Dear sdsiciliano, ... a) Do you think humans *can* store unlimited information? It is certainly not my experience! Few would agree that the suggestion is even...
... actually no. sometimes data can be compressed and stored in a smaller space. for example i could store "zz zz zz zz jj zz zz" as "q q jj q" with a key...
... A good web-search might offer the best way to learn about the rich history of philosophy. B. Russell's History of Western Philosophy would cover this ...
Ralph, I have not RTFA but I struggle to see any separability of wisdom and abstract thought in what you have written. Wisdom is a somewhat antiquated and...
Great point Elliot. Compression raises interesting epistemological issues - how would you respond to the following points? 1) Lets use your key scheme. One...
... Well, it may be vague and antiquated, and perhaps irrelevant to academic philosophy, but it is no less important. It is an important concept in everyday...
... Well that is where I have a problem. We use it very rarely these days becauses of its lack of clear definition. Important? No I think not - we have ...
Thank you for the information. I have tried more than several web searhes, which only one seems to be of the slightest bit of help. Thank you again for the...
touchoffaith2002
whatever1988@...
Dec 2, 2003 8:21 pm
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No problem - you could give these a whirl: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.aspx?PhilCode=Socr ...
Socrates is a ... Oh pleaseeeee, socrates is a much more effective philosopher than both plato and aristotle when you disregard christian philosophy which was...
Fulya
ercan_f@...
Dec 2, 2003 10:08 pm
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... And batman is better than all three. Sounds like a playground debate but the question regarded influence to medieval and modern philosophy which can be...
Yes batman is better than all three, dear. very nice. i am not going to waste my time with you. go worship plato. ... -- "God hath given you one face, and you...
Fulya
ercan_f@...
Dec 3, 2003 4:03 pm
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... is baffling. Where did he get that idea? I was going to say that OF COURSE we know Socrates' ideas only through the character of Socrates in Plato's ...
Dear Twilde, Yup I certainly agree with what you say except that.. ... ...I'm afraid I know little more. That is sadly not Socratic irony! ... Its interesting...
I'm very interested in the Williams' ethical systems, having been turned on to it by a professor. Williams can be difficult to read and he is so subtly...
Jesus defeated death not for him but for all of us. In order to open to all us the door towards a happy eternity. He defeated death to let us win that "useless...
Hi me Silk in Amsterdam. (House of Anna Frank)..... I am not jewish. Question: Why do you ( you're opinion) believe the jews have been so disliked throughout ...
Very briefly, let's not make the mistake of conflating "the Jews" with "Israel", no matter who else does. Because when these two questions are intextricably...
... Why do you think the US is giving money to Israel? Why do you think this aid is wrong? ... And machine guns and explosives. I don't know if you've heard of...
LOOKING? join "Single Pantheists Seeking Mates" Hi I'm Robin... This new Yahoo Group is for single Pantheists and the like. Did you know Enstien was a...
I have a problem that has brought up an unexpected humanistic crisis in my house. A few weeks ago i arrived back from the usual school run to find the cage of...
joesputnick
joesputnick@...
Dec 13, 2003 10:59 pm
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I would take the poor little creature to a vet as soon as possible. Whether it has consciousness or not, no living being deserves pain or untimely death ...
Fulya
ercan_f@...
Dec 13, 2003 11:06 pm
1122
Have you seen that film, 'the beach' in which the inhabitants of a 'utopian idil' are unable to cope with one of their number who is chewed by a shark. He will...
joesputnick
joesputnick@...
Dec 13, 2003 11:28 pm
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... is ... the ... ok right, the main problem i have here is loss of identity. Like my lizard, if no one acknowledged your existance how does anyone know you...
joesputnick
joesputnick@...
Dec 22, 2003 10:59 pm
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... is ... the ... I find it really hard at the moment to think at all without the idea of fucking. It really preys on my mind. Jeez i want to have a screw...
joesputnick
joesputnick@...
Dec 22, 2003 11:20 pm
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What does it matter if anyone acknowledges your existence? Before you worry about others and how they may view you, why not find out what it actually means to...
I've gathered material from past discussions, notes, etc. and constructed a position paper to be presented for a local public philosophy meeting this coming...
... find out what it actually means to exist in the first place? ... is concerned about such loss. ... of ... who ... In ... this ... family ... are ... went ...
joesputnick
joesputnick@...
Dec 25, 2003 11:53 pm
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... constructed a ... meeting this ... meeting ... has ... page.) The ... this ... of the ... difficult to ... the ... part of ... they think ... but this ......
joesputnick
joesputnick@...
Dec 26, 2003 12:09 am
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I had previously been a complete non-thinker (at least that's what I think) But this past year I read some books, like Island and Brave New World by Aldous...
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