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Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. It seeks to understand the nature of reality and our place within it. Philosophers examine the big questions like:

  • What is the nature of reality? (Metaphysics)
  • What can we know, and how do we know it? (Epistemology)
  • What is the right way to live? (Ethics)
  • What is the nature of beauty and art? (Aesthetics)
  • What are the principles of reasoning? (Logic)

Philosophy uses critical thinking and rational argument to explore these issues, and it encourages questioning assumptions, analyzing concepts, and forming reasoned conclusions. Throughout history, different philosophers have proposed various schools of thought to answer these profound questions, and debates continue in the modern day.

It’s a broad and abstract discipline but is closely tied to many areas of human knowledge.

50 Philosophy ideas you really need to know ( Ben Dupre )

Problem of Knowledge

The brain in a vat

Movies,

  1. The Matrix (1999)
  2. Inception (2010)
  3. The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
  4. Total Recall (1990)
  5. Dark City (1998)
  6. eXistenZ (1999)
  7. Vanilla Sky (2001)
  8. The Truman Show (1998)

Plato's cave

Movies,

  1. Shutter Island (2010)
  2. THX 1138 (1971)
  3. The Signal (2014)
  4. Pleasantville (1998)
  5. The Lego Movie (2014)
  6. The Village (2004)
  7. Dark City (1998)
  8. The Truman Show (1998)
  9. Inception (2010)
  10. The Matrix (1999)

The veil of perception

Cogito ergo sum

Reason and experience

The tripartite theory of knowledge

Mind Matters

The mind-body problem

What is it like to be a bat ?

The Turing test

The ship of Theseus

Other minds

Ethics

Hume's guillotine

On man's meat..

The divine command theory

The boo/hoorah theory

End and means

The experience machine

The categorical imperative

The golden rule

Acts and omissions

Slippery slopes

Beyond the call of duty

Is it bad to be unlucky ?

Virtue ethics

Animal rights

Logic and meaning

Science

Asthetics

Religion

Politics, justice & society