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🎭 Fictionalism

Philosophical explorations of how we use fictions—in mathematics, morality, or everyday life—to navigate truths that resist literal expression.
Neil Gaiman and Philosophy
by Tracy L. Bealer • 2012
What Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Derrida would make of Neil Gaiman's gods, graveyards, and dreams.
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🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy📚 Comics Studies📖 Philosophy Of Fiction🏛️ Mythology And Meaning🧠 Continental Philosophy
Neil Gaiman and Philosophy Summary
Neil Gaiman and Philosophy 89%
What Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Derrida would make of Neil Gaiman's gods, graveyards, and dreams.
by Tracy L. Bealer 2012
3.55
92 ratings
🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy📚 Comics Studies📖 Philosophy Of Fiction🏛️ Mythology And Meaning🧠 Continental Philosophy
Metaphysics
by Michael J. Loux • 1997
From universals to time: the central problems of metaphysics, mapped for the first-time student.
3.93
354
🧱 Analytical Metaphysics🏷️ Ontology🎓 Analytic Philosophy🌍 Modal Realism🔢 Abstract Objects
Metaphysics Summary
Metaphysics 89%
From universals to time: the central problems of metaphysics, mapped for the first-time student.
by Michael J. Loux 1997
3.93
354 ratings
🧱 Analytical Metaphysics🏷️ Ontology🎓 Analytic Philosophy🌍 Modal Realism🔢 Abstract Objects
The Philosophy of 'as If '
by Hans Vaihinger • 1911
Thought runs on conscious falsehoods: the harder the contradiction, the sharper the tool.
4.00
72
🏛️ Neo-Kantianism🔬 Philosophy Of Science📚 Epistemology🔨 Pragmatism🔧 Instrumentalism
The Philosophy of 'as If ' Summary
The Philosophy of 'as If ' 89%
Thought runs on conscious falsehoods: the harder the contradiction, the sharper the tool.
by Hans Vaihinger 1911
4.00
72 ratings
🏛️ Neo-Kantianism🔬 Philosophy Of Science📚 Epistemology🔨 Pragmatism🔧 Instrumentalism
The Matrix and Philosophy
by William Irwin • 2002
Plato imagined the cave, Descartes the demon. The Matrix put both on screen and philosophy noticed.
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2k+
🍿 Pop Philosophy🖥️ Simulated Reality❓ Skepticism🧠 Consciousness Studies🎬 Film And Philosophy
The Matrix and Philosophy Summary
The Matrix and Philosophy 88%
Plato imagined the cave, Descartes the demon. The Matrix put both on screen and philosophy noticed.
by William Irwin 2002
3.90
2k+ ratings
🍿 Pop Philosophy🖥️ Simulated Reality❓ Skepticism🧠 Consciousness Studies🎬 Film And Philosophy
How to Think About Weird Things
by Theodore Schick Jr. • 1994
A method for evaluating any extraordinary claim, from alien abductions to miracle cures.
3.97
633
🔬 Scientific Skepticism👻 Paranormal Claims🪤 Logical Fallacies🧠 Cognitive Biases📚 Epistemology
How to Think About Weird Things Summary
How to Think About Weird Things 88%
A method for evaluating any extraordinary claim, from alien abductions to miracle cures.
by Theodore Schick Jr. 1994
3.97
633 ratings
🔬 Scientific Skepticism👻 Paranormal Claims🪤 Logical Fallacies🧠 Cognitive Biases📚 Epistemology
Doctor Strange and Philosophy
by Mark D. White • 2018
How a surgeon's shattered hands open a portal to virtue ethics, quantum mind, and dirty choices.
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44
🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy🦸 Comic Book Studies🎭 Virtue Ethics🌪️ Existential Crisis🔮 Mysticism
Doctor Strange and Philosophy Summary
Doctor Strange and Philosophy 88%
How a surgeon's shattered hands open a portal to virtue ethics, quantum mind, and dirty choices.
by Mark D. White 2018
4.27
44 ratings
🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy🦸 Comic Book Studies🎭 Virtue Ethics🌪️ Existential Crisis🔮 Mysticism
On Bullshit
by Harry G. Frankfurt • 2005
The liar hides the truth. The bullshitter doesn't care what it is. A 67-page philosophical grenade.
