Skip to main content
search
Philosophy Student
By In CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY

CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

While the focus of western philosophy has primarily been on the analysis and understanding of our most basic concepts, another…
Read More
Writing Philosophy
November 24, 2023

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,…
Philosophy Student
Love0
Logic
November 15, 2023

INTUITIONISM

One of the most familiar non-classical logics is intuitionism, which, in simple terms, is based upon the rejection of the law of excluded middle: (P ∨ ¬P). There are both…
Philosophy Student
Love0
ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHYHistory Of Philosophy
November 15, 2023

LOGICAL POSITIVISM

Originally founded by Auguste Comte (1798–1857), Positivism was primarily a view about science. Influenced by Immanuel Kant’s (1724-1804) assertion that knowledge of things-inthemselves was impossible, Comte argued that our scientific…
Philosophy Student
Love0
Philosophy Branches
December 12, 2023

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…
Philosophy Student
Love0
History Of PhilosophyMEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
November 15, 2023

THOMISM

A school of thought based on the work of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274), Thomism is, like Scholasticism, principally concerned with metaphysics and understanding the attributes of God.
Philosophy Student
Love1
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
WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY?
November 24, 2023

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 (1954)Based on George Orwell’s novel of the same name, farm…
Philosophy Student
Love0
Philosophy BranchesTraditional Branches of Philosophy
December 12, 2023

AESTHETICS

Aesthetics is concerned with the nature of art (whether visual, literary, dramatic, or in some other medium) and the way in which art is experienced. Two principal related issues, therefore,…
Philosophy Student
Love0
PHILOSOPHICAL BOOKS AND TEXT
November 27, 2023

CRITICAL THINKING AND LOGIC TEXTBOOKS

Textbooks on critical thinking and logic.
Philosophy Student
Love0
History Of PhilosophyPOST-KANTIAN PHILOSOPHY
November 15, 2023

PRAGMATISM

Pragmatism was a philosophical movement in the United States concerned with the relationship between abstract theory and practical activity, and with the value of philosophical reflection.
Philosophy Student
Love0
THE EARLY MODERN PERIODWHAT IS PHILOSOPHY?
November 15, 2023

EMPIRICISM

Empiricism covers a range of views prioritizing experience as the primary source of knowledge. During the Early Modern Period, this view was expounded by the so-called British Empiricists—Locke, Berkeley, and…
Philosophy Student
Love0
ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHYHistory Of Philosophy
November 15, 2023

LOGICAL ATOMISM

Although mostly associated with the logical analysis of language, analytic philosophy began in the philosophy of mathematics. Working independently, both Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell pursued programs of reducing mathematics…
Philosophy Student
Love0
History Of PhilosophyPOST-KANTIAN PHILOSOPHY
November 15, 2023

UTILITARIANISM

The French Revolution sparked legal and political reforms across Europe, which brought with them their accompanying philosophical frameworks.
Philosophy Student
Love0
FORMS OF PHILOSOPHICAL WRITING
November 20, 2023

THE ESSAY OF ASSERTION

The essay of assertion takes the position I believe. It is an argumentative essay in which you convey to the reader some belief or beliefs that you hold. If you…
Philosophy Student
Love0
Logic
November 15, 2023

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
Philosophy Student
Love0
Philosophy Student
By In 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,…
Read More

Logic

Books

  • Buy product

    Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way

    $5.99
  • Buy product

    What We Owe to Each Other

    $34.00
  • Buy product

    The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety

    $13.50
  • Buy product

    The Conquest of Happiness

    $12.39
  • Buy product

    The Philosophy of Aristotle (Signet Classics)

    $5.99
  • Buy product

    The Art of Rhetoric (Arcturus Classics, 144)

    $13.72
  • Buy product

    Hardship and Happiness (The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca)

    $93.30
  • Buy product

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

    $42.42
  • Buy product

    The Analytic Tradition in Philosophy, Volume 2: A New Vision

    $56.37
  • Buy product

    100 Great Philosophers who Changed the World

    $12.95
  • Buy product

    Utilitarianism

    $6.99
  • Buy product

    Nature and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions: Philosophy)

    $3.68
  • Buy product

    Dark New World Order. Part 2: The Puppet Masters and their Motives

    $17.90
  • Buy product

    One Unbounded Ocean of Consciousness: Simple Answers to the Big Questions in Life

    $20.67
  • Buy product

    The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities (Henry L. Stimson Lectures)

    $37.47
  • Buy product

    Los engarces de las sabidurías (Spanish Edition)

    $18.37

Terms & Concepts

T

Teleology

From the Greek telos, meaning “purpose,” the view that everything has an end, goal,function, or purpose. The explanation of phenomena in terms of their overall purpose—for example, animals have certain…
T

Truth value

The truth or falsity of an atomic, simple, or compound statement. https://youtube.com/shorts/jk9CLlJxtnM?feature=share
U

Universal elimination

In symbolic logic, a valid inference in a system of quantifier rules. In a proof sequence, a universal quantifier is removed, and the variables bound by it are replaced with…
I
Inconsistent
P
Parallelism
M
Modus ponens“
D
Disjunct
W
Will to power
O
Ockham’s (Occam’s) Razor
A
Alienation
C
Constitute
C
Conscience
View All

Copyright © 2024 Philisophy Student.
All rights reserved.

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