Philosophy

Articles about philosophical ideas, thinkers and traditions.

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Juche

Juche: North Korea's ideology of self-reliance

Ka

Ka (Ancient Egyptian concept of the life-force)

Kalam

Kalām: Islamic Scholastic Theology and the Practice of Rational Dialectic

Karma

Karma: the principle of cause, effect and moral consequence

Karmapa

Karmapa: Head of the Karma Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism

Kenneth Allen Taylor

Kenneth Allen Taylor — American Philosopher and Radio Co‑host

Koan

Kōan

Lateral thinking

Lateral thinking: creative problem-solving beyond linear logic

Leap of faith

Legalism

Legalism (Chinese political philosophy)

Lie

Lie (false statement intended to deceive)

Logic

Logic

Logic: the study of correct reasoning, systems, and applications

An overview of logic: its basic concepts, historical roots, main systems, forms of reasoning, uses in science and everyday life, and common distinctions such as validity, soundness

Lust

Lust: meaning, history, and cultural perspectives

Lyceum

Lyceum: From Aristotle's School to Modern Secondary Education

Mahamudra

Mahasiddha

Mahasiddha: Great siddhas of Tantra in South Asian and Tibetan traditions

Man and Superman

Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by George Bernard Shaw

Manifest destiny

Manifest Destiny: 19th-Century American Expansionism and Its Legacy

Maoism

Master race

Master race: concept, history, and consequences of racial supremacist ideology

Materialism

Materialism (philosophy): the view that matter is the fundamental substance

Megali Idea

Megali Idea: Greek national aspiration for a Byzantine-centered state

Metaphysics

Metaphysics

Metaphysics: study of being, reality, and fundamental structure of the world

Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that studies existence, the categories of being, causation, space‑time, possibility, and the basic structure of reality.

Mettā

Mettā (loving-kindness) — Buddhist practice of benevolence

Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault: life, methods, and influence on modern thought

Milesian school

Milesian School: Early Ionian Natural Philosophy

Monism

Monism: Philosophical View of Unity

Moral equivalence

Moral equivalence: definition, forms, and how to spot the fallacy

Moral purchasing

Moral purchasing (ethical consumerism)

Morality

Morality: concepts, sources, and social roles

Nastika

Neijia

Neutral

Nihilism

Noble savage

Non sequitur

Non sequitur: definition, examples, and how to recognize it

Nonviolence

Object

Objectivism

Objectivism (Ayn Rand)

Objectivity

Objectivity (philosophy)

Objectivity (philosophy): concept, forms, and debates

Occam's razor

Occult

Occult: Concepts, Practices, and Historical Context

On Denoting

Ontology

Opinion

Opinion — personal and public views, meaning and uses