Philosophical Dictionary

Solipsism says only your own mind is sure to exist. Descartes could not quite escape it, Russell called it impossible to believe, Wittgenstein tried to dissolve it and the internet turned it into the NPC meme. Why is the loneliest idea in philosophy so hard to refute?

Let's discuss rage bait by way of ancient Greek philosophy. Join us as we discuss rhetoric and logic, and how they both play a part in taking apart your most annoying online content.

Memento mori is Latin for “remember that you must die”. A Roman general heard it in a triumph, Stoics practised it daily, monks kept skulls on their desks and Holbein hid one in a masterpiece. Does thinking about death make you wiser, or just more anxious?

We discuss Simone de Beauvoir's concept of objectification, its relationship to feminism, and what we learn from it in philosophy as a whole.

Discover Descartes' method of doubt: the radical skepticism that challenged dogmatism and changed philosophy forever. Learn how questioning everything led to "I think, therefore I am" and why this 17th-century method remains essential for critical thinking in our age of misinformation and fake news.

In this post, we discuss some valid criticisms of Marxist communism, from within the writings themselves, as well as in the living text that is history. How can you reconcile the violence of the Manifesto and the bigger communist countries with a gentler worldview?