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According to Bertrand Russell (The Open Society and its Enemies: Vol II, Popper, K. ; 1945) there are three types of propositions, namely True, False and Meaningless or pseudo proposition. Now Popper...

If I take Paradox as "a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory" then surely it plays a role in mathematics. Proofs by contradiction are based on this. Granted if you are a follower of...

Correct me if I am wrong, according to you Idea of Space, Idea of Speech, Idea of moving in space are distinct from space, speech, and the act of moving themselves...all of which are independent of...

Russell just got 10, that is just Sad :-( ! Russell is the one who got me in to philosophy; epitome of lucidity and clarity of thought; no verbiage, absolute precision and his humor/sarcasm simply...

1. The Roads to Freedom trilogy by Sartre
2. Brave new world Aldous Huxley (more Dystopian but still philosophical)
3. 1984 Orwell (Same as 2)
4. Zen and the Art of motorcycle maintenance by...

Isnt Kants main moral principle Categorical Imperative : "Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law." The following link might...

Have you read any Intro or History to Philosophy type books. If not then I suggest read Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder or Bertrand Russells History of Western Philosophy. However if you are...

I just finished reading it and I must say I am bit confused too. As for "And Liza" in the end, is that supposed to mean that the 'attempt to murder' was justified or rather metaphorically Velchaninov...

Well done......poor Schrödinger’s cat...someone ought to pull the curtain lol

nice read....good construct. But i do agree with leaveofgrass, classifying the fat white guy detracts the argument. even though you are white, my opinion is use some class neutral word

Did not like Sartre 'nausea' ; it was below expectation. Same goes with orhan pamuk's my name is red, i thought it dragged on way too much. Love huxley's work, especially point counter point. Btw has...

Star Trek inspires me a lot, LOL. Books, specifically biographies of great mathematician or physicists. Books by Russell really inspires me but the best of the lot has to be Genius by Gleick,...

Its time to disclose what was my true intention of joining this forum, lol. Back in September I decided that i was going to sit for my GRE somewhere around december. Since my english was not upto the...

If revenge implies getting back on someone for the wrongs that they have done then revenge is good. Here the word "good" implies it promotes cooperation and "wrong" means acting contrary to a...

Hahaha no liver please; i did not buy one of those credit cards. One wonders if Friedman's The World is Flat was inspired by this movie :lol:

Got hold of the "Holy Grail" (monty python movie, in...

I agree Voltaire's Candide is indeed a masterpiece but correct me if i am wrong, Voltaire himself was a deist and not an atheist ! I thought the book was a response to Leibniz's saying that this...

Mr Parvez, i am confused, how does life having no meaning leads to having no moral codes and love hate being illusion. In order to substantiate your claim you need to show that these are necessary...

Can a meaningless life have a meaningful journey? As for necessity of religion for having meaning and goal in life, being a muslim I guess i have to agree with that statement but as a wanna be...

The character Gekko in Wallstreet said "Greed is good Greed is what made America Great" :-p . Jokes apart, i dont think Capitalism is fueled by greed per se but rather self interest. Being motivated...

AFSOS - Thats the word in Bangla that best captures my feeling. I guess if you translate afsos in to english you will get "Damn" LOL .

I think one important aspect that differentiate writing from oral tradition is the clearer means of identifying the impact of a writing in comparison to that of an oral piece. When one say "Marx's"...

Hey if possible can you share your essay with us??? Should be an interesting read.

There is a natural self contradiction in what you say Mr Hyde. You say "I only get upset that people deny that they themselves are selfish, vain, egotistical,primitive,and amoral. I do not get upset...

Thanks for your thumbs up but unfortunately it seems I was unable to influence you :-P . Since you intend to participate in such philosophical discussions then i guess i will see you around LOL

It is indeed interesting to see that you hate philosophy because the questions that you ask are really, at heart, philosophical. There was a time when I also thought Philosophy was all air and...