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Is Smith primarily studied as part of economics or philosophy? And Ricardo? Your loaded question wasn't even the beginning of an answer. Also, I can h...
February 05, 2019 at 13:44
No. First, is answering my question first: What did Marx do or not do to put it apart from other economics, history or sociology and instead gets qual...
February 05, 2019 at 13:33
It's not clear to me on what you base that. What did Marx do or not do to put it apart from other economics, history or sociology and instead gets qua...
February 05, 2019 at 13:23
Indeed. Popper took issue with his historical materialism.
February 05, 2019 at 13:17
How would you describe/qualify what Marx was doing?
February 05, 2019 at 12:47
There's an issue, in any case, to what extent the social sciences are science or not. If science is anything that uses the scientific method then all ...
February 05, 2019 at 12:40
Well ethical theories aren't scientific either. Let's not pay attention to ethics either! If there is an issue with Marx, it's that it's sometimes har...
February 05, 2019 at 07:11
I don't know what you think communism is. Is China communist according to you?
February 05, 2019 at 06:36
The argument against Popper is of course to reject his definition of science, come up with your own persuasive definition and take it from there. As t...
February 04, 2019 at 21:22
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Selmayr seems to want none of it. If these Brexiteers think it's like "not having a border" it should be fine to implement it between Northern Ireland...
February 04, 2019 at 14:06
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Next step in the Brexit-saga: the Malthouse compromise. The main thing for Ireland is that they'll have a border but it won't feel like one because th...
February 04, 2019 at 09:43
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There's definitely a benefit to this sort of decentralisation. For one, if you want to lobby for something, you need to lobby in different countries, ...
February 01, 2019 at 09:33
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A good article by Gary Young: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/01/poorer-brexiters-worse-off-working-class-leavers
February 01, 2019 at 07:55
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Again a lot of misrepresentation. Germany is not in a technical recession but close to it, which contradicts tour earlier statement. Italy had a techn...
February 01, 2019 at 06:38
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The EU does a bad job of explaining how it functions so your mistake is understandable. Meanwhile, what most people will be amazed to know is that the...
February 01, 2019 at 06:36
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More lies. Germany is expected to do best of the three you mentioned with 1.7%. France is expected to outperform Italy (1.6%), the UK will now no long...
January 31, 2019 at 15:33
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He's a pathological misinformer and cherry picker. Like his numbers for the trade deficit, which was for goods only because, of course, the UK has no ...
January 31, 2019 at 15:26
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The same data I used with totally different figures. Do you have a reading disability that I need to take into account when communicating with you?
January 31, 2019 at 15:24
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The same misinformation again. Let's get back to what I pointed out before and you haven't dealt with at all, just repeating the same nonsense again. ...
January 31, 2019 at 14:43
1. It's the listening part where you learn. 3. Possibly a translation thing but I always interpreted "speaking up" as taking a (verbal) stance against...
January 31, 2019 at 10:35
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EU: Ok, bye then! I actually think the EU has been very considerate of UK interests so far in particular where it concerns the financial services indu...
January 31, 2019 at 10:21
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Here's an idea to an alternative arrangement; don't leave if you can't handle the consequences you dumb fucks.
January 31, 2019 at 10:11
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Leave what exactly? I'm getting a Balfour déjà-vu. The UK agreed to the following: The United Kingdom remains committed to protecting North-South coop...
January 31, 2019 at 10:08
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Sorry, I wasn't very clear. I meant more specifically with regard to the "alternative arrangements" to the backstop, what do they want?
January 31, 2019 at 10:01
I can make do with the following three points I'm confident enough to impart as wisdom you can live by: 1. Nobody ever got smarter by talking 2. Oefen...
January 31, 2019 at 09:56
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What do the British MPs and the government want exactly?
January 31, 2019 at 07:08
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You mean the Article 50 notice, which is causing confusion for Inis.
January 31, 2019 at 07:03
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What's more, a majority of northern Irish politicians and businesses are in favour of the back stop. When do these matters become devolved matters tha...
January 31, 2019 at 07:02
It's true but a website definition and not the statutory definition. It now seems to match the statutory definition used in the Violence Against Women...
January 28, 2019 at 12:21
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Yes, I reiterated what had to be deducted from the gross amount resulting in a net payment of 9 billion. Agree with that final figure or not?
January 25, 2019 at 12:59
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Minus the rebate, minus the expenditures of the EU in the UK, you get around 9 billion GDP. In return for which you have access to the largest free tr...
January 25, 2019 at 12:50
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Yes. I want you to stop misrepresenting the facts all the time by cherry picking data and spreading misleading or false information. It's not nearly a...
January 25, 2019 at 08:42
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How many EU countries are there? How many are in the G7? Spoiler, 28 and 3. That IMF paper also shows the UK will underperform compared to the EU aver...
January 22, 2019 at 15:24
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You do like cherry picking your statistics don't you? How's GDP growth doing as compared to other countries and the GDP projection? Furthermore, it's ...
January 22, 2019 at 13:51
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They are exempted from the Services Directive but have their own directives ensuring a single market for services. Your first list is covered entirely...
January 21, 2019 at 16:12
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False, Single Market for Services
January 21, 2019 at 10:55
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This is totally uninformative for two obvious of reasons: It doesn't reflect trade in services; It doesn't reflect trade made possible with non-EU cou...
January 21, 2019 at 10:28
It's a real term. I'm not sure what a shut up word is. This is all a matter of definitions which makes it less interesting. You seem to be suggesting ...
January 19, 2019 at 23:22
It's xenophobia. But whatever. It's quite clear taking everything Trump has said and done that he is indeed a racist. You know, those people who don't...
January 19, 2019 at 06:43
So, you're saying that the context in which you were discussing is irrelevant? Trump talks about "Mexicans" and you say it isn't racism but do agree w...
January 18, 2019 at 21:04
Wait. People from certain countries don't want/believe/share democratic values, respect law, human rights and in top of that don't have abstract think...
January 17, 2019 at 06:05
How do you tell in which bubble someone is in? What bubble you're in? How do you reach people in bubbles other than your own? I think that background ...
January 13, 2019 at 06:36
I think backgrounds are important as to how to frame arguments and to make sure we're talking about the same thing. Some issues I will not automatical...
January 11, 2019 at 11:21
No, because we do know the physics of fusion. The reaction doesn't change because it's cold, it's cold because the coulomb barrier is supposedly breac...
January 11, 2019 at 10:35
Translation: I disagree with what the BBC News reports. I don't know your background but it's becoming rather obvious you have a background that is si...
January 11, 2019 at 10:20
Scam and bullshit. More bullshit. It isn't renewable as it uses deuterium as a fuel. Oh, and it's a scam. Both utilise the same old "we're not going t...
January 11, 2019 at 09:23
Not again. We already discussed LENR recently here: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/4289/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-climate-cha...
January 10, 2019 at 10:08
:vomit:
January 10, 2019 at 10:03
Funny how safe and peaceful it's been around here too.
December 25, 2018 at 05:03
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It's a final decision. It's based on a request of another court on the interpretation of EU law, in this case a Scottish Court. People can appeal the ...
December 24, 2018 at 15:36