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What is the purpose of our lives?

donkon
Jan 3, 2004 · Replies 22 · Jan 10, 2004

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Are Humans Merely Programmed Robots?

timejim
Jan 9, 2004 · Replies 3 · Jan 9, 2004

Replies: 3

Why Is a Man Suing His Cable Company for Personal Issues?

wasteofo2
Jan 8, 2004 · Replies 15 · Jan 9, 2004

Replies: 15

Proving We Are All Goats: A Logical Argument

jimmy p
Jan 9, 2004 · Replies 5 · Jan 9, 2004

Replies: 5

News Is Police Authority Excessively Powerful in America?

timejim
Jan 3, 2004 · Replies 35 · Jan 9, 2004

Replies: 35

Does Consciousness Influence Our Perception of Time?

mikelus
Dec 30, 2003 · Replies 10 · Jan 9, 2004

Replies: 10

The Scientific Method: Induction and Deduction in the Pursuit of Truth

Sikz
Dec 28, 2003 · Replies 4 · Jan 9, 2004

Replies: 4

Is deductive logic consistent and how does it influence other systems?

caumaan
Dec 23, 2003 · Replies 84 · Jan 9, 2004

Replies: 84

Can human consciousness survive death?

wahoo q
Dec 26, 2003 · Replies 14 · Jan 8, 2004

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Poll

News Is the U.S. Pursuing Global Domination Through Its Foreign Policies?

bloodsucker666
Dec 21, 2003 · Replies 51 · Jan 8, 2004

Replies: 51

News Communism: Is it Pro-Individual or Anti-Individual?

The_Professional
Jan 4, 2004 · Replies 16 · Jan 7, 2004

Replies: 16

News Is the UN an Effective Mediator in International Conflicts?

Adam
Dec 25, 2003 · Replies 49 · Jan 7, 2004

Replies: 49

News Free Speech Zone" - James Bovard, The American Conservative

Carlos Hernandez
Dec 26, 2003 · Replies 34 · Jan 6, 2004

Replies: 34

Corporate execs who give the advertisers orders

skywise
Jan 6, 2004 · Replies 2 · Jan 6, 2004

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How do you cope with your mortality?

plum
Nov 22, 2003 · Replies 58 · Jan 6, 2004

Replies: 58

Contended Theories in Science And Who?

Another God
Jan 4, 2004 · Replies 14 · Jan 6, 2004

Replies: 14

Do Particles Exhibit Self-Awareness?

Sikz
Dec 29, 2003 · Replies 2 · Jan 5, 2004

Replies: 2

Poll

Would you want to see cutting edge theoretical debates?

Another God
Jan 5, 2004 · Replies 7 · Jan 5, 2004

Replies: 7

Do East and West Ever Truly Meet?

Mentat
Jan 3, 2004 · Replies 6 · Jan 5, 2004

Replies: 6

Russell's Paradox: The Achille's Heel of Solipsism?

Mentat
Nov 24, 2003 · Replies 130 · Jan 5, 2004

Replies: 130

Is Cartesian Dualism Logically Consistent with Modern Philosophy?

hypnagogue
Oct 6, 2003 · Replies 72 · Jan 5, 2004

Replies: 72

What Happens If You Die While Time Traveling?

timejim
Dec 28, 2003 · Replies 2 · Jan 4, 2004

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Are there truly non-redundant statements of truth?

Mentat
Jan 3, 2004 · Replies 2 · Jan 4, 2004

Replies: 2

All-Time Fave Movie Scene: "Metropolis" by Fritz Lang

Ivan Seeking
Dec 30, 2003 · Replies 27 · Jan 3, 2004

Replies: 27

News Is Iran Considered a Third World Country?

Adam
Jan 3, 2004 · Replies 2 · Jan 3, 2004

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How Many Meanings Can Mean Have?

Monique
Dec 31, 2003 · Replies 38 · Jan 3, 2004

Replies: 38

Can Stores Legally Refuse Large Bills?

Monique
Jan 2, 2004 · Replies 22 · Jan 3, 2004

Replies: 22

Marketing Ploys: 'All Natural - No Chemicals' - A False Claim?

Tsu
Jan 2, 2004 · Replies 13 · Jan 3, 2004

Replies: 13

Is Marijuana Legalization the Key to Ending Hypocrisy in Drug Laws?

timejim
Jan 2, 2004 · Replies 4 · Jan 3, 2004

Replies: 4

Is Hedonism a Harmful Philosophy?

Carlos Hernandez
Dec 26, 2003 · Replies 2 · Jan 2, 2004

Replies: 2

News How Did Franz Josef Strauss's Vision Shape Germany's Global Power Resurgence?

