General philosophy

General philosophy

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Jean Le Rond D' Alembert

Philosophy; General philosophy

(1717-1783) The second greatest of the French Encyclopaedists, a foundling who became one of the most learned men of France, a member of the French and Berlin Academies and highly honored by Frederic ...

Samuel Alexander

Philosophy; General philosophy

(1859-1938) Australian-English philosopher. Alexander defended perceptual realism as an alternative to the idealism of his contemporaries. His theory regarding the "emergent evolution" of mind within ...

algebra

Philosophy; General philosophy

The systematic study of number systems using symbolic formulae involving variables

al-hadd al-akbar

Philosophy; General philosophy

The major term, i.e. the term which is used as predicate in the conclusion of a syllogism.

al-hadd al-ausat

Philosophy; General philosophy

The middle term; the term which is common to the two premises in a syllogism and functions as a uniting link between them; it is, however, absent from the conclusion.

al-hadd al-kamil

Philosophy; General philosophy

The perfect definition of a thing consisting of its proximate genus and differentia, e.g. the definition of man as a rational animal.

al-harakat al-iradiyah

Philosophy; General philosophy

Voluntary movement as opposed to constrained or forced movement; al-harakat al-iradiyah is also distinguished from al-harakat al-tabi'iyah for, whereas the former is multidirectional, the latter is ...