The idea behind the //Philosophical Periodic Table// table arose when day one when the realization dawned upon me that just like the chemical elements there is either a regularity of properties of philosophical elements or there is utter chaos or both. Thus the idea of the philosophical periodic table was born. Besides Dennett has already created the Philosophical Lexicon. If chemists and physicists can have their own table then why can't the philosophers? It makes sense, right? Even if it doesn't then that is immaterial, unless we are talking about materialism and in that case I would say it is material like everything else but a very light weight substance. Speaking of //substances//, the philosophical elements should not be confused with the philosophical //substances//. All that talk is far behind in the medieval era. Besides //substance// abuse is very injurious to health.\n\nComments and suggestions regarding the philosophical periodic table are welcome, please forward them to:\nahma0089 [at] umn [dot] edu\n\n''Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad''

''Symbol:'' Ar\n''Philosophical Weight:'' \n''Isotopes:'' \n''Discovery:''\n''Occurrence:'' \n''Properties:''

''Symbol:'' As\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Close to zero if not zero.\n''Isotopes:'' Different isotopes are found in different regions of the world //e.g.,// Indian-Astrologium, Chinese-Astrologium, Greek-Astrologium, Newage-Astrologium.\n''Discovery:'' Time immemorial.\n''Occurrence:'' Found in all the countries.\n''Properties:'' Almost all philosophers consider this element to have spurious properties. A large number of people think that this element can be used to predict the future.

''Symbol:'' Be\n''Philosophical Weight:'' (Historical note) When it was discovered in the early 20th century Behaviorium was thought to have a high philosophical weight. The work of Noam Chomsky at MIT’s lab for high energy linguistics shattered this myth and it is now believed that Behaviorium has a low philosophical weight.\n''Isotopes:'' Skinnerium\n''Discovery:'' Behaviorium was discovered in the early 20th century by B. F. Skinner. A stronger isotope called Skinnerium was also discovered by him and was thus named in his honor.\n''Occurrence:'' Vast quantities of this element used to found in psychology and philosophy departments in the early 20th century. \n''Properties:'' All attempts to discover the internal properties of Behaviorium have failed which has led many philosophers to declare that Behaviorium does not have any internal properties at all. Coincidently the external properties of Behaviorium are most well known amongst all the elements of the periodic table.\n

''Symbol:'' B\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Wait\n''Isotopes:'' Just one.\n''Discovery:'' Although known to have existed since ancient times, Borium was thought to have existed in minute quantities and it was not until the industrial revolution when people had more free time spare that large quantitites of this element were discovered.\n''Occurrence:'' Quantities of this element have been increasing in recent years and is now found more or less all over the globe.\n''Properties:'' There is no general consensus about how to test for properties for Borium. It has been stated that one man's Borium is another man's Coolium. In some cases Borium is also known to transmutate from [[Confusium]] and vice versa.

''Symbol:'' Br\n''Philosophical Weight:'' There is an almost unanimous concensus in the philosophical community that ths element has a very high philosophical weight.\n''Isotopes:'' The number of isotopes of this element is not known and there is much controversey on this subject in the philosophical community.\n''Discovery:'' This element of discovered by Hillary Putnum while doing fractional distillation experiments on [[Daemonium]]. \n''Occurrence:'' All known deposits of this element are found as part of a compound combined with [[Thought Experimentium]] and present in close proximity with Daemonium. This is the main reason that this element remained undiscovered for the longest time.\n''Properties:'' None of the properties of this element are known for certain and there is much controversey on this subject in the philosophical community.

This is a call for contributions for additons, subtractions, multiplications, divisions and even factorials to the Philosophical Periodic Table. You can suggest names of missing elements, suggest properties, circumstances of discovery, occurrences etc. Send your contributions to:\nahma0089 [at] cs [dot] umn [dot] edu\n\n''Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad''\n- Representative, IUPAP (International Union of Pure and Applied Philosophy), IUPITP (International Union of Pure and Ivory Tower Philosophy).

