Philosophy

Philosophy

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

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Utilitarianism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Utilitarianism is a "consequentialist" ethical theory. Utilitarianism is usually connected with the more specific doctrines of Bentham and Mill, who took the goodness of ...

eudaimonia

Philosophy; General philosophy

Eudaimonia —sometimes anglicized as eudaemonia or eudemonia and translated "happiness" or "flourishing"— is a central concept in Aristotle's ethics. See "Aristotelian Ethics"in ...

fatalism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Fatalism is the doctrine that certain events are fated to happen, no matter what. This might mean that an event is fated to take place at a specific time, or that someone is going ...

reductionism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Reductionism is a philosophical position which holds that a complex system is nothing but the sum of its parts, and that an account of it can be reduced to accounts of individual ...

the noumenon

Philosophy; General philosophy

The noumenon is a posited object or event that is known (if at all) without the use of the senses. Schopenhauer claimed that Kant used the word incorrectly, as the Noumenon's ...

Tenets

Philosophy; General philosophy

Tenets are the basic rules or a beliefs that a group follows. For transcendentalists this includes: being true to yourself, and being one with nature.