Sofia Filosofia - Articles

Who are You, Really?

One of my Blogger friends, Maddie, recently wrote about her experience of having her blog flagged by the Blogger robots, who thought she herself might be a robot. It must be a very unsettling experience - just think, how do you PROVE you aren't a robot? Read

By: Sofia Filosofia | 09/12/2008 | News & Society

The Two Great Thinkers of China

The two great thinkers of China are Confucius (K'ung Fu Tzu) and Lao Tzu; they represent the two main areas of Chinese thought, the two great aspects of the Chinese character, two great gifts from China to the world. Amazingly, they lived in the same era, and are believed to have met each other. By all accounts, they did not get on all that well. Read

By: Sofia Filosofia | 09/12/2008 | Philosophy

Do the People Know What's Good for Them?

This article starts with a question about punishment, and then develops an argument which goes some way to deciding on the question of whether or not the people really know what is good for them... Read

By: Sofia Filosofia | 08/12/2008 | Philosophy

Why Boys Always Tell Lies (and Girls Always Tell the Truth)

If it really was that simple, it might be easier to solve this problem. But it is not that simple of course, and so life becomes more interesting. The fact is that not all boys tell lies all the time, and not all girls tell the truth all the time. Read

By: Sofia Filosofia | 08/12/2008 | Philosophy

Syllogisms Can Help the World

The cause of many of the most major problems in our lives is when people commit a logical fallacy. Let me tell you what I mean. Read

By: Sofia Filosofia | 07/12/2008 | Philosophy

Mind and Matter Interaction

Many people have tried their hand at solving the puzzle of mind and matter. What are they? Are they the same thing, looked at in two different ways? Or are they totally different from each other? If so, how do they interact? Or is their apparent separateness just an illusion? Read

By: Sofia Filosofia | 07/12/2008 | Philosophy

Is Philosophy the Cause of the Financial Crisis?

I was reading an article about the current financial crisis. The writer was making a point about Eastern philosophy and the ways it differed from that of the West. It was quite a well written article in many ways. At one point the writer drew the conclusion that the financial crisis was ultimately caused by greed Read

By: Sofia Filosofia | 05/12/2008 | Philosophy