''Symbol:'' Ca\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Used to have a high philosophical weight in the 1950s and 1960s, its weight is known to have decreased since then. It is however highly prized by certain specialized segements of the philosophical community.\n''Isotopes:'' There can only be one.\n''Discovery:'' Albert Camus\n''Occurrence:'' Usually found near deposits of [[Sartium]].\n''Properties:'' The element was previously knownas Absurdium but the terminology seems to have gotten out of use in recent times. One has to temporarily suspend reflection in order to study Camusium. Reflecting upon the properties of Camusium can lead an investigator into temporary paralysis. Obtaining //meaning// from the fractional distillation of Camusium compounds have not yielded any positive results to date.

''Symbol:'' Co\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Varies, depends upon who you ask.\n''Isotopes:'' A large number of isotopes are known.\n''Discovery:'' No one knows.\n''Occurrence:'' Hard to tell, depends upon whom you ask.\n''Properties:'' The most important property of this element is to stop violent reactions between Deteminisium and Free-Willium.

''Symbol:'' Cu\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Varies with situation. In some situations in has a higher weight than [[Liberalisium]] and in other cases it has a lower weight than [[Liberalisium]].\n''Isotopes:'' Isotopes include Rightium, Center-Rightium, and Far Rightium.\n''Discovery:'' Known since ancient times but refined quantitutes of the elemnet were first distilled by David Hume.\n''Occurrence:'' Everywhere but greater quantities are found in red states.\n''Properties:'' Conservitium is mostly used to retard the transmutation of other elements.

''Symbol:'' C\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Very much disputed. Estimate range from zero to //iota// to infinity to eleventeen to twelty-five.\n''Isotopes:'' Just one.\n''Discovery:'' Socialium Constructivium is the most famous isotope, although //milder// forms of Constructivium also exist. Constructivium is perhaps is the most hotly contested philosophical element in the peiodic table, even though it comes relatively early in the periodic table.\n''Occurrence:'' Disputed\n''Properties:'' The discoverers of Constructivium claim that the properties of the element vary from time to time and from society to society, Even the use of language //i.e.,// reference to Constructivium can change the strucure of the element, Some investigators as far as to claim that all other elements are derived from this element, a claim which is the cause of much controversey. The detractors however claim that this element does not exist and is the figment of imagination. Surprisingly some of the proponents of the existence of the element agree with this particular attack on their own position.

''Symbol:'' Cr\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Zero weight amonst Darwinians, very high weight amongst Creationists. In fact some Creationists consider it to be the heaviest element in the periofic table even though it occurs relatively early in the periodic table. The heaviness of the element is highly disputed by Darwinians.\n''Isotopes:'' There are many isotopes of this element and the exact number of isotopes are not known since new forms are discovered every few years or so. Some people consider Intelligent-Designium to an extreme form of this element, something which is disputed by most people.\n''Discovery:'' Known since ancient times.\n''Occurrence:'' Rare to extensive in different states. The largest quantities are found in Kansas.\n''Properties:'' The element is known to transmutate into different forms and this is the main reason why the exact number of isotopes are not known. Earliest known isotopes had a half life of only 3000 years. However recently discovered isotopes are known to have a half life of more than a billion years. There are some philosophers who do not even consider this element part of the periodic table.

