Coordinates of Thought

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Reading group: Plato’s Phaedo, weeks 1–3

Reading Group Giulia Ferrante
Death Greek & Roman Platonism Plato #immortality #soul

Last reply Giulia Ferrante

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Aug 2026
Reading group: Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth, “On Violence”

Reading Group Sana Mir
Power & the state African & Africana Frantz Fanon #colonialism #violence

Last reply Hamza Qureshi

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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

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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

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Aug 2026
Reading group: Iqbal’s Reconstruction, Lecture I (“Knowledge and Religious Experience”)

Reading Group Hamza Qureshi
Faith & reason Islamic Muhammad Iqbal #iqbal #religious-experience

Last reply Sana Mir

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Jul 2026
Teaching the Euthyphro to sixteen-year-olds: what works and what doesn’t?

Question Giulia Ferrante
Meta-ethics Greek & Roman Platonism Plato #divine-command #euthyphro-dilemma

Open question

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7d
Does an engineer’s training help or hurt in metaphysics?

Question Arjun Iyer
Reason & experience #engineering #metaphysics

Open question

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10d
Does a deterministic program “choose”?

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

Last reply Pieter de Jong

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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

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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

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19d
Is the fine-tuning of physical constants evidence for design?

Question Omar Farouk
Physics & cosmology Analytic #design-argument #fine-tuning

Open question

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20d
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

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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
Did the Stoics really think all emotions are bad?

Question Elin Lindqvist
Emotions Greek & Roman Stoicism Epictetus Seneca #apatheia #passions

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23d
Ubuntu and personhood: Menkiti’s communitarian view

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

Last reply Emeka Nwosu

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26d
Do animals have conscious experiences, and how could we ever tell?

Question Priya Raghavan
Animals & environment #animal-consciousness #sentience

Open question

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27d
If a system passes every behavioural test, what would still be missing?

Question Pieter de Jong
AI & computing Analytic #behaviourism #turing-test

Open question

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27d
Is fana in Sufism the same as nirvana in Buddhism?

Question Elif Yıldız
Mysticism & spirituality Buddhist Islamic Sufism #fana #nirvana

Awaiting answer

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29d
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
Reading group: The Muqaddimah, the introduction on historians’ errors

Reading Group Youssef Benali
Evidence & testimony Islamic Ibn Khaldun #historiography #testimony

Last reply Layla Haddad

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Sep 2026
Reading group: the Mandukya Upanishad and Gaudapada’s Karika

Reading Group Arjun Iyer
Consciousness Indian Vedanta #states-of-consciousness #upanishads

Last reply Kavya Menon

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Sep 2026
Reading group: Ibn Rushd, The Decisive Treatise

Reading Group Layla Haddad
Faith & reason Islamic Falsafa Ibn Rushd #decisive-treatise #interpretation

Last reply Layla Haddad

4replies

Sep 2026
What is the principle of double effect, and when does it apply in medicine?

Question Omar Farouk
Bioethics Medieval Christian Scholasticism #double-effect #medical-ethics

✓ Answered

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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

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

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

Last reply Reza Tehrani

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Sep 2026
What is the “block universe”, and does relativity force it on us?

Question Emeka Nwosu
Time & space Analytic #block-universe #relativity

✓ Answered

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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
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

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Sep 2026
What is Mary’s Room actually supposed to show?

Question Priya Raghavan
Consciousness Analytic #knowledge-argument #qualia

Awaiting answer

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Sep 2026

Coordinates of Thought: topics

▤ Reading group: Plato’s Phaedo, weeks 1–3

▤ Reading group: Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth, “On Violence”

¶ 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?

▤ Reading group: Iqbal’s Reconstruction, Lecture I (“Knowledge and Religious Experience”)

? Teaching the Euthyphro to sixteen-year-olds: what works and what doesn’t?

? Does an engineer’s training help or hurt in metaphysics?

¶ Does a deterministic program “choose”?

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

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

? Is the fine-tuning of physical constants evidence for design?

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

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

? Did the Stoics really think all emotions are bad?

¶ Ubuntu and personhood: Menkiti’s communitarian view

? Do animals have conscious experiences, and how could we ever tell?

? If a system passes every behavioural test, what would still be missing?

? Is fana in Sufism the same as nirvana in Buddhism?

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

▤ Reading group: The Muqaddimah, the introduction on historians’ errors

▤ Reading group: the Mandukya Upanishad and Gaudapada’s Karika

▤ Reading group: Ibn Rushd, The Decisive Treatise

? What is the principle of double effect, and when does it apply in medicine?

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

¶ Persian gardens, proportion, and Plato’s Timaeus

? What is the “block universe”, and does relativity force it on us?

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

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

? What is Mary’s Room actually supposed to show?

Reading group: Plato’s Phaedo, weeks 1–3

Reading group: Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth, “On Violence”

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?

Reading group: Iqbal’s Reconstruction, Lecture I (“Knowledge and Religious Experience”)

Teaching the Euthyphro to sixteen-year-olds: what works and what doesn’t?

Does an engineer’s training help or hurt in metaphysics?

Does a deterministic program “choose”?

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

What Arendt actually meant by “the banality of evil”

Is the fine-tuning of physical constants evidence for design?

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

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

Did the Stoics really think all emotions are bad?

Ubuntu and personhood: Menkiti’s communitarian view

Do animals have conscious experiences, and how could we ever tell?

If a system passes every behavioural test, what would still be missing?

Is fana in Sufism the same as nirvana in Buddhism?

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

Reading group: The Muqaddimah, the introduction on historians’ errors

Reading group: the Mandukya Upanishad and Gaudapada’s Karika

Reading group: Ibn Rushd, The Decisive Treatise

What is the principle of double effect, and when does it apply in medicine?

Gödel’s incompleteness theorems are constantly misused in philosophical arguments

Persian gardens, proportion, and Plato’s Timaeus

What is the “block universe”, and does relativity force it on us?

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

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

What is Mary’s Room actually supposed to show?