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Five-Minute Philosophy

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    1. What Is Philosophy?
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    Life's full of big questions: What is beauty? What is reality? And what exactly is Philosophy? Take a minute to learn about the history and types of philosophy.

    What Is Philosophy?
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    Life's full of big questions: What is beauty? What is reality? And what exactly is Philosophy? Take a minute to learn about the history and types of philosophy.

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    2. A Brief Conceptual History of Philosophy
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    How did philosophy become what we know it today? Get a tour (complete with map) of the history of philosophical ideas and their interaction with science.

    A Brief Conceptual History of Philosophy
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    How did philosophy become what we know it today? Get a tour (complete with map) of the history of philosophical ideas and their interaction with science.

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    3. How to Think Like a Philosopher
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    Want to tackle life's big questions? Think like a philosopher by learning about reflective equilibrium and how to handle discrepancies between theory and data.

    How to Think Like a Philosopher
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    Want to tackle life's big questions? Think like a philosopher by learning about reflective equilibrium and how to handle discrepancies between theory and data.

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    4. David Hume: The Jovial Skeptic
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    What does an empiricist philosopher who lived 300 years ago have to do with the scientific community of today? Quite a bit, if that philosopher is David Hume.

    David Hume: The Jovial Skeptic
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    What does an empiricist philosopher who lived 300 years ago have to do with the scientific community of today? Quite a bit, if that philosopher is David Hume.

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    5. Neuroethics and the Trolley Dilemma
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    How do you determine right from wrong when lives are on the line? Discover how philosophers and neuroscientists explored the ways humans make moral choices.

    Neuroethics and the Trolley Dilemma
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    How do you determine right from wrong when lives are on the line? Discover how philosophers and neuroscientists explored the ways humans make moral choices.

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    Mandy B
    I'm struggling though an issue in my private life, this has helped me to understand that the answer I seek may never be carved in stone. Thank you.
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    Deirdre K
    Thanks
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    Blaz M
    BTW: For a not-english speaking person you speak far too quickly.
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    Blaz M
    Why should an act of considering and evaluating beliefs have any connection to the equilibrium? The considering and evaluating beliefs can result in accepting only one belief of many as true, thus in an obvious disequilibrium. Do you mean that the act of C&E should be logically coherent? Is the RE = logical coherence? Does the RE mean that one has to consider all the believes in an equal, logically consistent way? The definition needs to be improved.
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    Eternal W
    No just observe how you think and what causes you to think that way
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    tacoria s
    what is a philosopher
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    Sheila M
    Free thinker
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    Nelson B
    It translates into deep thinker in Spanish I think and in Latin the same. I don't remember exactly tho
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