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The Paradox of Fiction

Why are we scared by things that don’t exist?
The paradox of fiction asks how we can experience genuine emotions for things that we know not to be real. (more...)
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What is a Fallacy?

How to Spot and Avoid Logical Pitfalls
A fallacy in Critical Thinking is an error in argumentation that makes an argument invalid. (more...)
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James Barham

Monism and Dualism in the Mind-Body Problem

The mind-body problem concerns the relationship between the mind and the body (or the brain). Two major philosophical views on this problem are monism and dualism. (more...)
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How To Self-Study Philosophy

5 game-changing tips
Here are a philosophy lecturer’s 5 tips on how to self-study philosophy as an adult learner. (more...)
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B.V.E. Hyde

The Shortest History of Japanese Philosophy (2)

Part 2: The Confucian Phase
In this series of posts, BVE Hyde presents a short but complete history of Japanese thought. This second part focuses on Confucianism. (more...)
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John Shand

How Humour Works

This is about humour. I shall not make any clear distinction between humour in general and jokes, only to say that jokes are archly and tightly structured set pieces and a subgroup within humour. (more...)
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John Shand

Ineffable Understanding

Seemingly intractable paradoxes involved in speaking of the ineffable are based on a mistake. (more...)
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B.V.E. Hyde

The Shortest History of Japanese Philosophy (1)

Part 1: The Buddhist Phase
In this series of posts, BVE Hyde presents a short but complete history of Japanese thought. This first part focuses on Japanese Buddhism. (more...)
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Guilherme Figueiredo

A Brief History of Hermeneutics

What is Hermeneutics? ‘Hermeneutics’ is an ancient topic whose philosophical outlines have evolved through time. In a broad sense, hermeneutics can be defined simply as ‘interpretation,’ ‘the art of interpreting,’ or ‘the study of interpretation. (more...)
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What Is Philosophy in Simple Words?

Philosophy is a field of study that attempts to answer questions that cannot be answered by providing some fact, but that require a deeper understanding of the question. (more...)
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John Shand

The Knowledge-Effect

Is more knowledge always better?
Awareness of the knowledge-effect is important because it is something we need strongly to guard against if we are to make good normative judgements. (more...)
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John Shand

The Wind on Your Face

A reflection
The limits of language are all there before us in the everyday. For there is no description or account of the wind on your face (nor of the experience of seeing a red rose) that could give you any idea at all what the wind on your face was like to have. (more...)
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Who is the Father (or Mother) of Philosophy?

Diotima, Socrates, Plato, Aspasia of Miletus, Aristotle, Confucius and Lao Zi are the most influential figures within their respective traditions. (more...)
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What Is a Valid Argument?

Critical Thinking basics
In a valid argument, it is not possible that the conclusion is false when the premises are true. Or, in other words: In a valid argument, whenever the premises are true, the conclusion also has to be true. (more...)
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Stoic Control

How to stay calm in everyday life
At the core of the Stoic theory of happiness is our ability to control our thoughts. The wise man should try to exercise control over what they can control and not try to control what they cannot. (more...)
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What Does ‘Stoic’ Mean?

A short history of Stoicism
A ‘Stoic’ attitude to life aims to achieve lasting happiness by staying calm, rational and emotionally detached, while cultivating one’s virtues. (more...)
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Meritocracy and discrimination

The Accented Philosophy Podcast
Do we really deserve the lives we have? And are we providing enough chances to those who need them? (more...)
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Meritocracy: Do we deserve our lives?

The Accented Philosophy Podcast
In this episode, Ezechiel and Andy discuss the idea that hard work (as well as laziness) eventually get their just rewards and that, therefore, people deserve the lives they have. But is this true? Or do we all just rely on luck to achieve the positions in life that we have? (more...)
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Sports and Society

The Accented Philosophy Podcast
In this episode, Ezechiel and Andy discuss the ethics of sports in general. From whether sports benefit populations to drugs, doping and the problems of nationalism, it is surprising how many interesting moral issues are caused by sports! (more...)
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The Ethics of the Olympics

The Accented Philosophy Podcast
In this episode, Ezechiel and Andy discuss the ethics of the Olympics. From environmental problems to the protection of underage athletes, the Olympic Games cause a number of ethical problems that are worth discussing. (more...)
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Human Autonomy

The Accented Philosophy Podcast
In this episode, Ezechiel and Andy ask what autonomy really is. What does it mean to be “free”? Are drug addicts free? And what is unique about human beings? (more...)
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Technology and Freedom

The Accented Philosophy Podcast
In this episode, Ezechiel and Andy ask how technology affects our freedom. Are we free to choose particular technologies? Are we free to reject them? And is democracy powerful enough to deal with technology? (more...)
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Work, Leisure and Fulfilment

The Accented Philosophy Podcast
In this episode, Ezechiel and Andy continue their discussion of E. F. Schumacher’s famous 1973 book “Small is Beautiful,” and particularly the role of work in human life. (more...)
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Small is Beautiful - Economics as if people mattered

The Accented Philosophy Podcast
In this episode, Ezechiel and Andy discuss E. F. Schumacher’s famous 1973 book “Small is Beautiful”. We unpack the main theses of the book and look whether they are still valid 50 years later. (more...)
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What is Deep Ecology?

The Accented Philosophy Podcast
In this episode, Ezechiel and Andy discuss Deep Ecology, a philosophy of respecting the rights of nature as equal to our own. But does this really work? Can we make sense of treating nature with just the same consideration that we give ourselves? (more...)
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Nudges

The Accented Philosophy Podcast
In this episode, Ezechiel and Andy discuss nudges - small incentives designed to push us to make particular choices. Can we ever act in a truly free way, or do we have to resign ourselves to being nudged around? (more...)
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Anarchism

The Accented Philosophy Podcast
In this episode, Ezechiel and Andy discuss the history and principles of anarchism. Can we ever achieve an anarchist society, and should we want to? (more...)
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James Tartaglia

Are You A Nihilist?

A Defence of Nihilism
The terminology of ‘nihilism’ and ‘the meaning of life’ emerged among a small group of German philosophers at the end of the 18th century who were worried about the French Enlightenment. (more...)
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Epicureanism: The Basic Idea

Is it so hard to satisfy our senses?
Ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus (341-270 BC) believes that the way to ensure happiness throughout life is to reduce one’s desires so that they can be easily fulfilled. (more...)
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Monism, Dualism and the Philosophy of Mind

Do we have a soul?
The human mind is unique and we know of no other comparable phenomenon in the universe. The philosophy of mind (monism, dualism, computationalism) attempts to explain what exactly the mind is. (more...)
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Do Unicorns Exist?

And what, please, is an ontological commitment?
A rant about the ontological commitment of the existential quantifier. (more...)
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