Q: What are you trying to do with this blog and website?
A: Simply put we are trying to assemble in an orderly fashion the relevant evidence for the philosophical questions posed. This will be a helpful resource for coming up with answers for some of these ultimate questions.
Q: But, isn't evidence irrelavant to philosophical questions?
A: Not at all! In the case of the four questions posed on the website they each ask about some aspect of how the world is. As such, the answers to these questions (no matter what they end up being) will make empirical claims about the way the world is. Thus, evidence is very relevant to validating these claims.
Q: Why do you avoid Socratic questions such as What is love? What is beauty? etc.
A: These questions are important philosophical questions but do not as easily lend themselves to a search for empirical evidence. For more insight on these questions I would encourage you to go to the companion website Ask-A-Philosopher.
Q: Why do you avoid questions about ethics and morality?
A: These will be dealt with in a separate website coming sometime in 2010.
Q: How do I contribute to the search for evidence?
A: Simple, you can make posts here to the questions or e-mail us via the Evidence website and we will post your comments here for consideration.
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