Numbers have long fascinated the human mind. They are essential to our lives and practically universal – children across the globe grasp mathematical concepts at a young age. But as important as they are, few people sit down and ask: what is a number?
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Is it Honorable to be in the Military?
Courageous. Noble. Honorable. Just some of the adjectives used to describe military men. In most parts of the United States, being a soldier comes with a guarantee of respect. Americans seem to thank soldiers at every opportunity for “defending our freedom.” The story goes like this:
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Defending Zeno’s Paradox
Paradoxes don’t exist. But they can teach us something about our ideas. Whenever we discover a contradiction in our beliefs, we’re forced to make revisions. Paradoxes can help us elicit nestled contradictions in our worldview that we wouldn’t see otherwise.
Some of the most famous and oldest paradoxes in the world are Zeno’s paradoxes. He came up with several, but I just want to focus on the most famous one.
And defend it.
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Logic is not a Convention
Technically speaking, you can move the rook diagonally. You’re just breaking the rules.
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Everything is Grounded in Logic
To become a philosopher, you only need to ask one question: “Why?”
When you receive an answer, ask the question again; you’ll quickly get into some deep, abstract ideas. And you’ll quickly annoy whomever you’re talking with.
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No, Chairs Do Not Exist
Philosophy gets a bad rap for asking and answering pointless questions. Here’s a great example: does the chair you’re sitting on exist or not? Most people roll their eyes at such a question because the answer seems obvious. Of course the chair exists; you’d be sitting on the floor if it didn’t. It seems like a waste of time to even ponder something so obvious.