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Philosophy of the Arts What is beauty? What is art? What differentiates good art from bad art?	886	14,417	In A Warning To Music Critics By Know-Nothing 05/17/12 - 7:53 PM
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Questions about soundness, natural language, and discussion by mclark in Casual Philosophyesque Discussions
Let's say I present an argument involving the quality of cars made by two different car manufacturers, A and B: 1. If A-cars break down less frequently than B-cars, then A-cars are higher quality than B-cars 2. A-cars break down less frequently than B-cars ∴ A-cars are higher quality than...
Stumped by seemingly simple proof (LPL 5.1) by hp1940 in Logic Homework
Hi All, I'm wrapping up a Logic course this semester and it has been very interesting, in particular the proofs. However while doing some review I've realized that I can't prove a simple logical inference. The book we are using is Language, Proof and Logic along with the bundled sof...
What we wish for by Andre Peach in General Philosophy
The saying the grass is always greener over there, is this the underlying factor why what we always wish for never seems to meet our expectations long term, short term yes, but as a species we get bored of the norm as it becomes, as the lottery winner always wished for, lying on a beach all day or g...
Does the end justify the means? by Ultermarto in Ethics
I have recently decided that I cannot make a decision when it comes to ends and means in ethics. When I first got a grasp on the question, I immediately took a no-it-does-not stance, on the grounds that each moment is significant in itself, each moment is an end in itself, therefore a bad moment lea...
Create your own Religion based off of comic books, Anime, Manga, 90'sTV by hazencage in Community / Off Topic
Scientology is considered a religion because it is a system of general compensators based on supernatural assumptions, and a set of institutionalized rituals identified with a tradition and expressing and/or evoking sacral sentiments directed at a divine or trans divine focus seen in the co...

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