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Dream arguments East and West: Descartes, Zhuangzi and the Yoga Vasistha

Discussion Arjun Iyer
Skepticism Chinese Indian René Descartes Zhuangzi #dream-argument #skepticism

Last reply Tomasz Wójcik

3replies

23d
Hart’s “internal point of view”, seen from a courtroom in Lahore

Discussion Hamza Qureshi
Law Analytic #legal-positivism #rule-of-recognition

Last reply Hamza Qureshi

3replies

26d
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

4replies

29d
Ibn Khaldun on taxation: a fourteenth-century Laffer curve?

Discussion Javier Morales
Economy & work Islamic Ibn Khaldun #political-economy #taxation

Last reply Javier Morales

3replies

Sep 2026
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

5replies

Sep 2026
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
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
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

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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
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
Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste as political philosophy

Discussion Deepa Nair
Justice Indian #caste #social-justice

Last reply Hamza Qureshi

4replies

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
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
Jayarāśi and the Cārvāka skeptics: India’s most radical doubters

Discussion Meera Kulkarni
Skepticism Indian #carvaka #skepticism

Last reply Arjun Iyer

4replies

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

¶ Dream arguments East and West: Descartes, Zhuangzi and the Yoga Vasistha

¶ Hart’s “internal point of view”, seen from a courtroom in Lahore

¶ Ubuntu and personhood: Menkiti’s communitarian view

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

¶ Ibn Khaldun on taxation: a fourteenth-century Laffer curve?

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

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

¶ Persian gardens, proportion, and Plato’s Timaeus

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

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

¶ 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

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

¶ Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste as political philosophy

¶ Marx’s alienation and the gig economy

¶ Predictive processing and the Buddhist idea of constructed perception

¶ Jayarāśi and the Cārvāka skeptics: India’s most radical doubters

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

Dream arguments East and West: Descartes, Zhuangzi and the Yoga Vasistha

Hart’s “internal point of view”, seen from a courtroom in Lahore

Ubuntu and personhood: Menkiti’s communitarian view

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

Ibn Khaldun on taxation: a fourteenth-century Laffer curve?

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

Gödel’s incompleteness theorems are constantly misused in philosophical arguments

Persian gardens, proportion, and Plato’s Timaeus

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

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

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

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

Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste as political philosophy

Marx’s alienation and the gig economy

Predictive processing and the Buddhist idea of constructed perception

Jayarāśi and the Cārvāka skeptics: India’s most radical doubters

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