Philosophical questions rarely fit neatly into a single category. A question may concern what is real, how we know something, and what we ought to believe or do.
The triangle represents three fundamental dimensions of philosophical inquiry: metaphysics, epistemology, and normativity.
Explore questions from the classroom, examine how they have been placed, and then decide where you would place them yourself.
Want to challenge the placement? Click anywhere inside the triangle to place the question yourself.
Questions from the Classroom
Hover over a question to see its location. Click to explore it.
Why this question matters
Where would you place this question?
Click anywhere inside the triangle above to propose your own philosophical placement. You don't have to agree with the student's placement.
Your proposed placement
Your saved interpretation
Join the Conversation
Do you agree with the student's placement? What do you think the answer is? What makes this question significant? You can also explain your own placement in the triangle above.