Philosophical Dictionary
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Socrates seduces the youth of Athens
By Markus Uehleke
Why was Socrates accused of seducing the youth of Athens? What does that mean? We explain this with the help of a meme. -
Socrates about definitions
By Markus Uehleke
The definition of health according to the WHO explained by a meme. Read more now. -
Disorders banished by definitions
By Markus Uehleke
Why psychiatric manuals are interesting for philosophers. Who defines "normal" human behavior anyway? We explain this by means of a meme. -
Max Stirner’s Spooks Explained: Truth, Morality and the Madhouse of Fixed Ideas
By Markus Uehleke
Max Stirner said your head is haunted. God, morality, the state and even truth can become spooks, fixed ideas that give orders. Here is what a spook is, why Stirner called the pious fools in a madhouse, what his egoism means and why Marx and Engels wrote 300 pages against him. Was he right, or just haunted differently? -
On truth in a moral sense
By Markus Uehleke
A summary of the major moral theories besides a definition of moral perspectivism including its limitations. Read more on our Philosophy Blog. -
Now, what IS philosophy?!
By Markus Uehleke
What is philosophy? A question with infinite answers ...