Metaphysics and Epistemology

1115 topics in this forum

1. Anyone know where I can read "Maybe You're Wrong" -Peikoff

   By Mnrchst, March 24, 2012
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   • Easy Truth
   • November 25

2. Question About the Epistemology of "Betting" or "Gambling" on a Certainly True Proposition

   By ReasonFirst, November 12
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   • DavidOdden
   • November 24

3. Rand and Kant Being Friends 1 2

   By KyaryPamyu, October 25
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   • Boydstun
   • November 23

4. Mathematics and Philosophy

   By Boydstun, October 13
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   • Boydstun
   • October 22

5. Has Any Objectivist Intellectual Discussed This Topic in Depth? 1 2 3

   By KyaryPamyu, August 24
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   • Doug Morris
   • September 1

6. explication of a concept

   By Nemain, August 5
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   • Nemain
   • August 7

7. Is the afterlife arbitrary? 1 2

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

8. Theory of Mind 1 2

   By EC, June 22
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   • EC
   • August 6

9. There Is No "Thing-In-Itself"

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

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

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

11. Great Description of Objectivist Metaphysics 1 2 3 4

    By KyaryPamyu, March 1
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    • Easy Truth
    • June 29

12. Universals and Measurement

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

13. Just Shut Up and Think 1 2

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

14. 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
    • April 17

15. Is direct realism tenable? Has it been successfully defended?

    By Frank, February 10
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    • Grames
    • April 9

16. Why Direct Perception Puzzles so Many People

    By KyaryPamyu, March 23
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    • 2046
    • March 24

17. Fact

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

18. 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

19. The Problem With Perceiving Entities

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

20. Type-I and Type-II Units

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

21. 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

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

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

23. Existence and Similarity 1 2 3 4

    By MisterSwig, November 21, 2020   

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    • Boydstun
    • November 14, 2021

24. John Dewey on Perception and Conception

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

25. Courage to say 'It is'

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