Philoscopia, how does it work?
Philoscopia is both a rigorous atlas of philosophy's great ideas, to orient yourself in thinking, and a companion for everyone: a framework where anyone can discover their own worldview, put it to the test and live it, in the spirit of ancient philosophy.
Two complementary uses, then: exploring the thought of others, and shaping your own. Here is how.
Explore: finding your bearings in thought
The great questions
The referential carves philosophy into 80 axes: the main points of discussion that run through its history ("Are we free?", "What is a good life?"…). Each axis offers its typical answers, the poles, distinguishing descriptive and prescriptive beliefs. You can also start from a familiar theme, such as happiness, others, work or language, which leads each one back to the philosophical question it belongs to.
Profiles, positioned
Philosophers, movements and fictional characters are placed on these axes, from their texts or their acts. Positions are explicit or inferred, major or minor, always justified and referenced, and never exhaustive: we keep the most significant ones, those that truly illuminate a thought.
The Atlas maps
The Atlas takes a step back: influences between thinkers, the rose of the great problems, compasses that cross two axes, a constellation of figures. The foundations graph shows how beliefs support one another, what a position rests on and what it commits you to. Enough to see at a glance how ideas answer each other.
A benchmark, not a verdict
Placing a thinker remains a comparative, debatable appraisal: it is situated relative to the others, never in the absolute. A body of thought is always more complex than a number, which is why every position is justified rather than reduced to a score, and open to discussion. How affinities are scored details how your closeness to a profile is measured.
Make it yours: build and live your worldview
Your profile
Beyond exploring, Philoscopia accompanies you. Answer the questions to discover your own profile, place yourself on the axes, and watch your affinities, your dissonances and the thinkers you are closest to come into view.
The journeys
The journeys are guided paths that put your ideas to the test: scenarios, arguments, objections and thought experiments lead you to take a considered stand, not to memorise a lesson.
Philos, the companion
If you wish, Philos, an AI companion, is there to make you think, never to think for you: it questions, clarifies, puts things in tension. You can also talk in person with a philosopher from their page, to hear an idea in its own voice.
The notebook, your practices, your favorites
Your notebook gathers all your work: your reflections on axes, problems or figures, the synthesis of your portrait, the goals you set yourself, your level (beginner, initiate, expert)… An idea is also something you live: take up practices inherited from the tradition, and keep in favorites the figures, quotations and positions that speak to you, to return to them and build your worldview little by little.
Your data stays with you
Everything but the AI conversation works offline, and your profile stays on your device. Better still: this local data is directly usable, through the local MCP or from your Markdown note-taking app, to extend your reflection with your own tools. The AI receives only the strict minimum, and encrypted sync remains optional. Privacy is not an option, it is the foundation. See the privacy policy.
Coming soon, on mobile
A mobile app is in the works, focused on enriching your worldview day by day.
In the spirit of ancient philosophy
The aim is not merely to learn philosophy, but to live it: through exercises, attention to oneself and a quest for practical wisdom. For the project and what it stands for, see About.