Philosophical Dictionary

Markets, Marx and the myth of the Middle Class

David Hume or: Man as fallacy

What did Hegel actually mean by dialectics?

What is the key message of existential philosophy according to Heidegger?

We summarize the basic idea of the spiritual development of man according to Kierkegaard.

It's a condition, okay. Still no reason to fall for the -isms.

The "gender debate" is a sham. This becomes clear if one simply looks at the terms and their meanings.

We give context to Epicurus' well-known quote about death ...

What does "eudaimonia" mean and how does Epicurus' teaching on the good life differ from that of other philosophers?

Can Diogenes of Sinope be chosen as a model? Even Alexander the Great had great respect for the offensive philosopher. But it may be difficult to transfer that to our present time. The teachings of Diogenes have been handed down only as anecdotes from which we must derive the Cynic philosophy. So there is a lot of room for interpretation. We would like to explain this by reference to a meme.

We explain the Greek philosophers and who was whose teacher using a meme. Read more about it now.

What is Aristotle's binary logic and how can it be formalized using truth tables. We give a short insight into this topic with the help of a meme. Read more here now.