Chinese Room Argument
John Searle's thought experiment is one of the best known counters to claims of artificial intelligence.
Davidson, Donald
Introduction to one of the most significant philosophers concerned with philosophy of mind and action of the 20th/21st century.
Descartes, René
Early modern philosopher who rejected religious authority in the quest for scientific and philosophical knowledge.
Dewey, John
Leading light of the 20th century American school of thought known as pragmatism.
Egoism, Psychological and Ethical
Maintains that the individual self is the motivating moral force and the end of moral action.
Empedocles
5th century BCE philosopher who combined medical study with Orphic mysticism.
Fichte, Johann Gottlieb
One of the major figures in German philosophy in the period between Kant and Hegel.
Freud, Sigmund
Lenghty article on the father of psychoanalysis who is generally recognised as one of the most influential and authoritative thinkers of the twentieth century.
German Idealism
The German reaction to empiricism, including related theories of Kant, Fichte, Hegel and others.
God, Western Concepts of
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on God from Socrates to Nietzsche.
Greek Philosophy
The philosophical currents of Ancient Greek philosophy are introduced, from the Presocratic philosophers through to Proclus.
Hölderlin, Johann Christian Friedrich
Examines the poet's role in the development of German Idealism.
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