''Symbol:'' Dy\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Depends upon who you ask.\n''Isotopes:'' A number of istopes are known. The most famous are, Laplacian-Daemonium, Descartian-Daemonium and Maxwellian-Daemonium.\n''Discovery:'' Different times by different people. It must be noted that the Laplacian-Daemonium was //not// discovered by Descartes or Maxwell, Descartian-Daemonium was //not// discovered by Laplace or Maxwell and Maxwellian-Daemonium was //not// discovered by Laplace or Descartes.\n''Occurrence:'' Used to occur at unexpected places but its occurrence can be predicted now a days.\n''Properties:'' The istoptes of Daemonium have vastly different properties and are thus studied by different daemonologists. Soon after its discovery, Laplacian-Daemonium was employed in the manufacture of computing devices and now a days vast quantities of Laplacian-Daemonium are mined mainly for building calculating devices. Recently daemonlogists like Daniel Dennett have discovered that at sufficently high temperature Laplacian-Daemonium exhibits properties like the 'Intentional-Stance.' Descartian-Daemonium should not be confused with Cartesian-Daemonium which is compound mainly studied in math laboratories. Extreme caution must be taken while handling Descartian-Daemonium. This isotopes is colorless and odorless, and therein lies the biggest danger. If inhaled, this element can cause nausea, followed by dellusion, followed by paranoia, followed by paranoia and dellusion, followed by nausea, paranoia and delusion and followed by //you get the idea//. Maxwellian-Daemonium is one of the few elements or isotopes in the philosophical periodic table which was not discovered by a philosopher or was not known by everyone else, consequently its properties are uninteresting and will not be listed here.

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''Symbol:'' F\n''Philosophical Weight:'' High weight among certain segements of the cognitive science establishment.\n''Isotopes:'' Too many to list here.\n''Discovery:'' Functionalium was first extracted from the ore Identity-theorium in the late 1940s and early 1950s.\n''Occurrence:'' Many variants are found in cognitive science labs. It is widely used in philosophical experiments and has largely replaced Identity-theorium in most industrial philosophical manufacturing experiments.\n''Properties:'' There are a large number of isotopes of this element many of which are barely distinguishable from one another and workers in the field have known to confuse one for the other. Sme isotopes of this element has properties which are almost identical to Multiple-Reliazabilitium and is another source of confsion.

''Symbol:'' Ga\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Depends upon who you ask.\n''Isotopes:'' A large number of isotopes are known, some people even think that there are thousands of isotopes of this element.\n''Discovery:'' Gardenium is also known as Epicurianium and not surprisingly it was discovered by Epicurus.\n''Occurrence:'' Almost everywhere.\n''Properties:'' Can be used to cure people from excessive worrying. When consumed the elemeny //induces// fun and/or enjoyment. There are some philosophers who associate Gardenium with decadence.

''Symbol:'' Ge\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Ideally perfect, otherwise not that high and still otherwise average and still more otherwise extremely very high, and even still more otherwise low and yet even more otherwise very less and stil yet even more, well you get the idea.\n''Isotopes:'' \n''Discovery:'' Disovered in the 17th century by German philosophers.\n''Occurrence:'' It is also known as Germanium-Idealium. After its discovery in Germany, the element was widely exported to other coutries and in some counties to such an extent that in some countries like Russia it became the foundation of philosophical manufacturing industries.\n''Properties:'' Germanium-Idealium is the most famous element in the Idelium group of elements. Philosophers are divided into two groups on the properties of this elements: The Ideaists and and the non-Idealists. Non surprisingly the Idealists believe that Germanium-Idealium has ideal properties and of course the opposite applies for non-Idealsts. The famous (or infamous) compound Communism is derived from this element. Germanium-Idealium is the most important constituent of the family of Historicist coupounds.

''Symbol:'' Hg\n''Philosophical Weight:'' \n''Isotopes:'' \n''Discovery:''\n''Occurrence:'' \n''Properties:''

''Symbol:'' He\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Varies, depends upon who you ask\n''Isotopes:'' Head Gear\n''Discovery:'' Heideggerium was discovered in the early 20th century by the German Philosopher Heidegger.\n''Occurrence:'' Large quantities of this element are found in black forests in Germany. \n''Properties:'' Heideggerium has a strong affinity for being. This elements has a strong averse to technological artifacts and known to explode in the vicinity of modern farm equipment.

