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What is the difference between Falsificationism and Verificationism? Give a religious example of where they would disagree about the meaningfulness of a statement.

Falsificationism is the belief that the only propositions that are meaningful are those that give conditions under which they could be proven false. This differs from Verificationism that holds that the o...

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Does a fawn suffering in a forest fire show that there is gratuitous evil in the world

Gratuitous evil is evil that cannot be explained by any theodicy, the "fawn in the fire" case is supposed to be such a case. The fawn's suffering cannot be explained by the Free Will theodicy as...

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Does funcitonalism mean that the United States is conscious? explain your answer.

Functionalism argues that all mental states are reducible to types physical processes based on their logic (input/output) tables. For instance fear might mean [Input: something large and scary arives. Out...

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Explain one problem faced by Utilitarianism and one possible solution to this problem.

Possible answers: (1) Problem: Sadististic Guards. Solutions: Higher and Lower pleasures, Prioritarianism, Negative Utilitarianism. (2) Problem: Issues in population ethics. Solutions: Higher and Lower pl...

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Explain G.E. Moore's argument against scepticism.

G.E. Moore performs something known as the G.E. Moore shift. This is where he takes the sceptic's Modus Ponens argument: (1) If you can doubt the natural world then you cannot know anything about the natu...

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