David Ben-Ariel
Jan 1, 2004 · Replies 2 · Jan 2, 2004

Replies: 2

Sentience, flaw in scientific method

the_truth
Dec 21, 2003 · Replies 23 · Jan 2, 2004

Replies: 23

An ethical comparison of a few situations

Dissident Dan
Jan 1, 2004 · Replies 4 · Jan 2, 2004

Replies: 4

News Supreme Court Judges should be ELECTED

timejim
Dec 29, 2003 · Replies 10 · Jan 1, 2004

Replies: 10

News USA marines, war crimes, caught on video

Adam
Dec 12, 2003 · Replies 91 · Jan 1, 2004

Replies: 91

News Classifying World Countries: Criteria and Distribution

Monique
Dec 27, 2003 · Replies 14 · Jan 1, 2004

Replies: 14

Poll

News The Bush Administration: A Critical Examination

Adam
Dec 28, 2003 · Replies 13 · Dec 31, 2003

Replies: 13

Where did the Scientific Method actually come from?

Sikz
Dec 28, 2003 · Replies 21 · Dec 31, 2003

Replies: 21

National Intelligence and Suicide Rates

Carlos Hernandez
Dec 26, 2003 · Replies 9 · Dec 29, 2003

Replies: 9

What Are We Unknowingly Aware Of in Our Lives?

phoenixthoth
Dec 27, 2003 · Replies 10 · Dec 29, 2003

Replies: 10

What is Transtopianism?

Carlos Hernandez
Dec 26, 2003 · Replies 6 · Dec 29, 2003

Replies: 6

What is the connection between dreams and consciousness in the Cartesian Theory?

Rader
Nov 8, 2003 · Replies 56 · Dec 28, 2003

Replies: 56

Materialism (aka Non-materialists in denial)

FZ+
Dec 20, 2003 · Replies 56 · Dec 28, 2003

Replies: 56

Philosophical Thoughts On Our Perceptions of Reality

Carlos Hernandez
Dec 26, 2003 · Replies 5 · Dec 28, 2003

Replies: 5

Interview with Jon Entine: African-Americans in Sports

Carlos Hernandez
Dec 17, 2003 · Replies 13 · Dec 28, 2003

Replies: 13

Is our understanding of reality limited by our reliance on logic?

Sikz
Dec 26, 2003 · Replies 3 · Dec 28, 2003

Replies: 3

The Most Under-Reported Story of the Year

Carlos Hernandez
Dec 28, 2003 · Replies 3 · Dec 28, 2003

Replies: 3

News Murder and the Constitution: A Closer Look at the Right to Life

Zero
Dec 24, 2003 · Replies 12 · Dec 27, 2003

Replies: 12

Poll

God vs Genes: Views from Physicists

Kaspah_2k
Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 19 · Dec 27, 2003

Replies: 19

Class Rings: Worth the Money After High School?

Greg Bernhardt
Dec 24, 2003 · Replies 14 · Dec 27, 2003

Replies: 14

Is the Beauty of Knowledge Enough?

FZ+
Sep 18, 2003 · Replies 49 · Dec 26, 2003

Replies: 49

A New Naturalist Philosophy On the Rise

Carlos Hernandez
Dec 22, 2003 · Replies 6 · Dec 26, 2003

Replies: 6

Is All Human Knowledge Essentially an Illusion?

plum
Dec 24, 2003 · Replies 3 · Dec 26, 2003

Replies: 3

News Saddam Hussein: How should he be treated?

Adam
Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 22 · Dec 26, 2003

Replies: 22

News Rebuff for Bush on civil liberties

Adam
Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 41 · Dec 26, 2003

Replies: 41

Did You See the Most Hilarious Sci-Fi Special Ever?

wasteofo2
Dec 22, 2003 · Replies 4 · Dec 26, 2003

Replies: 4

News Former FBI Agent Gives Insight Into Terrorism

Carlos Hernandez
Dec 18, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 25, 2003

Replies: 2

News Half of Israelis see Sharon as untrustworthy

Carlos Hernandez
Dec 18, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 25, 2003

Replies: 2

Skeptic Magazine Interview With Robert Sternberg on The Bell Curve

Carlos Hernandez
Dec 18, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 25, 2003

Replies: 2

The Flynn Effect and U.S. Policies. The Impact of Rising IQ Scores

Carlos Hernandez
Dec 18, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 25, 2003

Replies: 2

Poll

News Is the USA Our Global Police Force?

Adam
Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 9 · Dec 25, 2003

Replies: 9

What Is Decision Theory?

Mentat
Dec 16, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 23, 2003

Replies: 2

News 50th anniversary of Playboy Magazine

JOEBIALEK
Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 37 · Dec 23, 2003

Replies: 37

How Do Mind and Body Interact in Dualism?

seeker03
Dec 3, 2003 · Replies 70 · Dec 23, 2003

Replies: 70

Can Meat Be Sentient and Create Technology?

Mentat
Dec 15, 2003 · Replies 14 · Dec 23, 2003

Replies: 14

Is Online Casino Use Legal Under 21?

