Philosophical Dictionary

Today we discuss the joys of informal fallacies in philosophical arguments, and how they can change how you treat people showcasing their opinions in real life, and how you make your own arguments for things you are passionate about.

Hedonism says pleasure is the highest good, yet history’s most famous hedonist lived on bread and water and called a pot of cheese a feast. The Cyrenaics, Epicurus, Bentham’s pig problem, Nozick’s experience machine and the hedonic treadmill.

What's the deal with Ayn Rand? Why does she remain a big deal to tech billionaires and politicians half a century after her death? Let's delve deeper into the continued influence of the 20th century's controversial yet popular thinker.

Can scholarship have biases based in empire and colonialism? Edward Said critiques these biases and the damaging stereotypes they produce in his landmark work Orientalism. Let's have a look!

Why is Derrida so hard to read? And what can he tell us about the way we communicate? Join us as we discuss his work on deconstruction and finding meaning.

Kafkaesque means trapped in a system that makes no sense, run by authorities you cannot reach. Where the word comes from, what Kafka’s novels actually show, how Camus, Weber and Deleuze read him, and why Kafka laughed while reading The Trial aloud.