Philosophical Dictionary
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Do You Really Know What You Know, You Know?
By C.M. Black
In which we discuss epistemology in the terms of Socrates and his final dialogue, the Apology. What do we know? How do we know it? We touch on this from the context of the founder of Western philosophy. -
The Philosopher Meme Explained: Why Philosophy Keeps Asking the Same Questions
By Markus Uehleke
The philosopher meme puts the same caption on two men in Raphael’s School of Athens, one writing, the other copying. Whitehead called European philosophy footnotes to Plato, Aristotle broke with his teacher, and a well-known 2015 paper asked why there is not more progress. So is philosophy going in circles? -
The Plato and Aristotle Split Screen Meme, Explained Through the School of Athens
By Markus Uehleke
In the split screen meme, Plato sits high and Aristotle sits on the floor, cardboard between their halves of the TV. The joke goes back to Raphael’s School of Athens in the Vatican and two hand gestures. Behind them is a 2,300-year argument about Forms, property and ethics. Who won, and was Plato even Plato?
