Philosophy
Articles about philosophical ideas, thinkers and traditions.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
German idealism
German philosophy
German Philosophy: Overview, Development, and Influence
Ghost in the Machine
Gilles Deleuze
Gilles Deleuze: life, ideas, and influence
Gluttony
God is dead
“God is dead”: Nietzsche’s phrase and its philosophical significance
God paradox
God paradox (omnipotence paradox)
Golden Rule
Good and bad
Gorgias (Plato)
Gorgias (Plato): Dialogue on Rhetoric, Virtue, and Justice
Gradualism
Gradualism: Principles, History, and Applications
Gradualism is the idea that change unfolds by small, incremental steps. This article outlines its meaning, history, and roles in politics, biology, geology, and practical use.
Grandfather paradox
Guan Yin
Guanyin: East Asian Bodhisattva of Compassion and Mercy
Guanyin (Guanshiyin) is the East Asian form of Avalokiteśvara, a bodhisattva symbolizing compassion. This article surveys names, iconography, history, devotion, and cultural signif
Hatred
Hatred: nature, causes, social effects, and approaches to reduction
Heaven
Heaven (religious concept and afterlife realm)
Hedonism
Hedonism: Philosophical Views on Pleasure, Pain, and the Good Life
Hellenism
Hellenism: Greek culture, the Hellenistic era, and modern meanings
Hermeticism
Hermeticism: Origins, Beliefs, Practices, and Influence
Hermeticism is a Western esoteric tradition based on writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, uniting mystical philosophy, symbolic alchemy, astrology and ritual methods aimed a
Heuristic
Heuristic: practical rules and methods for problem solving
Hindu philosophy
Holism
Holism: principles, history, examples, and relation to reductionism
Hope
Hope (emotion and concept)
Human nature
Humanism
Hume's fork
Hypermodern
Hypermodern (chess school)
Hypocrisy
Hypothetical imperative
Idealism
Identity
Identity (philosophy)
Ideology
Ignoratio elenchi
Ignoratio elenchi: the fallacy of irrelevant conclusion
Ignosticism
Implication and inference
Implication and Inference: Meaning, Differences, and Uses
Insight
Insight: sudden understanding, problem-solving, and cognitive processes
Intellect
Intellectual
Ipse dixit
Ipse dixit: the bare assertion and its role in argumentation
Is the glass half empty or half full?
Is the glass half empty or half full? — Meaning, uses, and interpretations
Islamic philosophy
Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida: life, ideas and influence of the founder of deconstruction
Jesús Mosterín
Jesús Mosterín — Spanish Philosopher Bridging Science and Comparative Thought
Jewish ethics
Jnana yoga
Jnana Yoga: The Path of Knowledge in Hinduism
John Deely
Joy
Joy: emotion, meaning, history, and cultural expressions