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16k+
🧠 Analytic Philosophy💬 Philosophy Of Language🗣️ Social Commentary🍿 Pop Philosophy🤥 Post-Truth
On Bullshit Summary
On Bullshit 88%
The liar hides the truth. The bullshitter doesn't care what it is. A 67-page philosophical grenade.
by Harry G. Frankfurt 2005
3.58
16k+ ratings
🧠 Analytic Philosophy💬 Philosophy Of Language🗣️ Social Commentary🍿 Pop Philosophy🤥 Post-Truth
Dialogism
by Michael Holquist • 1990
All speech answers prior speech, all selves depend on others: the dialogic philosophy of Bakhtin.
4.09
88
📖 Literary Theory💬 Philosophy Of Language👥 Intersubjectivity📚 Intertextuality🇷🇺 Russian Formalism
Dialogism Summary
Dialogism 88%
All speech answers prior speech, all selves depend on others: the dialogic philosophy of Bakhtin.
by Michael Holquist 1990
4.09
88 ratings
📖 Literary Theory💬 Philosophy Of Language👥 Intersubjectivity📚 Intertextuality🇷🇺 Russian Formalism
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar
by Thomas Cathcart • 2007
Jokes and philosophy work the same way: both ambush your assumptions. Here's how.
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18k+
🏛️ Popular Philosophy🌍 Western Philosophy🎭 Educational Humor🧠 Critical Thinking⚖️ Ethics
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar Summary
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar 88%
Jokes and philosophy work the same way: both ambush your assumptions. Here's how.
by Thomas Cathcart 2007
3.76
18k+ ratings
🏛️ Popular Philosophy🌍 Western Philosophy🎭 Educational Humor🧠 Critical Thinking⚖️ Ethics
The Cyberiad
by Stanisław Lem • 1965
Two brilliant robots wander the galaxy building machines that turn logic puzzles into cosmic chaos.
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14k+
🧙‍♂️ Science Fiction Fables🪐 Satirical Sci-Fi🤡 Absurdist Humor🧠 Intellectual Hubris🏚️ Failed Utopias
The Cyberiad Summary
The Cyberiad 88%
Two brilliant robots wander the galaxy building machines that turn logic puzzles into cosmic chaos.
by Stanisław Lem 1965
4.13
14k+ ratings
🧙‍♂️ Science Fiction Fables🪐 Satirical Sci-Fi🤡 Absurdist Humor🧠 Intellectual Hubris🏚️ Failed Utopias
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her
by Malaclypse the Younger • 1965
A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.
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6k+
🃏 Parody Religion🤹 Absurdist Satire✌️ Counterculture Mindset🌀 Chaos Magic🎲 Sacred Play
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her Summary
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her 88%
A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.
by Malaclypse the Younger 1965
4.25
6k+ ratings
🃏 Parody Religion🤹 Absurdist Satire✌️ Counterculture Mindset🌀 Chaos Magic🎲 Sacred Play
Archaeologies of the Future
by Fredric Jameson • 2005
Utopia's function is not to predict the future but to prove the present is not inevitable.
4.04
596
📚 Literary Criticism🧠 Critical Theory☭ Western Marxism🌅 Utopian Studies👽 Science Fiction Theory
Archaeologies of the Future Summary
Archaeologies of the Future 88%
Utopia's function is not to predict the future but to prove the present is not inevitable.
by Fredric Jameson 2005
4.04
596 ratings
📚 Literary Criticism🧠 Critical Theory☭ Western Marxism🌅 Utopian Studies👽 Science Fiction Theory
The Anomaly
by Hervé Le Tellier • 2020
When a routine flight duplicates, every passenger faces the stranger who shares their face and past.
