Category: Philosophy

What to use instead of can you? Will you be so kind..(as to help me) It would be really great if you..(could help me / helped me) I’d be grateful if you..(could help me / helped me) When to use may be or might be? In popular usage and speech, may and might are used […]

Has an a-10 ever shot down another aircraft? The A-10 was used in combat for the first time during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, destroying more than 900 Iraqi tanks, 2,000 other military vehicles and 1,200 artillery pieces. During the campaign the A-10s also shot down two Iraqi helicopters by means of their powerful GAU-8/A […]

Why do I want to scream? Most of the time the reason behind wanting to scream for “NO Reason” is Frustration/ Anger/ Hatred or some other Ill-Feeling. And not being able to express this negativity out on a person or situation is what causes the need to just “let it out” in the form of […]

Why is research empirical? Empirical research is research that is based on observation and measurement of phenomena, as directly experienced by the researcher. The data thus gathered may be compared against a theory or hypothesis, but the results are still based on real life experience. What is the difference between empirical and theoretical research? By […]

What is the term for the Hindu conception of the cycle of life death and rebirth? Saṃsāra is a Sanskrit/Pali word that means “world”. It is also the concept of rebirth and “cyclicality of all life, matter, existence”, a fundamental belief of most Indian religions. In short, it is the cycle of death and rebirth. […]

Why do we say sir? The form ‘Sir’ is first documented in English in 1297, as title of honour of a knight, and latterly a baronet, being a variant of sire, which was already used in English since at least c. 1205 as a title placed before a name and denoting knighthood, and to address […]

What did Kurt Godel invent? By the age of 25 Kurt Gödel had produced his famous “Incompleteness Theorems.” His fundamental results showed that in any consistent axiomatic mathematical system there are propositions that cannot be proved or disproved within the system and that the consistency of the axioms themselves cannot be proved. What is Godel’s […]

What can I say instead of I Love You More? How do I say “I love you” without saying it in a text? “Smiling so much today just thinking of you” “Just wanted to thank you for being you :)” “I hope you know how much you mean to me” “I’m so glad you’re in […]

What is the opening song of a musical called? In music, the introduction is a passage or section which opens a movement or a separate piece, preceding the theme or lyrics. In popular music, this is often known as the song intro or just the intro. The introduction establishes melodic, harmonic or rhythmic material related […]

How do you know when to use preterite or imperfect? In very general terms, the preterite tense is used to refer to a single event that happened at a specific point of time or had a specific duration in the past, while the imperfect tense is used to describe ongoing events or events without a […]