Philos: Learn Philosophy

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About this app

Philos is a simple way to learn philosophy. In short lessons you meet the great thinkers, from Socrates, Plato and Aristotle to Kant and beyond, and you explore the big questions about knowledge, the mind and how to live. No background needed.

What you'll gain
- Learn philosophy from the ancient Greeks to today, in short lessons
- Meet the great thinkers and see why their ideas still matter
- Understand the big questions about knowledge, reality, the mind and how to live
- Think more clearly with logic, arguments and the common mistakes in reasoning
- See each idea with its best arguments and its critics, so you can judge for yourself
- Test what you learned with quick questions after every lesson
- Build a daily habit with daily streaks and reminders
- Earn a certificate when you finish a course

Learn philosophy by ideas, not by dates
Every lesson takes one idea and explains it plainly: what the thinker argued, the reasons behind it and what others replied. You will not need to memorize names. You will see how the questions connect, from the first thinkers of nature in Greece to the debates of the twentieth century.

Start anywhere
Philos follows the story of philosophy from the ancient Greeks to today, and you can start wherever you like. Every course stands on its own: begin with the basics, or jump straight to the thinkers and questions that interest you, and learn at your own pace.

Short lessons, a daily habit
Each lesson is quick to read, with questions that help the ideas stick. Short daily sessions fit any schedule, and streaks and reminders help you keep going until the ideas feel like your own.

Courses included

What Is Philosophy?
Meet the big questions philosophers ask and the tools they use to answer them: clear thinking, logic and how to build and test an argument.

Ancient Greek Philosophy
From the first thinkers of nature to Socrates, Plato and Aristotle and the schools that followed: Stoicism, Epicureanism, Skepticism and Cynicism.

Eastern Philosophy
Explore the great traditions of Asia: Confucius and Daoism in China, the Buddha and the schools of classical India and Zen and Japanese thought.

Medieval and Renaissance Thought
See how faith and reason met in the work of Augustine, Aquinas and the Islamic and Jewish philosophers and how the Renaissance changed the questions.

Modern Philosophy
The age of Descartes, Locke, Hume and Kant: what we can know, what the mind is and how reason became the center of thought, through the Enlightenment and its critics.

Contemporary Philosophy
From Kierkegaard and Nietzsche to the twentieth century: existentialism, pragmatism, language and the philosophy of science.

Ethics and Political Philosophy
How should we live, and how should we live together? Virtue, duty, consequences, justice, liberty and the ideas behind political life.

New content over time
We may add new courses and lessons as the app grows, so there is always a next idea to explore.

What’s new

Philos launch: learn philosophy, one short lesson at a time.