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The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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desire
Philosophy; General philosophy
Motivation or yearning. For example, a hungry person desires food. Desire is sometimes thought only as motivation related to the body rather than as motivation caused by reasoning ...
vice
Philosophy; General philosophy
Negative traits, such as cowardice, addiction, and foolishness. Vices can describe a person's character traits or objectionable traits that make something else worse. For example, ...
useful fictions
Philosophy; General philosophy
Nonfactual concepts used for thought experiments or philosophical theories. For example, social contracts, the veil of ignorance, quater, grue, or the impartial spectator. These ...
substantive
Philosophy; General philosophy
Non-tautological. For example, saying that rocks fall because of gravity is a substantive claim about reality.
physical
Philosophy; General philosophy
Objects that are causally related to reality as it's described by physicists as consisting of particles and energy. For example, tables, chairs, animal bodies, and rocks.
theory-laden observation
Philosophy; General philosophy
Observations are theory-laden when they are influenced by assumptions or interpretation. For example, visual experience is a collection of color blotches, but we interpret the ...
confirmation bias
Philosophy; General philosophy
One of the most important forms of cognitive bias that is evident when people take supporting evidence of their beliefs too seriously while simultaneously ignoring or ...
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