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| 6 | Tropes that relate to a philosophical character, theory, principle, concept, conundrum, thought-experiment, or similar. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | '''Note''': Only list tropes that frequently show up in philosophical discourse or only exist because of philosophical schools of thought, not just because they could be philosophical under some circumstances and in no case any random character tropes. Also check the sub-indexes and see UsefulNotes on {{Philosophers}}. |
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| 10 | ---- |
| 11 | [[index]] |
| 12 | !! Tropes about philosophers and philosophical characters: |
| 13 | [floatboxright: |
| 14 | Related categories: |
| 15 | + FateAndProphecyTropes |
| 16 | + HedonismTropes |
| 17 | + HumanRightsIssues |
| 18 | + LogicalFallacies |
| 19 | + LogicTropes |
| 20 | + MoralityTropes |
| 21 | + PoliticsTropes |
| 22 | + PsychologyTropes |
| 23 | + ReligionTropes |
| 24 | + SourGrapesTropes |
| 25 | + StockAesops |
| 26 | ] |
| 27 | |
| 28 | * TheAntiNihilist |
| 29 | * ByronicHero |
| 30 | * TheCynic |
| 31 | * TheFatalist |
| 32 | * TheHedonist |
| 33 | * TheIdealist |
| 34 | * MisanthropeSupreme |
| 35 | * OracularUrchin |
| 36 | * ThePhilosopher |
| 37 | * ThePhilosopherKing |
| 38 | * ProHumanTranshuman |
| 39 | * RenaissanceMan |
| 40 | * TheSocialDarwinist |
| 41 | * TheStoic (when used in the original sense) |
| 42 | * StrawNihilist |
| 43 | * TotalitarianUtilitarian |
| 44 | * {{Ubermensch}} |
| 45 | |
| 46 | May lead to a |
| 47 | * FourPhilosophyEnsemble |
| 48 | ---- |
| 49 | !! Tropes about philosophical concepts and thought experiments: |
| 50 | * AbileneParadox |
| 51 | * {{Absurdism}} |
| 52 | * AnthropicPrinciple |
| 53 | * UsefulNotes/{{Aristotelianism}} |
| 54 | * BeingHumanSucks |
| 55 | * BlankSlate |
| 56 | * BrainInAJar (often used as a thought experiment) |
| 57 | * CarpeDiem |
| 58 | * CessationOfExistence |
| 59 | * ChickenAndEggParadox |
| 60 | * CosmicHorrorStory |
| 61 | * CrapsackWorld |
| 62 | * CreatingLifeIsBad |
| 63 | * CycleOfRevenge |
| 64 | * DeathIsSuchAnOddThing |
| 65 | * DoAndroidsDream |
| 66 | * DoubleConsciousness |
| 67 | * DoUntoOthersBeforeTheyDoUntoUs |
| 68 | * EatTheRich |
| 69 | * EnlightenedSelfInterest: Do good things for others to serve your own best interest. |
| 70 | * EnlightenmentSuperpowers |
| 71 | * UsefulNotes/{{Epicureanism}} |
| 72 | * EpiphanicPrison |
| 73 | * EternalRecurrence |
| 74 | * TheEvilsOfFreeWill |
| 75 | * ExistentialHorror |
| 76 | * UsefulNotes/{{Existentialism}} |
| 77 | * FaceDeathWithDignity |
| 78 | * FinaglesLaw |
| 79 | * ForGreatJustice |
| 80 | * ForHappiness: Also known as UsefulNotes/EthicalHedonism |
| 81 | * FreedomFromChoice |
| 82 | * TheGoldenRule |
| 83 | * HanlonsRazor |
| 84 | * HobbesWasRight |
| 85 | * HumansAreBastards |
| 86 | * HumansAreFlawed |
| 87 | * HumansAreSpecial |
| 88 | * HumansAreTheRealMonsters |
| 89 | * ImmortalityHurts |
| 90 | * IndividualismVsCollectivism |
| 91 | * InsignificantLittleBluePlanet |
| 92 | * InTheEndYouAreOnYourOwn |
| 93 | * ItsTheJourneyThatCounts |
| 94 | * JapaneseSpirit |
| 95 | * LiarsParadox |
| 96 | * LibertyOverProsperity |
| 97 | * LifeWillKillYou |
| 98 | * LivingForeverIsAwesome |
| 99 | * LivingIsMoreThanSurviving |
| 100 | * LuddWasRight |
| 101 | * MachiavelliWasWrong |
| 102 | * MaddenIntoMisanthropy |
| 103 | * TheMeaningOfLife |
| 104 | * MercyKill |
| 105 | * MetaphoricallyTrue |
| 106 | * MonoNoAware |
| 107 | * MoralDilemma |
| 108 | * NonSequitur |
| 109 | * NoTranshumanismAllowed |
| 110 | * UsefulNotes/{{Objectivism}} |
| 111 | * OccamsRazor |
| 112 | * OntologicalMystery |
| 113 | * OriginalPositionFallacy |
| 114 | * PlatonicCave |
| 115 | * {{Postmodernism}} |