''Symbol:'' H\n''Philosophical Weight:'' High despite being first element in the periodic table.\n''Isotopes:'' Only one\n''Discovery:'' Discovered by David Hume in the 18th century. It should be noted that David Hume also discovered [[Conservitium]].\n''Properties:'' Humeium has been extensively studied in laboratories. There is a lot of controversy regarding the origins of this element. The controversey arose when Hume himself argued that given that we have observe samples of Humeium to remain Humeium everyday it does not follow that they will remain to be Humeium the next day. Since that day some sample of Humeium seem to transmutate iungto oither elemts or even compounds or even into complex objects with no appearent reason! Samples of this element are usually handled by Hume's Fork.

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''Symbol:'' In\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Most philosophers consider this element to have a high weight including the ones that think that the element does not exist.\n''Isotopes:'' Too many to count.\n''Discovery:'' Franz Bernato is usually credited with the discovery of this element but he himself and others have stated that this element has been there all along and people have been using it extensively but no one really noticed.\n''Occurrence:'' Everywhere or does it exist everywhere?\n''Properties:'' Although Intentionalium has become the most widely studied element in recent years, there is much controversy about its properties. The element is usually confused with the compound Intensionalium and is the source of much anguish. In recent years philosophers have been trying combine Intentionalium and [[Naturalium]].

''Symbol:'' Kr\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Very light\n''Isotopes:'' Only onre\n''Discovery:'' Discovered in the early 1930s along with the man of steel.\n''Occurrence:'' Found in abundant quantities in comic book shops.\n''Properties:'' Only known property is to weaken man of steel, coal, iron, silica etc.

''Symbol:'' Li\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Disputed. //Liberal// labs have reported a very high weight for Liberalisium while \n''Isotopes:'' Leftium\n''Discovery:'' Impure forms of Liberalisium have been known since ancient times. With more refined distillation technique since the //Enlightenment//, purer forms have been obtained.\n''Occurrence:'' Everywhere but greater quantities are found in blue states.\n''Properties:'' Liberalisium is extensively used in experimentation in forming new compounds. It violenty reacts with [[Conservitium]] to form [[Moderatium]] Under certain circumstances Liberalisium reacts with [[Freedomium]] to form the compound Hippium.

