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by julia7694
Tue Feb 23, 2016 7:31 am
Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
Topic: Free Will Is An Illusion, But Freedom Isn’t
Replies: 31
Views: 8910

Re: Free Will Is An Illusion, But Freedom Isn’t

Chance, in physics, is a mathematical construct. We call it probability. Physics has as much to do with defining philosophy as chemistry. Sodium bicarbonate explains the human condition as effectively as the observation effect or, ya know, baking soda. And quantum anything.... a simple, abridged dic...
by julia7694
Tue Feb 23, 2016 7:10 am
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: The Philosophical Absurdity of What America Has Become
Replies: 56
Views: 13477

Re: The Philosophical Absurdity of What America Has Become

This election could almost be an Ionesco play. It is not the philosophical absurdity of what America has become. It is a pristine example of Absurdism as a definition of the human experience and existence. Remember that the common usage of the word "absurd" is quite different from the scho...
by julia7694
Tue Feb 23, 2016 6:59 am
Forum: Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics
Topic: Was math invented or discovered?
Replies: 77
Views: 21779

Re: Was math invented or discovered?

Pure math, in and of itself, is something we have and continue to learn. Numbers, quantities, statistics.... They simply exist every bit as much as a rock exists, as you exist. People say math is a language but it isn't. The symbols we use to describe it, the words, those are language. Math was disc...