Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderI used the SEP when reading about Epistemology, and I must say that it is both a comprehensive and comprehensible resource. Although it was (for me, at least) a bit dense at times, it was perhaps the best introduction to the subject that I found. If anyone is interested in some philosophical concept, I would recommend starting here, and branching out to books and linked papers only after using the SEP. And if anyone has any other good resources they…
Excellent resource, however do be aware that it is very analytic-centric, reflecting most Anglo-American philosophy departments. An example: https://old.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/comments/eqh13j/where... https://philosophynow.org/issues/74/Analytic_versus_Continen... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic_philosophy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_philosophy
Apparently Stanford is suffering a major power outage. https://emergency.stanford.edu/
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 335
- Total comments
- 118
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-22 | Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyFirst breakout · Best thread | shliachtx | 160 | 43 |
| 2015-09-23 | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy | as1ndu | 1 | 0 |
| 2017-06-06 | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy | robschia | 2 | 0 |
| 2018-12-23 | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy | Austin_Conlon | 3 | 0 |
| 2020-12-13 | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy | swatson741 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-03-21 | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy | Tomte | 141 | 68 |
| 2022-06-23 | The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has been down for 3 daysLatest 20+ point return | vehemenz | 25 | 7 |
| 2025-03-13 | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy | Tomte | 2 | 0 |