Famous Quotes
This philosopher famously said "I think, therefore I am" or "Cogito, ergo sum" in Latin.
Who is René Descartes?
A mistaken belief or an error in reasoning that makes an argument invalid.
What is a fallacy?
This professor speaks French.
Who is Michael Portal/Dr. Portal?
This philosopher never wrote anything down, everything we know of him is from his student, Plato.
Who is Socrates?
The study of moral principles, values, and right conduct.
What is ethics?
This Ancient Greek philosopher said "love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies".
Who is Aristotle?
The belief that true knowledge comes primarily from sensory experience.
What is empiricism?
This professor wrote the book The Virtue of Playfulness: Why Happy People are Playful.
Who is Boomer/Dr. Trujillo?
Rejecting all material possessions, Diogenes famously lived in this object.
What is a barrel or wine jar?
The study of knowledge.
What is epistemology?
This taoist philosopher wrote in ancient Chinese text "The softest things of the world override the hardest things of the world."
Who is Lao Tau?
An absolute moral command created by Immanuel Kant that you must follow at all times, regardless of your personal desires or the situation.
What is the categorical imperative?
This professor is a jazz guitarist.
Who is John Gibson/Dr. Gibson?
This ancient philosopher started one of China's first private schools. He taught students from all social classes and accepted unusual payments from poor families, such as dried meat.
Who is Confucius?
The study of correct reasoning and valid arguments.
What is logic?
This famous line "hell is other people" written by existentialist philosopher in 1944.
Who is Jean-Paul Sartre?
A political doctrine that holds that all people should be treated as equals.
What is egalitarianism?
This professor focuses on feminist theory and bioethics.
Who is Lauren Freeman/Dr. Freeman?
This 1982 thought experiment by Frank Jackson discusses whether or a not a scientist, who has lived in a colorless room her whole life, gains new knowledge by seeing color for the first time.
What is Mary the Color Scientist or Mary's Room?
The study of reality and existence.
What is metaphysics?
This feminist philosopher said "oppression tries to defend itself by its utility" in her 1947 work.
Who is Simone De Beauvoir?
The philosophical belief that all events are predetermined, inevitable, and completely outside of human control.
What is fatalism?
This professor has a cat named Simone.
Who is Dr. Portal/Michael Portal?
This essay established the necessary subjectivity of consciousness as a counterargument to physicalism
What is Thomas Nagel's "What is it like to be a bat"
The study of beauty, art, taste, and how we experience the world through our senses.
What is aesthetics?