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by Logan
Tue Jun 25, 2013 1:08 am
Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
Topic: Fortune-Tellers & Causation
Replies: 21
Views: 7718

Re: Fortune-Tellers & Causation

it begs the question -Imp what question it begs? You can't use the past to predict the future because you assume that the future will be like the past just because the past was like the past of the past. It basically comes down to using the conclusion of "the future will be like the past,"...
by Logan
Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:45 pm
Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
Topic: What’s So Bad About Being A Zombie?
Replies: 4
Views: 2742

Re: What’s So Bad About Being A Zombie?

I've taken a brief peak at The Zen of Zombie and while it does share some similarities with the article, especially while presenting the possible benefits to being a zombie, they come to very different conclusions. Scott Kenemore argues the benefits of being a zombie all the way through and tells us...
by Logan
Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:35 pm
Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
Topic: Fortune-Tellers & Causation
Replies: 21
Views: 7718

Re: Fortune-Tellers & Causation

scientific prediction would be the greatest curse laid in a person? science is making predictions? science is greatest curse? He is calling predictions of the future a curse, as one would perceive a result, but have no chance of changing it. I'm sorry but invoking a terrible television show from my...