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70k+
🪞 Parallel Selves💻 Simulated Reality😱 Existential Dread🎭 Identity Crisis🧠 Philosophical Thriller
The Anomaly Summary
The Anomaly 88%
When a routine flight duplicates, every passenger faces the stranger who shares their face and past.
by Hervé Le Tellier 2020
3.79
70k+ ratings
🪞 Parallel Selves💻 Simulated Reality😱 Existential Dread🎭 Identity Crisis🧠 Philosophical Thriller
Why Does the World Exist?
by Jim Holt • 2011
Physics, philosophy, and theology each claim to know why anything exists. None of them agree.
3.81
7k+
❓ Existential Questions🕳️ Nothingness🔭 Cosmology🧠 Analytic Philosophy🎯 Anthropic Principle
Why Does the World Exist? Summary
Why Does the World Exist? 88%
Physics, philosophy, and theology each claim to know why anything exists. None of them agree.
by Jim Holt 2011
3.81
7k+ ratings
❓ Existential Questions🕳️ Nothingness🔭 Cosmology🧠 Analytic Philosophy🎯 Anthropic Principle
There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book
by Robert M. Martin • 1992
Logic, morality, identity: each cracks under a well-chosen paradox. This book chooses well.
4.01
247
🧩 Philosophical Puzzles💭 Thought Experiments🔄 Paradoxes🧠 Critical Thinking⚖️ Moral Philosophy
There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book Summary
There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book 88%
Logic, morality, identity: each cracks under a well-chosen paradox. This book chooses well.
by Robert M. Martin 1992
4.01
247 ratings
🧩 Philosophical Puzzles💭 Thought Experiments🔄 Paradoxes🧠 Critical Thinking⚖️ Moral Philosophy
The Strength to Dream
by Colin Wilson • 1962
The crisis of modern literature is a failure of imagination, and the cost is human freedom.
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123
📝 Literary Criticism🎨 Philosophy Of Art🧠 Existentialism🌹 Romanticism🌟 Creative Will
The Strength to Dream Summary
The Strength to Dream 88%
The crisis of modern literature is a failure of imagination, and the cost is human freedom.
by Colin Wilson 1962
3.93
123 ratings
📝 Literary Criticism🎨 Philosophy Of Art🧠 Existentialism🌹 Romanticism🌟 Creative Will
The Construction of Social Reality
by John Rogers Searle • 1995
Money and marriage aren't physical facts. They run on a hidden logic of collective agreement.
3.89
969
🧱 Social Ontology📐 Analytic Philosophy🤝 Social Construction🗣️ Philosophy Of Language📜 Constitutive Rules
The Construction of Social Reality Summary
The Construction of Social Reality 88%
Money and marriage aren't physical facts. They run on a hidden logic of collective agreement.
by John Rogers Searle 1995
3.89
969 ratings
🧱 Social Ontology📐 Analytic Philosophy🤝 Social Construction🗣️ Philosophy Of Language📜 Constitutive Rules
Metamodernism and the Return of Transcendence
by A. Severan • 2021
Postmodernism erased transcendence. Metamodernism rebuilds it, but only inside art's frame.
4.23
43
🏛️ Cultural Theory🎭 Postmodernism🌊 Metamodernism🌹 Neo-Romanticism✨ Re-Enchantment
Metamodernism and the Return of Transcendence Summary
Metamodernism and the Return of Transcendence 88%
Postmodernism erased transcendence. Metamodernism rebuilds it, but only inside art's frame.
by A. Severan 2021
4.23
43 ratings
🏛️ Cultural Theory🎭 Postmodernism🌊 Metamodernism🌹 Neo-Romanticism✨ Re-Enchantment
Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too
by Jomny Sun • 2017
A gentle alien lands on Earth to study humans and finds animals who are lonely too.
