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Articles An Essay on Nothing Sophia Gottfried meditates on the emptiness of non-existence.. In philosophy there is a lot of emphasis on what exists. We call this ontology, which means, the study of being.What is less often examined is what does not exist.. It is understandable that we focus on what exists, as its effects are perhaps more visible.

Nietzsche undermines any self-deceiving idealism about love through the exposure of its less attractive motivations. In section 14 of The Gay Science, entitled ‘The things people call love’, Nietzsche challenges romantic conceptions of erotic love with the claim that love “may be the most ingenuous expression of egoism.”He proposes that …

Ontology is the branch of metaphysics which examines the nature and categories of existence. It asks questions like “What is the difference between really existing and only appearing to exist?”, “Does the external world really exist?”, “Do other people really exist?”, and “In what ...

Death Death, Faith & Existentialism Filiz Peach explains what two of the greatest existentialist thinkers thought about death: Martin Heidegger and Karl Jaspers.. Death has been discussed comprehensively by very few philosophers. Those who have dealt with it offer their views mostly on the awareness of death. Indeed, the only knowledge we have regarding death itself is …

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The Search for Meaning Philosophers Exploring The Good Life Jim Mepham quests with philosophers to discover what makes a life good.. I have attended a number of funerals recently and it has got me thinking. Imagine after you’ve died, your loved ones are sitting around, reminiscing about your life.

Articles Philosophical Misanthropy Ian James Kidd takes a look at humanity through dark glasses.. The condemnation of humankind is very topical these days. Given the global environmental crisis, the rise of far-right ideologies, destabilising social and economic equality, and other moral evils, many people issue denunciations of the state of humanity.

Definition 1. A reality consists of the interactions of a particular thing with what ‘becomes’ for that thing.. Definition 2. Reality (with a capital R) consists of all realities.. Definition 3. The nature of a reality, or of Reality, is a description or explanation of that reality, or of Reality.