A: Kasey, Normally I don't answer "homework questions" because normally they're couched in dishonesty, ...
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| ways to advance analytical skill | 10/15/2007 |
Q: Michael, Reading your profile with analytical philosophy, I am interested in your views on ...
A: Calvin, Wow I think you're off to a good start just in your comprehensive "question"! To clarify ...
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| ethics | 10/11/2007 |
Q: my question deals both with philosophy and science. I am atheist but I do have an ethical code: I ...
A: Jack, This is one of the toughest questions I've been asked! I think the best service I can do for ...
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| Emotions | 10/7/2007 |
Q: I just got done watching a more recent version of "attack of the body snatchers" and I was wondering ...
A: James, While "James" is traditionally one of the most popular Anglo-American names, I tend to have ...
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| Emotions | 10/6/2007 |
Q: I just got done watching a more recent version of "attack of the body snatchers" and I was wondering ...
A: James, Nice to hear from you again (if you're the same James from a few times before). Thanks for ...
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| titles | 9/27/2007 |
Q: This time I have neither philosophical nor psychological question to you. I only would like to ask ...
A: Luke, Oops, somehow I missed Schopenhauer. His magnum opus is sometimes translated as "The World as ...
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| titles | 9/26/2007 |
Q: This time I have neither philosophical nor psychological question to you. I only would like to ask ...
A: Since you want something "not so difficult", you may not be too happy with Jean-Paul Sartre, however ...
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| Philosophy teaching | 9/4/2007 |
Q: My boyfriend is in his first year of a Ph.D philosophy program and just started teaching an ...
A: Lisa, Thanks for the question. I think that part of the issue here lies within its framing. ...
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| philosophy for non-philosophers | 7/3/2007 |
Q: I'm wondering if you can name some great books on philosophy for non-philosophers. There are two ...
A: This is a rough one for me to pin down especially since I've read very few books on philosophy of ...
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| Natural death? | 6/21/2007 |
Q: I just have a simple question, is burning alive considered a natural death?
A: If you mean by "natural death", what is commonly referred to in medicine as "death by natural ...
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| thinking | 6/20/2007 |
Q: Michael! I've heard somewhere that Martin Heidegger presented an argument for the possibility of a ...
A: Welcome back Mr. Luke! I think you probably came closer to Heidegger's notion of meditative ...
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| Certainty | 6/7/2007 |
Q: Is there anyway to measure certainty? I know statistically you can come up with a probability that ...
A: James, Thanks for the question. I think as soon as you speak of "measuring" certainty you've ...
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| help! | 6/3/2007 |
Q: Hey, what's the porpuse and meaning of life... Lost soul doesn't know where to go..
A: Nords, Thanks for the perennial question. The first thing that came to my mind (after thinking of ...
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| KANT | 5/4/2007 |
Q: I always have quite simple questions- the categorical imperative produces categorical imperitives, ...
A: Alice, Thanks for your question. The various formulations of the categorical imperative produce ...
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| LOCKE | 4/27/2007 |
Q: Reading locke and berkeley i have a few problems; For Berkeley there is no such thing as matter? Or ...
A: Nice to "hear" from you again if you are the person who also goes by "Alex McIlveen". If not, ...
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| know yourself | 3/22/2007 |
Q: Michael! Henry David Thoreau wrote that: We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad ...
A: Lucas, Thanks for the question. Your Thoreau quote presents an idea that I recall from American ...
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| need a good book | 3/20/2007 |
Q: It's been a LONG time since I've been able to finish a book, and I'm in search of one I won't be ...
A: Sammantha, Thanks for the question. There sure are plenty of good reads and I'm sure to overlook ...
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| ARISTOTLE AND HAPPINESS | 2/25/2007 |
Q: Thus to say happiness requires activity and activity is needed for happiness is tautological? Also ...
A: You're welcome -- and my apologies for identifying you as "Mr." in my first answer. It's rather ...
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| ARISTOTLE AND HAPPINESS | 2/24/2007 |
Q: I am a phiolosphy student in Glasgow and am struggling over this question regarding Aristotle; ...
A: Mcilveen, Thanks for your question. It's nice to hear from Glasgow, city of my favorite ...
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| solitude | 2/20/2007 |
Q: I'm asking a follow-up just to make sure I understand your point of view. You wrote about "Other" ...
A: Lucas, I don't think you quite have it but you're on the right track. A return to Hyldgaard's ...
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| solitude | 2/17/2007 |
Q: Hope you don't mind me asking you questions all the time! Some time ago I was thinking about the ...
