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How do you define reality and illusions in life?

October 20, 2011 askmeDreams

From the time I was very young, I worried about the question of whether the true nature of Reality was as we perceive it or not. And if we could be deluded about the nature[…]

Is this statement a tautology: “If there were no opportunities there would be no crimes” ?

November 18, 2010 askmeLogic

It depends on how strictly you want to define the word “tautology”. A) FORMAL: If you wanted to evaluate it this statement as a formal tautology you would have to rewrite it as a formal[…]

who is the philosopher that said a real philosopher are the ones that question?

October 19, 2010 askmePhilosophers

You are probably thinking of Socrates. To be exact, he said that the wiser man is the one who knows he knows nothing rather than the person who thinks he knows something (but does not).[…]

What does Sartre mean by “Existence precedes essence?” What is essence and existence? What makes him conclude this? What further effect does this have on meaning, value, and freedom?

October 5, 2010 askmeQuestions

Essence in this case refers to the ancient philosophical idea (most closely associated with Plato) that all things have a predefined, ideal set of characteristics. For instance, the Essence of a chair is that it[…]

HI THERE..when we say time doesnt have any meaning in the life after death so we are living here and there now!how can it be possible?what happened to our soul in that case?and whataya think about the events we see from future?there are some connection between our soul in here and other life?

September 20, 2010 askmeQuestions

I can’t give any definitive answer to this question, but I can offer you a portrait of a situation that might be analogous. Picture yourself as a character in a book. Time only has meaning[…]

How are The Truman Show and Rene Descartes’ Discourse on Method alike?

September 16, 2009 askmePhilosophers

Both wrestle with the concept that everything we ordinarily view as “reality” could be in fact a highly convincing illusion.

Is this sentence a question or a metaquestion?

July 4, 2009 askmeLogic

It’s both. It has the form and function of a question, so it is a question, but it is about the questioning process, so it is also a metaquestion. Formal languages such as first or[…]

Can the questions answered by science be unlimited or limited by what can be investigated?

December 9, 2008 askmeQuestions

We have to define science first –let’s say it is the body of knowledge formed through the scientific method of testing hypotheses against verifiable empirical data. It becomes clear that there are a range of[…]

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How do you define reality and illusions in life?

Is this statement a tautology: “If there were no opportunities there would be no crimes” ?

who is the philosopher that said a real philosopher are the ones that question?

What does Sartre mean by “Existence precedes essence?” What is essence and existence? What makes him conclude this? What further effect does this have on meaning, value, and freedom?

HI THERE..when we say time doesnt have any meaning in the life after death so we are living here and there now!how can it be possible?what happened to our soul in that case?and whataya think about the events we see from future?there are some connection between our soul in here and other life?

How are The Truman Show and Rene Descartes’ Discourse on Method alike?

Is this sentence a question or a metaquestion?

Can the questions answered by science be unlimited or limited by what can be investigated?