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Philosophy

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

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Occam's razor

Philosophy; General philosophy

The view that we shouldn't accept an otherwise equally good explanation if it is more complicated, and often stated as “we shouldn't multiply entities beyond necessity.” Occam's ...

scientific anti-realism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The view that we shouldn't believe in unobservable scientific entities, even if they are part of an important theory that explains various phenomena. For example, we do not ...

property dualism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The view within “philosophy of the mind” that states that things have up to two different kinds of basic properties: physical and mental. Property dualists are not substance ...

charity

Philosophy; General philosophy

The virtue in a disagreement or debate to describe other people's beliefs and arguments accurately rather than to misrepresent them as being less reasonable than they really are. ...

logical connective

Philosophy; General philosophy

The words used to connect propositions (or symbols that represent propositions) in formal logic. The connectives are the following: “not” (¬), “and” ( ), “or” ( ), “implies” ∧ ∨ ...

noumenal world

Philosophy; General philosophy

The world as it really exists in and of itself. Our understanding of reality is often thought to be corrupted by flawed interpretation and perception. The “noumenal world” is ...