Epistemology: Communication

Language is something that to many philosophers is an impossible hurdle- for we might understand something in our minds, but are unable to communicate our ideas.  Also, many philosophers wonder about the nature of language, wondering if it's innate, necessary, or flawed in idea.  One of...

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Religious Philosophy: Spinoza

Spinoza was a really odd guy, who dabbled in both religion and ethics but mostly in religion.  He had a number of important and somewhat revolutionary things to say about the nature of God, rather than His existence (which would occupy the time of Berkeley, for example) Spinoza was born a Jew...

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The World of Nietzche

There really isn't a particular place we can stick Nietzche since he doesn't really belong anywhere; Nietzche is an entity unto himself.  He was one of those lovely hermit philosophers, living and writing in the alps of Switzerland, grooming his mustache and having nervous breakdowns about...

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Political Philosophy: Locke

John Locke is one of the most important contributors to English and... even American political philosophy- also Hobbes' big rival.  He was one of the most famous thinkers in the Enlightenment movement.  So, what did this guy do?  Let's find out! Oh, yeah.  He's the blank slate...

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Simone de Beavoir

Don't have a good banner :( So, Simone de Beauvoir!  She was a 1960's feminist (also a bit of a existentialist).  She's typically associated with the novel "The Second Sex" which is dense to the point of being a nightmare.  She also did "Ethics of Ambiguity," hence her existentialist lean, but we'll maybe talk about that later since....  this is the feminism section. The focus...

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Feminist Philosophy

Feminism is a relatively recent area of philosophy that doesn't get a lot of credit.  This is because, up until the 20th century, most philosophers didn't consider there to be anything wrong per se with women's roles in society (also, there was an EXTREME lacking in female philosophers!)...

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