The Thinking Lane – Medium

The Thinking Lane

The Thinking Lane

Plato’s Theaetetus

A very detailed blog on the text that brought about our current understanding of knowledge as requiring justification.

21 min readJan 30, 2024

--

Plato’s Theaetetus

--

The Thinking Lane

Birth of Epistemology in Greek Philosophy

Socrates, Plato and Aristotle played a big role in the inception and systematisation of Epistemology, the theory of knowledge.

4 min readJan 7, 2024

--

1

Birth of Epistemology in Greek Philosophy

--

1

The Thinking Lane

‘Being’ is all there is

An explanation of the philosophical thought of the Greek thinker Parmenides.

10 min readDec 15, 2023

--

1

‘Being’ is all there is

--

1

The Thinking Lane

A rant on the pre-Socratics and Popper

Why should we value boldness and critical rational discussion?

3 min readDec 4, 2023

--

1

A rant on the pre-Socratics and Popper

--

1

The Thinking Lane

Heraclitus of Ephesus

Exploring the philosophical thought of Heraclitus and its critique by Aristotle

10 min readNov 2, 2023

--

Heraclitus of Ephesus

--

The Thinking Lane

Anaximenes of Miletus

The Ionian philosopher’s account of ‘air’ as the first principle

3 min readOct 24, 2023

--

Anaximenes of Miletus

--

The Thinking Lane

Anaximander’s Idea of ‘Apeiron’

Exploring the notion of the ‘infinite’ as the primordial substance

5 min readOct 5, 2023

--

1

Anaximander’s Idea of ‘Apeiron’

--

1

The Thinking Lane

What we know about Thales

A brief look at the ‘first’ philosopher and pre-scientific scientist

3 min readSep 27, 2023

--

What we know about Thales

--

The Thinking Lane

Significance of Early Greek Thought in Philosophy

Plato and Aristotle influenced all of Western philosophy, but who influenced them? The Pre-Socratics.

5 min readSep 22, 2023

--

1

Significance of Early Greek Thought in Philosophy

--

1

The Thinking Lane

How is scientific theory and research affected by sexism and gender bias?

An overview of Elizabeth Anderson’s article Feminist Epistemology: An Interpretation and a Defense from the journal Hypatia

7 min readJul 17, 2023

--

How is scientific theory and research affected by sexism and gender bias?

--

The Thinking Lane

The Thinking Lane

Hi! I am Kritika Parakh. I am a philosophy grad trying to make sense of philosophical topics. Any criticism/corrections/comments are welcome.

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams