33 notes tagged with "philosophy"


Dichotomy of Control

This is a concept in Stoicism. In its simplest form...

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Published on Oct 02, 2022

Deterministic Universe

Also called a clockwork universe. We will be in a deterministic universe if everything is predictable. If all actions are the direct result of earlier actions and laws governing interactions between system.

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Published on Oct 02, 2022

Stoicism

Stoicism is a Greek philosophy that aims to teach how to be content no matter what the external circumstances are.

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Published on Sep 28, 2022

Heraclitus

Around end of 6th Century BC

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Published on Jan 30, 2022

Epicurus

341 BC, Greece

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Published on Jan 30, 2022

Socrates

Socratic Method

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Published on Jan 30, 2022

Plato

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Published on Jan 30, 2022

Personal Philosophy

Everyone has a personal philosophy. Try to make it an intentionally reasoned and chosen one - and not an amalgamation of all that has accumulated in your brain because of the environment that you were in.

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Published on Oct 20, 2021

Bayesian Epistemology

Beliefs should have a defined degree of certainity rather than a binary true/false(like in classical Epistemology).

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Published on Aug 31, 2021

Intuition in Philosophy

Intuition in philosophy is "an indirect way to grasp knowledge and morality". You intuitively know if an action is right or wrong - even though you can't work out why.

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Published on Aug 03, 2021

Epistemology

Epistemology means the theory of knowledge. Main questions in Epistemology are...

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Published on Aug 03, 2021

Introduction to Epistemology

Epistemology means the theory of knowledge or study of knowledge. Main questions in Epistemology are...

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Published on Aug 03, 2021

Epistemology - Introduction to Theory of Knowledge

There is a difference between knowing and believing...

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Published on Aug 03, 2021

Stoic Virtues

Virtues in Stoicism...

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Published on Jul 11, 2021

Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of humanity. It asks the same questions philosophers have asked - but only questions about humans(Why language? What is morality? etc). But rather than looking inward like philosophy, anthropology studies human cultures to get the the answers. Due to this, the answers Anthropology finds are not universal truths - its the truth of a set of people at a specific point in time.

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Published on Apr 19, 2021

Ubermen

The ultimate ideal person according to Fredrich Nietzsche. They have...

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Published on Mar 05, 2021

Consciousness Can't be Physical

People who says consciousness can't be physical are two type...

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Published on Jan 20, 2021

Embodiment and Human Nature

Embodied cognition, the idea that the mind is not only connected to the body but that the body influences the mind (in a way that the two always have to be considered together)

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Published on Dec 25, 2020

Existentialism

Existentialism is a philosophical movement that focus on the meaning or purpose of life.

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Published on Dec 20, 2020

Unsolvable Problem can be Overcome

There are a lot of important problems that are fundamentally insolvable. They can never be solved - but can be outgrown. You can accept the problem - which will reduce the suffering caused by the problem.

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Published on Dec 08, 2020

Existentialism: main features

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Published on Dec 08, 2020

Introduction to Philosophy

Context: Notes saved from the course I took in Philosophy

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Published on Nov 28, 2020

Facticity and Trancendence

According to Jean-Paul Sartre, everyone has these two features...

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Published on Nov 28, 2020

Equanimity is freedom

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Published on Nov 28, 2020

Aristotle

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Published on Nov 12, 2020

Eudaimonia

Eudaimonia is not an emotion, it is more a constant state of being.

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Published on Jul 14, 2020

Arete

Arete - Virtue or Excellence. Being your highest self.

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Published on Jul 14, 2020