- About MonoRealism
- Philosophical Reflections
- 1 What Do You Know?
- 2 The Getting of Wisdom
- 3 Smoke & Mirrors
- 4 Holes in the Heart of Reason
- 5 Chaos
- 6 Science and Values
- 7 Doubt and Certainty
- 8 Free Will & Determinism
- 9 Ethics & Absolutes
- 10 Life, The Universe and Everything
- 11 The Highest Virtue
- 12 The Good Life
- 13 Free Trade
- 14 Interlude
- 15 Another Interlude
- 16 The Social Contract
- 17 The Rights and Wrongs of it
- 18 The Powers That Be
- 19 Republic
- 20 The Pursuit of Happiness
- 21 Arts and Minds
- 22 Sex, Drugs and Rock’n’Roll
- 23 The Little People
- 24 Immaculate Conceptions
- 25 Inductive Reasoning
- 26 What is Truth
- 27 Induction Rules
- 28 Gods Truth
- 29 Cloning Around
- 30 Fundamentals of Science
- 31 Doubtful Philosophies of Science
- 32 Philosophy and Science
- 33 Mathematical Realities
- 34 Governing Principles
- 35 It’s The Law
- 36 The Philosophy of Business
- 37 The Nature of Consciousness
- 38 The Science of Ethics
- 39 Lost!
- 40 Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems
- Debates
- The Mirror Crack’d
- A Note on “Sexist” Language
- Humble Pride
- The Source of Knowledge
- Knowledge Without Rationality
- Interlude
- Another Interlude
- Objectivism as a Cult
- Of Gods and Spaticons
- The blaXson Files
- Forest Bump
- Arthur’s World
- The Professionals
- God Strikes Back
- More For God
- Oh, Sly Hippo! Corrective Lenses
- Oh, Sly Hippo! Defective Eyesight
- Poor Thinking
- What’s Wrong With Freedom?
- The Borders of Philosophy
- Compulsory Voting
- Is Love the Answer?
- The Banking Sector
- One Reality Is Enough
- The Death of Me
- Mensa
- Debates on Quantum Physics
- Topics
- Diversions
- Consulting – Ethics
Philosophical Reflectionswas a series of articles on philosophy published in TableAus, the journal of Australian Mensa, from 1992 to 2012 (Nº 1 was published in the May 1992 issue). Philosophical Reflections is the longest running series in TableAus and has been both popular and controversial. It presents moderately detailed arguments and derivations of the principles of MonoRealism and related philosophies (notably Objectivism), covering topics from the basic theory of reality and knowledge through to ethics, politics, sex, art and more.
The articles are listed in order in the menu to the left. Some have been modified slightly from the originals. Other sections of this site cover debates resulting from Philosophical Reflections as well as related topics.
If you are new to philosophy, you can get the best value by reading them in order, as later articles often assume familiarity with earlier ones (and logically, may rely on principles demonstrated earlier). But you can also pick and choose topics of interest.