1 [//H//] [[Humeium]]\n2 [//He//] [[Heideggerium]]\n3 [//Li//] [[Liberalisium]]\n4 [//Be//] [[Behaviorium]]\n5 [//B//] [[Borium]]\n6 [//C//] [[Constructivium]]\n7 [//N//] [[Nationalium]]\n8 [//O//] [[Occasionalium]]\n9 [//F//] [[Functionalium]]\n10 [//Ne//] [[Neoplatonium]]\n11 [//Na//] [[Naturalium]]\n12 [//Mg//] [[Meganese]]\n13 [//Al//] \n14 [//Si//] [[Singularium]]\n15 [//P//] [[Phenomeno logium]]\n16 [//S//] [[Skepticium]]\n17 [//Cl//] \n18 [//Ar//] [[Aristatolianium]]\n19 [//K//] [[Pacifium]]\n20 [//Ca//] [[Camusium]]\n21 [//Sc//] [[Sexcium]]\n22 [//Ti//] \n23 [//V//] [[Vaguium]]\n24 [//Cr//] [[Creationium]]\n25 [//Mn//] [[Mechanium Quantumium]]\n26 [//Fe//] Feyerabendium\n27 [//Co//] [[Compatibilium]]\n28 [//Ni//] [[Nihilium]]\n29 [//Cu//] [[Conservitium]]\n30 [//Zn//] [[Zombium]]\n31 [//Ga//] [[Gardenium]]\n32 [//Ge//] [[Germanium Idealium]]\n33 [//As//] [[Astrologium]]\n34 [//Se//] Sense-datium\n35 [//Br//] [[Brain in a vatium]]\n36 [//Kr//] [[Kryptonium]]\n37 [//Rb//] \n38 [//Sr//] [[Sartium]]\n39 [//Y//]\n40 [//Zr//] \n41 [//Nb//]\n42 [//Mo//] [[Moralium]]\n43 [//Tc//] [[Transcendentalium]]\n44 [//Ru//] Russelium\n45 [//Rh//] \n46 [//Pd//]\n47 [//Ag//] \n48 [//Cd//] Conditionalium\n49 [//In//] [[Intentionalium]]\n50 [//Sn//] Substancium\n51 [//Sb//] \n52 [//Te//] Teleoligium\n53 [//I//] Instrumentalium\n54 [//Xe//] Xenophanium\n55 [//Cs//] Consciousium\n56 [//Ba//] Banconium\n57 [//La//] Languagium\n58 Ce Ceaseium\n59 [//Pr//] [[Processium]]\n60 Nd \n61 Pm Physicalium\n62 Sm Semantium\n63 Eu Evolutionium\n64 Gd Godelium\n65 Tb \n66 [//Dy//] [[Daemonium]] \n67 Ho Hobboium\n68 Er Errorium\n69 Tm Temporalium\n70 [[Yb]] [Relativium]\n71 Lu Lucretium\n72 Hf\n73 [//Ta//] [[Tarskium]]\n74 W [[Weirdium]]\n75 Re Realium\n76 Os Occasionalium\n77 Ir Intrinsicium \n78 Pt Platonium\n79 Au Augustium\n80 [//Hg//] [[Hagelium]]\n81 Tl \n82 Pb Publicitium\n83 Bi Binarium\n84 Po Post-modernium\n85 At Atomium\n86 [//Rn//] [[Rorterium]]\n87 Fr Freedomium\n88 Ra Ratioalium\n89 Ac Actualium\n90 [//Th//] [[Thought Experimentium]]\n91 [//Pa//]\n92 U Utilitarianium \n93 Np \n94 Pu Plurium\n95 Am\n96 Cm \n97 Bk Berkeleyium\n98 Cf Confusium\n99 Es Essentialium\n100 Fm Feminium\n101 Md\n102 No\n103 Lr\n104 Rf\n105 Db\n106 Sg\n107 Bh\n108 Hs\n109 Mt\n110 Ds\n111 Rg\n112 Unb\n113 Uut [[Uncertantium]]\n114 Uuq\n115 Uup\n116 Uuh\n117 Uus\n118 Uuo\n\nGettingStarted

Latest element: Properties currently under investiagtion.\n\n''Symbol:'' Mn\n''Philosophical Weight:'' \n''Isotopes:'' \n''Discovery:'' \n''Occurrence:'' \n''Properties:''

''Symbol:'' Mg\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Very high, in fact so high that it is still being investigated.\n''Isotopes:'' Only one known to exist.\n''Discovery:'' Since time immemorial.\n''Occurrence:'' Conflicting accounts of the discovery of Meganese are known with each philosopher or non-philosopher giving different accounts of its discovery.\n''Properties:'' Very high boiling point, very high freezing point, very high latent heat of fusion, very highly volatile, very highly maleable (Its mega in everything, get it?) etc. It is one of the hardest //substances// known. It is known to be used by Laplace's daemon in experiments.

''Symbol:'' Mo\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Considered to be high by most people but there are some notable exceptions \n''Isotopes:'' Disputed. Some people claim that there can only be one, there //should// only be one. However there are others who claim that given the relativity of samples there should be dozens of isotopes.\n''Discovery:'' Most people agree that the element was known since time immemorial but there is a group of philosophers who argue that it was discovered sometime in the early historical era. Friedrich Nietzsche even went as far as to say that it was Zarathusta who discovered this element and we should now undisover it,\n''Occurrence:'' Everywhere, wherever there are people there is Moralium.\n''Properties:'' The biggest //problem// associated with investigating Moralium is that many philosophers do not agree about which properties arre relevant or even which samples should be considered Moralium and which should not be considered Moralium. This element has the //philosophical number// 42 associated with it which has led some people to believe that it might also lead one day to the discovery of the much coveted //meaning of life// property.

