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/r/askphilosophy aims to provide serious, well-researched answers to philosophical questions.
Popular Themes in r/askphilosophy
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Solution Requests
: "What are some of the most esoteric ideas/subfields of philosophy?"
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Advice Requests
: "Is there a wrong place to start philosophy?"
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#3
Pain & Anger
: "Is it normal to have an existential crisis after taking my first philosophy course?"
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Popular Topics in r/askphilosophy
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Philosophy
: "Is it normal to have an existential crisis after taking my first Philosophy course?"
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#2
Ethics
: "Are my views on veganism about morality? Or Ethics? Or neither?"
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Morality
: "Are my views on veganism about Morality? Or ethics? Or neither?"
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#4
God
: "Why can't we just say that God CAN do the logically impossible?"
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Religion
: "Would It Be Possible To Do Something So Virtuous That It Would Guarantee That You Would Be Eligible To Go To Every Religion's Version Of Heaven?"
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Logic
: "Is the Claim "the Universe is too Complex and Synchronized to not be designed by a willful being" a Logical fallacy???"
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Free Will
: "Does Free Will exist?"
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Knowledge
: "Is it problematic that Knowledge is so often shaped by the values of those who produce it?"
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Metaphysics
: "In how far is Marxist philosophy a Metaphysics"
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Political
: "Can you reccomend me one contemporary philosopher in Political and Social Philosophy other than Locke, Rawls, Marx, Hobbes, Rousseau, Mill, Plato?"
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