philosophical ideas
Thoughts about existence
Philosophical ideas are concepts or theories concerning fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, ethics, reality, or meaning.
The phrase often signals abstract or speculative thinking rather than practical concerns: We stayed up late discussing philosophical ideas about free will.
Someone dismissing talk as just philosophical ideas suggests it lacks real-world application.
- consequentialismEthics judging by results
- truthAccordance with reality
- meaning of lifeUltimate existential purpose
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
tabula rasa · justification · qualia · beauty · authenticity · induction · lived experience · cosmology · intentionality · moral compass · good and evil · falsifiability · a priori · solipsism · virtue · consciousness · skepticism · causality
- classicsHomer, Iliad, the Iliad, Odyssey, the Odyssey
- Franco-Russian LettersPushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, Chekhov
philosophical ideassensory experience
Awareness through bodily senses
raw data · physical evidence · empirical data · material things · hard facts
philosophical ideascommon sense
Native practical judgment
street smarts · practical skills · practical applications · technical skills · manual labor