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Do we feel compelled to defend objectivity, but not subjectivity, because objectivity is a concept in the domain of the subjects' knowledge?
Objectivity
https://iep.utm.edu/objectiv/
The object is something that presumably exists independent of the subject’s perception of it. In other words, the object would be there, as it is, even if no ...
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Is it even possible to know, from the outside, whether a physical system is conscious?
I take it for granted that other humans, and other higher animals like chimpanzees and dogs and cats, are conscious. But is it even possible to know, from the outside, whether a physical system is ...
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Truth/actuality as an operator
Frege claimed that "it is true that" adds nothing to the actual meaning of an assertion, and following him along this line are prosentential theories of truth. However, I wonder if this is ...
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Is it important "whether concepts are defined logically or empirically" for a priori or posteriori?
I'm confused whether concepts are defined logically or empirically in order to determine if a proposition is a priori or a posteriori.
Apple is a fruit.
The sun radiates heat.
Paris is the capital ...
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Question about the IEP’s (Michael Huemer’s) formulation of phenomenal conservatism
(I posted the identical question on the AskPhilosophy subreddit.)
I first learned about phenomenal conservatism under a different name, “the principle of credulity”, from the philosopher of religion ...
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Arguments that are against Nozick's Adherence condition?
I’ve been readying Robert Nozick’s tracking theory of knowledge from Philosophical Explanations (1981), and I’m trying to understand whether his fourth condition — often called the adherence condition ...
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Is the B needed in JTB?
I was thinking about 'unconscious belief' and whether such a thing exists. It seems we can have unconscious knowledge (I believe that cognitive science has proven this), but surely it isn't ...
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Why does Jeffery Conditionalization switch to belief updating via the law of total probability?
In Bayesian Epistemology, Jeffery Conditionalization is motivated by the simple principle of conditionalization being defined so as to permit only decisive evidence which warrants setting the agent's ...
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Can moral truths be known a priori or are they based on experience?
I am currently working on an essay that explores the concept of a priori knowledge and whether or not it can exist. I would love to hear any thoughts or opinions on this topic that anyone may have.
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Are logical truths a subset of facts which in turn is a subset of possible truths?
Are logical truths (those that are true in all possible interpretations) a subset of facts (known via observation in our reality)? Are facts a subset of possible truths(satisfiable)? Where do axioms ...
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Is there a logical argument for the limit of knowledge?
It is justifiable to assert that certain knowledge could not be disseminated without the invention of writing. One could say that humanity needed the knowledge of writing before further knowledge ...
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References for how to build knowledge and representations from discourse
First of all I would like to say that I am asking this for a friend and I have no previous knowledge of the field so the terminology that I am using might be erroneous. Feel free to leave comments ...
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How to start Philosophy and find the branches that are related to my questions?
From Wikipedia:
Ontology: philosophical study of the nature of being, becoming, existence, or reality, as well as the basic categories of being and their relations.
Epistemology: study of the nature ...
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Is there a common first thing we all know as a fetus?
Is there a common first truth known to any fetus, and if there is what is it? I was thinking of Descartes' methodological doubt, wherein he arrived at the indubitable truth "I think therefore I ...
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Higher education knowledge and high school knowledge and pleasure
This post wonders about the levels of pleasure that can be attained using high school only knowledge as compared to using higher education knowledge (assuming all pleasurable activities are related to ...
