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The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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Paradox
Philosophy; General philosophy
A statement that appears beyond belief or outside normal expectations. (from the Greek para - alongside and doxa - belief). This was a favoured form of argument of Zeno of Elea, ...
Aesthetics
Philosophy; General philosophy
The study of what constitutes beauty. Like ethics, aesthetics is a branch of practical philosophy, only it concerns human values rather than actions. Aesthetics considers what is ...
Ad hominem
Philosophy; General philosophy
An ad hominem argument is an argument that attacks a claim on the basis of features of the person who holds it. Two different sorts of argument are called "ad hominem arguments." ...
Dialectic
Philosophy; General philosophy
A form of philosophical debate which developed from the Socratic dialogue. It is the major form of debate in Plato's "Dialogues" where the protagonist, often Socrates, ...
Empiricism
Philosophy; General philosophy
A term related to the ways in which the knowledge we can gain or claim to have is related to experience (from the Greek empeiria - experience). The opposite view to empiricism, ...
Ad hoc
Philosophy; General philosophy
You call something ad hoc when it's introduced for a particular purpose, instead of for some general, antecedently motivated reason. So, for instance, an ad hoc decision is a ...
Epistemology
Philosophy; General philosophy
A branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of knowledge and what can be known (from the Greek episteme - knowledge). Plato poses the question: "Is the meaning of terms like ...
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