Philosophy

Philosophy

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

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reconstructivism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A philosophy that holds that societies should continually reform in order to establish a more perfect government or social network.

reductionism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A number of related, contentious theories that hold, very roughly, that the nature of complex things can always be reduced to (be explained by) simpler or more fundamental things. ...

ontological reductionism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The idea that everything that exists is made from a small number of basic substances that behave in regular ways. Compare to monism.

methodological reductionism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The idea that explanations of things, such as scientific explanations, ought to be continually reduced to the very simplest entities possible (but no simpler). Occam's Razor forms ...

theoretical reductionism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The idea that older theories or explanations are not generally replaced outright by new ones, but that new theories are refinements or reductions of the old theory in greater ...

scientific reductionism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Has been used to describe all of the above ideas as they relate to science, but is most often used to describe the idea that all phenomena can be reduced to scientific ...