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36k+
📖 Illustrated Fable🛸 Outsider Protagonist💛 Found Family🦊 Talking Animals🌧️ Bittersweet
Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too Summary
Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too 88%
A gentle alien lands on Earth to study humans and finds animals who are lonely too.
by Jomny Sun 2017
4.08
36k+ ratings
📖 Illustrated Fable🛸 Outsider Protagonist💛 Found Family🦊 Talking Animals🌧️ Bittersweet
Saving Leonardo
by Nancy R. Pearcey • 2010
Science claims truth, religion gets feelings. How that split remade art, ethics, and the self.
4.32
1k+
🛡️ Cultural Apologetics🔭 Worldview Analysis🏙️ Secularism🎨 Art And Faith📺 Pop Culture Criticism
Saving Leonardo Summary
Saving Leonardo 88%
Science claims truth, religion gets feelings. How that split remade art, ethics, and the self.
by Nancy R. Pearcey 2010
4.32
1k+ ratings
🛡️ Cultural Apologetics🔭 Worldview Analysis🏙️ Secularism🎨 Art And Faith📺 Pop Culture Criticism
The Simpsons and Philosophy
by William Irwin • 2001
Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.
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4k+
📺 Tv Criticism🧩 Applied Philosophy🎬 Pop Culture Criticism🤡 Satire⚖️ Ethics And Morality
The Simpsons and Philosophy Summary
The Simpsons and Philosophy 88%
Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.
by William Irwin 2001
3.45
4k+ ratings
📺 Tv Criticism🧩 Applied Philosophy🎬 Pop Culture Criticism🤡 Satire⚖️ Ethics And Morality
The Missing Piece
by Shel Silverstein • 1976
A circle rolls with a gap and sings, certain the absent shape will make it whole.
4.28
32k+
🌀 Existential Allegory🦋 Embracing Imperfection📖 Illustrated Fable🌿 Gentle Philosophy📚 Adult Picture Book
The Missing Piece Summary
The Missing Piece 88%
A circle rolls with a gap and sings, certain the absent shape will make it whole.
by Shel Silverstein 1976
4.28
32k+ ratings
🌀 Existential Allegory🦋 Embracing Imperfection📖 Illustrated Fable🌿 Gentle Philosophy📚 Adult Picture Book
Dark Star Rising
by Gary Lachman • 2018
How the occult belief that mind shapes reality captured Trump, Putin, and the alt-right.
3.85
517
🔮 Occult Politics🌀 Postmodern Politics⚡ Chaos Magic🧠 New Thought🏛️ Traditionalism
Dark Star Rising Summary
Dark Star Rising 88%
How the occult belief that mind shapes reality captured Trump, Putin, and the alt-right.
by Gary Lachman 2018
3.85
517 ratings
🔮 Occult Politics🌀 Postmodern Politics⚡ Chaos Magic🧠 New Thought🏛️ Traditionalism
Prometheus and Atlas
by Jason Reza Jorjani • 2016
Paranormal abilities are real, and Western civilization depends on suppressing that.
4.09
127
🧠 Continental Philosophy🔮 Esoteric Philosophy👻 Paranormal Phenomena🏛️ Mythic Archetypes⚡ Critique Of Modernity
Prometheus and Atlas Summary
Prometheus and Atlas 88%
Paranormal abilities are real, and Western civilization depends on suppressing that.
by Jason Reza Jorjani 2016
4.09
127 ratings
🧠 Continental Philosophy🔮 Esoteric Philosophy👻 Paranormal Phenomena🏛️ Mythic Archetypes⚡ Critique Of Modernity
An Introduction to Ontology
by Nikk Effingham • 2013
What exists? That's the easy part. Deciding how to decide is where it gets wild.
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59
🧠 Analytic Philosophy🌐 Contemporary Ontology🔍 Metaontology📜 Ontological Commitment💭 Abstract Objects
An Introduction to Ontology Summary
An Introduction to Ontology 88%
What exists? That's the easy part. Deciding how to decide is where it gets wild.
by Nikk Effingham 2013
3.58
59 ratings
🧠 Analytic Philosophy🌐 Contemporary Ontology🔍 Metaontology📜 Ontological Commitment💭 Abstract Objects
The Logic of Sense
by Gilles Deleuze • 1969
Sense is not a thing but an event, a surface effect where language meets the world.
