About Gnophy
Gnophy is your modern companion for exploring philosophy—its ideas, concepts, and thinkers. In the Academy, learn through guided lessons, interactive quizzes, and evolving tracks. Chat with over twenty philosophers or create your own personas. Explore how their ideas connect through a living knowledge graph, and deepen your worldview through Socratic dialogues and dynamic, adaptive lessons.
Our Mission
To make philosophy accessible, interactive, and meaningful for everyday life. Gnophy combines high-quality source material with a structured knowledge graph and conversational AI, helping you learn through inquiry, reflection, and dialogue—not memorization.
What Gnophy Offers
Philosopher Personas
Chat with over twenty historical philosophers or create your own personalized thinker personas. Compare ideas, challenge assumptions, and refine your worldview through meaningful dialogue.
Knowledge Graph of Ideas
Explore how concepts, themes, and thinkers interconnect across centuries. Gnophy’s living knowledge graph helps you see philosophy as a dynamic web of evolving ideas.
Academy & Learning Tracks
Learn through guided lessons, interactive quizzes, and adaptive learning paths. Grasp core concepts, trace philosophical movements, and strengthen reasoning through structured exploration.
Dynamic Lessons & Socratic Dialogue
Engage in lessons that evolve with your curiosity. Practice critical thinking through Socratic dialogue and reflective questioning that deepens understanding, not memorization.
Semantic Search
Search beyond keywords. Gnophy uses semantic and conceptual search to surface ideas, passages, and thinkers related to your inquiry—revealing unexpected connections across philosophy.
Voice & Text Chat
Converse naturally by typing or speaking. Voice input and transcripts flow seamlessly into your chats, allowing intuitive, hands-free learning and reflection.
How It Works (High‑Level)
- Documents: Texts and summaries are curated and organized for learning and reference.
- Knowledge Graph: Neo4j stores entities and relationships among philosophers, concepts, and themes.
- Semantic Layer: Qdrant powers vector search for concept similarity and discovery.
- Application Data: MongoDB persists chat sessions and supporting metadata.
- Web UI: Next.js with Tailwind CSS provides a fast, accessible interface across pages like Chat, Explore, Persona, and Academy.
- Voice: A speech‑to‑text pipeline integrates audio uploads and transcripts into the chat flow.
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Roadmap (Ongoing)
- Richer persona configuration and debate‑style formats
- Deeper graph exploration with interactive visualizations
- Expanded concept library and cross‑author comparisons
- Live updates for voice responses and improved session analytics