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The most read articles in English on Philosophie.ch in 2023

Monte Verità August 20-24, 2023

The main aim of the conference is to get Swiss philosophers to interact more (that's why the coffee breaks are so long), but also to get them to interact more with the wider public.

Why Study Philosophy?

Philosophy deals with the profound questions of our lives. These include, for example: What is true? What can we know? What should we do? Do we have free will or are we determined by our nature? Do only humans have dignity or animals too? Who are ...

Antinatalism – An argument against giving birth

Some philosophical ideas appear so logically extreme or contrary-to-experience at the first glance that they seem downright ridiculous, even comical, appropriating nothing but immediate dismissal. A disconnect from the world that we as a civilizat...

The situationist critique of virtue ethics

Findings of modern empirical psychology have sparked new discussion in several fields. Among those is the philosophical debate about virtues. In the wake of said findings a new critique of virtue ethics has been put forward in the late 20th centur...

Stoicism According to Epictetus

The Enchiridion of Epictetus is a philosophical book explaining a stoic way of life that tends to an inner state of peace and happiness called ataraxia. Rather than changing the world around, stoicism suggests that we accept the destiny and change...

The Trial & Execution of Socrates: Is Democracy A Tyranny?

How can one wise man resist the will of the multitude? Socrates was the first distinguished man who was brought to court and convicted in a purely democratic setting. His accusers, primarily Meletus, pressed against him with the charges of impie...

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