A: I don't mind you asking questions, especially since you you pose existential questions more so than ...
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| beautiful/ugly | 2/13/2007 |
Q: How do people define beauty? Is it something that we feel that something is beautiful or ugly, or ...
A: Luke, Thanks for the question. How do people define beauty? Aesthetics is the traditional branch ...
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| automaton | 2/7/2007 |
Q: Would you agree that nowadays a human being became a cog in a large economic machine that his hands ...
A: Wow! That's quite a series of inquiries. Let's take a look, with the understanding that this is far ...
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| Theodor Adorno - Help | 1/15/2007 |
Q: My name is Lior and I am a student from Israel. In order to write a paper on Theodor Adorno, I will ...
A: Lior, Thanks for the question. It's usually rugged finding primary source materials online (as ...
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| if there is such thing as... | 1/15/2007 |
Q: if scientists believe there are an infinate amount of dimensions to which every conceivable ...
A: Olly, Thanks for the question. Let me try to break down your argument. Let B = scientists believe ...
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| So You mean...... | 1/8/2007 |
Q: 1.To put it simply,so you mean we can see the reality clearly to our desire and feeling, and we were ...
A: Rambo, Thanks for asking for clarification. 1. Yes I think you've got it. Our personal perspectives ...
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| Life is like a dream | 1/7/2007 |
Q: 1.About life is like a dream, do you mean a person view of reality is inaccurate because most of the ...
A: Rambo, Thanks for your questions. 1. I don't necessarily say that life is like a dream; your ...
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| Life is like a dream | 1/3/2007 |
Q: I got few question I need to ask you. It seem to be easy, but I just don't understand. 1.Why does ...
A: Rambo, Thanks for the excellent question. It is not simple, as you found. 1. There are many ways ...
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| jean paul sarte existenialist ethics | 12/11/2006 |
Q: Jean Paul Sarte Existentialist Ethics I'm Suppossed to address a quote from his reading but I dont ...
A: Danielle, Thanks for your question. Are you sure that this a Sartre quote? It looks to me as if ...
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| Futurist? | 11/21/2006 |
Q: Would you happen to know what a futurist does? Is it a disapline of philosophy?
A: James, there are different kinds of futurism, futurists, and future studies ...
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| Concerned | 11/12/2006 |
Q: Why are so many Islamic people becoming radical Muslim terrorists? What is their motivation? Can we ...
A: The specifics of your questions are outside of my expertise but as a philosopher who also takes an ...
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| Technology and Human Behavior | 11/9/2006 |
Q: I'm a senior journalism major and I'm constructing an article. Maybe I can rephrase the question. I ...
A: Cornell, Thanks for your question. I have to echo the sentiments of a couple of the answers to ...
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| career course - hopefully you can help! :) | 11/8/2006 |
Q: let me apologize in advance if this is not the correct area to submit this type of question. i have ...
A: Heath, Thanks for the question. I can understand your bewilderment, as this pursuit of yours ...
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| Critical Thinking | 11/7/2006 |
Q: I'm not sure if this is your expertise but I loved your answers in philosophical thinking. I have ...
A: Mistiski, Thanks for your question and kind remark. I used to chat online with a person nicknamed ...
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| the right to self defense | 10/17/2006 |
Q: A victims deliberate use of deadly force is a just response to repeated domestic violence? This is ...
A: Jon, Thanks for the question. I looked up your topic on nflonline.org, just to clarify it in my ...
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| save the world or save your friends | 10/13/2006 |
Q: If you're a hero, and you have to make a choice, are you supposed to save the world or save your ...
A: My mom won't let me read Harry Potter because it's the "work of the devil" (just kidding) -- but I ...
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| Does God Exist? | 9/25/2006 |
Q: Do you believe that God exist or does not exist? What is your best argument? What is your reutation ...
A: Roy, This sounds like a homework question to me but I will offer some of my personal views on the ...
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| fromm | 9/20/2006 |
Q: cause i'm thinking of buying it! thanks again! Followup To Question - HI Michael What do you ...
A: Luke, First, thanks for your kind remarks. Secondly, no I haven't read "To Have or to Be" to my ...
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| fromm | 9/19/2006 |
Q: What do you think about a german philosopher Erich Fromm? Have you ever read some of his books, if ...
A: Luke, I've read various works by Fromm such as "Escape from Freedom", "The Sane Society" (which I ...
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| Philosophy | 9/14/2006 |
Q: I just read Protagoras and Who's To Say...my question is Explain relativism, the different type, ...
A: Tristan, First of all, I'm not sure if you read Plato's dialogue called "Protagoras" or if you read ...
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