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Spinoza’s God as Nature: an engineer’s reading of Ethics Part I

Discussion Pieter de Jong
God & the arguments Modern European Rationalism Baruch Spinoza #pantheism #substance

Last reply Layla Haddad

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Sep 2026
The floating man is not the cogito: Ibn Sina and Descartes compared

Discussion Layla Haddad
Consciousness Islamic Modern European Falsafa Ibn Sina René Descartes #floating-man #self-awareness

Last reply Layla Haddad

5replies

Aug 2026
Marx’s alienation and the gig economy

Discussion Javier Morales
Economy & work Modern European Marxism #alienation #labour

Last reply Hamza Qureshi

5replies

Aug 2026
Shankara’s rope and snake: what kind of “unreality” is maya?

Discussion Arjun Iyer
Existence & being Indian Vedanta Adi Shankara #advaita #maya

Last reply Henrike Vogel

5replies

Aug 2026
Does a deterministic program “choose”?

Discussion Pieter de Jong
Free will Analytic Modern European Baruch Spinoza #compatibilism #determinism

Last reply Pieter de Jong

4replies

12d
Camus begins with suicide. Was he right to start there?

Discussion Claire Dubois
Meaning of life Continental Existentialism #absurd #meaning-of-life

Last reply Claire Dubois

4replies

16d
What Arendt actually meant by “the banality of evil”

Discussion Henrike Vogel
Virtue & character Continental Hannah Arendt #banality-of-evil #thoughtlessness

Last reply Henrike Vogel

4replies

19d
Did al-Ghazali’s Incoherence kill philosophy in the Islamic world?

Discussion Layla Haddad
Faith & reason Islamic Falsafa Al-Ghazali #decline-narrative #history-of-philosophy

Last reply Layla Haddad

4replies

22d
Is love a choice, or something that happens to us?

Discussion Kavya Menon
Love & friendship #choice #love

Last reply Rohan Desai

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22d
Ubuntu and personhood: Menkiti’s communitarian view

Discussion Emeka Nwosu
Personal identity African & Africana #personhood #ubuntu

Last reply Emeka Nwosu

4replies

26d
Founders and Stoicism: real philosophy or corporate self-help?

Discussion Rohan Desai
Virtue & character Greek & Roman Stoicism Seneca #entrepreneurship #stoicism

Last reply Rohan Desai

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29d
Gödel’s incompleteness theorems are constantly misused in philosophical arguments

Discussion Tomasz Wójcik
Philosophy of mathematics Analytic #godel #incompleteness

Last reply Priya Raghavan

4replies

Sep 2026
Persian gardens, proportion, and Plato’s Timaeus

Discussion Reza Tehrani
Beauty & art Greek & Roman Persian Plato #beauty #proportion

Last reply Reza Tehrani

4replies

Sep 2026
Is Aquinas’s First Way really about a first moment in time?

Discussion Aoife Brennan
Causation Medieval Christian Scholasticism #first-cause #infinite-regress

Last reply Aoife Brennan

4replies

Sep 2026
Kant and the murderer at the door: can the essay be rescued?

Discussion Henrike Vogel
Applied ethics Modern European Immanuel Kant #deontology #lying

Last reply Priya Raghavan

4replies

Sep 2026
Al-Ghazali’s Deliverance from Error as a story about information overload

Discussion Nur Aisyah Rahman
Skepticism Islamic Al-Ghazali #certainty #skepticism

Last reply Nur Aisyah Rahman

4replies

Sep 2026
The hard problem from a psychology student’s point of view

Discussion Elif Yıldız
Consciousness Analytic #consciousness #hard-problem

Last reply Elif Yıldız

4replies

Aug 2026
Is the Allegory of the Cave a theory of education first and a metaphysics second?

Discussion Giulia Ferrante
Knowledge & belief Greek & Roman Platonism Plato #allegory-of-the-cave #education

Last reply Claire Dubois

4replies

Aug 2026
Ahimsa in Jainism: how far can non-harm be taken?

Discussion Anand Pillai
Animals & environment Indian #ahimsa #jainism

Last reply Anand Pillai

4replies

Aug 2026
Essence and existence: why Ibn Sina’s distinction mattered to Aquinas

Discussion Layla Haddad
Existence & being Islamic Medieval Christian Falsafa Ibn Sina #essence-and-existence #metaphysics

Last reply Tomasz Wójcik

4replies

Aug 2026
Nagarjuna’s tetralemma is not a rejection of logic

Discussion Meera Kulkarni
Logic & argument Buddhist Madhyamaka Nagarjuna #catuskoti #logic

Last reply Vikram Sethi

4replies

Aug 2026
Iqbal’s khudi and Nietzsche’s Übermensch: influence or polemic?

Discussion Hamza Qureshi
Personal identity Islamic Modern European Friedrich Nietzsche Muhammad Iqbal #khudi #selfhood

Last reply Hamza Qureshi

4replies

Aug 2026
The kalam cosmological argument: what the mutakallimun actually argued

Discussion Omar Farouk
God & the arguments Islamic Kalam Al-Ghazali #infinity #kalam-argument

Last reply Omar Farouk

4replies

Aug 2026
Does quantum indeterminacy help free will at all?

