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Philosophy
The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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ineffability
Philosophy; General philosophy
Something "that cannot be expressed or described in language/words". It is concerned with ideas that cannot or should not be expressed in spoken words (or language in general), ...
idea
Philosophy; General philosophy
An idea is the content of cognition, a perception in consciousness of an object, which is the main thing you are thinking about and is therefore often deemed a personal view. ...
existentialism
Philosophy; General philosophy
A philosophic movement primarily associated with the mid-20th century, in part arising from phenomenology (see J. P. Sarte, M. Heidegger, K. Jaspers, A. Camus, etc. ) that insists ...
extensional
Philosophy; General philosophy
Having, or presupposing, a use of terms that is wholly determined by what falls under them (in this actual world). The meaning of a term in the extensional sense is given just by ...
essence
Philosophy; General philosophy
Those features of an object that make it the kind of object it is, as opposed to its accidents (e.g. A person’s ability to reason is an essential human feature, while hair color ...
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