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		<title>Before the 18th century, theories on the origin of species are best described as___?</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><i>Question by </i>: Before the 18th century, theories on the origin of species are best described as___?</strong><br />
A. Nonexistent<br />
B. Simple, with early Greek philosophers seeing fossils as destroyed life forms, but not placing them into evolutionary concept<br />
C. Foundational, with early Greek philosophers seeing fossils as continuous lineage but merely lacking the genetic understanding to explain it<br />
D. complete, but poorly explained in modern scientific terms until Darwin wrote more clearly<br />
E. Fairly complete, but then repressed with the rise of creationist religions</p>
<p><strong>Best answer:</strong></p>
<p><i>Answer by Angus Dobbs</i><br />go with D as the answer. Although, if Darwin&#8217;s father had not been a staunched bible thumber and sneered at his sons scientific insights, things might of been differently understood.</p>
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		<title>Do ancient philosophers&#8217; theories of knowledge still influence us today?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question by c.linic_al: Do ancient philosophers&#8217; theories of knowledge still influence us today? For example, Plato&#8217;s &#8216;Ideas&#8217; and his Allegory of the Cave &#8211; does it in any way resonate in our modern lives? Best answer: Answer by joe carpenterYes, absolutely, of course they do. People have not changed. Give your answer to this question [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><i>Question by c.linic_al</i>: Do ancient philosophers&#8217; theories of knowledge still influence us today?</strong><br />
For example, Plato&#8217;s &#8216;Ideas&#8217; and his Allegory of the Cave &#8211; does it  in any way resonate in our modern lives?</p>
<p><strong>Best answer:</strong></p>
<p><i>Answer by joe carpenter</i><br />Yes, absolutely, of course they do.  People have not changed.</p>
<p><strong>Give your answer to this question below!</strong></p>
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		<title>Do quantum and chaos theories provide a robust argument against determinism?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question by Jon: Do quantum and chaos theories provide a robust argument against determinism? I often wondered this when at university, but couldn&#8217;t find any modern philosophers who discussed it. I suspect this is because you can&#8217;t really answer the question unless you understand the theories, which basically means you have to be a scientist. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><i>Question by Jon</i>: Do quantum and chaos theories provide a robust argument against determinism?</strong><br />
I often wondered this when at university, but couldn&#8217;t find any modern philosophers who discussed it.</p>
<p>I suspect this is because you can&#8217;t really answer the question unless you understand the theories, which basically means you have to be a scientist. Doh!</p>
<p>Are there any scientific philosophers, or philosophical scientists who would like to have a stab at this, or has anyone written coherently on the subject?</p>
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<p><i>Answer by fizixx</i><br />&#8216;Quantum&#8217; and &#8216;Chaos&#8217; are actual, bona fide theories of physics&#8230;..not philosophy. That&#8217;s probably why you couldn&#8217;t find anything.</p>
<p>Spend a little time in the physics department&#8230;.you know&#8230;.where actual hardcore information happens.</p>
<p>The philosophy department is just where they &#8216;think&#8217; about things&#8230;.you don&#8217;t have to actually DO anything there.</p>
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		<title>Who were Late Modern Philosophers that aided in the theories behind Epistemology?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I need the names of a few Philosophers who have good works about Epistemology from the Late Modern Era (The time when names like Soren Kierkegaard were still around). Also, if you know any other names from other Eras, let me know as well, but I need a Philosopher from the Late Modern Era specifically [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I need the names of a few Philosophers who have good works about Epistemology from the Late Modern Era (The time when names like Soren Kierkegaard were still around). Also, if you know any other names from other Eras, let me know as well, but I need a Philosopher from the Late Modern Era specifically for a paper I have due on Epistemology.</p>
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		<title>Some theories are calculated from other theories.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello folks, this is just an intoduction to let you know what to expect in Donald&#8217;s views. I intend to explain how I came to theorise about the subjects in my blog http://unfeatheredangels.blogspot.com/ and try to give more detail and  logic to them. Most so called discoveries about the universe and how it originated are [...]]]></description>
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<p>Hello folks, this is just an intoduction to let you know what to expect in Donald&#8217;s views.</p>
<p>I intend to explain how I came to theorise about the subjects in my blog <a href="http://unfeatheredangels.blogspot.com/">http://unfeatheredangels.blogspot.com/</a> and try to give more detail and  logic to them. Most so called discoveries about the <a class="zem_slink" title="Universe" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe">universe</a> and how it originated are theories, and some theories are calculated from other theories which leaves plenty scope for error or misjudgement.</p>
<p>We as nations on a planet that is so insignificant in this universe as to be the only human <a class="zem_slink" title="Intelligence" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence">intelligence</a> in it is a ludicrous and arrogant suggestion and because we have discovered and landed probes on planets near to us we think we could be the only intelligent beings in all the vastness that is space.  In my opinion we are in comparison to the real intelligence in the universe, like the cavemen hollowing out trees  forming the first primitive canoes to  utilise the water making it easier to explore and expand to other parts of our globe. We have taken the first steps to explore and expand into the universe and like the <a class="zem_slink" title="Caveman" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caveman">cavemen</a>. WE will encounter other &#8220;tribes&#8221; or nations as we now call them whether it be them that return here, or us that reaches them, which, in my mind is the most unlikely of the two.</p>
<p>Make no mistake there has been superior beings on <a class="zem_slink" title="Earth" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth">earth</a> before and that is what the various writers in the bible are trying to explain to us in their naive and simple way being thrust into having to explain a <a class="zem_slink" title="Technology" rel="wikinvest" href="http://www.wikinvest.com/industry/Technology">technology</a> so far advanced that they could only use the description of things  they could relate to from their era.</p>
<p>That is why the bible has so many interpretations. Why if as a nation with so many of our own advancements can we not at last realise that the machines we strive to invent for space travel have been here and are being described in the bible? Some of the miracles spoken about in the bible were as read &#8220;MIRACLES&#8221; to people of the biblical age and even as far as  our grandparents, but are no longer a mystery to us as some of them are being performed now on earth. Artificial insemination is one example, and of which could have been used to impregnate Mary, and one of the many theories you will find in my blog that we will discuss and dissect if need be .</p>
<p>If you have theories of your own do not discard them just because a scientist, or someone else THINKS they have found the answer - because until it is proven beyond any doubt it will always be a theory, and we have a long long way to go before we can verify the theories and calculations that are assumed on earth.</p>
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