
Epicureanism is a system of philosophy based upon the teachings of Epicurus, founded...

Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition centered on the linking of practice and theory....

The Ship of Theseus, also known as Theseus' paradox, or various variants, notably grandfather's axe and Trigger's Broom is a paradox that raises...

"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" is a philosophical thought experiment...

A Boltzmann brain is a hypothesized self-aware entity which arises due to random fluctuations out of a state of chaos. The idea is named for...

In philosophy, the brain in a vat is an element used in a variety of thought experiments intended to draw out certain features of our...

Zeno's paradoxes are a set of problems generally thought to have been devised by Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea to support Parmenides's doctrine that...