The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was known for a stark division in his work, between an early and a late period that are sometimes treated as the works of two separate philosophers. ...
In a culture of tweets, quips and oversimplification, it sometimes helps to remember that issues of a philosophical, political or social nature tend to be quite complex. Send a friendly, if snarky,...
It's a phrase that is usually used in ways that make philosophers cringe. This silly shirt about the logical fallacy known as 'begging the question' is sure to get a reaction from those who know th...
Meta-ethics, the study of morality itself, has several competing descriptions of what makes some action good or bad. Deontology considers some actions to be fundamentally impermissible, and leans o...
Meta-ethics, the study of morality itself, has several competing descriptions of what makes some action good or bad. Consequentialist theories, such as utilitarianism, point at outcomes of our deed...
Meta-ethics, the study of morality itself, has several competing descriptions of what makes some action good or bad. If you're a fan of virtue ethics, a position that stresses intentions and moral ...
Trolley Problems, those classic ethical thought experiments that have us imagining how we might run people over with a tram. They are meant to bring insight into our moral intuitions, but usually e...
This is a little bit of teasing for those excited about logical pluralism and its applications. Paraconsistent logics are those that deny the classical law of non-contradiction, where 'P' and 'not ...
(Causal) determinism is the position that everything that happens is caused by a previous state of affairs, and so knowing all there is to know about a closed system implies that you can deduce its...
Solipsism is a philosophical position in metaphysics or epistemology in which only ones own mind is known, or believed, to exist. This T-shirt riffs on the idea by saying "nobody ever gets my jokes...
A jab at utilitarian thinking — or at least perceptions of it. In meta-ethics, utilitarianism in particular, and consequentialism in general, views the outcomes of an action as what fundamentally ...
The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was known for a stark division in his work, between an early and a late period that are sometimes treated as the works of two separate philosophers. ...