Why Say “It’s Common Sense?” It Doesn’t Exist

When we are in online discussions, in Philosophy and especially Politics, we…

Anxiety: From Epictetus to Kierkegaard

There are a lot of articles that discuss Stoicism and its ability to help people through…

Appeals to Emotion in the Trolley Problem

Appeals to emotion are logical fallacies (flaws in reason) that instead of relying on…

A Five-Paragraph Philosophy Essay in Defense of Five-Paragraph Philosophy Essays

Epictetus, Memento Mori, and Health Anxiety

This post is a reflection of chapter 21 of Epictetus’ “Enchiridion” as presented in…

Reference Guide to Existentialism

When people think about Existentialism, they tend towards the memes that talk about having an Existential crisis. The feeling of a lack of a purposeful or meaningful life. Well, a lot of people use the term Existential in this way, what does it actually mean? This…

How To Fix Utilitarian Ethics

Hedonism is the foundation for Utilitarianism, in this article, we fix…

Pyrrhonism, Depression and Anxiety

Navigating depression and anxiety by taking a skeptical view, is…

Descartes: Can We Know Anything??

Cartesian skepticism is a radical doubt of the senses. Descartes takes the approach of doubting…

Karl Jaspers and Why We Should Read Philosophy