4.29
1k+
🧩 Post-Structuralism💬 Philosophy Of Language🏛️ Stoic Logic🌫️ Incorporeal Events🎭 Paradox And Nonsense
The Logic of Sense Summary
The Logic of Sense 88%
Sense is not a thing but an event, a surface effect where language meets the world.
by Gilles Deleuze 1969
4.29
1k+ ratings
🧩 Post-Structuralism💬 Philosophy Of Language🏛️ Stoic Logic🌫️ Incorporeal Events🎭 Paradox And Nonsense
Closer Encounters
by Jason Reza Jorjani • 2021
UFO pilots are our time-traveling descendants. They rewrote our DNA, and the Pentagon is hiding it.
4.05
160
👽 Ufology🛸 Ancient Astronaut Theory📜 Secret Histories🧬 Engineered Humanity🔮 Belief As Reality
Closer Encounters Summary
Closer Encounters 88%
UFO pilots are our time-traveling descendants. They rewrote our DNA, and the Pentagon is hiding it.
by Jason Reza Jorjani 2021
4.05
160 ratings
👽 Ufology🛸 Ancient Astronaut Theory📜 Secret Histories🧬 Engineered Humanity🔮 Belief As Reality
The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten
by Julian Baggini • 2005
100 thought experiments that turn morality, identity, and reason inside out.
3.73
5k+
💭 Thought Experiments📚 Pop Philosophy🧠 Philosophy Of Mind⚖️ Moral Dilemmas🧬 Personal Identity
The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten Summary
The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten 88%
100 thought experiments that turn morality, identity, and reason inside out.
by Julian Baggini 2005
3.73
5k+ ratings
💭 Thought Experiments📚 Pop Philosophy🧠 Philosophy Of Mind⚖️ Moral Dilemmas🧬 Personal Identity
Plowing the Dark
by Richard Powers • 2000
One artist, one hostage, two rooms: a novel about the stories we tell to survive.
3.65
1k+
🖥️ Virtual Reality🔀 Parallel Narratives🎨 Art And Technology🔒 Captivity Narrative💭 Imagination As Survival
Plowing the Dark Summary
Plowing the Dark 88%
One artist, one hostage, two rooms: a novel about the stories we tell to survive.
by Richard Powers 2000
3.65
1k+ ratings
🖥️ Virtual Reality🔀 Parallel Narratives🎨 Art And Technology🔒 Captivity Narrative💭 Imagination As Survival
The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness
by Gary Cox • 2011
You are free in a way you never asked for. This is what that actually costs.
4.12
121
🌍 Continental Philosophy🚶 Existentialism🔍 Phenomenology🌀 Absurdism✨ Meaning Making
The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness Summary
The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness 88%
You are free in a way you never asked for. This is what that actually costs.
by Gary Cox 2011
4.12
121 ratings
🌍 Continental Philosophy🚶 Existentialism🔍 Phenomenology🌀 Absurdism✨ Meaning Making
Los superhéroes y la filosofía
by Tom Morris • 2001
What Batman's vigilantism and Spider-Man's guilt reveal about the age-old question: Why be moral?
3.84
965
🧠 Pop Philosophy📖 Comic Book Studies⚖️ Applied Ethics🏛️ Hero Myth🎭 Personal Identity
Los superhéroes y la filosofía Summary
Los superhéroes y la filosofía 88%
What Batman's vigilantism and Spider-Man's guilt reveal about the age-old question: Why be moral?
by Tom Morris 2001
3.84
965 ratings
🧠 Pop Philosophy📖 Comic Book Studies⚖️ Applied Ethics🏛️ Hero Myth🎭 Personal Identity
Slavoj Zizek
by Tony Myers • 2003
Your cynicism isn't rebellion. According to Žižek, it's the purest form of ideology.
