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

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analytic / synthetic
Philosophy; General philosophy

Distinction between judgments or propositions. A judgment is analytic if the concept of its predicate is already contained in that of its subject; if the concepts of its subject ...

analytic philosophy
Philosophy; General philosophy

Twentieth-century methods of philosophizing, generally characterized by the careful effort to uncover logical and philosophical suppositions concealed beneath the superficial ...

animals
Philosophy; General philosophy

Many philosophers of the Western tradition have considered the relationship between human beings and other species of animals. Although some have been impressed with the obvious ...

animal rights
Philosophy; General philosophy

The ontological status accorded to non-human animals has obvious consequences for the morality of our willingness to use them for our own purposes. Kant argued that animals do not ...

Adorno, Theodor Wiesengrund (1903-1969)
Philosophy; General philosophy

German musicologist, social critic, and political philosopher; author of Philosophie der neuen Musik (The Philosophy of Modern Music) (1949) and Noten zur Literatur (Notes to ...

act / rule utilitarianism
Philosophy; General philosophy

Distinction between ways of applying the greatest happiness principle for the moral evaluation of actions on utilitarian grounds. Act-utilitarianism supposes that each particular ...

Addams, Jane
Philosophy; General philosophy

American pragmatist and social worker. Concerned by the dismal living conditions endured by women, minorities, and the working poor, Addams established Hull House in Chicago as a ...

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