WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY
This approach to philosophy emphasizes care, lived experience, and connection rather than pure abstraction.
What is philosophy as a lived practice?
This principle states it is wrong to believe anything without sufficient evidence.
What is the ethics of belief?
This famous conclusion proves one’s own existence through thinking.
What is the cogito (“I think, therefore I am”)?
This idea states humans must create their own meaning through choices.
What is existential freedom?
This argument suggests belief in God is the safest bet given possible outcomes.
What is Pascal’s Wager?
This is the main goal of philosophy according to Bertrand Russell: making our thoughts clearer and less confused.
What is the clarification of ideas?
Franziska Felder argues this is essential for living a good human life.
What is inclusion?
This thought experiment asks where “you” are if your brain and body are separated.
What is the “Where Am I?” scenario?
This metaphor represents repetitive, meaningless labor in an indifferent universe.
What is Sisyphus and the boulder?
This argument claims everything must have a cause, leading to a first cause.
What is the cosmological argument?
Patrick Stokes argues this is required before an opinion deserves respect.
What is justification (or evidence)?
This term describes a system where outside views are excluded and beliefs are constantly reinforced.
What is an echo chamber?
This concept explores what makes a person the same over time.
What is personal identity?
This concept describes the clash between our desire for meaning and the universe’s silence.
What is the absurd?
This theme explores suffering, faith, and moral responsibility in The Brothers Karamazov.
What is the problem of evil?
According to John Corvino, this is often mistaken for “just an opinion” but is actually a claim about reality.
What is a factual claim?
Helen De Cruz focuses on this problem where non-experts struggle to evaluate expert knowledge.
What is the novice-expert problem?
Serene J. Khader critiques this idea that people always make fully free, independent choices.
What is pure autonomy?
This crisis involves questioning whether life has any purpose at all.
What is an existential crisis?
This ethical question asks whether belief without evidence can ever be justified.
What is the justification of belief?
Bell Hooks connects philosophy to this concept involving identity, place, and community.
What is belonging?
This method involves doubting everything that can possibly be doubted to find certainty.
What is methodological skepticism?
This idea suggests identity can persist even through physical or psychological change.
What is continuity of self?
This response to absurdity involves continuing to live and create meaning anyway.
What is revolt?
This philosophical stance rejects belief in God due to the existence of suffering.
What is atheism (based on the problem of evil)?