About AskPhilosophy
In short
AskPhilosophy is a free, bilingual (French, English) encyclopedia of philosophical arguments, launched in October 2026. It covers 23 big questions, 525 arguments by 225 thinkers and 50 philosopher profiles, with objections, replies and original texts checked word for word. It never says who is right.
In figures
- 525 arguments reconstructed as premises and conclusion, tested by a logic solver (Z3)
- 1678 objections, each tied to the premise it challenges
- 4295 original-text extracts checked word for word, each with an authenticity badge (written by the author, posthumous, student notes, reported, apocryphal...)
- 70 false common beliefs corrected, with sources
- Free, no ads, no account
Our principles
- Every side at its best: each argument is given in its strongest form, then reviewed from the opposing side.
- No invented replies: if a philosopher never answered an objection, we say so (and why: objection raised after their death, text not collected...).
- Texts, not summaries of summaries: each premise points to the original passage, with its scholarly reference (Stephanus, Bekker, AT, A/B...).
- No verdict: AskPhilosophy shows what follows from what, not who is right.
How the content is made
Texts come from free digital libraries (Wikisource, Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Perseus...). Reconstructions are drafted with the help of AI models, then checked: every quote is found by program in the original text, every argument is tested by the logic solver, every profile is reviewed for bias and attribution. Our method · The Argument Atlas