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The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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substance
Philosophy; General philosophy
The term substance has been used in a variety of ways in philosophy. In modern philosophy, a substance is a thing capable of independent existence. Substances are contrasted ...
universals and particulars
Philosophy; General philosophy
A particular is what we would ordinarily think of as a thing, with a particular position in space at any one time. A universal is that which particulars have in common, or may ...
Biconditional
Philosophy; General philosophy
The biconditional or material equivalence operator is used to symbolize “if and only if” statements in symbolic logic. The biconditional is a truth-functional operator in ...
Aesthetics
Philosophy; General philosophy
Aesthetics is the area of philosophy which covers the concepts of beauty and art. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” There are two basic standings on the nature of ...
Alternative Denial
Philosophy; General philosophy
The alternative denial is a truth-functional operator in logic which is equivalent to the English wording “not both“ and”. It is used to deny a conjunction, stating that at least ...
Branches of Philosophy
Philosophy; General philosophy
Main branches of philosophy Traditionally, there are five main branches of philosophy. They are: Metaphysics, which deals with the fundamental questions of ...
veil of ignorance
Philosophy; General philosophy
The term veil of ignorance is sometimes used to characterize the skeptical consequences of the theory of representative ideas. According to this theory, we only directly know ...
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