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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

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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

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Aug 2026
What is Rawls’s veil of ignorance actually supposed to show?

Question Javier Morales
Justice Analytic #social-contract #veil-of-ignorance

Awaiting answer

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Aug 2026
Reading group: Nagarjuna, Mulamadhyamakakarika chapter 1 (on conditions)

Reading Group Meera Kulkarni
Causation Buddhist Madhyamaka Nagarjuna #causation #dependent-origination

Last reply Meera Kulkarni

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Aug 2026
Reading group: the Analects, Books 1–4

Reading Group Henrike Vogel
Virtue & character Chinese Confucianism Confucius #confucian-ethics #junzi

Last reply Meera Kulkarni

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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

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Aug 2026
What makes a death a “good death”?

Question Elin Lindqvist
Death #dying #good-death

Open question

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

Discussion Anand Pillai
Animals & environment Indian #ahimsa #jainism

Last reply Anand Pillai

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Aug 2026
Reading group: The Second Sex, Introduction and Part One (“Destiny”)

Reading Group Claire Dubois
Gender, race & identity Continental Feminist philosophy Simone de Beauvoir #gender #the-other

Last reply Priya Raghavan

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Aug 2026
Can someone explain what the Nyāya logicians meant by vyāpti (pervasion)?

Question Tomasz Wójcik
Logic & argument Indian #inference #nyaya

Awaiting answer

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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

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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

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Aug 2026
Are emotions judgments, feelings, or both?

Question Elif Yıldız
Emotions #appraisal #emotion

Open question

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Aug 2026
How does rasa theory compare with Aristotle’s catharsis?

Question Kavya Menon
Beauty & art Greek & Roman Indian Aristotle #catharsis #rasa

Awaiting answer

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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

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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

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Aug 2026
Does quantum indeterminacy help free will at all?

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

Last reply Emeka Nwosu

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Aug 2026
Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste as political philosophy

Discussion Deepa Nair
Justice Indian #caste #social-justice

Last reply Hamza Qureshi

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Aug 2026
Predictive processing and the Buddhist idea of constructed perception

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

Last reply Priya Raghavan

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Aug 2026
Jayarāśi and the Cārvāka skeptics: India’s most radical doubters

Discussion Meera Kulkarni
Skepticism Indian #carvaka #skepticism

Last reply Arjun Iyer

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Aug 2026
What’s the difference between a valid argument and a sound one?

Question Kavya Menon
Logic & argument #soundness #validity

✓ Answered

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2d
Reading group: Kant’s “An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment?” (1784)

Reading Group Henrike Vogel
Rights & liberty Modern European Immanuel Kant #enlightenment #public-reason

Last reply Henrike Vogel

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2d
Reading group: Wittgenstein’s Tractatus, propositions 1–3

Reading Group Tomasz Wójcik
Meaning & language Analytic Ludwig Wittgenstein #picture-theory #tractatus

Last reply Tomasz Wójcik

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6d
Can a translation of a poem be as beautiful as the original?

Question Kavya Menon
Meaning & language #poetry #translation

Open question

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7d
Does anger ever help? Seneca’s On Anger versus Aristotle

Discussion Elif Yıldız
Emotions Greek & Roman Aristotle Seneca #anger #virtue

Last reply Giulia Ferrante

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8d
The translation movement: what was gained and lost between Greek, Syriac and Arabic?

Discussion Layla Haddad
Meaning & language Greek & Roman Islamic #logic #translation

Last reply Meera Kulkarni

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9d

Coordinates of Thought: topics

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

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

? What is Rawls’s veil of ignorance actually supposed to show?

▤ Reading group: Nagarjuna, Mulamadhyamakakarika chapter 1 (on conditions)

▤ Reading group: the Analects, Books 1–4

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

? What makes a death a “good death”?

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

▤ Reading group: The Second Sex, Introduction and Part One (“Destiny”)

? Can someone explain what the Nyāya logicians meant by vyāpti (pervasion)?

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

¶ Nagarjuna’s tetralemma is not a rejection of logic

? Are emotions judgments, feelings, or both?

? How does rasa theory compare with Aristotle’s catharsis?

¶ 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

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

? What’s the difference between a valid argument and a sound one?

▤ Reading group: Kant’s “An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment?” (1784)

▤ Reading group: Wittgenstein’s Tractatus, propositions 1–3

? Can a translation of a poem be as beautiful as the original?

¶ Does anger ever help? Seneca’s On Anger versus Aristotle

¶ The translation movement: what was gained and lost between Greek, Syriac and Arabic?

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

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

What is Rawls’s veil of ignorance actually supposed to show?

Reading group: Nagarjuna, Mulamadhyamakakarika chapter 1 (on conditions)

Reading group: the Analects, Books 1–4

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

What makes a death a “good death”?

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

Reading group: The Second Sex, Introduction and Part One (“Destiny”)

Can someone explain what the Nyāya logicians meant by vyāpti (pervasion)?

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

Nagarjuna’s tetralemma is not a rejection of logic

Are emotions judgments, feelings, or both?

How does rasa theory compare with Aristotle’s catharsis?

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

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

What’s the difference between a valid argument and a sound one?

Reading group: Kant’s “An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment?” (1784)

Reading group: Wittgenstein’s Tractatus, propositions 1–3

Can a translation of a poem be as beautiful as the original?

Does anger ever help? Seneca’s On Anger versus Aristotle

The translation movement: what was gained and lost between Greek, Syriac and Arabic?