3.82
266
🧠 Continental Philosophy📖 Critical Theory🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis🎭 Ideology Critique🎬 Cultural Criticism
Slavoj Zizek Summary
Slavoj Zizek 88%
Your cynicism isn't rebellion. According to Žižek, it's the purest form of ideology.
by Tony Myers 2003
3.82
266 ratings
🧠 Continental Philosophy📖 Critical Theory🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis🎭 Ideology Critique🎬 Cultural Criticism
The Simulation Hypothesis
by Rizwan Virk • 2019
Video game history, quantum physics, and mysticism converge on one answer: we live in a simulation.
3.74
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🖥️ Simulation Theory🥽 Virtual Reality💻 Digital Physics⚛️ Quantum Mechanics🎮 Video Game Design
The Simulation Hypothesis Summary
The Simulation Hypothesis 88%
Video game history, quantum physics, and mysticism converge on one answer: we live in a simulation.
by Rizwan Virk 2019
3.74
1k+ ratings
🖥️ Simulation Theory🥽 Virtual Reality💻 Digital Physics⚛️ Quantum Mechanics🎮 Video Game Design
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking
by Daniel C. Dennett • 2013
A philosopher's toolbox: learn to think sharper about consciousness, evolution, and free will.
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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind💭 Thought Experiments🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧫 Cultural Evolution🕊️ Free Will Debate
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking Summary
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking 88%
A philosopher's toolbox: learn to think sharper about consciousness, evolution, and free will.
by Daniel C. Dennett 2013
3.78
4k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind💭 Thought Experiments🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧫 Cultural Evolution🕊️ Free Will Debate
Lost in Math
by Sabine Hossenfelder • 2018
Theoretical physics is stuck. The culprit isn't bad math, but a fixation on elegant theories.
4.05
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⚛️ Theoretical Physics🤔 Philosophy Of Physics🎨 Aesthetic Bias In Science🧑‍🔬 Sociology Of Science🔬 Metascience
Lost in Math Summary
Lost in Math 88%
Theoretical physics is stuck. The culprit isn't bad math, but a fixation on elegant theories.
by Sabine Hossenfelder 2018
4.05
3k+ ratings
⚛️ Theoretical Physics🤔 Philosophy Of Physics🎨 Aesthetic Bias In Science🧑‍🔬 Sociology Of Science🔬 Metascience
Indiana Jones and Philosophy
by Dean Kowalski • 2023
Beneath the fedora: a philosophy seminar on heroism, faith, aging, and who really owns the past.
3.71
21
🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy🎥 Film Philosophy🏛️ Cultural Heritage🧠 Applied Philosophy🗺️ Adventure Cinema
Indiana Jones and Philosophy Summary
Indiana Jones and Philosophy 87%
Beneath the fedora: a philosophy seminar on heroism, faith, aging, and who really owns the past.
by Dean Kowalski 2023
3.71
21 ratings
🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy🎥 Film Philosophy🏛️ Cultural Heritage🧠 Applied Philosophy🗺️ Adventure Cinema
All Things Are Full of Gods
by David Bentley Hart • 2024
Physicalism cannot explain a single conscious thought. The case for mind as reality's foundation.
4.36
322
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind💭 Consciousness Studies💡 Philosophical Idealism📖 Critique Of Physicalism⛪ Natural Theology
All Things Are Full of Gods Summary
All Things Are Full of Gods 87%
Physicalism cannot explain a single conscious thought. The case for mind as reality's foundation.
by David Bentley Hart 2024
4.36
322 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind💭 Consciousness Studies💡 Philosophical Idealism📖 Critique Of Physicalism⛪ Natural Theology
Luminarium
by Alex Shakar • 2011
With his twin brother in a coma, a man joins a neuroscience experiment that simulates transcendence.
