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Philosophy
The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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metaethical constructivism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The view that moral right and wrong are determined by what ideally 41 rational agents would agree with (if they deliberated in an ideal fashion). This can be based on a “social ...
cultural relativism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The view that moral statements are true because we agree on their truth (or merely because we believe they are true). Rape and murder would be considered wrong for a society if ...
moral constructivism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The view that moral truths consist in psychological facts, agreements, or some kind of an ideal based upon one or both of them.
is/ought gap
Philosophy; General philosophy
The view that morality is a different domain from other parts of reality, and/or that we can't know moral facts from non-moral facts.
Indetermanism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The view that not everything is causally determined. A rejection of “determinism.” For example, some philosophers and scientists believe that quantum mechanics is evidence for ...
physical anti-realism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The view that physical reality (i.e. the natural world) does not really exist (or is less real than some ultimate reality), but that our experiences of the world could still be ...
physical realism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The view that physical reality (i.e. the natural world) exists. Physical realists deny that there is a reality that is more real than physical reality, that physical reality ...
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