Questions tagged [specific-question]
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Why is fitch so popular?
I was wondering why almost every other first-order-logic question refer to fitch style deduction? What is so different about fitch-style deduction that it has to be specified?
Regards.
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Is this question too psychological to ask?
There's I suppose some overlap with cognitive therapy, but it may have some (it probably doesn't) philosophical interest?
How to believe: are there rules of thumb?
e.g. don't believe what everyone ...
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Would this question have been acceptable on this stack?
Or would it have been closed for some reason?
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This question, is it ok?
https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/24871/primum-non-nocere
I would like to know if this question is acceptable, and if not, how it can be improved.
I'd prefer to have the feedback here ...
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Is this a Philosophical question?
Some days ago I have asked this question on MSE but here it has been said that this question is more of philosophy of science rather than mathematics itself. Though I disagree with this point of view ...
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Improving the question about the value of organic versus mechanical life
I recently felt getting too much attention from one of moderators, so I complained about it to SE team.
Response I got:
Hi,
I took a careful look at the 5 closed questions you highlighted. ...
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Would this question about philosophy of Math be on-topic?
There is a question on Math.SE :https://math.stackexchange.com/q/815718/103816 . It is put on hold there as off-topic. The question seems to be about the philosophy and history of Math. I flagged it ...
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Can any moderators tell me what is going with my question?
In this question, there was at one point an answer from RParadox. I pointed out some problems with his answer and he got rather hostile. I flagged the inappropriate comments and they were removed (I ...
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How can I improve this question: “Could I, by determining my ”powers“ of creation, determine on the nature of my creator”?
i tried finding references to an idea (just because i'm thinking i am not the first one to have this kind of idea) and got shut down.
here is the post's link and a private discussion here
so my ...
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Why was 'What is the maximum possible pain in the universe?' closed?
Please tell me why my question was closed:
https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/1359/what-is-the-maximum-possible-pain-in-the-universe
It is obvious that the question is completely ...
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Do questions have to be answerable?
If one were to post a thought-provoking question which there might not be an answer to, other than "there is no answer and could never be and here's why", should this question be seen as off-topic?
I'...
