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Why does it seem that the philosophy of Atheism is the sieve by which all questions must be filtered?

The Philosophy SE site allows users to make egregious and outlandish statements about Theism (and Christianity) and allows proponents of Atheistic philosophies (Atheism. Naturalism, Secularism, etc.) ...
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Surely chat GPT is more reliable that your unreferenced opinions?

Under which meta-ethical theories can we forfeit any rights? what gives?
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How should this spammy post be handled?

I recently encountered this question. Its title has little to do with the actual content of the question, and the OP never really answers a question. It mostly appears to be an attempt to promote ...
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Be honest, do you have a god complex?

I'm not addressing everyone with a rep over 4k, but please get a grip if you think that your reputation on philosophy stackexchange makes you anything close to infallible. Most people need to study ...
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Should we downvote questions on philosophy meta without explanation or is that often really more like trolling?

Should we downvote questions on philosophy meta without explanation or is that often really more like trolling? Why are people voting to close a question as opinion based when I link to an article ...
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Are questions about ethics too subjective for this site?

Completely wrong (though I suppose in some sense that's subjective so who cares right?) to close this Epistemic failure and blaming others Are questions about normative judgments too subjective for ...
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Finding answers to my own OPs

While looking for articles on "antiset theory," I have found answers to both of the following questions, that I myself posted: Whether universal sets are contradictory (not for Russell/...
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How is it that community bot posted a 500 rep bounty a quesiton?

Does community bot normally do this? Am I missing something here?
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When do we need to answer our own questions for clarity purposes?

When do we need to answer our own questions for clarity purposes? I mean, when do we need to explain our "motivation" beyond the question itself? Is there some sense we need to be relatable ...
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Is stackexchange a good place for questions

It should be, in theory it should be. But it isn't, and I don't think it's just a gap in in expertise. On my last question, which when you google the terms of throws up quite a few OUP book chapters, ...
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Why not delete answers that are opinions rather than questions that are difficult to answer without them?

Are conspiracy theories evil? I don't see why anyone would read this question to be asking for anyone's opinion, but it was closed for that reason. It's probably true that most discussion about ...
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How to report spam of questions?

What to do when a user is asking the same question, with different words, every few days? First there was a series of questions asking about events of extremely low probability, and some users ...
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Why won’t the comment notification go away?

Somebody please delete the comment notification to me. It is not going away after much effort.
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First answers queue and questions with closing votes

I just gained access to the "First answer" queue and reflected on something. It seems that questions which are borderline, that is, have received some negative feedback (I am not able to see ...
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Why did I lose a point on a question that I had nothing to do with?

Exactly one point was deducted from my total for no reason. The link takes me to someone else’s question, where I posted neither an answer nor a comment. All I ever did was read the page. What is ...
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What is the meaning of the light red background in a question?

At first I thought it indicated questions I have participated in, but then I saw one of those with no light red background. To avoid confusion, the colour is the same as the one for "Featured in ...
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An I being downvoted because people think I'm evil?

Is there a state, individual or communal, perhaps a virtue, that cannot be touched by any tragedy? I find that idea very unsettling; I can assure you I am not evil! Why not just downvote anyone who ...
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How to enable chat in advance for a question?

I have already asked some questions where the comment section turned into a discussion, however the option of moving it to the chat prompted only after a major number of comments accumulated. Is there ...
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What's wrong with this question?

I just asked this question and it got downvoted, however no commentary was provided on how to improve it, so, unless it's spam, could anyone please provide me with feedback on what is wrong with it? ...
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Why don't we close, merge MORE questions as duplicates?

I bewildered at finding so many questions that nobody closed or merged as duplicates, as acknowledged by Mauro Allegranza. Why do we shun closing and merging? The original is How can we reason about &...
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Need someone who can read deleted comments

I am not sure if I said something really stupid in response to this question How does "if p, then q" compare to "p only if q"? dunno if it would be a typo (I tend to think of them ...
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Close and merge these science vs. philosophy duplicates?

What is the relationship between philosophy and science? appears to be the mother thread. Many users have flagged the following as duplicates that have yet to be closed and merged. Conifold Are ...
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2022: a year in moderation

As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year. As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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Legitimate opinions is legitimate in philosophy?

So I'm under 10 views and already received a vote to close (under opinion based). While I do agree this is well opinion based. I was under the impression having legitimate opinions was legitimate in ...
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Could we rename "Close" to "Flag for Review"?

So it seems people get annoyed when their question is "Closed". The reasoning behind closing a question is generally to maintain a certain "answerability" requirement, without ...
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The Winter Bash hats. Why?

