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What is the definition of information? [duplicate]
I have seen the term information used very frequently. But I never, until now, have wondered what the definition of information is. What have philosophers written about this topic? How do they define ...
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The Importance of Notation
Can someone help me find again an article I read in a philosophy journal which was an allegory/parable on this subject which imagined an island cut off from the rest of the world where the native ...
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What is the technical difference between an algebra and a logic?
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What is the difference between a generic algebra and a generic logic, and by what way can we articulate by definition that they have the same metatheoretical structure in the case they are ...
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Can someone feel happy (or feel any other emotion, for that matter) without being aware of it?
Can someone feel an emotion (sad or angry or bored etc.) without being aware that they do?
Perhaps they only realize at a later time that, "I was happy back then, but I wasn't aware that I was so&...
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Connecting Associationism (e.g., Hume) to Behaviorism (e.g., Skinner)
I am trying to understand how Behaviorism grew out of Associationism. Reading the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on "Associationism in the Philosophy of Mind", Section 3 gives a ...
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What is the current state of research on the nature of mathematical statements?
I'm a mathematician (not a philosopher) with an interest in the nature of mathematical statements.
I’m familiar with some classical perspectives:
Kant’s view: mathematical statements are synthetic a ...
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How did Marx think philosophers should change the world once they have understood it?
Marx famously said that philosophers up 'til now have been understanding the world, but the real task is to change it.
Let's assume that the rulers and the people have decided that yes, let's do it ...
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What thinking has there been on the view of meaning and purpose in life as just social instincts produced by evolution? [closed]
The idea is that the instincts people have for meaning/purpose evolved in order to get people to behave in ways that got them some sort of social status within the tribe. Such that what you can find ...
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About the _Humanitas_ work by Prziwara in English
If anyone can help me with this. I have been looking for an English version of Przywara's work Humanitas. In the common philosophy webpages I found it only in the original (?) German. Does anyone know ...
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Does the concept of rationality presuppose the existence of free will?
We label certain people and actions as rational vs. irrational. But doesn't that presuppose the existence of free will? After all, if an action A is more rational than another action A', that means ...
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Where did Aristotle say stargazing is “the primary experience of wonder”?
Andrew Senior, the son of the realist American philosopher John Senior, wrote in his forewords to his father's The Death of Christian Culture and The Restoration of Christian Culture:
Aristotle and ...
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What presocratic philosopher got rich, disproving his detractors who thought philosophy didn't have practical applications?
What presocratic philosopher got rich?
I remember a story about one who was criticized for not applying his intelligence to making money. What use was his philosophy if it didn't produce practical ...
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Who from Ancient Greece identified the layman's rationale for his reliance on the statesman?
In Ancient Greece there was a philosopher or historian(?) who argued that laymen's reason for delegating to the statesman the decision-making and power is their belief that the statesman understands ...
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What can be methods of measuring amount of information/complexity of the format of a given set of any statements? [closed]
It's not being asked in the Shannon entropy or kolmogorov sense, what is being asked is to give a measure of complexity for a given set of statements, not as in kolmogorov where the shortest string of ...
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Where to start with the basics of philosophy of religion?
I am reading some books about Philosophy of Religion, and I think that it isn't the best option to just read them, without any basics. What I mean is, how can I get the basics of metaphysics, ontology,...
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