The CyberPhilosopher

Kant’s conception of the Categorical Imperative is, as he puts it, ‘The categorical imperative would be that which represented an action as necessary of itself without reference to another end, i.e. as objectively necessary’. On the other side, a hypothetical imperative represents practical necessity or things that are directed towards a goal or desire. Kant […]

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I just recently finished reading Michael Shermer’s latests book, ‘The Mind of the Market’. I started it about two months ago (ok, in my own defense, I generally read at least 3 books at one time and I have a 19 month old child, so lets not blame this on the book). I […]

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I have been reading “Mind of the Market” by Michael Shermer and he discusses two different Psychology experiments that have been conducted that show how much environment and situation can have an effect on our actions, i.e. if we behave what we would consider in a good way or a bad way.
The first experiment is […]

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1. What is Spinoza’s method?
I would have to describe Spinoza’s method of philosophy as reason and rationality on steroids. Spinoza recognized the wholeness of the human intellect (reason, will, and passions) and instead of attempting to subjugate the passions to Reason, he instead incorporates them and says that it is the understanding of our passions […]

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I am taking a class on Japanese philosophy, and had to read ‘The Code of the Samurai.’
The ‘Code of the Samurai’ is as relevant today as it was at the time of its writing. While it is true that it is less likely that the book will be read by those that are young or […]

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I’ve added a book section that can be reached by clicking books (or by clicking here).
The purpose of the page will be to collect a certain subset of philosophical and historic texts which are now part of the public domain and post them in smaller bit sized pieces. I this will allow people […]

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I just finished reading a great book call “Misquoting Jesus” by Bart Ehrman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_D._Ehrman ).
I would strongly recommend this book to anyone that is interested in the history of the bible for either the purposes of their own religious investigation or because they are skeptics that are looking for a further understanding of […]

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