Questions tagged [thought-experiment]
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Can a single thought experiment have multiple outcomes?
Is it possible for a particular thought experiment to have multiple outcomes based on the view point of the person conducting said experiment? Or can a thought experiment never yield multiple conclusions unless there is an inherent flaw in the…
user36421
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Philosophy as recreation?
What do you think about recreational philosophy. Is it different from academic philosophy or professional philosophy?
Or can anyone (or anywhere even) formulate philosophical statements?
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Can somebody explain the "thought experiment" about the tree falling in the forest?
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
Of course it does, assuming that there is no freak occurrence like the wind blowing in just the right direction for it to silently fall down. In general, yes, it…
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Is it okay to have multiple aims?
From childhood we were told to have only one aim. All the stories we were told were around this concept (for example, Arjuna and Fish Eye from the Mahabharata). If we vacillate between different career options people would advise us to concentrate…
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Does life imply death or the other way around?
I just heard that good ol' statement in a song and I automatically started wondering, since what's more logical to me is that death implies life? Any thoughts?
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Whatever unites people divides them in the next level
I've been thinking lately that if people are united at level N, that intrinsically makes them divide at level N+1.
Let me make myself clear. At level 0 I'm alone - myself. Level 1 might be my family. Going up, at some level i comes my nationality.…
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Do evil actions stem from good intentions?
Good actions and bad actions exist. But could it be possible that all bad and evil actions could stem from some sort of good thing making it at its root not evil. Like say I want to do something to make me happy at someone else's expense. Sense the…
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how does desire can kill your focus?
I often experience my focus dropped when my desire increases. How does both related?
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Is an action that causes a paradox impossible?
Suppose you went back in time and tried to murder your 2 year old self. Since murdering yourself in the past erases you, then you can no longer kill anything because you don't exist. Therefore, no matter how or why you try to kill your younger self…
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