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	Philosophy of Religion What would be the nature of a god? How has religion developed? Subforums: Religion (non-philosophical discussions)	2,424	65,988	In Approaches to Deism By coolazice 11/23/09 - 04:26 AM
	Philosophy of Language How does language limit or enable our philosophy?	510	10,746	In Language as technology By SIR2U 11/21/09 - 02:21 PM
	Philosophy of Science How should science be done? What philosophical scaffolding does it require or entail? Subforums: Science	1,302	24,627	In Is science dogmatic? By coolazice 11/23/09 - 04:35 AM
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	Philosophy of the Arts What is art? What differentiates good art from bad art? What is beauty?	723	10,923	In Aesthetic differences and forg... By jsidelko 11/22/09 - 03:58 PM
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1. Approaches to Deism by coolazice in Philosophy of Religion
There has been a great deal of debate on these pages, over a few years, and particularly more recently, over theism. I have found myself, after readin...
2. Is cloning moral? by HYZ in Ethics
Hear me out. Out of curiosity, who here thinks that cloning, for organ harvesting or used as slaves or whatever, would be okay, or moral?
3. The illusion of control by Plunky in Metaphysics and Epistemology
You may or may not agree with this perspective, and that's really not the point. The view I'm about to expand upon is that nothing actually ch...
4. Animal Treatment & Rights by Tinkerbell668 in Ethics
So here's one for you! Which approach is most successful to arguing for a better treatment of animals or animal rights, the utilitarian or the d...
5. Peace and Freedom by Daktoria in Ethics
A simple question as written in the description, why does peace justify freedom? Why do the status quo, independence, innocence, and/or mere surviv...

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"It is a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in a theory until it has been confirmed by observation. I hope I shall not shock the experimental physicists too much if I add that it is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they have been confirmed by theory."
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