3.47
851
🏙️ Post-9/11 Literature🖋️ Philosophical Fiction👥 Twin Brothers🖥️ Virtual Reality🔬 Science And Faith
Luminarium Summary
Luminarium 87%
With his twin brother in a coma, a man joins a neuroscience experiment that simulates transcendence.
by Alex Shakar 2011
3.47
851 ratings
🏙️ Post-9/11 Literature🖋️ Philosophical Fiction👥 Twin Brothers🖥️ Virtual Reality🔬 Science And Faith
Doing Philosophy
by Timothy Williamson • 2018
Philosophy is a science that tests ideas with thought experiments, and the best explanation wins.
3.67
213
🛠️ Philosophical Methodology🔍 Analytic Philosophy🧪 Thought Experiments🔎 Abductive Reasoning📐 Logic In Philosophy
Doing Philosophy Summary
Doing Philosophy 87%
Philosophy is a science that tests ideas with thought experiments, and the best explanation wins.
by Timothy Williamson 2018
3.67
213 ratings
🛠️ Philosophical Methodology🔍 Analytic Philosophy🧪 Thought Experiments🔎 Abductive Reasoning📐 Logic In Philosophy
Reality+
by David J. Chalmers • 2022
Virtual worlds are real, not illusions. A simulated life can be meaningful. Yours may be one.
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1k+
🖥️ Simulation Theory🔧 Philosophy Of Technology🧱 Digital Ontology🧠 Consciousness Studies⚛️ Digital Physics
Reality+ Summary
Reality+ 87%
Virtual worlds are real, not illusions. A simulated life can be meaningful. Yours may be one.
by David J. Chalmers 2022
3.72
1k+ ratings
🖥️ Simulation Theory🔧 Philosophy Of Technology🧱 Digital Ontology🧠 Consciousness Studies⚛️ Digital Physics
Outgrowing God
by Richard Dawkins • 2019
Humans have invented thousands of gods. A scientist's case for why yours is one of them.
4.06
6k+
🧠 New Atheism⛪ Religious Critique🌍 Secular Humanism🌐 Comparative Religion📖 Biblical Criticism
Outgrowing God Summary
Outgrowing God 87%
Humans have invented thousands of gods. A scientist's case for why yours is one of them.
by Richard Dawkins 2019
4.06
6k+ ratings
🧠 New Atheism⛪ Religious Critique🌍 Secular Humanism🌐 Comparative Religion📖 Biblical Criticism
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy
by Richard Brian Davis • 2009
When logic dissolves, a Cheshire Cat grins, and philosophy begins.
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🍿 Pop Philosophy✍️ Literary Essays🧠 Memory And Identity💬 Language Philosophy🃏 Absurdism
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy Summary
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy 87%
When logic dissolves, a Cheshire Cat grins, and philosophy begins.
by Richard Brian Davis 2009
4.12
2k+ ratings
🍿 Pop Philosophy✍️ Literary Essays🧠 Memory And Identity💬 Language Philosophy🃏 Absurdism
Very Little...Almost Nothing
by Simon Critchley • 2004
Nihilism is the norm after God. Creative resistance through literature is how meaning gets remade.
3.89
132
🌍 Continental Philosophy💀 Death Of God Theology📖 Literary Modernism📚 Literature And Philosophy⏳ Finitude And Mortality
Very Little...Almost Nothing Summary
Very Little...Almost Nothing 87%
Nihilism is the norm after God. Creative resistance through literature is how meaning gets remade.
by Simon Critchley 2004
3.89
132 ratings
🌍 Continental Philosophy💀 Death Of God Theology📖 Literary Modernism📚 Literature And Philosophy⏳ Finitude And Mortality
How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass
by Christopher W. DiCarlo • 2007
Why the most annoying person in the room is often right, and how to become them.
