philosophy
0. The Art of holding a Dialectic
Submitted by karan129 on Tue, 11/01/2011 - 01:28There is an express reason why this is numbered '0'. It is because, before you can even consider a theory, any theory, you must understand the difference between an argument and a dialectic.
5. Politics & Government
Submitted by karan129 on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 22:36Politics & Government
4. Consciousness, Society & Progress
Submitted by karan129 on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 11:43What does it mean to be “human”? Isn’t it kinda cool you can even ask that question? Imagine a stone going “what is it to be a ‘stone’?” Okay okay I’m being unfair. Let’s pose that question to the next nearest intelligent life-form whose existence we are aware of. So next time you meet an orangutan ask the orangutan, “What is an orangutan?” You’ll probably have to use sign language since Orangutans aren’t well versed in English and.....oh wait, that’s right, Orangutans can’t even vocalise, let alone wonder what it means to exist.
3. The Meaning of Life
Submitted by karan129 on Fri, 08/05/2011 - 16:11There are three parts to this. Part I lays the ground work. Part II comes at the issue from a rational and logical perspective. Part III comes at it from a human (romantic?) standpoint. In the last paragraph I tried to bring it all together.
Part I : Making Sense of it All
Can we make sense of this world? Can we dredge, can we glean, can we draw forth a way of life, something to cling to...that tells us how to live?
2. God & Religion: The Case for Agnosticism
Submitted by karan129 on Sat, 06/25/2011 - 18:03The idea of God is the first philosophical problem that anyone tackles simply because it is so fundamental to human existence and thought that it comes to mind first. In fact, so fundamental is this idea to us that the thought that God might not exist had to wait till the last few centuries. And even then it has gained ground only in fits and starts. It is only in this last century that this idea has gained a measure of respectability.
1. Thoughts: An Overview
Submitted by karan129 on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 21:36THOUGHTS
Recently I’ve felt my thoughts on epistemology, reality, consciousness and life in general slowly coalescing. Sort of the way a dust cloud in space would. It’s time I put down these thoughts and organise them into a coherent whole. I’m not a student of philosophy, so if my views appear uninformed and naïve they probably are. While putting this down, I had a choice between penning a lengthy article exploring each issue in depth, or a short sketch of my thoughts, trusting the reader’s common sense with filling in the gaps. I chose the latter.
Philosophy 101: An Introduction to the West
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 14:03- A Pre-Socratics Reader
- Epictetus- The Encheirderon
My (as of yet very briefly outlined) Philisophical Beliefs
Submitted by neptune on Fri, 08/15/2008 - 08:34Aesthetics
• I am a believer that art has context (hence why I value originality) within the world and time, and is therefore not timeless, and should be viewed as such.
+However, originality is not part of why I consider certain aesthetics better than others. I appreciate Stockhausen's innovations in music, though I don't actually like a lot of it.
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The Greatest Western Philosophers (Chronologically)
Submitted by neptune on Fri, 01/18/2008 - 02:39- The task of philosophy is to challenge and re-assess our preconceptions, and these are the philosophers (or revolutionary thinkers) who have shaped the field of thought the most.
- Socrates (470-399 BC)
- Socrates is widely considered to be the founder of Western Philosophy, however there are no written works by him and so we base our knowledge of him and his philosophy on the writings of other philosophers, most notably his student Plato.