Discussion Emeka Nwosu
Free will Analytic #free-will #quantum-mechanics

Last reply Emeka Nwosu

4replies

Aug 2026
Mulla Sadra’s substantial motion: is everything changing at the level of substance?

Discussion Reza Tehrani
Time & space Persian Mulla Sadra #change #substantial-motion

Last reply Reza Tehrani

4replies

Aug 2026
Ibn Khaldun’s asabiyya and the rise and fall of states

Discussion Youssef Benali
Power & the state Islamic Ibn Khaldun #asabiyya #dynasties

Last reply Youssef Benali

4replies

Aug 2026
Night shifts and Epictetus: the dichotomy of control on a hospital ward

Discussion Elin Lindqvist
Happiness & well-being Greek & Roman Stoicism Epictetus #dichotomy-of-control #stoicism

Last reply Elif Yıldız

4replies

Aug 2026
The Nyaya five-membered syllogism versus Aristotle’s three

Discussion Vikram Sethi
Logic & argument Greek & Roman Indian Aristotle #nyaya #syllogism

Last reply Vikram Sethi

4replies

Aug 2026
Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste as political philosophy

Discussion Deepa Nair
Justice Indian #caste #social-justice

Last reply Hamza Qureshi

4replies

Aug 2026
Predictive processing and the Buddhist idea of constructed perception

Discussion Priya Raghavan
Perception Analytic Buddhist #perception #predictive-processing

Last reply Priya Raghavan

4replies

Aug 2026

¶ Spinoza’s God as Nature: an engineer’s reading of Ethics Part I

¶ The floating man is not the cogito: Ibn Sina and Descartes compared

¶ Marx’s alienation and the gig economy

¶ Shankara’s rope and snake: what kind of “unreality” is maya?

¶ Does a deterministic program “choose”?

¶ Camus begins with suicide. Was he right to start there?

¶ What Arendt actually meant by “the banality of evil”

¶ Did al-Ghazali’s Incoherence kill philosophy in the Islamic world?

¶ Is love a choice, or something that happens to us?

¶ Ubuntu and personhood: Menkiti’s communitarian view

¶ Founders and Stoicism: real philosophy or corporate self-help?

¶ Gödel’s incompleteness theorems are constantly misused in philosophical arguments

¶ Persian gardens, proportion, and Plato’s Timaeus

¶ Is Aquinas’s First Way really about a first moment in time?

¶ Kant and the murderer at the door: can the essay be rescued?

¶ Al-Ghazali’s Deliverance from Error as a story about information overload

¶ The hard problem from a psychology student’s point of view

¶ Is the Allegory of the Cave a theory of education first and a metaphysics second?

¶ Ahimsa in Jainism: how far can non-harm be taken?

¶ Essence and existence: why Ibn Sina’s distinction mattered to Aquinas

¶ Nagarjuna’s tetralemma is not a rejection of logic

¶ Iqbal’s khudi and Nietzsche’s Übermensch: influence or polemic?

¶ The kalam cosmological argument: what the mutakallimun actually argued

¶ Does quantum indeterminacy help free will at all?

¶ Mulla Sadra’s substantial motion: is everything changing at the level of substance?

¶ Ibn Khaldun’s asabiyya and the rise and fall of states

¶ Night shifts and Epictetus: the dichotomy of control on a hospital ward

¶ The Nyaya five-membered syllogism versus Aristotle’s three

¶ Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste as political philosophy

¶ Predictive processing and the Buddhist idea of constructed perception

Spinoza’s God as Nature: an engineer’s reading of Ethics Part I

The floating man is not the cogito: Ibn Sina and Descartes compared

Marx’s alienation and the gig economy

Shankara’s rope and snake: what kind of “unreality” is maya?

Does a deterministic program “choose”?

Camus begins with suicide. Was he right to start there?

What Arendt actually meant by “the banality of evil”

Did al-Ghazali’s Incoherence kill philosophy in the Islamic world?

Is love a choice, or something that happens to us?

Ubuntu and personhood: Menkiti’s communitarian view

Founders and Stoicism: real philosophy or corporate self-help?

Gödel’s incompleteness theorems are constantly misused in philosophical arguments

Persian gardens, proportion, and Plato’s Timaeus

Is Aquinas’s First Way really about a first moment in time?

Kant and the murderer at the door: can the essay be rescued?

Al-Ghazali’s Deliverance from Error as a story about information overload

The hard problem from a psychology student’s point of view

Is the Allegory of the Cave a theory of education first and a metaphysics second?

Ahimsa in Jainism: how far can non-harm be taken?

Essence and existence: why Ibn Sina’s distinction mattered to Aquinas

Nagarjuna’s tetralemma is not a rejection of logic

Iqbal’s khudi and Nietzsche’s Übermensch: influence or polemic?

The kalam cosmological argument: what the mutakallimun actually argued

Does quantum indeterminacy help free will at all?

Mulla Sadra’s substantial motion: is everything changing at the level of substance?

Ibn Khaldun’s asabiyya and the rise and fall of states

Night shifts and Epictetus: the dichotomy of control on a hospital ward

The Nyaya five-membered syllogism versus Aristotle’s three

Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste as political philosophy

Predictive processing and the Buddhist idea of constructed perception