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  1. uair01

    Strange Metaphysics

    Because we have no thread on it yet (but we have some metaphysicians) I decided to find and list some of the weirdest metaphysics I could remember. I will be delighted if you do better than I :) The weirdest examples: Some theories suggest that space is not an objective feature of reality, but...
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    Occam's Razor / Ockham's Razor

    I've often read about Occam's Razor (the principle, correct me if I'm wrong, that the simplest explanation is correct, or that "entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily") - what confuses me is that people often quote it as its an iron law of nature. It seems to be a crucial part of a...
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    Truth

    I’m sure there are plenty of famous (or not so famous) philosophers who have reached this conclusion centuries before I have, but… The more I read about Fortean topics, the more I seem to be rapidly reaching, as Fort did, the strange, and in some ways disconcerting, conclusion: there’s no...
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    Fort's Philosophy Or Philosophical Connections?

    Has anyone ever attempted a concise summary and discussion of Fortist philosophy? I say 'Fortist' to refer to Fort's philosophic-metaphysic system, and Fortean, to refer to his study of and approach to anomalous phenomena. Anyone?
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