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    Database

    Statements
    321,452
    Perspectives
    108,905
    Topics
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    Topics

    37 topics across 5 branches of philosophy. 139,882 ideas, 29% with perspectives shared.

    Truth & Knowledge

    29161
    Epistemology & Logic

    Theories of truth, justification, and belief

    8316 of 29161 debated29%
    Kant, Hume, Poincaré

    Philosophy of Language

    16296
    Epistemology & Logic

    Meaning, reference, truth, and communication

    4563 of 16296 debated28%
    Russell, Feigl, Aristotle

    Modality & Possibility

    13300
    Metaphysics & Ontology

    Necessity, possibility, and possible worlds

    3639 of 13300 debated27%
    Weyl, Kant, Poincaré

    Skepticism

    9076
    Epistemology & Logic

    Doubt, limits of knowledge, and epistemic humility

    2950 of 9076 debated33%
    Hume, Gadamer, Chomsky

    Consciousness & Mind

    8130
    Metaphysics & Ontology

    The nature of consciousness, qualia, and the mind-body problem

    2286 of 8130 debated28%
    Aristotle, Noë, Superson

    Moral Responsibility

    7805
    Ethics & Moral Philosophy

    Conditions for moral responsibility, blame, and praise

    2215 of 7805 debated28%
    Mill, Kant, Mencius

    Causation

    7154
    Metaphysics & Ontology

    The nature of cause and effect

    1820 of 7154 debated25%
    Weyl, Aristotle, Einstein

    Virtue Ethics

    5287
    Ethics & Moral Philosophy

    Character, virtues, and the good life

    1603 of 5287 debated30%
    Mencius, Hutcheson, Leibniz

    Perception

    4508
    Epistemology & Logic

    How sensory experience relates to reality

    1179 of 4508 debated26%
    Aristotle, Kant, Noë

    Rights & Liberty

    3884
    Political & Social Philosophy

    Individual rights, freedom, and their foundations

    1203 of 3884 debated31%
    Bayle, Chisholm, Mill

    Natural Theology

    3828
    Philosophy of Religion

    Arguments for and against Gods existence

    1157 of 3828 debated30%
    Kant, Collingwood, Berkeley

    Divine Attributes

    3713
    Philosophy of Religion

    Gods essential properties: omniscience, omnipotence, simplicity, eternity

    1051 of 3713 debated28%
    Aristotle, Freiberg, Kant

    Justice & Punishment

    3123
    Ethics & Moral Philosophy

    Retributive justice, legal punishment, and proportionality

    955 of 3123 debated31%
    Mill, Bayle, Hegel

    Consequentialism

    3119
    Ethics & Moral Philosophy

    Evaluating actions by their outcomes

    868 of 3119 debated28%
    Camus, Jackson, Pargetter

    Personal Identity

    3098
    Metaphysics & Ontology

    What makes a person the same person over time

    886 of 3098 debated29%
    Diderot, Schlegel, Haslanger

    Aesthetics

    2750
    Metaphysics & Ontology

    Beauty, art, taste, and aesthetic experience

    820 of 2750 debated30%
    Kant, Mendelssohn, Hutcheson

    Democracy & Governance

    2705
    Political & Social Philosophy

    Democratic theory, representation, and collective decision-making

    829 of 2705 debated31%
    Kant, Archibugi, Estlund

    Social Contract

    2399
    Political & Social Philosophy

    Legitimacy of political authority and civic obligations

    676 of 2399 debated28%
    Rawls, Taylor, Etzioni

    Free Will & Foreknowledge

    1677
    Metaphysics & Ontology

    The tension between human freedom and divine omniscience

    519 of 1677 debated31%
    Kant, Prior, Chisholm

    Proof of definition segments

    1659
    Philosophy of Religion

    Arguments proving definitional segments of theological claims

    456 of 1659 debated27%

    Bioethics

    1608
    Ethics & Moral Philosophy

    Ethics of medicine, life, and biotechnology

    496 of 1608 debated31%
    Halperin, Dupré, Dupré

    Afterlife & Death

    1014
    Metaphysics & Ontology

    Philosophical arguments about death, the afterlife, and what follows

    310 of 1014 debated31%
    Campanella, Machiavelli, Plato

    Religious Experience

    844
    Philosophy of Religion

    Experiential evidence for religious claims

    277 of 844 debated33%
    Quinn, Silver, Schlegel

    All sources support it

    595
    Philosophy of Religion

    Arguments where all sources agree on the claim

    157 of 595 debated26%

    Problem of Evil

    538
    Philosophy of Religion

    Arguments about the logical and evidential problem of evil

    166 of 538 debated31%
    Descartes, Erasmus, Descartes

    Eternal Conscious Torment

    453
    Philosophy of Religion

    The belief that the damned suffer conscious torment forever

    216 of 453 debated48%

    Against an attribute of God

    416
    Philosophy of Religion

    Arguments challenging a specific attribute of God

    153 of 416 debated37%
    Kant, Arendt, Augustine

    Trinity

    387
    Philosophy of Religion

    Philosophical puzzles about the Christian doctrine of the Trinity

    113 of 387 debated29%
    Craig, Rea, Pickup

    Environmental Ethics

    268
    Ethics & Moral Philosophy

    Moral obligations toward the natural world

    82 of 268 debated31%

    Against an aspect of God

    242
    Philosophy of Religion

    Arguments challenging a specific aspect of God

    115 of 242 debated48%

    Forgiveness & Mercy

    214
    Ethics & Moral Philosophy

    Moral and theological dimensions of forgiveness

    71 of 214 debated33%
    Erasmus, Erasmus, Tracy

    Annihilation

    208
    Philosophy of Religion

    The view that the unsaved are completely destroyed rather than eternally punished

    98 of 208 debated47%

    Universalism

    168
    Philosophy of Religion

    The belief that all people will ultimately be reconciled to God

    61 of 168 debated36%

    Insubordination to God

    101
    Philosophy of Religion

    Arguments about rebellion or disobedience toward God

    31 of 101 debated31%
    Campanella, Machiavelli, Otranto

    Against a future action of God

    77
    Philosophy of Religion

    Arguments that God would not take a specific future action

    35 of 77 debated45%
    Descartes, Descartes, Voetius

    No other argument is better

    65
    Philosophy of Religion

    Arguments that no alternative argument surpasses the primary one

    30 of 65 debated46%

    Against a future action of God

    12
    Philosophy of Religion

    Arguments that God would not take a specific future action

    6 of 12 debated50%