Warm-Up Quiz To The Gizmo Quiz

which thread?

[lawman]

The following words/ideas/links are contained in a thread somewhere on Webmaster World. Please provide 1) the name of the thread, and 2) does it even exist:

"I always think of Spinoza, Leibniz, Kant,and Quine"

Link to a problem with no correct solution.

'Probably', which is not 'definitely'

Greek existed before Latin.
No, they are contemporary.

tabula rasa

conundrums

postulates (postulation)

cogito ergo sum

Socrates didn't exist.
Yes he did.

[dcheney]

Philosophical question - where did the a priori concept come from? [webmasterworld.com]

[lawman]

You answered the easy part, but no credit unless the second part is answered too. :)

lawman

[lawman]

I thought the second part might be too tough.

Apparently all the deep thinkers would rather discuss the existence or non-existence of Socrates, bandy about the names of dead philosophers, or see who can quote the most latin. :)

[edit_g]

Apparently all the deep thinkers would rather discuss the existence or non-existence of Socrates, bandy about the names of dead philosophers, or see who can quote the most latin.

Preferably while drinking a glass of fine red wine. ;)

does it even exist

Does an animated gif stop moving when no one is looking at it? :)

[lawman]

Does an animated gif stop moving when no one is looking at it?

Ahh, a true philosopher's answer.

I will post the most logical answer later today -- not necessarily the correct answer, just the most logical. :)

lawman

[digitalghost]

I was waiting on you Lawman. Respondeat superior. I figure your Latin should be pretty good too, surely you get to use more than nolo contendere...

[lawman]

On the front of my underwear it says res ipsa loquitur. My wife wonders why.

[digitalghost]

ROFL There's probably a market for witty legal briefs. Sui generis, videlicet, tenere...

[requiem]

How do we know that anthing exists? It is what is called the problem of the external world. Get drunk watch "The Matrix" a few times or read Hillary Putnams "Brains in a vat", Descartes "First Meditation", or Bostroms "The Simulation argument". If your life seems meeningless you might be right, read "The Absurd" by Thomas Nagel.
If you fear death read "Letter to Menoeceus" by Epikur.
If you do not fear death you should have a go at chapter one of Thomas Nagel's book "Moral Questions". If you like to become a timetraveler read chapeter 18 of "Philosophical Papers" by David Lewis.

God I love philosophy.

But do god exist? I guess I should reread "God, Evil and the best of all possible worlds" by Leibniz, or maybe "God and Evil. Why I am not a Theist" by Russel. I never managed to read through "Agaist objectivity in religion" Kierkegaard is just to boring..

But about the second part of the question, do the thread exist? If anyone here can prove that it does, I think they they just have won some philosopical reward. I could always call the philosophy department at my good old university and ask who exactly is offering the reward.

[Woz]

>witty legal briefs

I say your Honour, did you hear the one about ...

Hmmmm.

Actually, the funniest Christmas Card I have even seen was plain green with a cartoon of an Elf on the front. The caption read "Santa's Helper".

Inside there was only one line - "Noun, sub claus."

'ts getting late/early. G'night.
Woz