This month prepare for…. The ‘‘Meaning of Life‘‘ Challenge For this month‘s challenge we‘re asking you no less than what is arguably the biggest philosophical question of all time: ‘‘Does life have a meaning and if yes, what is it?‘‘ Try to answer this question, explain your answer an...

We‘d like to announce the winners of last month’s ‘‘Argument‘‘ Challenge. And here they are. • 1st place (gold) goes to… 1) Solow Link to his blog: http://aminoapps.programascracks.com/p/zkti3j5 Also link to his defense blog: http://aminoapps.programascracks.com/p/dx2asq0 • 2nd place (silver) goes to… 2) Iopnz L...

Two dogmas of empiricism Quine wanted to show and refute two dogmas of modern empiricism, which are: 1. There is a clear distinction between analytic (based on meaning instead of external facts about the world) and synthetic (based on external facts about the world) statements. 2. Reduction...

The youtube channel ‘‘Mon0‘‘ once made a video called: ‘‘An argument against continental philosophy‘‘. The link to the video is at the bottom of the blog. Definition of ’‘continental philosophy‘‘: ‘‘Continental philosophy is philosophies prominent in 20th-century continental Europe that derive fr...

There is a peculiar figure in the architecture of all serious thought: the Fool. Often dismissed, occasionally pitied, rarely understood—this character wanders not just through literature and fable, but through epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, and even phenomenology. The Fool is not merely ignoran...

PART 1: KINDNESS: A MUSE: This essay is about redefinition. But leaving the topic for a bit, and to place the carpet on which the problem will walk: we must talk about kindness. It is widely deemed our best of traits—one we all try to embody while praising it with an almost divine reverence. Ev...

Context: This post started as a response to a comment I got on my previous Post. I ended up writing a lot in response to the four questions I was given. I thought that I might as well go all the way and defend all the important premises. 1. What do you mean when you say God? When discussing ...

Just random ramblings. If you expected anything with substance, sorry. I would like to ponder for a minute about the way we interact with the world and play, a little bit. Perhaps, in foolish ways that won't bring much value. We're still gonna have fun with some philosophical-ish ideas that will bo...

In this blog I want to link what could be considered the ‘‘15 most famous philosophy articles‘‘ that exist. These are largely the standard articles (among others), which you will be expected to read and engage with in most philosophy degrees nowadays. That obviously isn‘t to say that if you have r...

Introduction: Before we get into the argument I just want to point out that this argument is only aimed or targeted at people who are already theists. So assuming theism is true or assuming you believe in some type of God then if you find these premises plausible, you will have a good argument ...