Greg Bernhardt
Dec 21, 2003 · Replies 6 · Dec 23, 2003

Replies: 6

News Elite Israeli Troops Refuse To Serve in the Territories

Carlos Hernandez
Dec 22, 2003 · Replies 8 · Dec 23, 2003

Replies: 8

News Is the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Shaped by Historical Trauma?

exeric
Nov 3, 2003 · Replies 32 · Dec 23, 2003

Replies: 32

News Flash Materialists Caught in Denial

Les Sleeth
Nov 24, 2003 · Replies 237 · Dec 23, 2003

Replies: 237

What is Intelligence? 2001 A Space Odyssey & Machines

caumaan
Dec 20, 2003 · Replies 10 · Dec 23, 2003

Replies: 10

News America is a Peace-Loving Nation : George W. Bush

Carlos Hernandez
Dec 22, 2003 · Replies 5 · Dec 23, 2003

Replies: 5

Should Equality Take Precedence Over Liberty in a Just Social Order?

wasteofo2
Dec 21, 2003 · Replies 6 · Dec 22, 2003

Replies: 6

Rationalism vs Atheism: Niels Bohr's Perspective

Niels Bohr
Dec 5, 2003 · Replies 24 · Dec 22, 2003

Replies: 24

Poll

Is Inductive Reasoning Truly Justifiable in Scientific Inquiry?

FZ+
Dec 12, 2003 · Replies 14 · Dec 22, 2003

Replies: 14

News I Would Like to Recommend A Huge Politics Forum

Carlos Hernandez
Dec 17, 2003 · Replies 4 · Dec 22, 2003

Replies: 4

The advantages of contact with aliens

plum
Dec 20, 2003 · Replies 17 · Dec 21, 2003

Replies: 17

News Libya Ceases Development of NBC Weapons

Adam
Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 5 · Dec 21, 2003

Replies: 5

What Defines True Popularity?

thevoid
Dec 17, 2003 · Replies 4 · Dec 21, 2003

Replies: 4

Return of the King: Early Reviews, Trilogy Marathon Tonight!

mikehuntsloose
Dec 16, 2003 · Replies 16 · Dec 21, 2003

Replies: 16

Controversial Logic: What's Unorthodox?

Turtle
Sep 24, 2003 · Replies 11 · Dec 21, 2003

Replies: 11

Does Tradition Stifle Progress or Foster Stability?

Dissident Dan
Nov 17, 2003 · Replies 23 · Dec 20, 2003

Replies: 23

John Edwards: An overall positive or negative?

Ivan Seeking
Sep 21, 2003 · Replies 88 · Dec 20, 2003

Replies: 88

My Philosophies on Life: Musings and Realizations

Gale
Dec 16, 2003 · Replies 7 · Dec 20, 2003

Replies: 7

News So, What Exactly is Going On With All the Other Third World Countries?

Carlos Hernandez
Dec 18, 2003 · Replies 3 · Dec 19, 2003

Replies: 3

Are Badgers Getting High on Something?

dduardo
Dec 16, 2003 · Replies 12 · Dec 19, 2003

Replies: 12

News Who Will Win the US Presidential Elections and Why?

The_Professional
Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 8 · Dec 19, 2003

Replies: 8

News You're cheering because Saddam is 'caught' Why?

Adam
Dec 15, 2003 · Replies 57 · Dec 19, 2003

Replies: 57

Is free will an emergent property of the human brain?

Adam
Dec 4, 2003 · Replies 113 · Dec 19, 2003

Replies: 113

News China Occupies Florida: What is American Resistance?

Adam
Dec 19, 2003 · Replies 4 · Dec 19, 2003

Replies: 4

Trading lives and innocence/guilt

Dissident Dan
Nov 18, 2003 · Replies 24 · Dec 19, 2003

Replies: 24

News RE: Saddam Capture discussion -> closed

Integral0
Dec 14, 2003 · Replies 4 · Dec 18, 2003

Replies: 4

News Chirac: ban on religious icons in public schools

Monique
Dec 17, 2003 · Replies 11 · Dec 18, 2003

Replies: 11

Digital Camera Shopping - Finding the Best Option Under $300

Moni
Dec 17, 2003 · Replies 7 · Dec 18, 2003

Replies: 7

The Future of Science: What Are Your Goals?

jhirlo
Dec 16, 2003 · Replies 9 · Dec 17, 2003

Replies: 9

News Salary europarlementary from €9000 to €100000

Monique
Dec 17, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 17, 2003

Replies: 2

News Yeah, Saddams caught all well and good

amp
Dec 15, 2003 · Replies 11 · Dec 17, 2003

Replies: 11

Can anyone decipher Saddam's response to being offered water?

zoobyshoe
Dec 15, 2003 · Replies 10 · Dec 16, 2003

Replies: 10

News New Abortion Laws: Texas Law & Sources for Info

Mattius_
Dec 15, 2003 · Replies 3 · Dec 16, 2003

Replies: 3

Is our personal reality separate from the Mass Reality

olde drunk
Dec 15, 2003 · Replies 10 · Dec 16, 2003

Replies: 10

Why is the US Army Checking Mall Santas?

Njorl
Dec 15, 2003 · Replies 2 · Dec 16, 2003

Replies: 2