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Does translating philosophy change the philosophy?

Question Claire Dubois
Meaning & language Continental #terminology #translation

Open question

5replies

24d
What exactly is Aristotle’s “function argument” in Nicomachean Ethics I.7?

Question Giulia Ferrante
Happiness & well-being Greek & Roman Aristotelianism Aristotle #eudaimonia #function-argument

✓ Answered

5replies

Sep 2026
Teaching the Euthyphro to sixteen-year-olds: what works and what doesn’t?

Question Giulia Ferrante
Meta-ethics Greek & Roman Platonism Plato #divine-command #euthyphro-dilemma

Open question

4replies

7d
Does an engineer’s training help or hurt in metaphysics?

Question Arjun Iyer
Reason & experience #engineering #metaphysics

Open question

4replies

10d
Is the fine-tuning of physical constants evidence for design?

Question Omar Farouk
Physics & cosmology Analytic #design-argument #fine-tuning

Open question

4replies

20d
Did the Stoics really think all emotions are bad?

Question Elin Lindqvist
Emotions Greek & Roman Stoicism Epictetus Seneca #apatheia #passions

✓ Answered

4replies

23d
Do animals have conscious experiences, and how could we ever tell?

Question Priya Raghavan
Animals & environment #animal-consciousness #sentience

Open question

4replies

27d
If a system passes every behavioural test, what would still be missing?

Question Pieter de Jong
AI & computing Analytic #behaviourism #turing-test

Open question

4replies

27d
Is fana in Sufism the same as nirvana in Buddhism?

Question Elif Yıldız
Mysticism & spirituality Buddhist Islamic Sufism #fana #nirvana

Awaiting answer

4replies

28d
What is the principle of double effect, and when does it apply in medicine?

Question Omar Farouk
Bioethics Medieval Christian Scholasticism #double-effect #medical-ethics

✓ Answered

4replies

Sep 2026
What is the “block universe”, and does relativity force it on us?

Question Emeka Nwosu
Time & space Analytic #block-universe #relativity

✓ Answered

4replies

Sep 2026
What is Mary’s Room actually supposed to show?

Question Priya Raghavan
Consciousness Analytic #knowledge-argument #qualia

Awaiting answer

4replies

Sep 2026
What is Rawls’s veil of ignorance actually supposed to show?

Question Javier Morales
Justice Analytic #social-contract #veil-of-ignorance

Awaiting answer

4replies

Aug 2026
What makes a death a “good death”?

Question Elin Lindqvist
Death #dying #good-death

Open question

4replies

Aug 2026
Can someone explain what the Nyāya logicians meant by vyāpti (pervasion)?

Question Tomasz Wójcik
Logic & argument Indian #inference #nyaya

Awaiting answer

4replies

Aug 2026
Are emotions judgments, feelings, or both?

Question Elif Yıldız
Emotions #appraisal #emotion

Open question

4replies

Aug 2026
How does rasa theory compare with Aristotle’s catharsis?

Question Kavya Menon
Beauty & art Greek & Roman Indian Aristotle #catharsis #rasa

Awaiting answer

4replies

Aug 2026
What’s the difference between a valid argument and a sound one?

Question Kavya Menon
Logic & argument #soundness #validity

✓ Answered

3replies

1d
Can a translation of a poem be as beautiful as the original?

Question Kavya Menon
Meaning & language #poetry #translation

Open question

3replies

6d
What does Merleau-Ponty mean by the “lived body”?

Question Claire Dubois
Perception Continental Phenomenology #embodiment #phenomenology

Awaiting answer

3replies

10d
Does a constitution need a shared conception of the good?

Question Hamza Qureshi
Power & the state #constitutionalism #liberalism

Open question

3replies

12d
Is evolution compatible with objective morality?

Question Emeka Nwosu
Biology & evolution Analytic #evolutionary-ethics #moral-realism

Open question

3replies

13d
Rumi and Spinoza: are they describing the same God?

Question Reza Tehrani
Religions compared Modern European Persian Sufism Baruch Spinoza #god #mysticism

Open question

3replies

13d
What is the “alignment problem” in philosophical terms?

Question Nur Aisyah Rahman
AI & computing Analytic #ai-alignment #value-specification

Awaiting answer

3replies

15d
What are the pramāṇas, and how do the schools disagree about them?

Question Rohan Desai
Evidence & testimony Indian #epistemology #pramana

✓ Answered

3replies

19d
Is it irrational to want to be remembered after you die?

Question Rohan Desai
Meaning of life #legacy #mortality

Open question

3replies

19d
What is functionalism, and why do people think it supports machine consciousness?

Question Pieter de Jong
Consciousness Analytic #functionalism #multiple-realizability

✓ Answered

3replies

21d
Is the liar paradox a problem about language or about truth itself?

Question Tomasz Wójcik
Truth Analytic #liar-paradox #truth

Open question

3replies

23d
Did Indian mathematicians have a philosophy of zero?

Question Vikram Sethi
Philosophy of mathematics Indian #history-of-mathematics #zero

Open question

3replies

25d
Who is morally responsible when an AI system causes harm?

Question Nur Aisyah Rahman
Technology & the future #ai-ethics #responsibility

Open question

3replies

26d