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

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impartial spectator
Philosophy; General philosophy

Someone with a moral point of view who has no bias to grant favoritism to any side of a conflict or competition. The concept of an “impartial spectator” is generally found in ...

universalizability
Philosophy; General philosophy

Something applicable to everyone. Immanuel Kant thinks that moral principles must be universalizable in that everyone ought only act for a reason that one could will for someone ...

irreducible
Philosophy; General philosophy

Something is irreducible if it can't be fully understood in terms of something else, or if it's greater than the sum of its parts. We can't find out “it was actually something ...

spooky
Philosophy; General philosophy

Something is spooky if it is mysterious, supernatural, or other-worldly. We have a view of the world full of atoms and energy, and anything that isn't explained by physical ...

arbitrary
Philosophy; General philosophy

Something said or done without a reason. For example, the initial words we use for our concepts are arbitrary. We could have called bananas 'gordoes' and there was no reason to ...

supervenience
Philosophy; General philosophy

Something supervenes on something else if underlying conditions perfectly correlate with it. A state of affairs (A) supervenes on another state of affairs (B) if any change in (A) ...

zombie
Philosophy; General philosophy

Something that appears to be a human being or person that behaves exactly as we would expect a thinking person to behave, but actually has no psychological experiences or thoughts ...

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