Metaphysics and Epistemology

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1. explication of a concept

   By Nemain, August 5
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   • Nemain
   • August 7

2. Is the afterlife arbitrary? 1 2

   By Severinian, October 11, 2021
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   • Boydstun
   • August 6

3. Theory of Mind 1 2

   By EC, June 22
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   • EC
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4. There Is No "Thing-In-Itself"

   By KALADIN, July 9, 2019
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   • Easy Truth
   • July 7

5. How many masks do you wear? 1 2 3 4 12

   By Tenderlysharp, December 22, 2020
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   • tadmjones
   • July 3

6. Great Description of Objectivist Metaphysics 1 2 3 4

   By KyaryPamyu, March 1
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   • Easy Truth
   • June 29

7. Universals and Measurement

   By Boydstun, May 17, 2020
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   • Boydstun
   • June 22

8. Just Shut Up and Think 1 2

   By SpookyKitty, June 9, 2018
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   • Doug Morris
   • May 14

9. Metaphysical sanction (authorization) for an ethical system vs. Supernatural, Pragmatic, or Biological Sanction

   By The Laws of Biology, April 16
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   • Eiuol
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10. Is direct realism tenable? Has it been successfully defended?

    By Frank, February 10
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    • Grames
    • April 9

11. Why Direct Perception Puzzles so Many People

    By KyaryPamyu, March 23
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    • 2046
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12. Fact

    By mike o, December 30, 2021
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    • Boydstun
    • January 29

13. Does Objectivism: the Philosophy of Ayn Rand affirm mind independent existence of the physical world?

    By Frank, December 31, 2021
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    • Frank
    • December 31, 2021

14. The Problem With Perceiving Entities

    By SpookyKitty, December 22, 2021
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    • mike o
    • December 28, 2021

15. Type-I and Type-II Units

    By SpookyKitty, December 17, 2021
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    • SpookyKitty
    • December 17, 2021

16. What Kinds of Infinities Do You Find Philosophically Acceptable and Why?

    By SpookyKitty, December 13, 2021
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    • Doug Morris
    • December 15, 2021

17. Do Algorithmically Non-Trivial Definitions Refute Measurement-Omission Theory?

    By SpookyKitty, December 8, 2021
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    • SpookyKitty
    • December 11, 2021

18. Existence and Similarity 1 2 3 4

    By MisterSwig, November 21, 2020   

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    • Boydstun
    • November 14, 2021

19. John Dewey on Perception and Conception

    By Boydstun, July 10, 2021
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    • Boydstun
    • October 12, 2021

20. Courage to say 'It is'

    By Jonathan Weissberg, February 25, 2021
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    • Sebastien
    • September 23, 2021

21. Fundamental thinking methods & learning anything

    By Jonathan Weissberg, February 22, 2021
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    • Sebastien
    • September 23, 2021

22. From Integrity to Calculus

    By Boydstun, November 28, 2012
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    • Boydstun
    • August 23, 2021

23. Some Thoughts on The Arbitrary 1 2 3

    By necrovore, July 27, 2021
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    • Doug Morris
    • August 2, 2021

24. Certainty & The Benevolent Universe Premise

    By Jonathan Weissberg, June 5, 2021
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    • Easy Truth
    • June 23, 2021

25. Justification: Casual inference vs witness testimony

    By Epistem, June 20, 2021
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    • Epistem
    • June 21, 2021