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Identifying Philosophical Questions
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Logic & Critical Thinking · Basic Formal Logic
7%
Political Philosophy · Justice, Rights & Equality
7%
Philosophy of Religion · Arguments About God
7%
Philosophical Method & Argumentation · Philosophical Questions & Concepts
6%
Philosophical Method & Argumentation · Argument Reconstruction & Evaluation
6%
Logic & Critical Thinking · Informal Logic & Fallacies
6%

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Philosophical Method & Argumentation · Philosophical Questions & Concepts

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Identifying Philosophical QuestionsRecommended
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Conceptual AnalysisAvailable
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Definitions, Facts & ValuesAvailable
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Key Philosophical TermsAvailable
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Charitable InterpretationAvailable
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Philosophical Method & Argumentation · Argument Reconstruction & Evaluation

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Revising ArgumentsAvailable
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Reconstructing ArgumentsAvailable
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Identifying Hidden AssumptionsAvailable
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Writing Philosophical ArgumentsAvailable
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Evaluating Validity & PlausibilityAvailable
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Logic & Critical Thinking · Informal Logic & Fallacies

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Inductive ReasoningAvailable
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Informal FallaciesAvailable
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Evaluating AnalogiesAvailable
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Rhetoric vs. ReasoningAvailable
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Correlation vs. CausationAvailable
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Logic & Critical Thinking · Basic Formal Logic

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Necessary vs. Sufficient ConditionsAvailable
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Ambiguity & EquivocationAvailable
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Modus Ponens & Modus TollensAvailable
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Basic Logical FormAvailable
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Validity vs. SoundnessAvailable
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Epistemology (Knowledge) · Perception, Testimony & Sources of Knowledge

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Perception & Epistemic HumilityAvailable
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Testimony as Knowledge SourceAvailable
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Misinformation & Epistemic NormsAvailable
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Peer DisagreementAvailable
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A Priori vs. A PosterioriAvailable
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Epistemology (Knowledge) · Knowledge, Justification & Skepticism

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Responses to SkepticismAvailable
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Knowledge, Belief & OpinionAvailable
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Theories of JustificationAvailable
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Skeptical ArgumentsAvailable
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Justification AnalysisAvailable
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Metaphysics (Reality & Mind) · Personal Identity & Self

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Personal Identity TheoriesAvailable
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Survival & Identity Over TimeAvailable
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Identity Thought ExperimentsAvailable
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Metaphysics (Reality & Mind) · Free Will, Determinism & Responsibility

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Responsibility & AgencyAvailable
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Free Will PositionsAvailable
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Free Will & Moral ResponsibilityAvailable
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Metaphysics (Reality & Mind) · Mind, Consciousness & Personhood

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Personhood CriteriaAvailable
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Problem of Other MindsAvailable
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Consciousness Thought ExperimentsAvailable
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Theories of MindAvailable
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Ethics (Moral Philosophy) · Normative Ethics

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Applying Ethical TheoriesAvailable
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Act vs. Rule UtilitarianismAvailable
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Categorical ImperativeAvailable
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Major Ethical TheoriesAvailable
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Virtue EthicsAvailable
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Ethics (Moral Philosophy) · Metaethics & Moral Reasoning

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Moral Realism vs. Anti-RealismAvailable
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Moral DisagreementAvailable
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Constructing Moral ArgumentsAvailable
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Ethics (Moral Philosophy) · Ethics of Rights, Harm & Justice

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Rights-Based ReasoningAvailable
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Liberty vs. Collective WelfareAvailable
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Harm PrincipleAvailable
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Distributive JusticeAvailable
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Political Philosophy · Authority, State & Obligation

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Civil DisobedienceAvailable
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Authority vs. PowerAvailable
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Political LegitimacyAvailable
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Social Contract TheoryAvailable
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Political ObligationAvailable
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Political Philosophy · Justice, Rights & Equality

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Property Rights & RedistributionAvailable
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Equality of Opportunity vs. OutcomeAvailable
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Rawls's Original PositionAvailable
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Theories of JusticeAvailable
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Applying Political PhilosophyAvailable
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Philosophy of Religion · Arguments About God

4 core skills7% total weight
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Arguments for God's ExistenceAvailable
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Critiques of Theistic ArgumentsAvailable
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Responses to Problem of EvilAvailable
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Philosophy of Religion · Faith, Reason & Religious Experience

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Faith, Evidence & PragmatismAvailable
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Religious Experience ArgumentsAvailable
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Applied Philosophy & Contemporary Issues · Bioethics & Personhood

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Abortion & PersonhoodAvailable
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End-of-Life EthicsAvailable
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Applied Philosophy & Contemporary Issues · Technology, AI & Information Ethics

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Digital Privacy EthicsAvailable
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Misinformation & Free SpeechAvailable
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Algorithmic Bias & FairnessAvailable
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Applied Philosophy & Contemporary Issues · Environment & Global Justice

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Climate Change EthicsAvailable
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Obligations to Future GenerationsAvailable
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Environmental Ethics PerspectivesAvailable
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Applied Philosophy & Contemporary Issues · Everyday Ethics & Character

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Everyday Ethics ApplicationsAvailable
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Honesty, Promises & TrustAvailable
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Applied Ethics Position PapersAvailable
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