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just cant get anything in my head tonight. -
an (unsolved) riddle on existence
Let us say that the pages in my book (including the front and back covers) compose my book. Since all the pages exist, the book, an additional object, also exists ( Read more... ) -
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today is one of those days where i feel really blank in the head ( Read more... ) -
Things I cannot stand
1. geometry. i do not have any geometric intuitions at all. i am very lucky that it is not compulsory to do geometry questions in the exams ( Read more... ) -
the metaphysics of meaning
1. what is (the nature of) meaning ( Read more... ) -
(philosophytalk) what i have to say on free will
If Frankfurt is right, then the fact that someone could not have done otherwise is not a sufficient basis for saying that he was not responsible for that action. Consequently, the fact that Tom could not but throw the ball at you is not a sufficient basis for denying that he was responsible for throwing the ball at you. But determinism could still ( Read more... ) -
two great quotes
"[Reid’s point …] is that argument, reasonings, either for or against the skeptical position, are, in practice, equally inefficacious and idle … Where Nature thus determines us, we have an original non-rational commitment which sets the bounds within which, or the stage upon which, reason can effectively operate, and within which the question of ( Read more... ) -
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describe determinism ( Read more... ) -
my analysis of the game
1. murray was struggling to hold serve the whole night. murray cant attack behind the first serve and got drawn into too many rallies (due in part to djokovic's outstanding return of serve). murray was totally reliant on big first serves and djokovic would have won much sooner if not for clutch serving by murray. but when djokovic creates close to ( Read more... ) -
misc
I am suffering from a bout of food poisoning in Spain. I woke up twice at 3:30am and 5:30am to vomit before enduring a 3-hour early morning bus to Murcia on which I couldn´t sleep properly as my stomach was not feeling well. Upon reaching, I had diarrhoea more serious than any previously experienced. Thankfully, my host in Murcia was very caring ( Read more... )