''Symbol:'' N\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Varies according to the situation.\n''Isotopes:'' Other than the most common isotope N-7, the other less abundant isotope is Regionaliu.\n''Discovery:'' The Italian Philosopher Machiavelli is generally credited to have discovered this element, although some people credit the French clergyman Cardinal Rachileau as the discoverer.\n''Occurrence:'' After its discovery the element was rapidly dispersed to much of Europe and then to the rest of the world. Harmful effects of this element became appearent in the late 19th century but it took more than a century to lessen the effect of this element in Europe. Although large quantities of this element are still present in many countries, scientists have deemed this element harmful to humans and expose to it must be avoided at all times.\n''Properties:'' The manner in which Nationalium reacts with other elements depends upon the physical conditions in the environment. Its effect on people are similar. Extreme cautioned in recommended in handling this element. If not handled properly, Nationalium can lead to violent actions againt people posessing //rival// samples.

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By an incredible coincidence (or is it?) the names of the elements of the philosophical periodic table start with the same alphabet as with the chemical periodic table of elements. The name of the elements are listed on the left side of the page. The information reagarding the elements in incomplete or missing in some cases. Many of the elements have not been named jointly by the [[IUPAP and IUPITP]]. You can send your suggestions about the unnamed elements to IUPAP at ahma0089 [at] umn [dot] edu.

''Symbol:'' Ne\n''Philosophical Weight:'' High philosophical weight in the medieval period but skepticism about its weight started to appear in the high middle ages and its philosophical weight seemed to have declined significantly since then. In the Islamic world philosphers continued to consider a high philosophical weight right until the end of the 19th century and it is still not unusual to find philosophers that consider it having a hig weight.\n''Isotopes:'' Many isotopes of this elemrnt are known to exist but the most famous are: Christanius-Neoplatonium, Islamius-Neoplatonium and Neo-Neoplatonium.\n''Discovery:'' Discovered in the early Christian era by the philosopher Plotinus.\n''Occurrence:'' This element is believed to be obtained by the transmutation of [[Platonium]]. No other natural sources of this element are known.\n''Properties:'' In the medieval era this element was extensively used in the study of emanation and illumination. Philosophers from the Renaissance onwards have casted doubt on the property of emanation.

''Symbol:'' Ni\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Depends upon who you ask.\n''Isotopes:'' Only one form is universally recogonized, there are certain philosophers who claim that other forms exist but is disputed by others with no resolution in sight.\n''Discovery:'' Unknown.\n''Occurrence:'' Minute quantities of this element are found in numerous locations around the world.\n''Properties:'' This element is the most volatile known to exist and can destroy all other elements and //substances// in its vicinity. The elment must be handles with extreme caution and all direct contact with the element must be avoided. It is known to cause insanity in people even people with nerves of steel.

''Symbol:'' O\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Occassionally high, otherwise close to zero.\n''Isotopes:'' Occassionally many, otherwise none.\n''Discovery:'' Occassionally.\n''Occurrence:'' Occurs sometimes, occassionally.\n''Properties:'' Occassionally appears to be colorless and odorless but at other occassions it appears to be green, red or blue with a highly pleasent smell.

''Symbol:'' K\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Depends upon who you ask. Considered to have a high philosophical weight by Gandhi and M. L. King.\n''Isotopes:'' Only one.\n''Discovery:'' Known since ancient times.\n''Occurrence:'' It is one of the rarest element.\n''Properties:'' Mainly used to retard aggressive philosophical reactions without the use of agents like heat, force, coerecion etc.

''Symbol:'' P\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Considered to have a very high weight in Continental Europe but less so in the Anglo-American world.\n''Isotopes:'' Two are known to exist. Continentalium and Qualium.\n''Discovery:'' Time immemorial.\n''Occurrence:'' Everywhere.\n''Properties:'' The properties of this element are disputed in the Anglo-American world since it is claimed that every investigator of this element has //private// first person access to this element and third person investigation of this elemet are not possible. In Continental Europe, investigators are mostly content at corroborating reports of investigations of this element.

