Philosophy Crossword for Adults

This hard crossword about philosophy has 12 entries on an 11 by 11 grid, 7 across and 5 down.

Answers average 6.6 letters and the longest runs eleven, clued as "Doctrine trusting reason above all, making perfect sense out of rations" (2 Down). It crosses four other answers, so getting it early opens up much of the grid.

  • 12 clues
  • 11 x 11 grid
  • Hard
  • Answers 3 to 11 letters

The three longest answers

  1. 9 Across (9)The final stage of a Hegelian triad bringing opposing ideas together
  2. 2 Down (11)Doctrine trusting reason above all, making perfect sense out of rations
  3. 7 Down (9)Explaining phenomena by their purpose, assuming the end justifies the means

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Across

  1. 3. Morals mysteriously discovered when the ice suddenly shatters.
  2. 6. Leibniz's completely windowless and lonely fundamental entity.
  3. 8. The thinking 'I' that has a tendency to become vastly inflated.
  4. 9. The final stage of a Hegelian triad bringing opposing ideas together.
  5. 10. Lumberjack's chips used to build a structure of sound reasoning.
  6. 11. Free will's active representative hiding out in a corporate office building.
  7. 12. Platonic ideals that you might also be forced to fill out in triplicate.

Down

  1. 1. Ancient rhetorician charging fees to deliver a cleverly softened punch.
  2. 2. Doctrine trusting reason above all, making perfect sense out of rations.
  3. 4. View that reality is purely mental, despite the material world's loud protests.
  4. 5. Porch-dweller maintaining a perfectly stiff upper lip in turbulent times.
  5. 7. Explaining phenomena by their purpose, assuming the end justifies the means.

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