Philosophy Articles for Debate Beginners Welcome
PHILOSOPHY ARTICLES FOR DEBATE

Beginners Welcome

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Philosophy for beginners

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CONTENTS

Particular acknowledgement is made to the works and ideas of the following philosophers and scientists: Immanuel Kant, Alfred North Whitehead, Charles Darwin, Richard Dawkins, David Hume, Karl Popper, Bertrand Russell, Zeno of Elea.
  1. Introduction to the Author.
    Site Aims and Objectives.
    Beginners: What is Philosophy?
    Beginners: What is Logic?
    Beginners: A number of Criticisms against Philosophy.

  2. The Problem of Induction - what is it?
    A Proposed Solution.
    Conclusion.

  3. An Opinion Regarding the Nature of Truth.
    Appearance and Reality.
    Mind and Body.
    Conclusion.

  4. Speculations on the Nature of Time and Space.

  5. An Examination of the Concept of Freedom.

    Determinism and Free Will.
    Fatalism and Wishes.

  6. Regarding the Status of Proof and Evidence (Relativity and Objectivity).
    Demarcation and Knowledge.
    Of Teleporters and Teapots.
    X-Files and Pragmatism.
    Of Certainty and Logic.
    Conclusion.

  7. The Perceiving "I".
    Time and its Influence on Consciousness.
    The Concept of Potential and Innate Capacities.
    The Time Limited "I": Causality and Prediction.
    Patterning.
    The Tabular Rasa and Talent.
    Language and Self.

  8. Philosophical Reactions to the Questions Posed.

  9. Links to other Philosophy Sites.

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