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Philosophy
The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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explaining away
Philosophy; General philosophy
To reveal a phenomenon to not exist after all. To “explain away” a phenomenon is often counterintuitive, inconsistent with our experiences, or insensitive to our experiences. For ...
life-denying
Philosophy; General philosophy
To see the whole of life as primarily having negative value. Pain, suffering, or death are seen as being more important than the amount of pleasure, happiness, or life that ...
hypothetico-deductive method
Philosophy; General philosophy
To start with a hypothesis, consider what conditions or observations would be incompatible with the hypothesis, then set up an experiment that could cause observations that are ...
interpretation
Philosophy; General philosophy
To try to understand or make sense out of information or experiences when there are multiple ways of doing so. Information and experiences can be ambiguous or vague, so ...
life-affirmation
Philosophy; General philosophy
To value life no matter what it consists of. Both suffering and death could be considered to be part of life, but a life-affirming attitude would require us to value life as a ...
externalities
Philosophy; General philosophy
Unintended positive or negative effects on third parties by business transactions. For example, pollution is a negative externality caused by many business transactions. Many ...
sophistry
Philosophy; General philosophy
Using nonrational argumentation that generally contain errors (flaws of reasoning). Sophistry generally refers to the manipulative use of “informal fallacies.”
Sub-categories
- Aesthetics (78)
- Eastern philosophy (1245)
- Ethics (460)
- General philosophy (17993)
- Logic (397)
- Metaphysics (736)
- Neurophilosophy (11)
- Political philosophy (1587)
- Western philosophy (202)