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Message 1744799 - Posted: 25 Nov 2015, 16:05:41 UTC

"What is the sound of one hand clapping?"
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Message 1744817 - Posted: 25 Nov 2015, 17:30:03 UTC - in response to Message 1744799.  

"What is the sound of one hand clapping?"

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Message 1744864 - Posted: 25 Nov 2015, 20:32:58 UTC - in response to Message 1744799.  

"What is the sound of one hand clapping?"

ko·an
ˈkōän/
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a paradoxical anecdote or riddle, used in Zen Buddhism to demonstrate the inadequacy of logical reasoning and to provoke enlightenment.
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Message 1745092 - Posted: 26 Nov 2015, 20:23:59 UTC

I find it fascinating that so many good answers were given in the previous thread, saying in many ways what Rob said towards the end (expressed given our time constraints with lives outside reading and posting here), yet the OP of the previous thread trashed all earlier answers and applauded Rob's. What game was being played? Why close the previous thread and expect us all to understand his perspective when so there was so little effort on his part?
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Message 1745173 - Posted: 27 Nov 2015, 5:33:13 UTC - in response to Message 1744799.  

"What is the sound of one hand clapping?"
What is the sound of one hand waving?

Clapping requires the clapper to have something to strike by definition. As stated the question is nonsense.

Or is this "Philosophy" the discussion of division be zero, the violation of preconditions?
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Message 1758261 - Posted: 22 Jan 2016, 17:58:21 UTC

My new philosophy is that Philosophy is rubbish. What say you?
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Message 1758262 - Posted: 22 Jan 2016, 17:59:09 UTC - in response to Message 1744799.  

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Woosh. Woosh.
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Message 1758750 - Posted: 23 Jan 2016, 19:05:51 UTC - in response to Message 1758261.  

My new philosophy is that Philosophy is rubbish. What say you?

Philosophy is much like sci-fi - it's speculation, but with rules. It doesn't presume to give definitive answers. The point is simply to entertain and, hopefully, make you think.
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Message 1758883 - Posted: 24 Jan 2016, 1:32:51 UTC

We are not amused.
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Message 1758950 - Posted: 24 Jan 2016, 5:14:47 UTC

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Message 1759668 - Posted: 27 Jan 2016, 12:40:28 UTC - in response to Message 1758261.  

My new philosophy is that Philosophy is rubbish. What say you?

If you think Philosophy is rubbish, then isn't it time to change your Philosophy.
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Message 1760458 - Posted: 29 Jan 2016, 21:17:36 UTC

Sophistry!
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Message 1760476 - Posted: 29 Jan 2016, 22:14:10 UTC - in response to Message 1760458.  

Sophistry!

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