''Symbol:'' Pa\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Also varies. Some people in the philosophical community consider it to be having the highest philosophical weight.\n''Isotopes:'' There can only be one but others exist.\n''Discovery:'' Plato.\n''Occurrence:'' Everywhere.\n''Properties:'' Some philosophers employ this element to investigate the properties of other elements and there are some people who consider this to be the source of all other elements //i.e.,// all other elements are derived from this element.

''Symbol:'' Rn\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Controvertial at best.\n''Isotopes:'' Only one known but Rorty would not mind if more were discovered.\n''Discovery:'' This element was discovered by Richard Rorty sometime after the middle of the 20th century.\n''Occurrence:'' It is found in a number of places and is not that common but it seems to be increasing.\n''Properties:'' The properties of this element are a source of much controversy in the philosophical community. Even though this element is part of the philosophical periodic table, Rorty argue that the quest to find regularities in the periodic table is a mistaken attempt since it presumes a representatial theory of elements.

''Symbol:'' Sr\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Depends upon who you ask.\n''Isotopes:'' Only one.\n''Discovery:'' Discovered by the Danish philosopher Kierkegaard in the early 19th century.\n''Occurrence:'' Vast quanties of this element are found next to deposits of //Angst//. In come cases it transmutates into [[Camusium]].\n''Properties:'' The only known property of this elemrnt is //being//. What is //being// investigated in //being// is //being// known to be //being// known and is //being// investigated. This //being// a existential process, results in //being// changed in //being// Sartium but //being// varies, That being the //being//,

''Symbol:'' Sc\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Depends upon the philosophers appetite.\n''Isotopes:'' There are a number of isotopes of this element. The most famous are Maleium, Femalium, Sexcistium and Hotium.\n''Discovery:'' Known to exist since time immemorial.\n''Occurrence:'' Everywhere, it can't be any other way!\n''Properties:'' The four most widely studied isoptopes have vastly different properties. Thus Maleium and Femalium are widely used in philosophical reactions to create other elements. Sexcistium does not seem to reacts with Femalium, although there are certain forms of Sexcistium that do not react with Maleium either. There does not seem to be any concensus regarding which sample of this element should be considered Hotium since different philosophers seem to have different criterion for determining which samples are //hot// and which are not. The debate between the Empiricists and the Rationalists regarding //hotness// has been going on for hundreds of years with no end in sight.

''Symbol:'' Si\n''Philosophical Weight:''\n''Isotopes:''\n''Discovery:'' It was discovered in the early 1980s by Venor Vinge in California. The element has been extensively studied by Ray Kurzweil.\n''Occurrence:'' Most found in geek circles and in some academic departments.\n''Properties:'' Pure samples of this element have not been manufactured yet and the initial discovery of this element was theoretical. Some philosophers think that while theoretically possible, the element cannot be manufactured by current technology or even in the far future. There are others who think that this element will be manufacted in the next few decades. It is thought that once manufactured the element can be used to manufacture not only all other elements in the philosohical periodic table but also all other compounds.

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''Symbol:'' S\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Extremely high, immensely high, very very high, really really high.\n''Isotopes:'' There can only be one.\n''Discovery:'' Sextus Empiricus.\n''Occurrence:'' Although the element exists almost everywhere, at least in minute quantitues, it is extremely difficult to get a pure sample. \n''Properties:'' This element is used extensively in the distillation of other elements. It is also used to seperate out different elements from one another in a sample. It should however be noted that prolonged exposure to this element can result in questioning everything and we mean everything. Taken in small doses in a moderate quantities does have a lot of good and healthy benefits.

