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Musings on Psychological Forces

March 5, 2010May 22, 2015 majedsamad

One thing I have been thinking a lot about lately is the idea of self-confidence. In order to become good at something, one must start by being bad at it […]

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Kant’s Categorical Imperative

March 2, 2010May 22, 2015 majedsamad

Kant’s categorical imperative is just a reformulation of the Golden Rule. Discuss. As the centre-piece of Immanuel Kant’s moral philosophy, the categorical imperative is the maxim that rational beings should […]

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The Problem of Free Will

February 23, 2010May 22, 2015 majedsamad

Continuing to Answer the Free Will Dilemma: I have addressed the question of whether or not beliefs about an agent’s autonomy can provoke a behavioural difference and have concluded that […]

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Knowledge

February 22, 2010May 22, 2015 majedsamad

1. How is self-knowledge of the will achievable? Is it only accidental, or can it be willed? 2. Isn’t resignation the only sensible thing given the subject’s lack of autonomy? […]

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Killing Bacteria

February 17, 2010May 22, 2015 majedsamad

I’ll talk here about one major theme that has begun to creep up on me and it is the question about whether or not it is ethical to kill microorganisms, […]

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The Infinite = The Infinitesimal

February 16, 2010May 22, 2015 majedsamad

“Life is certain to the will-to-live; the form of life is the endless present” This statement seems to contain within it the answer to a question I posed recently, namely, […]

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Selfless and Purposeless

February 12, 2010May 22, 2015 majedsamad

I want to now examine the difference between interpreting phenomena in terms of persons and interpreting them in terms of nature as a whole. I am beginning to see that […]

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On Freedom

January 26, 2010May 22, 2015 majedsamad

Am I free? Well, I need to first define the concept “free” clearly before I can proceed. There can arise several very dire confusions as regards this issue if the […]

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discourseonbeautyday

December 8, 2008May 22, 2015 majedsamad

I want to talk about something that has been bothering me a lot lately in the aim of perhaps disentangling my neural circuitry just a little bit. This is the […]

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randomthoughtsday

September 11, 2008May 22, 2015 majedsamad

Breathe, breathe in the air. What else can one do? Any and all dead. None but some awake. Through tapping into unfathomable energies we make stuff that is unique. True […]

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streamofconsciousnessday

September 10, 2008May 22, 2015 majedsamad

so this is like a stream of consciousness thing where i just write what i feel and just let it stream out real smooth and jazzy, no questions asked no […]

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problemsofreasoningday

August 15, 2008May 22, 2015 majedsamad

The Problems of Human Reasoning I want to talk about the problems of human reasoning and the human perspective on intellectual issues. Firstly, there is a problem of rigidity which […]

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internetday

August 13, 2008May 22, 2015 majedsamad

What did language give humanity? Some would argue our entire civilization and, indeed, our very consciousness are a direct result of the initial evolutionary development of language. They claim that […]

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freewillday

August 9, 2008May 22, 2015 majedsamad

today i engaged in a detailed study of the philosophies of free will and determinism. i checked out a book from my library called “Freedom Evolves” by Daniel Dennet. in […]

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