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Philosophy

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

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primitives

Philosophy; General philosophy

The building blocks of thought or reality. Ontological primitives are the building blocks of 56 reality, such as subatomic particles. Concepts that must be presupposed for a ...

halo effect

Philosophy; General philosophy

The cognitive bias defined by our tendency to expect people with positive characteristics to have other positive characteristics, and people with negative characteristics to have ...

illusory superiority

Philosophy; General philosophy

The cognitive bias defined by people's tendency to think they have above average characteristics in all areas. This bias is related to the “Self-serving bias.”

overconfidence effect

Philosophy; General philosophy

The cognitive bias defined by the tendency of people to systematically have a false sense of certainty. For example, we systematically think our answers on tests are more likely ...

Dunning–Kruger effect

Philosophy; General philosophy

The cognitive bias defined by the tendency of unskilled people to overestimate how skilled they are because they don't know about all the mistakes they make. This bias could cause ...