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How are objective probabilites and statistics(frequency in the world) relevant to individual cases

I'm a bit confused about why objective probability(frequency in the world) should be relevant to individual cases? Let's say there is a frequency where 10% of the attending students successfully...

Asked on 12/22/2020 by Philosophy101

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Having trouble paraphrasing sentence

F: French wins gold medal G: Germans win gold medal D: Danish win gold medal I have to use truth connectives to paraphrase: They will not all win gold medals...

Asked on 12/22/2020 by larry mintz

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Where did Aristotle say that the more self-evident something is, the more difficult it is to see?

18:45 of this claims that Aristotle said that the more self-evident something is, the more difficult it is to see (reminiscent of: "hidden in plain sight"). Where...

Asked on 12/09/2020 by Geremia

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In the philosophy of Josiah Royce, is there a tension between the individual and society?

I'm reading through Josiah Royce's view on the self and this is what I think he believes the tension to be between the individual and society: "The tension between the...

Asked on 12/04/2020 by James Brewer

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Are there ethicists who defend the conclusion that "harm" be defined by the individual being harmed?

From WP:Some legal scholars... have argued that the traditional issues of free speech -- that "the main threat to free speech" is the censorship of "suppressive states", and that "ill-informed...

Asked on 12/04/2020 by Gonçalo Peres 龚燿禄

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Computing Premises from Consequence

We write 'If A, then B' to mean that if A is true, then B must be true because B is a logical consequence of A i.e. it is impossible...

Asked on 12/02/2020 by Ajax

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How can an uneducated but rational person differentiate between science and religion?

I recently found myself unable to respond to the statement "But the big bang theory is just another creation myth!" during a science vs. religion argument. I found it very...

Asked on 11/23/2020 by Alexander S King

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What are the fundamental differences between the belief system of science and religious belief systems?

While most religious belief systems affirm the existence of certain things, the belief system of (natural) science tends to deny the existence of certain "not-reproducible" things. Let's look at two...

Asked on 11/22/2020 by Thomas Klimpel

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Can "nothing" have size?

If "nothing" is encapsulated by "something", does this imply it has size? For example; imagine I have a 1 meter by 1 meter by 1 meter box which encloses a...

Asked on 11/02/2020 by takintoolong

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Is this guy's thinking more inclined towards Kant's philosophy or utilitarianism

Suppose there is a young adult guy who is suffering from chronic illness.He recently lost his job because of his illness and feels things are only going to get...

Asked on 10/29/2020 by Shad

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