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The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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greedy reductionism
Philosophy; General philosophy
This term was coined by Daniel Dennett to condemn those forms of reductionism that try to explain too much with too little.
analytical reductionism
Philosophy; General philosophy
As used in "Is Reductionism A Good Approach In Science?" "is the underlying a priori of ontological reductionism".
relationalism
Philosophy; General philosophy
A philosophy that holds that space and time are basic entities ontologically on a par with matter and radiation.
relativism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The view that the meaning and value of human beliefs and behaviors have no absolute reference. Relativists claim that humans understand and evaluate beliefs and behaviors only in ...
linguistic relativism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The idea that differences in language are related to differences in cognition of the language users. It is an idea inferred from Linguistic determinism, and subject in the ...
methodological relativism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The idea that a researcher must suspend his or her own cultural biases while attempting to understand beliefs and behaviors in their local contexts.
reliabilism
Philosophy; General philosophy
In epistemology, the claim that the status of a belief as knowledge should be judged by whether it was arrived upon through a reliable method. For instance, scientific experiment ...
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