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Plato's allegory of the cave is a story that comprises of a few parts that are meant to be compared to the real world . The story, simply, is about some captives who's only experience of seeing things in ...

One of the most important objections to utilitarianism is the objection from moral dilemmas. If one course of action can bring about more 'utility' or flourishing than another, then it is the moral thing ...

The problem of evil attacks the principle that God is an omniscient, benevolent and omnipotent being. If God were omniscient, he would know that evil exists and he would know how to prevent it. A frequent...

Analytic propositions can be understood purely by virtue of the meaning of the words used to articulate them. For instance, the claim “A triangle has three sides” can be understood without checki...

Descartes argues that there is a fundamental essential difference mind and body. The mind is characterized as a res cogitans: it is that which thinks, its characteristic action is thought, it has no exten...