General philosophy

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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 terms of, for ...

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 Sapir–Whorf hypothesis.

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.

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 may be considered a ...