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I am now offering my essay "Understanding Imaginaries Through Hidden Numbers" for free on Scribd for a while. Many will recall that mathematics was a topic that interested Ayn Rand throughout her life. In fact, in her last years she was studying the subject. She believed that there was an intimate...
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Hello all, my name is Rodney and I am an Objectivist who believes in constitutionally directed government. I look forward to participating in the various discussions on this board, when I can find the time. My main area of interest is epistemology, and you can find out a lot about me by reading this...
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Hi all, So I think we'd all agree that one of the goals of any good argument is to have premises which most rational people will find convincing, premises which are at least more intuitively plausible than their negations. That said, during a graduate seminar in philosophical logic last semester...
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I think that Neo-Tech never focused enough on the specific cause of all society's problems which is child abuse and neglect by parents. I think child abuse and neglect by parents was implided but never explicitely denouned 100%. I still think they contribute some powerful unique ideas and perspectives...
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[quote user="Stefan Molyneux"] That is interesting, thanks for posting, I always do relish the science. Perhaps we should start at the beginning. Can you tell me how, in general, in your approach, a true statement is differentiated from a false statement? [/quote] I am of the classical school...
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a guy on another forum and i were have a conversation about morality, and i brought up objective morality. in the course of events, he said this: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
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We all believe things and justify many belifs based on evidence that they are true. However why do we believe that such evidence is true? How do we really know it is true? Do you for example believe that there are 9 known planets in the solar system? If so is it simply because astronomers say that there...
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It would also be nice if you could offer any rational argument for why its a problem to believe something on little evidence. So if I tell you that on the other side of the world is a pot of gold for you to have and show you a picture of it, you would go? What if I told you that the pot has an infinite...
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