''Symbol:'' Ta\n''Philosophical Weight:'' High to grudgingly high. There are some in the Social Contructivist school who have //issues// with the weight of this element.\n''Isotopes:'' There //should// only be one, there are some people in the philosophical community who argue that theoretically other isotopes should also exist but Tarskium is the only one whose existence is known for certain.\n''Discovery:'' This element was discovered by Alfred Tarski in the early 20th century.\n''Occurrence:'' Although this element is everywhere, politicians are notorious for //hiding// this element.\n''Properties:'' It has the set of all properties that it has. Its properties are the properties that Taskium has,

''Symbol:'' Th\n''Philosophical Weight:'' High to very high in most philosophical circles. However there are some people in the philosophical community who do not think highly of this element,\n''Isotopes:'' There can only be one.\n''Discovery:'' This element is sometimes also called //Gedankenexperimentium//. No one really knows who discovered this element. Some anthopologists even argue that this element is as old as human imagination.\n''Occurrence:'' Everywhere.\n''Properties:'' Seemingly inexhausitble quantities of this element exist on Earth. It is the only known element which can be //created// out of thin air. This quality has however sometimes abused by some people to build castles in the air. The power of this element should not be underestimated however and can be used to create almost anything but with one drawback - it cannot be used to create exact replica of objects. Zeno of Elea is usually acknowledged as the first great investigator of this element. Hundreds of Twin Earths have been created by the use of this element mainly by Hilary Putnum who should not be confused with Senator Hillary. John Searle's Chinese Translation Agency was also launched while investigating this element. Similarly Danial Dennet's Intuition Pumping Agency was also the result of his investigations. The use of this element is not restricted to philosophical circles but it is widely used by physicists as well. Thus Einstein was a great investigator of this element.

June 30, 2006: The Philosophical Periodic Table launched.\nAugust 6, 2006: The number of elements with descriptions reaches the //meaning of life// magic number - 42.

''Symbol:'' Tc\n''Philosophical Weight:'' \n''Isotopes:'' \n''Discovery:''\n''Occurrence:'' \n''Properties:''

''Symbol:'' Uut\n''Philosophical Weight:'' The philosophical weight of this element is not known and there is much controversey on this subject in the philosophical community.\n''Isotopes:'' The number of isotopes of this element is not known and there is much controversey on this subject in the philosophical community.\n''Discovery:'' Known since time immemorial.\n''Occurrence:'' Everywhere.\n''Properties:'' None of the properties of this element are known for certain and there is much controversey on this subject in the philosophical community.\n\n//Note:// This element should not be confused with [[Vaguium]].

''Symbol:'' V\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Cannot be determined precisely.\n''Isotopes:'' Cannot be determined precisely but more than one exists.\n''Discovery:'' Many people vaguely remember stories of discovery of this element but a precise date of discovery is not known.\n''Occurrence:'' Everywhere.\n''Properties:'' Properties like boiling point or melting point or even the latent heat of fusion or vaporization cannot be known for certain for this element. Results from no two experiments seem to agree on what these quantities are. There are some philosophers who even go as far as to claim that all elements are ultimately derived from this element.

''Symbol:'' W\n''Philosophical Weight:'' See below\n''Isotopes:'' Infitely few\n''Discovery:'' Everyday\n''Occurrence:'' See above\n''Properties:'' All of the above

''Symbol:'' Zn\n''Philosophical Weight:'' Depends upon who you ask and \n''Isotopes:'' Two forms are known, Holloywoodius-Zombium and Qualius-Zombium.\n''Discovery:'' Both istopes of this element were discovered around the same time in the United States by different team of people. Holloywoodius-Zombium is one of the few isotopes in the Philosophical periodic table to be discovered by non-philosophers.\n''Occurrence:'' Holloywoodius-Zombium occurs mainly in movie studios, movie theaters and in movie stores. The occurrence of Qualius-Zombium is highly disputed within the philosophical community. Some philosophers even argue that Qualius-Zombium does not even exist.\n''Properties:'' Holloywoodius-Zombium and Qualius-Zombium have vastly different properties even though they are isotopes of the same element. Prolonged exposure to Holloywoodius-Zombium can lead to gradual loss of cognitive facilitues. Holloywoodius-Zombium is colorless with a highly repungant smell. Qualius-Zombium on the other hand is marked by absense of Qualia and is the only element known not to have this quality and as such it is not known whether the element has color or even it is colorless or whether it has odour or is idourless.