Skip to main content
search
Philosophy Student
By In Writing Philosophy

WHAT PHILOSOPHY PROFESSORS WANT FROM STUDENT WRITERS

Some 2,300 years ago, Aristotle introduced the syllogism into the intellectual world. A threeelement formula, it is the elementary building…
Read More
History Of Philosophy
November 15, 2023

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…
Philosophy Student
Love0
Modern Branches of PhilosophyPhilosophy Branches
November 14, 2023

PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE

The study of natural languages is conventionally divided among questions of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, all of which raise significant issues for the philosophy of language. In terms of syntax…
Philosophy Student
Love0
WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY?
November 12, 2023

WHAT IS THE “SUBJECT MATTER” OF PHILOSOPHY

“There is a common misunderstanding that philosophy—like chemistry or history—has a content to offer, a content that a teacher is to teach and a student is to learn,” writes Professor…
Philosophy Student
Love0
History Of Philosophy
November 15, 2023

PYTHAGOREANISM

Based on the teachings of Pythagoras (c. 570–495 BC) and the school he established inCroton in southern Italy, we may conclude that, in many ways, Pythagoreanism was more ofa mystery…
Philosophy Student
Love0
FORMS OF PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGWriting Philosophy
November 20, 2023

FORMS OF PHILOSOPHICAL WRITING

The word essay comes from the French infinitive verb essayer, meaning “to try” or “to attempt.” In fact, when the word was first borrowed into the English language, as essay,…
Philosophy Student
Love0
Writing Philosophy
November 23, 2023

GOOD PHILOSOPHICAL WRITING

BASICS OF GOOD PHILOSOPHICAL WRITING: A DEEPER DIVE Having surveyed the elements of good writing from 30,000 feet, let’s swoop in on some of the most important specifics. This means…
Philosophy Student
Love0
Logic
November 15, 2023

NON-CLASSICAL LOGIC

While both the predicate calculus and the modal propositional calculus may be seen as extensions of the basic propositional calculus, there are also a variety of formal languages intended as…
Philosophy Student
Love0
Writing Philosophy
November 21, 2023

ESSENTIAL WRITING SKILLS

Having just walked through the basic process of writing a philosophy paper, we turn now to the essential skillset you should develop and apply not only to the writing of…
Philosophy Student
Love0
History Of PhilosophyNON-WESTERN PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITIONS
November 15, 2023

AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY

The earliest indigenous African philosophy to produce written documents emerged during the seventeenth century, especially in Ethiopia. Zera Yacob (1599–1692), whose Hatata (1667) has been compared to René Descartes’ Discourse…
Philosophy Student
Love0
Writing Philosophy
November 24, 2023

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…
Philosophy Student
Love0
FORMS OF PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGWriting Philosophy
November 20, 2023

THE ESSAY OF REFUTATION

The essay of refutation takes the position “I disagree.” Its objective is to persuade the reader that the argument of another is false, flawed, unlikely, implausible, or in some other…
Philosophy Student
Love0
PHILOSOPHICAL BOOKS AND TEXT
November 27, 2023

GUIDES TO PHILOSOPHICAL WRITING

As with developing any skill, learning to write philosophically takes practice. Here are some links to academic sites, along with several style guides, to aid you.
Philosophy Student
Love0
PHILOSOPHICAL BOOKS AND TEXT
November 27, 2023

INTRODUCTORY LOGIC TEXTS

There are some fairly firm distinctions between critical thinking and formal (symbolic) logic texts. Whereas critical thinking focuses broadly on argumentation, formal logic is the study of the principles of…
Philosophy Student
Love0
History Of PhilosophyMEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
November 15, 2023

SAINT AUGUSTINE

Like his contemporaries, Saint Augustine (354–430) was primarily influenced by Neoplatonism, and, indeed, credited Plotinus with helping him to understand Christian theology.
Philosophy Student
Love0
CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHYHistory Of Philosophy
November 15, 2023

PLATO

Plato (427–347 BC) was born into a powerful family in Athens but abandoned politics after the execution of his teacher, Socrates; he subsequently traveled, became influenced by the Pythagoreans, and…
Philosophy Student
Love0
Philosophy Student
By In WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY?

PHILOSOPHICAL FILMS AND TV SHOWS

Note: Some of these titles may be difficult to find, either in DVD format or streaming. Film Animation Animal Farm…
Read More

Logic

Books

  • Buy product

    On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life (Hackett Classics)

    $10.50
  • Buy product

    Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: Expanded Edition

    $25.69
  • Buy product

    Frege: Aufsätze zur Logik und Sprachphilosophie (Klassiker Auslegen) (German Edition)

    $28.99
  • Buy product

    The Phenomenology of Religious Life (Studies in Continental Thought)

    $28.00
  • Buy product

    Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation

    $12.39
  • Buy product

    Pragmatism and Other Writings (Penguin Classics)

    $14.76
  • Buy product

    The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: A Great Gift for Book Lovers

    $13.98
  • Buy product

    The Emperor’s Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations

    $15.69
  • Buy product

    Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: 7 Ways to Freedom from Anxiety, Depression, and Intrusive Thoughts

    $42.42
  • Buy product

    Be Still & Soar: Finding Strength and Solace in Any Storm

    $23.99
  • Buy product

    Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

    $34.10
  • Buy product

    Meditaciones (Spanish Edition)

    $5.95
  • Buy product

    In Conclusion, Don’t Worry About It

    $10.22
  • Buy product

    Self-Reliance and Other Essays

    $3.95
  • Buy product

    The Gay Science: or The Joyful Wisdom

    $7.14
  • Buy product

    Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction

    $15.30

Terms & Concepts

F

First-order validity

An argument is valid when a sentence is logically true by way of truth-functional connectivedefinitions, identity, and quantifiers. https://youtube.com/shorts/CZnU2xWzcRg?feature=share
S

Sorites Paradox

Sometimes called the Paradox of the Heap, this is a paradox resulting from vague predicates.We all know what a heap of sand is. We all assume that removing a single…
C

Contraposition

An immediate inference made by exchanging the subject and predicate terms of a categorical proposition, and then adding the complement to the subject and predicate terms. Contraposition is a valid…
E
Existentialism
F
First-order consequence
P
Proposition
T
Truth-functional connective
A
Assertion
C
Contraries
E
Empirical ego
L
Logical validity
S
Syllogism
View All

Copyright © 2024 Philisophy Student.
All rights reserved.

Aristotle Publishing  |  Contact  |  Sitemap | Privacy Policy | About Us