🌍Reality

The state of things as they actually exist.

🧠Reason

The capacity for logical and coherent thought.

🐟Red Herring

A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant topic to divert attention.

🌍Relativism

The view that truth or morality depends on context.

🎤Rhetoric

The art of persuasive speaking or writing.

🚢Ship of Theseus

A thought experiment about identity and change.

❓Skepticism

The philosophical position of doubting knowledge claims.

📉Slippery Slope

A fallacy that assumes a small action will lead to a chain of events.

📜Social Contract

The theory that people consent to be governed.

👥Social Philosophy

The study of society and social institutions.

❓Socratic Method

A method of inquiry based on asking and answering questions.

🎭Sophistry

Clever but fallacious reasoning used to deceive.

🏛️Stoicism

An ancient Greek philosophy emphasizing virtue and emotional resilience.

🎭Straw Man

A fallacy that misrepresents an opponent's argument.

🏗️Structuralism

A method of analysis that focuses on underlying structures.

👤Subjectivism

The view that truth depends on individual perspective.

💰Sunk Cost Fallacy

A fallacy that continues an endeavor because of past investment.

🔗Syllogism

A form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two premises.

🧩Synthesis

The combination of thesis and antithesis into a new idea.

🔬Synthetic Proposition

A statement whose truth depends on facts.

📄Tabula Rasa

The theory that the mind is a blank slate at birth.

🔄Tautology

A statement that is true by necessity.

🎯Teleology

The explanation of phenomena by the purpose they serve.

📌Thesis

A proposition maintained by argument.

💭Thought Experiment

An imaginary scenario used to explore philosophical ideas.

🚋Trolley Problem

An ethical thought experiment about sacrificing one to save many.

💎Truth

That which corresponds to reality or fact.

🔄Tu Quoque

A fallacy that deflects criticism by accusing the accuser.

👊Tyranny

Cruel and oppressive rule by an absolute ruler.

📊Utilitarianism

The ethical theory that the best action maximizes overall happiness.