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Philosophy
The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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hedonism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The ethical view that pleasure is the greatest good, and that pleasure should be the standard in deciding which course of action to pursue. It is usually associated with a more ...
hegelianism
Philosophy; General philosophy
A philosophy developed by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. It can be summed up by a favorite motto by Hegel: "The rational alone is real," meaning that all reality is capable of ...
historicism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The theory that claims 1) that there is an organic succession of developments (also known as historism or the German historismus), and 2) that local conditions and peculiarities ...
holism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The idea that all the properties of a given system cannot be determined or explained by the sum of its constituent parts alone. Instead, the system as a whole determines in an ...
posthumanism
Philosophy; General philosophy
A development of humanism that rejects a special position in nature for humanity.
secular humanism
Philosophy; General philosophy
A system of belief that upholds ethics and reason as the sole means of gaining knowledge. Secular humanists reject blind faith and dogma in favor of scientific inquiry, and most ...
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