WHAT IS GOOD PHILOSOPHICAL WRITING?
Writing effectively for a philosophy course does not merely start with the general principles of good writing just outlined, it sets out to show mastery of these principles. It embodies…
ESSENTIAL READING IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
ESSENTIAL READING IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
A comprehensive list of essential readings in the history of philosophy.
WRITING IS CENTRAL TO PHILOSOPHY
WRITING IS CENTRAL TO PHILOSOPHY
For the great majority of us, writing is instrumental to thinking. Since it is reasonable to describe philosophy as the application of disciplined thought to a variety of topics, issues,…
BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY
BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy embraces the most ambitious field of inquiry—the universe, including the self and everything both physical and metaphysical. It is impossible to list all the branches of philosophy, which are…
THE ELEATIC SCHOOL
THE ELEATIC SCHOOL
Based in the Ionian colony of Elea (modern-day Velia) in southern Italy, and primarily associated with Parmenides (early fifth century BC) and Melissus of Samos (mid fifth century BC), the…
NON-WESTERN PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITIONS
NON-WESTERN PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITIONS
As explained at the beginning of this chapter, this book is intended primarily for philosophy students, especially new philosophy students, whose focus is mainly or even exclusively on Western philosophical…
EPICUREANISM
EPICUREANISM
Founded by Epicurus (341–271 BC), this eponymous philosophy is best known through the Roman poet Lucretius (mid first century BC). Like the Atomists, the Epicureans maintained that everything is made…
ATOMISM
ATOMISM
Atomism was founded by Leucippus (who flourished around 440 BC) but was primarily elaborated by Democritus (c. 460-370 BC) as a way of reconciling the Eleatic doctrine of the impossibility…
BASIC LOGICAL SYMBOLS
BASIC LOGICAL SYMBOLS
¬ one-place logical connective read as “not” or as “is not the case” ~ alternative notation for “not” & two-place logical connective read as “and” ˄ and
EPISTEMOLOGY
EPISTEMOLOGY
Epistemology is the study of knowledge, including its nature and its extent, and of justification (that is, whether a belief is formed in a valid way to justify its being…
THE PERSONAL ESSAY
THE PERSONAL ESSAY
The personal essay is a self-reflective search for meaning. Unlike most philosophical writing, it is not argumentative. Instead, it is exploratory and speculative, often even somewhat confessional. It is typically…
PHILOSOPHIES OF EAST ASIA
PHILOSOPHIES OF EAST ASIA
The dominant philosophical traditions in this part of the world began in Ancient China from the sixth century to 221 BC, which saw the development of China’s great philosophical movements…
PHILOSOPHICAL BOOKS AND TEXT
PHILOSOPHICAL BOOKS AND TEXT
ESSENTIAL READING IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY BOOKS TO GUIDE NOVICE PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS INTRODUCTORY PHILOSOPHY TEXTS GUIDES TO PHILOSOPHICAL WRITING INTRODUCTORY LOGIC TEXTS CRITICAL THINKING AND LOGIC TEXTBOOKS
STOICISM
STOICISM
Founded by Zeno of Citium (334–262 BC), early Stoicism shared many similarities with Epicureanism, including the belief that the world was largely deterministic and that the overall goal of the…
RATIONALISM
Rationalism designates a variety of philosophical schools maintaining that reason, as opposed to empirical investigation, is the most important method…
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- Atomos
- AESTHETICS
- Aesthetic Experience
- Disinterestedness
- Emotion and Imagination
- Artistic Value and Judgment
- Aesthetic Standards
- Criticism and Evaluation
- Interpretation and Meaning
- Intentionalism vs Anti Intentionalism
- Interpretation In Literature Music Visual Art
- Philosophy of Art
- Artistic Creation
- Nature of Art
- ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY
- Animal Ethics
- Anthropocentrism vs Ecocentrism
- Climate Ethics
- Deep Ecology
- EPISTEMOLOGY
- Belief, Truth and Evidence
- Evidentialism vs Reliabilism
- Theories of Truth Correspondence Coherence Pragmatic
- Justification and Skepticism
- Foundationalism vs Coherentism
- Global and Local Skepticism
- Internalism vs Externalism
- Nature and Limits Of Knowledge
- A Priori vs a Posteriori Knowledge
- Knowledge vs True Belief
- Rationalism vs Empiricism
- Social Epistemology
- Epistemic Injustice
- Group Epistemology
- Testimony
- Virtue Epistemology
- ETHICS
- Applied Ethics
- Bioethics
- Business and Professional Ethics
- Environmental Ethics
- Technology and Ai Ethics
- Meta Ethics
- Cognitivism vs Non-cognitivism
- Moral Realism vs Anti Realism
- Naturalism vs Non-naturalism
- Moral Phsycology
- Moral Development
- Moral Emotions
- Moral Motivation
- Normative Ethics
- Consequentialism
- Deontology
- Virtue Ethics
