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Does science prove that the self does not exist, and if so what would that mean for human society?
This was kinda brought to me be a guy who said science could answer philosophical questions:
"There is no inherent ‘self’, and research supports this. Like a group of cells working together, ...
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Given an infinite future, will we all be reincarnated? [closed]
This is a very speculative question, so bear with me.
Suppose that after the heat death of the universe, time continues for eternity. Occasionally, quantum fluctuations and spontaneous entropy ...
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How do contemporary philosophers' views on the self stand up to Nagarjuna's?
Here is Nagarjuna's critique of the self:
"If the self were its aggregates, it would have arising and ceasing as properties. If the self were different from its aggregates, it would not have the ...
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What did Sartre have to say about the unconscious?
What did Sartre have to say about the unconscious? Chat-gpt is trying to convince me that Sartre explicitly calls it a "theory of excuses" and "a device of bad faith", but both ...
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Was Simone the Beauvoir's conception of woman as Other the first example of an individual's characteristic as a social construct?
I am in no way a philosophy scholar, I have only recently started reading "real philosophy books". I am currently reading Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex, and it is only the third or ...
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What exactly do People realise, in Self-Realisation?
Self-Realisation is a Truth because there have been people like that. I was wondering what exactly do people realise in Self-Realisation?
Is it some totally new Truth, or something else?
I have my ...
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What if the reality is just someone's memories? [closed]
What if the thoughts I think I’m having are actually someone else’s?
If I am merely observing someone else's memories and thoughts, and never truly thinking for myself, can I be said to exist at all?
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What really is the meaning of "know thyself"? [closed]
Ought, and I think that is the right word, we know ourselves so that we may know others? Does it have intrinsic value, and if so then what qualities of ourselves ought we know irrespective of what ...
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What is the difference between bundle theory and mereological nihilism?
Mereological nihilism is the thesis that composition never occurs; the apparent wholes of common sense are reducible to simples arranged "table-wise" or "cat-wise."
Bundle theory ...
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Does Teleonomic Matter imply Subjectivity without Identity? [closed]
The matter part is a term used by David Krakauer about the goal oriented matter. Someone I was talking to mentioned how this is an example of subjectivity without identity but from what I read it’s ...
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What's the difference (if any) between "self" and "consciousness"?
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Philosophy of self
The philosophy of self examines the idea of the self at a conceptual level. Many different ideas on what constitutes self have been proposed, including the self being ...
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Is the notion of a "self" that persists over time an illusion?
If I define "myself" as "my body," my body is constantly changing. At some time t₁, my body corresponds to a specific arrangement of elementary particles. At a different time t₂, ...
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Does asking counterfactual questions about the context/conditions of one's birth presuppose the existence of souls? [closed]
If I ask the question "Why was I born in this body and not in another body?" or similar variations such as "Why didn’t I have different parents?" or "Why was I born on this ...
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experience of loneliness [closed]
Why does a person, in the experience of loneliness, sometimes find peace and a deeper meaning in life instead of fear or a desire to escape?
This question explores a fundamental paradox in the nature ...
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How can one be honest with oneself if one IS oneself?
My question is probably very basic, but it concerns a bit of a paradox/contradiction. In psychology it is a frequent refrain, "You aren't (or have to be) honest with yourself." I don't ...
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