| 116 | * ThePowerOfLanguage |
| 117 | * PrisonersDilemma |
| 118 | * PuffOfLogic |
| 119 | * RealityBreakingParadox |
| 120 | * {{Realpolitik}} |
| 121 | * RousseauWasRight |
| 122 | * SchrodingersButterfly |
| 123 | * UsefulNotes/SchrodingersCat |
| 124 | * SelfFulfillingProphecy |
| 125 | * UsefulNotes/{{Solipsism}} |
| 126 | * UsefulNotes/{{Stoicism}} |
| 127 | * SturgeonsLaw |
| 128 | * TemporalParadox |
| 129 | * ThereAreNoCoincidences |
| 130 | * TheseusShipParadox: Or is identity of a thing tied to its parts, or not? |
| 131 | * ThoughtAversionFailure |
| 132 | * ToolsOfSapience: You use artifacts so you must be a person. |
| 133 | * TranshumanTreachery |
| 134 | * TheTreacheryOfImages |
| 135 | * {{Twinmaker}}: Is an exact duplicate of a person the same as the original? |
| 136 | * UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans |
| 137 | * VirtueIsWeakness |
| 138 | * WhatIsEvil |
| 139 | * WhatMeasureIsAMook |
| 140 | * WhatMeasureIsANonHuman |
| 141 | * Main/WhenLifeGivesYouLemons |
| 142 | * WhoWantsToLiveForever |
| 143 | * AWorldHalfFull |
| 144 | ---- |
| 145 | !! Other tropes that relate to philosophy and subversions: |
| 146 | * ConceptsAreCheap |
| 147 | * ContemplateOurNavels |
| 148 | * FauxlosophicNarration |
| 149 | * MeaninglessMeaningfulWords |
| 150 | * PhilosophicalChoiceEndings |
| 151 | * ThinkerPose |
| 152 | * WordSaladPhilosophy |
| 153 | ---- |
| 154 | !! Sliding Scales and sorting algorithms: |
| 155 | * EmotionsVsStoicism |
| 156 | * GentleTouchVsFirmHand |
| 157 | * HarmonyVersusDiscipline |
| 158 | * IndividualismVsCollectivism |
| 159 | * NatureVersusNurture |
| 160 | * OrderVersusChaos |
| 161 | * RomanticismVersusEnlightenment |
| 162 | * ShadesOfConflict (and subtropes) |
| 163 | * SlidingScaleOfFreeWillVsFate |
| 164 | * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism |
| 165 | * SlidingScaleOfUnavoidableVersusUnforgivable: Where's the line drawn, and why? |
| 166 | * SortingAlgorithmOfEvil |
| 167 | ---- |
| 168 | |
| 169 | |
| 170 | !!Other Tropes |
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| 172 | |
| 173 | * AgreeToDisagree |
| 174 | * AmbiguousSituation |
| 175 | * UsefulNotes/TheAmericanDream |
| 176 | * BothSidesHaveAPoint |
| 177 | * BushidoIndex |
| 178 | * CategoryTraitor |
| 179 | * TheCommandments: What rules to live by? |
| 180 | * DeathMeansHumanity: Provides an answer to the philosophical and ethical questions of WhatMeasureIsANonHuman and DoAndroidsDream |
| 181 | * DeityOfHumanOrigin |
| 182 | * DefiledForever |
| 183 | * EthicalSlut |
| 184 | * FantasticNirvana |
| 185 | * GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: Is this really happiness? |
| 186 | * GoodAndEvilForYourConvenience |
| 187 | * GravityIsOnlyATheory |
| 188 | * HeteronormativeCrusader |
| 189 | * TheHorseshoeEffect |
| 190 | * InsaneTrollLogic |
| 191 | * LonersAreFreaks |
| 192 | * TheOmniscient: The basis of many a philosophical thought-experiment |
| 193 | * NaturalElements: A hypothesis that the world's base elements are the forces of nature made by several different philosphers, thinkers, and religions across different cultures and civilizations. |
| 194 | * NotSoOmniscientAfterAll: The reason why some of these thought-experiments can be somewhat pointless. |
| 195 | * PerfectionIsStatic: Something perfect that never changes, or is unable to change, is presented in a negative light. |
| 196 | * ThePresentsWereNeverFromSanta: What does "valid authority" mean? |
| 197 | * QuestionableConsent |
| 198 | * SafeSaneAndConsensual: One set of rules for whether an action is moral or not. |
| 199 | * StrawVulcan |
| 200 | * WhenIsPurple |
| 201 | * WindmillPolitical |
| 202 | * YourNormalIsOurTaboo |
| 203 | [[/index]] |
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