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Philosophy sketches

Explore sketches, drawings, and illustrations that simplify ideas related to Philosophy.

The Trolley Problem original variant with the runaway trolley and moral dilemma of switching the tracksThe Trolley ProblemWhat is Hanlon's razor example explained: never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. Here, it's explained in a cartoon of someone getting mad at dropped litter when it accidentally was dropped out of the bin bag of another person around the cornerHanlon's RazorRussell's Teapot illustration: an unexceptional china teapot floats peacefully in space with part of a large burnt-red planet visible in the background. Bertrand Russell's quote fills the space: "If I were to claim "there's a teapot, too small to spot, orbiting between Earth and Mars", the burden of proof lies on me."Russell's TeapotThesis, antithesis, synthesis — Hegel's dialectic — as a progression of ideas illustrated with alerts invented on a phone, frustration with alerts leading to do not disturb settingsThesis, antithesis, synthesisMetaphors for ideas
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