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Well, I'm sorry. Please fill out a conversational complaint form and put it in the box, and an HR representative will mail you a more detailed survey in six to eight weeks.
I agree entirely that meaningful questions exist, and made no claim to the contrary. I do not believe, however, that as an institution, modern philosophy is particularly good at identifying those questions.
In response to your questions,
Yes, absolutely.
Yes, mostly. There are different kinds of existence, but the answer you get out will depend entirely on your definitions.
Yes, mostly. There are different kinds of possible artificial intelligence, but the question of whether machines can -truly- be intelligent depends exclusively upon your definition of intelligence.
As a general rule, if you can't imagine any piece of experimental evidence settling a question, it's probably a definitional one.
So what's the difference between philosophy and science then?
Err... science deals with questions you can settle with evidence? I'm not sure what you're getting at here.
How does your use of the label "philosophical" fit in with your uses of the categories "definitional" and "can be settled by experimental evidence"?