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Arguments: Why Do You Believe What You Believe?

From "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975)
28 December 202219 March 2023 ~ 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology ~ 16 Comments

This essay is an introduction to what arguments are and how they can be good or bad.

Modal Logic: Axioms and Systems for Alethic Modal Logic

An image of multiple instances of the planet Earth.
26 October 202221 February 2023 ~ 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology ~ 5 Comments

An introduction to the axioms and systems for alethic modal logic.

Philosophy and Race: An Introduction to Philosophy of Race

A map, based on the 2000 census, of racial and ethnic segregation in the Chicago, Illinois area.
20 June 202229 November 2022 ~ 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology ~ 10 Comments

An introduction to philosophy and race: an Introduction to Philosophy of Race.

Bayesianism

An image of a neon-style sign of Bayes’s Theorem.
12 June 202219 March 2023 ~ 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology ~ 10 Comments

This essay is an introduction to Bayesianism. Bayesianism says that degrees of belief or justification can be represented by probabilities, and that we can assess the rationality of degrees of belief — of credences — by seeing whether they follow a certain set of rules.

Business Ethics

12 February 20227 June 2022 ~ 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology ~ 2 Comments

An introduction to business ethics, with an overview of the many relevant stakeholders whose interests are ethically important in business.

Modal Ontological Arguments for the Existence of God

3 December 202126 October 2022 ~ 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology ~ 5 Comments

An introduction to modal ontological arguments for the existence of God.

Cosmological Arguments for the Existence of God

14 November 202126 March 2022 ~ 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology ~ 2 Comments

An introduction to cosmological, often first-cause, arguments for the existence of God.

Formal Logic: Symbolizing Arguments in Sentential Logic

2 March 202128 December 2022 ~ 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology ~ 9 Comments

An introduction to sentential logic or symbolic logic.

What is Philosophy?

'Philosophy' in a dictionary.
10 October 202026 August 2022 ~ 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology ~ 4 Comments

What is philosophy? The question is itself a philosophical question. This essay surveys some answers. #philosophy #whatisphilosophy #definingphilosophy

Epistemology, or Theory of Knowledge

Books on shelves in the Library of Congress.
24 August 202019 March 2023 ~ 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology ~ 26 Comments

Thomas Metcalf Category: Epistemology Word count: 999 Listen here Many people think that they have a lot of knowledge. They also believe that other people sometimes know what they claim to know. But what is knowledge anyway? And how do we come to have it? Is it important that we have knowledge? If so, why? … Continue reading Epistemology, or Theory of Knowledge

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