I have been issued several new hats. I do not like them because they are pointless. I would like to opt out.
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Not sure there's anything to be done about it, but it's discouraging just the same

This isn't the first time this has happened, to me or to other posters here. I realize there's probably not much that can be done about it, but I wonder if further contributions to this site, on my ...
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Why so little voting?

I see many questions and answers with a vote score of zero, even after years. (I see this on other SE sites also.) Sometimes I see -1 scores, so I know people are downvoting. But why don't they vote ...
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Is the issue that my questions are vulgar or that they are difficult?

Here's an example Does the existence of eudemonia today depend on a certain level of wealth or monetary income? It is vulgar, we're all interested in what the answer is, but then the "answer"...
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Why this question and not this

The philosophy of the snob Is there a philosophy of stupidness? Is it just how it is tonally phrased?
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Are moral dilemmas within the scope of philosophy stackexchange?

Are moral dilemmas within the scope of philosophy stackexchange? Which philosophers would allow the rape of their lover, in order to lower the possibility of some global political evil? If it's ...
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Many recent Questions asking for a stronger basis

I recently started using Philosophy SE and wanted to ask about what seems to be many questions asking for more basis for correct answers in Philosophy. For example, in a recent one about the Principle ...
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“Who is more at fault, the one who started it or the one who did the most damage?”: Is this on-topic?

I would like to ask a question along the lines of “Who is more at fault, the one who started it or the one who did the most damage?” I would like to know if this is considered within the scope of this ...
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How can one improve downvoted content? [duplicate]

For improving the quality of content downvoting is useless if the downvoter does not tell what is wrong with the question or answer. Anonymous uncommented downvoting seems to serve no purpose. It is ...
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Why has no-one deleted this answer

It is obviously meant in an insulting way, and the fact you get the joke (it's not a difficult one to make) does not make it funny. Has anyone described etc. Ataraxia from not asking needless ...
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Rename this SE to philology

The question: “ What is the logical function of “and/or”? “ was closed with the excuse: “While this question may be related to philosophy or occur in a philosophical context, the question itself doesn'...
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Is this really just a sociological question?

What does it mean to "fetishise" someone else's race? My question was closed because someone felt that racial fetishisation was just a "social skills" question, nothing to do ...
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My posts are being deleted for no good reason [closed]

Please excuse the woefully insufficient academic quality of my words. My deleted answer: What are the philosophical implications of the Halting Problem? [...] Your post is based on an insufficient ...
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How can I ask this "am I right question": any ideas?

My philosophy acquaintances are busy and or bored When the future now will end the past now will not (FN =/= PN) The present now will have ended when some past now will end (PN -> TN) When the ...
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high-end font and design

Recently, the font of this site has changed to a more advanced level, and the logo seems to have changed as well. Who is changing this? The font:
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Your new site design is live!

As you can see, the new design just went live! At this point, we are done with major revisions to the design (although you can still report CSS/styling bugs by starting a new post and tagging it with ...
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Re-opening a question which appears to be inappropriately closed

Here is a question which has been closed based on being "off topic": What would reality be like without causality? I at least consider this question to be entirely central to philosophy. I ...
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Is Nonduality considered a topic for Philosophy SE

There is currently no nonduality tag and no questions about it, except one from 2015 asking if it was appropriate for the Site. Lack of interest? Or not on-topic?
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Discussion on the appropriateness of edits

Recently, there have been a number of disputes about the appropriate extent of editing a post and which sources to add, if any. I would like to use this thread to enable people to add their views in ...
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Is it ok to down vote an answer because you disagree with something it said?

Is it ok to down vote an answer because you disagree with something it said? I assumed it was, and that people were up voting because they agree with something it says.
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Altruist badge: necessary and sufficient conditions?

Out of curiosity: I spent a bounty on sb else' question and have yet not got the Atruist badge. How come?
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What are the numbers, triangles, and flags opposite the comments?

What are the numbers, triangles, and flags opposite the comments? I have looked through the available topics among the Help pages. I have done a search on Meta and reviewed 9 of the 17 pages of ...
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I believe I may have identified the very first instance of an anti PSE conspiracy (not bots)

All I get on my Facebook feed is entirely fabricated quotes, now. Nietzsche, Marcus Aurelius, Socrates, etc. (I'm still waiting for Rochefoucauld, but then aren't we all...) It's a real industry. I ...
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Feeling a little bullied etc. by a moderator

Is it OK for mods to lock things merely because they have invested enough time in the site to be a mod? No of course not! Isn't that exactly what CriglCragl has said here? Humanity is vermin: prove me ...
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How has this question been edited?

Can an infinite process be discontinuous? I'm not complaining, even if it hasn't, but it says on the front page that Haxor modified it and I cannot see how. Cheers.
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