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Welcome to The Everyday Philosopher's Guide!

If you're seeking to learn how to apply philosophical tools and live more reflective, examined lives, you've come to the right place!

This guide contains all you need to start building a life worth living through philosophical ideas and methods. We've found them super helpful, and we think you might too, so we're sharing them here for everyone to use.

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Just like philosophy itself, this handbook isn't set in stone. It's more like a garden that we're tending together, growing and changing with every new idea and discovery. As the gardeners of this space, we're always planting new seeds as we come across fresh and exciting developments in applied and practical philosophy.


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The Everyday Philosopher's Guide

We've split the contents of The Everyday Philosopher's Guide into three main sections:

⚙️ Tools

These are the basic building blocks of philosophy, including mental models that come in handy when we're trying to figure things out. There are currently five collections in this section:

Looking for methods or processes to make sense of information, build arguments and form conclusions? ⬇️

🤔Critical Reasoning

Looking for tools that can reveal multiple perspectives and promote a nuanced understanding of issues? ⬇️

☯️Conceptual Distinctions

Looking for principles that serve as the foundation for thinking like the law of non-contradiction, Occam's razor? ⬇️

⚖️Philosophical Frameworks

Looking for cognitive biases that can trip us up in our reasoning or decision-making processes? ⬇️

💫Fallacies

📜 Lore

Every idea has to come from somewhere. Drawing from diverse traditions around the world, we explore the different philosophical traditions and examine how they've shaped the way we think today.

Looking for the work of a specific philosopher? ⬇️

🧑‍🏫Philosophers

Looking for philosophical insights from a specific intellectual movement/tradition? ⬇️

📚Traditions

Looking for philosophical insights from a specific region/locality/culture? ⬇️

🗺️Geographical Regions

🛠️ Applications

Here, we look at the real-world benefits of philosophy. We'll show you how philosophical ideas and methods can make a difference in everything from your personal self-reflection to big societal issues like public policy, healthcare, and education.

Looking for personal development? ⬇️

🧍Personal Applications

Looking for tools to improve relationships? ⬇️

🫂Relational Applications

Looking for ways philosophy have been and can be applied to various aspects of society? ⬇️

🌏Societal Applications

About Us

Curious to know what drives the work we do? Check out our manifesto!

If you’re interested in the people behind the creation of The Everyday Philosopher's Guide, do check out who we are.

We're also on the lookout for new contributors, critics, and translators. So, if you fancy joining us on this philosophical adventure, drop us a line at [email protected]

Ready to dive in? Happy exploring!

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