Philosophy

Philosophy

The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.

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Dianetics

Philosophy; General philosophy

A field of pseudoscience concerning the body's interaction with its own mind. It is practiced almost exclusively by scientologists, and this field was in fact created by ...

coherence

Philosophy; General philosophy

The degree of consistency something has. Contradictory beliefs are incoherent or “inconsistent.” For example, the beliefs “all men are mortal” and “Socrates is a man” are ...

epistemic certainty

Philosophy; General philosophy

The degree of justified confidence we have in our beliefs. To be certain that something is true could mean (a) that we have a maximal degree of justification for that belief, (b) ...

alethic modality

Philosophy; General philosophy

The distinction between “possibility” and “necessity” used within formal logical systems.

politics

Philosophy; General philosophy

The domain concerned with laws, power over the public sphere, and governments.

distributive justice

Philosophy; General philosophy

The domain of economic justice concerned with how we should determine the allocation or distribution of goods, services, opportunities, and privileges. For example, laissez-faire ...