- EXISTENTIALISM AND PHENOMENOLOGY
- Conscious Experience
- Embodied Consciousness
- Intentionality
- Human Freedom and Authenticity
- Responsibility and Choice
- Meaning and Absurdity
- Existential Angst
- Nihilism
- FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY
- Critique of Traditional Frameworks
- Patriarchy and canon Critique
- Feminist Epistemology and Ethics
- Gender and Identity
- Queer Theory
- Social Construction
- Intersectionality
- Race Class and Gender Intersections
- GLOBAL AND COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY
- African Philosophy
- Communalism
- Decolonial Thought
- Sage Philosophy
- Ubuntu
- Eastern Philosophy
- Chinese Philosophy Confucianism Daoism
- Indian Philosophy Vedanta Buddhism Jainism
- Japanese Philosophy Zen Kyoto School
- Indigenous Philosophy
- Epistemologies and Ritual
- Land and oral Tradition
- Native American Worldviews
- Latin American Philosophy
- Coloniality and Resistance
- Liberation Philosophy
- Mestizo Thought
- HISTORICAL PERIODS OF PHILOSOPHY
- Ancient Philosophy
- Classical Greek Plato Aristotle
- Hellenistic and Roman
- Pre Socratic
- Medieval Philosophy
- Christian Islamic Jewish Traditions
- Modern Philosophy
- Empiricists Locke Berkeley Hume
- Kant and Critique
- Rationalists Descartes Spinoza Leibniz
- Nineteenth Century Philosophy
- Hegelianism
- Marxism
- Nietzsche
- Twentieth and Twenty First Century Philosophy
- Analytic Philosophy
- Continental Philosophy
- Postmodernism
- LOGIC
- Formal Logic
- Modal Logic
- Predicate Logic
- Propositional Logic
- Informal Logic
- Argumentation
- Fallacies
- Philosophy of Logic
- Logic and Language
- Logical Pluralism
- Nature of Logical Truth
- Symbolic Logic
- Model Theory
- Proof Theory
- METAPHYSICS
- Cosmology
- Origin and Structure of The Universe
- Space and TIme
- Free Will And Determination
- Agency and Responsibility
- Compatibilism vs Incompatibilism
- Identity and Change
- Persistence Through Time
- Personal Identity
- Modality
- Counterfactuals
- Possibility and Necessity
- Ontology
- Categories and Universals
- Nature of Being
- Substance and Essence
- PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
- Critical Thinking and Moral- Development
- Democratic Education
- Pedagogical Ethics
- Purpose of Education
- PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY
- Historical Explanation
- Narrative and Causation
- Nature of Historical Knowledge
- Objectivity and Interpretation
- Teleology and Progress
- PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE
- Linguistic Philosophy
- Language and Reality
- Ordinary Language Philosophy
- Meaning and Reference
- Sense and Reference Frege Russell
- Theories of Reference
- Semantics and Pragmatics
- Context and Meaning
- Indexicals and Anaphora
- Speech Acts
- Illocutionary and Perlocutionary Acts
- PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
- Critical Legal Theory
- Critical Race Theory
- Feminist Legal Theory
- Law and Morality
- Civil Disobedience
- Unjust Laws
- Legal Reasoning
- Judicial Discretion
- Precedent and Interpretation
- Nature and Sources of Law
- Legal Positivism
- Legal Realism
- Natural Law Theory
- Rights and Justice
- Legal Rights Vs Moral Rights
- Theories Of Punishment
- PHILOSOPHY OF MIND
- Artificial Intelligence and Cognition
- Ai and Machine Consciousness
- Computational Theory of Mind
- Consciousness
- Access Consciousness
- Phenomenal Consciousness
- Mental Representation
- Content and Computation
- Intentionality Conscious Experience
- Mind Body Problem
- Dualism vs Physicalism
- Functionalism
- Personal Identity
- Embodied Identity
- Psychological Continuity
- PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
- Philosophy of Specific Sciences
- Philosophy of Biology
- Philosophy of Mathematics
- Philosophy of Physics
- Philosophy of Social Sciences
- Realism vs Anti-Realism
- Instrumentalism
- Scientific Realism
- Scientific Method and Explanation
- Induction and Falsifiability
- Models and Theories
- PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY
- Ai Surveillance and Transhumanism
- Data Ethics
- Human Enhancement
- Ethics of Innovation
- Risk and Responsibility
- Human Technology Relationship
- Embodiment and Extension
- POLITICAL AND SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY
- Liberty and Authority
- Autonomy
- Political Obligation
- Political Ideologies
- Anarchism
- Conservatism
- Liberalism
- Marxism Nineteenth Century Philosophy
- Rights and Citizenship
- Civic Identity
- Human Rights
- Immigration and Nationalism
- Theories of Justice
- Distributive and Retributive Justice
- Rawlsian Theory
Terms & Concepts
Communism
The political theory derived from Marx’s argument in favor of a class war that would result in publicly owned property and “each works and is supported according to his abilities…
Fideism
The view that faith is independent of, or even opposed to, reason. https://youtube.com/shorts/aH6w5Ay8tH0?feature=share
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