3.58
270
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔍 Fallacy Spotting📊 Evidence Evaluation🗣️ Informal Logic❓ Socratic Method
How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass Summary
How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass 87%
Why the most annoying person in the room is often right, and how to become them.
by Christopher W. DiCarlo 2007
3.58
270 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔍 Fallacy Spotting📊 Evidence Evaluation🗣️ Informal Logic❓ Socratic Method
Between Heaven and Hell
by Peter Kreeft • 1982
On November 22, 1963, three famous thinkers die. Their afterlife debate: who was Jesus?
3.92
2k+
🏛️ Socratic Dialogue✝️ Christian Apologetics🌅 Afterlife Fiction🌏 Comparative Religion⚖️ Faith And Reason
Between Heaven and Hell Summary
Between Heaven and Hell 87%
On November 22, 1963, three famous thinkers die. Their afterlife debate: who was Jesus?
by Peter Kreeft 1982
3.92
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Socratic Dialogue✝️ Christian Apologetics🌅 Afterlife Fiction🌏 Comparative Religion⚖️ Faith And Reason
Gunning for God
by John C. Lennox • 2011
Atheist arguments against God collapse under their own logic. A mathematician shows the math.
4.32
819
🔬 Science And Faith⚡ New Atheism Critique⚖️ Moral Argument🪦 Historical Resurrection🌑 Problem Of Evil
Gunning for God Summary
Gunning for God 87%
Atheist arguments against God collapse under their own logic. A mathematician shows the math.
by John C. Lennox 2011
4.32
819 ratings
🔬 Science And Faith⚡ New Atheism Critique⚖️ Moral Argument🪦 Historical Resurrection🌑 Problem Of Evil
Where the Conflict Really Lies
by Alvin Plantinga • 2011
The real war: not science against God, but science against the view that matter is everything.
4.02
1k+
🏛️ Philosophy Of Religion✝️ Christian Apologetics🧬 Evolution And Faith🧠 Reformed Epistemology🔍 Analytic Philosophy
Where the Conflict Really Lies Summary
Where the Conflict Really Lies 87%
The real war: not science against God, but science against the view that matter is everything.
by Alvin Plantinga 2011
4.02
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Philosophy Of Religion✝️ Christian Apologetics🧬 Evolution And Faith🧠 Reformed Epistemology🔍 Analytic Philosophy
Irreligion
by John Allen Paulos • 2008
A mathematician audits the classic proofs for God and finds them full of logical holes.
3.66
2k+
💭 Arguments For God🧩 Logical Fallacies🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⚖️ Secular Ethics
Irreligion Summary
Irreligion 87%
A mathematician audits the classic proofs for God and finds them full of logical holes.
by John Allen Paulos 2008
3.66
2k+ ratings
💭 Arguments For God🧩 Logical Fallacies🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⚖️ Secular Ethics
How to Read Lacan
by Slavoj Žižek • 2006
Canned laughter, borrowed desire, and the hidden logic that links sitcoms to totalitarianism.
3.94
4k+
🧠 Continental Thought🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory📉 Critical Theory📚 Literary Theory❤️ Desire And Fantasy
How to Read Lacan Summary
How to Read Lacan 87%
Canned laughter, borrowed desire, and the hidden logic that links sitcoms to totalitarianism.
by Slavoj Žižek 2006
3.94
4k+ ratings
🧠 Continental Thought🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory📉 Critical Theory📚 Literary Theory❤️ Desire And Fantasy
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy
by Jacob M. Held • 2011
Philosophy hid on your childhood shelf. Horton on knowledge, the Lorax on ethics, Yertle on power.
4.14
441
🧠 Pop Philosophy📚 Children's Literature⚖️ Moral Dilemmas🌍 Environmental Ethics🏛️ Social Contract
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy Summary
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy 87%
Philosophy hid on your childhood shelf. Horton on knowledge, the Lorax on ethics, Yertle on power.
by Jacob M. Held 2011
4.14
441 ratings
🧠 Pop Philosophy📚 Children's Literature⚖️ Moral Dilemmas🌍 Environmental Ethics🏛️ Social Contract
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