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The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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pyrrhonism
Philosophy; General philosophy
A Hellenistic school of skepticism that inquired about, but did not reject, dogmatic beliefs because the lack of belief is not the same as disbelief.
pythagoreanism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers, the Pythagoreans, who were considerably influenced by mathematics. Pythagoreanism greatly influenced ...
quasi-realism
Philosophy; General philosophy
A non-cognitivist, expressivist meta-ethical and epistemological theory developed by professor Simon Blackburn. It holds that although propositions supervene on states of mind, ...
randianism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The individualist movement founded by Ayn Rand, known by its adherents as objectivism.
rationalism
Philosophy; General philosophy
A theory or method based on the thesis that human reason can in principle be the source of all knowledge. In the modern period, rationalism was initially championed by René ...
critical rationalism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The philosophy that tenants of science should always be criticized and questioned so as to continually prove their worth.
pancritical rationalism
Philosophy; General philosophy
A sub-concept of critical rationalism, it argues that every tenant of science or commonly held truth should be questioned regardless of an authority figure's justification or ...
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