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Is it defensible to claim that religion is a personal relationship with God and therefore contains no claims?

It is a common line of argumentation against religion that it includes dogmatic claims without evidence and that the resistance to change that is peculiar to religion and stems from its dogmatism forestalls all progress towards truth. Religion is,…
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Viewing properties as relations

Deep in the recesses of memory, I vaguely recall an argument to the effect that there are no properties but only relations because what we view as properties are really relationships that exist between the object being perceived and the…
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What is an ordered pair of identical objects?

Background I am reading this book. In the chapter "The Ontology of Metaphysical Realism" the author says: Many relations are such that pairs of objects enter into them only when taken in a certain order. Thus, being the father of is an…
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Can being exist without any kind of relation?

In metaphysics, the concept of "being" is often analyzed in terms of substance, existence, and relation. Some philosophers have argued that nothing can exist in complete isolation, as being itself implies some kind of relation—whether to space,…
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Can set theory formulate causal proximity?

We often speak of causes being direct and indirect, remote and proximate. The Big Bang is (presumably) causally related to my ability to type this question. But it isn't related as immediately as my use of a computer. Is there a way we might use set…
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What exactly would count as a "positively meaningful and reciprocal conscious relationship" between a person and a God?

I would like to start by quoting this answer's summary of the divine hiddenness argument: This is the crux of the atheistic Argument from Divine Hiddenness: (1) Necessarily, if God exists, then God perfectly loves such finite persons as there may…
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What philosopher regarded the end and purpose of human life to be in relationships with other individuals?

I remember in my undergrad being taught about some philosopher who regarded the whole end and purpose of human existence to be primarily that of relationship with other people. I dont remember if he used the word love, but it had the implication of…
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Are virtues non-relational?

I was reading this, by Shirong Luo, on the ethics of care care is notoriously difficult to define. As Ruddick points out, at least three distinct but overlapping meanings of care have emerged in recent decades—an ethic defined in opposition to…
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Is discrimination in society bi-directional?

Today I had a discussion with someone about the what is discrimination in society. The person I was talking with thought that discrimination is only one-way, what he meant is that a party puts down or up (negative or positive discrimination) a…
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Are all sufficient conditions necessary?

If X is the necessary condition of A, then it doesn't follow that X is sufficient. However, if X were a sufficient condition, would it also follow that X is a necessary condition? Put otherwise, is a sufficient condition simply a set of all…
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On Relations Versus Relational Properties

According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, the following holds: Relations and relational properties can be distinguished. A relation is borne from one thing to another thing. A relational property is the property of bearing a relation to…
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What are some philosophical discussions on the nature of relationships?

We are social animals, and while living in a society, we make relationships with other humans. Relationships like mother, father, son, aunt, etc., are determined by default, i.e., we don't have a choice, while some relationships have to be chosen by…
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Confucianism and other cultures/peoples

Are there considerations and reflections about other cultures and peoples (than Confucianism and confucianist societies) in Confucianism? For instance concerning the kind of relationship a confucianism adhering individual/people should have with…
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Are there natural language examples of n-ary relations greater than 3?

Binary relations are obvious, and I see the need to have 3-ary relations such as "being in between things". Are there natural language examples of relations greater 3? Edit: without combining binary or tertiary relations
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Social Response to Legal/Moral Duty Violation

When a person, especially a public figure, has committed a serious legal or moral violation, there is a tendency for friends/clients/companies/etc. to dissociate from that individual, even if the offence is not of a nature relevant to their prior…
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