Philosophy

How to spot circular reasoning?

On the philosophy of circular reasoning and how to spot it in everyday conversations...

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Sep 05, 2025

When you're a philosophy student, you're taught to stay far away from circular reasoning. It's this sneaky, seductive trap that sounds convincing until you realise the argument is basically a snake eating its own... See more

Theophrastus, Aristotle’s successor at the Lyceum, who around 371-287 BCE decided to write Characters , a collection of 30 brief sketches depicting various moral failings in late 4th-century Greek society. No positive types, just vice after vice rendered in vivid, uncomfortable detail. It’s essentially a moral mirror cast in comic form, and reading... See more

Ancient Philosophy

This was an introductory course that focused heavily on pre-Socratic philosophers and, of course, the big Greek names everyone pretends to have read.

I actually loved this module. Ancient philosophy is surprisingly accessible once you get past the intimidation factor of reading philosophers who’ve been dead for over two millennia.... See more