Contest Guide: The Greatest Lies of All Time
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- According to the rhetorical tradition there is no truth that measures our assertions, only a body of arguments that shape the world of discourse within which assertions take place. Philosophy's deception, according to the rhetoricians, is its suggestion that there is a truth to which it is loyal when in fact any philosophy is only a cluster of arguments expressing the interest of the philosopher.
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Deception and philosophy from The Highroad Around Modernism |
- What is deception? How is it to be judged?
- Does philosophy have elements of deception?
- Is self-deception possible?
- What does "This statement is a deception" mean?
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Deceptions in philosophy
According to the rhetorical tradition... any philosophy is only a cluster of arguments expressing the interest of the philosopher.
Then the rhetorical tradition is a deception or the result of an epistemological mistake.
The mistake is based on the assumption that what goes on in our heads (a private world) has nothing to do with "the objective" world "out there".
But we, thinking beings, are part of that "objective world out there".
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Deceptions in religion
- Does belief in God involve deception?
- Do religions rely on deception?
- How has deception played a role in the development and growth of the major world religions?
- What would you consider to be the top religious deceptions?
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Deceptions in society
- Is deception part of the fabric of how cultures are developed and maintained?
- What role does deception play in an entertainment culture?
- What would you consider to be the top deceptions in the way people relate to each other on a personal level?
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Deceptions in war
- How is deception related to game theory?
- Is it possible to wage war without deception? Is this a worthy goal?
- Can deception prevent war?
- What would you consider to be the top deceptions in warfare?
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Deceptions in politics
- Is deception necessary in the organization of the State?
- This question itself may be part of the deception.
- What deceptions are political and economic systems built upon?
- That the poor have to depend for their welfare on the rich and powerful (the "trickle-down" theory). Putting it another way, the rich are said to provide for the poor by creating employment opportunities for them.
- What would you consider to be the top political deceptions throughout history?
- That natural resources belong to those who make use of them or who happen to possess them ("possession is 90% of the law").
