Category: Philosophy

Can you be conservative and libertarian? Libertarian conservatism, also referred to as conservative libertarianism and conservatarianism, is a political philosophy that combines conservatism and libertarianism, representing the libertarian wing of conservatism and vice versa. How many libertarians are there? Libertarian Party (United States) Libertarian Party Membership (2021) 693,634 Ideology Majority: Libertarianism Laissez-faire Cultural liberalism Classical […]

Is it possible to make use of both philosophical approaches? Answer. Answer: Explanation:most people, including most philosophers,make free use of both Empirical observation and rational deduction. What are the four approaches? Four approach  Structural Approach  Functional Approach  Communication Approach  Situational Approach. What are the two main approaches in doing philosophy? This […]

Is vitthal Buddha? Dr Ambedkar’s article, ‘Who was Vitthal’, published in Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Writing and Speeches, Volume 18, mentions that Vitthal was none other than Bhagwan Buddha and the Vitthal temple in Pandharpur was a Buddha Vihar… all ancient temples were Buddha Vihars. Why does vitthal have fish in ears? That’s why we see […]

Who was the cruelest pirate? Blackbeard Would a cruise ship survive a hurricane? When to reroute a ship But if it looks like a more serious storm is in their path, cruise ships generally try to outrun or avoid them. “We’ve steered our ships around typhoons, hurricanes, fog, massive storms with rapid intensification—which gets the […]

What is the Socratic Circle? A Socratic Circle (also known as a Socratic Seminar) is an approach to understand and examine a text through questions and answers founded on the belief that all thinking comes from asking questions, and that asking one question should lead to asking further questions. What happens during a Socratic Circle? […]

What is information theoretic approach? One solution is a data-analytic approach called Information-Theoretic (I-T) Model Selection, which builds upon Maximum Likelihood estimates. In the I-T approach, the scientist examines a set of candidate models and determines for each one the probability that it is the closer to the truth than all others in the set. […]

Are babies aware? It is well recognized that infants have no awareness of their own state, emotions and motivations. Although a newborn lacks self-awareness, the baby processes complex visual stimuli and attends to sounds and sights in its world, preferentially looking at faces. Why don’t we remember being a baby? It used to be thought […]

What are two advantages of walking completely upright? What might have been one advantage of walking completely upright? Humans could use their hands, see farther, and perhaps travel faster. What kinds of tools did people use during the Paleolithic Era? What problems do humans experience as a result of their upright stance? The pelvises are […]

Did Archimedes invent pi? The Egyptians calculated the area of a circle by a formula that gave the approximate value of 3.1605 for π. The first calculation of π was done by Archimedes of Syracuse (287–212 BC), one of the greatest mathematicians of the ancient world. What did Archimedes invent that we still use today? […]

What are the problems with introspection? Introspection is limited in its use; complex subjects such as learning, personality, mental disorders, and development are difficult or even impossible to study with this technique. The technique is difficult to use with children and impossible to use with animals. Are Narcissists introspective? Narcissists have no concept of self-awareness […]