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The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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Physicalism
Philosophy; General philosophy
Physicalism is a position in philosophy of mind which argues that mental processes are, are the result of, or can be reduced to, physical processes in the brain. There are various ...
Moral Universalism
Philosophy; General philosophy
Moral universalism is the position in meta-ethics that some moral values, or moral system, can be applied universally to everyone — or at least everyone in similar circumstances. ...
Idealism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The doctrine that reality is in some way mental, related to the contents and structure of the mind. The term derives from idea rather than ideal and is more related to metaphysics ...
Ionian philosophers
Philosophy; General philosophy
The earliest of the Greek philosophers tended to live in the Greek occupied area of Asia Minor known as Ionia. The Greeks described them as physicists, students of Nature. Their ...
ambiguous
Philosophy; General philosophy
In a philosophical discussion, you should call a term "ambiguous" when and only when the expression has more than one acceptable meaning. For instance, "bank" is ambiguous (river ...
refuting and proving
Philosophy; General philosophy
Refuting a claim is showing it to be false--typically by producing reasons that make it clear that it's false. Until you produce reasons, you may deny or reject the claim, but you ...
Logic
Philosophy; General philosophy
A study of how we reason correctly. It is a formal system of argument concerned with the structure of statements and arguments rather than their contents. Aristotle was the first ...
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