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#beginners-guide
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Philosophy of science for beginners: what makes a claim scientific?
A physicist's introduction to the big questions about science: how to tell it from pseudo-science, what a failed prediction proves, whether electrons are real, and what counts as an explanation.
Started by Lars Eriksen0 replies113 views -
What is aesthetics? A beginner’s guide
Six questions that make up the philosophy of beauty and art, explained for someone meeting them for the first time, with a restorer's view of why they matter.
Started by Chiara Bellandi0 replies84 views -
Free will explained: the main positions, and what physics does and doesn’t settle
A physicist's guide to the four classic answers, the options that don't fit the usual grid, and the question underneath them all.
Started by Lars Eriksen0 replies154 views -
Philosophy of religion: a beginner’s guide to the big arguments
What philosophers of religion actually do, the main arguments for and against God, and the questions that open up when you look beyond a single tradition, written for believers, doubters and the merely curious.
Started by Miriam Adler0 replies66 views -
Ethical theories explained: a beginner’s guide to how philosophers judge right and wrong
Consequences, duties, character, contracts, care, roles and community: what each theory tells you to look at, and why they agree more often than you'd think.
Started by Rowena Abellana0 replies62 views -
Political philosophy in ten questions
A beginner's map of the questions political philosophers ask, from why anyone should obey a state to what we owe people beyond our borders, with answers drawn from several traditions.
Started by Hamza Qureshi0 replies38 views -
The mind–body problem: a beginner’s guide
How can a thought move an arm? The main answers, from Descartes and Elisabeth to functionalism, with stops in classical India and eighteenth-century Wittenberg.
Started by Derek Hollis0 replies108 views -
Logic for beginners: what makes an argument valid
A first introduction to the single most useful idea in logic, with the tests you can use on any argument and the mistakes almost everyone makes.
Started by Tomasz Wójcik0 replies131 views -
Is morality objective? A beginner’s guide to meta-ethics
What are we doing when we call something wrong? A teacher's map of the main answers, from the Euthyphro to error theory.
Started by Giulia Ferrante0 replies136 views -
What is epistemology? A beginner’s guide to the theory of knowledge
Four questions, two ways of asking them, and why a lucky guess is the best place to start.
Started by Kenneth Leung Chi-ho0 replies80 views