General philosophy

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neo-aristotelianism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A view of literature and criticism propagated by the Chicago School -- Ronald S. Crane, Elder Olson, Richard McKeon, Wayne Booth, and others that means "A view of literature and criticism that takes ...

arminianism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A school of soteriological thought in Protestant Christian theology founded by the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius. Arminianism is closely related to Calvinism (or Reformed theology), and the two ...

asceticism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Denotes a life characterised by refraining from worldly pleasures (austerity). Those who practice ascetic lifestyles often perceive their practices as virtuous and pursue them to achieve greater ...

ascriptivism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The view that human beings are to be held responsible for their actions even if determinism is true.

associationalism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A political project where "human welfare and liberty are both best served when as many of the affairs of a society as possible are managed by voluntary and democratically self-governing ...

atheism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A condition of being without theistic beliefs; an absence of belief in the existence of gods, thus contrasting with theism. This definition includes both those who assert that there are no gods and ...

strong atheism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The philosophical position that deities do not exist. It is a form of explicit atheism, meaning that it consciously rejects theism. Some strong atheists also claim that the existence of any and all ...