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66Greek Philosopher Plato
Plato, ancient Greek philosopher. Born Athens, Greece, about 428 B.C. Died Athens, about 347 B.C.
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56Aesthetics
Aesthetics is the name given to the science or philosophy which is concerned with the beautiful and attempts to establish the principles and theories upon which works of art are based. The word is derived...
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71Epistemology: The Theory of Knowledge
Epistemology is the philosophical examination of human knowledge. One of the central problems that faces an epistemologist, a philosopher engaged in the examination of knowledge, is how to refute the...
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64What is Materialism?
Materialism in philosophy is the view that everything that exists is either composed of matter or depends on matter for its existence. Materialism is generally contrasted with idealism, which holds that ideas...
1 comment66The Philosophy of Skepticism
Skepticism is the rigorous questioning of beliefs to arrive at knowledge. The Greek philosopher Socrates was noted for skepticism, as was the French rationalist Rene Descartes. As a denial of the power of reason, an extreme version of skepticism may lead to the view that man can have only opinions, not knowledge. This position was held by the ancient Sophist Protagoras and is sometimes attributed to the 18th-century thinker David Hume.
5 comments68The Philosophy and Theology of 'Logos'
Logos is a Greek term important in the history of philosophy and theology. A Greek noun, it is usually translated as "word", and sometimes as "reason". It is perhaps best understood as a combined...
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69British Philosophy
Philosophy in the British Isles has for hundreds of years been distinguished by its empirical approach to philosophical questions. Empirical philosophers accept the evidence of their senses as the only...
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67What is Theology?
Theology is the study of God and of other elements from the point of view of their relation to God. In the second sense one may speak of a theology of history or a theology of law. The term comes from the...
59Natural Law
Natural law is a moral law that philosophers and theologians have taught is inherent in human nature, commanding what is right and forbidding what is wrong. They have held that while individual ideas of right...
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80Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher and one of the outstanding figures in modern Western philosophy. He founded the school of transcendalism holding that knowledge of the external world depends on sense-impressions co-ordinated by the reason, which operates according to 'a priori' principles.
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