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Category: Philosophical Logic

Explores ethics, epistemology, existentialism, and the logical frameworks authors use to build their worlds.

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The ethics of artificial intelligence in contemporary sci-fi; Existentialism and choice in crime literature.

The Dangers of Groupthink in Huckleberry Finn

Posted on November 9, 2025November 1, 2025 by Sophia Wordsmith

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Introduction: Raft vs. The Crowd In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), Mark Twain exposes how society stifles individual morality through collective pressure. Between the quiet drift of the Mississippi and the noisy crowd ashore, Huck discovers that moral clarity floats best when it isn’t anchored to…

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Existentialism in The Plague: From Nihilism to Human Solidarity

Posted on November 2, 2025May 21, 2026 by Sophia Wordsmith

Albert Camus’s The Plague 1. Introduction Imagine your city waking to a rash of dying rats, then dying neighbors, and finally, the death of the illusion that life is fair. Albert Camus’s The Plague depicts an epidemic sweeping through the eerily calm city of Oran. It claims countless lives and exposes the fragility of human…

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From Innocence to Monstrosity: The Nature vs. Nurture Theme in Frankenstein

Posted on October 26, 2025March 22, 2026 by Sophia Wordsmith

Frankenstein Section 1. Introduction Are our traits and behaviors shaped more by innate character (nature) or by environments and societies that mold us (nurture)? Locke and Rousseau, among other philosophers,  have wrestled with this question for centuries. Even today, the tension between nature vs. nurture shapes everything from parenting to AI design. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein…

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Foundation, Empire, and Resistance: Montesquieu in Space

Posted on October 12, 2025November 16, 2025 by Sophia Wordsmith

Introduction The Galactic Empire trembles on the brink of collapse, and Hari Seldon knows what awaits: centuries of darkness unless some system can hold back the fall. Do we need a monster to keep us safe, or can we trust ourselves at the price of chaos?  Philosophers have long debated this question. In the 17th…

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Free Will vs Determinism in Asimov’s Foundation and Earth

Free Will vs Determinism in Asimov’s Foundation and Earth: Trevize, Daneel, and Humanity’s Paradox

Posted on October 5, 2025November 16, 2025 by Sophia Wordsmith

I. Introduction At the galaxy’s crossroads, Trevize found himself haunted by a choice he could neither justify nor fully understand. Was it faith? Was it reason? Or something stranger—an intuition guiding the fate of humanity? So, he decided to seek Earth to find out what truly drives humanity forward: rational determinism or intuitive freedom. On…

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The Secret Philosophers of Foundation’s Edge

Posted on September 29, 2025September 29, 2025 by Sophia Wordsmith

Foundation’s Edge by Isaac Asimov I. Introduction  What if the fate of the galaxy depended on a 300-year-old philosophical debate? In the 17th and 18th centuries, philosophers wrestled with a timeless question: are we truly free, or is everything determined? When I was reading Foundation’s Edge, I couldn’t help but hear their voices echoing through…

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