The Start of the Chain of Events

Determinism is a proposition that every event, including human cognition, decision and action are determined by an unbroken chain of prior occurrences. 1) What is the initial event that set out the chain? If it is too simple, then it's no longer qualify a determining event, but eligible to be derived varies of following ups; if it's not simple enough, then it requests another prior occurrence. 2) What are the differences between determinism and fatalism?

The Ethics of Belief & The Will to Believe

It is understood in the philosophy field that natural scientists follow Clifford's idea on the requirement of first hand evidents before making conclusions. However, with the progress of science, the evidents that are taking as evidents have also evolved.

The Ethics of Belief was published in 1842, right before the era of the explosion of knowledge, largely thanks how scientists share their knowledge, and reply on the collaborations with others to build the technology we are enjoying today.

Philosophers help people figure out reasons between life and death. So just curious, what is the ratio of suicidal philosophers?