The concept of fallacies might come up in philosophical discussion. A fallacy can be considered a logical error — an argument that is fundamentally flawed. One thing that is rarely noted about fallacies is that just because a logical error is being used in an argument to prove a conclusion…

Life is full of difficult problems and the world is hard to understand. Books, guides, articles (including these ones), etc. do their best to explain ways to solve these puzzles and comprehend the inner workings of the universe, but it’s impossible to explain every single logical step of the way. …

Free will is a fairly well-known idea and yet a complex one. Determinism is the idea that all of the world’s events are determined by previously existing causes. People who believe in determinism (determinists) can be classified as hard determinists or soft determinists. Hard determinism posits that free will does…

Here’s a thought experiment. After a night of insobriety, Person A is drunk driving home from the bar, and makes it home safely. Person B has a similar experience and is also driving home drunk, but hits someone on the way home. They both arrive home. …

You’re probably familiar with the word “hypocrisy” or “hypocritical”. It is a concept seen as negative (you don’t really hear “hypocrite” being used as a compliment) and might come up in television dramas, celebrity drama, or politics. An easy way to describe it is when someone’s actions don’t match their…

In the past (maybe as a kid), you may have wondered about certain aspects of the world. Why is the sky blue? Why do people pay taxes? Why can’t I have ice cream for every meal? There’s one example in a book where a boy asks his teacher why the…

A lot of the times in debates, it is obvious that one side has a well-defined justified stance, and the other is weak and poorly strung together. However, there are going to be instances of topics with good arguments for both sides. And sometimes, the reasoning on both sides of…

Words have power. The pen is mightier than the sword. These are sayings meant to express the power that words have in our society. And they’re absolutely correct. It’s incredible that I can mash buttons on my keyboard to generate these sentences I am typing, and that somehow, ideas are…

A simpleminded man played a game on his mobile phone, which he did from time to time for leisure (as gamers tend to do). While the game was engaging, it did not require much mental energy. …