About us

Philosophy Terms makes philosophical jargon easy to understand. Philosophy has hundreds of complicated terms. For each term, we explain:

• what the term means
• why we use the term
• where we use the term

For example, "mereology" means "the study of parts and wholes," but why does anybody care about that? What important issues reason about parts and wholes? A good definition answers these questions.

We follow the Google Developer Documentation Style Guide and we target a high-school reading level.

We aim to accompany the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

To contribute to Philosophy Terms, visit Philosophy Terms on GitHub.