General philosophy

General philosophy

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sensualism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Philosophical theory in which sensations and perception are the basic and most important form of true cognition. This opposes realism. The base principle of sensualism is "there is not anything in ...

singularitarianism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A moral philosophy based upon the belief that a technological singularity - the technological creation of smarter-than-human intelligence - is possible, advocating deliberate action to effect and ...

situationalism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Another name for Situation Ethics, which is a Christian ethical theory that was principally developed in the 1960s by the Episcopal priest Joseph Fletcher. It basically states that sometimes other ...

skepticism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A school or method of doubt regarding what is held as knowledge.

pyrrhonian skepticism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A Hellenistic school of skepticism that inquired about, but did not reject, dogmatic beliefs because the lack of belief is not the same as disbelief.

social darwinism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A 19th century political philosophy that attempted to explain differences in social status (particularly class and racial differences) on the basis of evolutionary fitness. Social Darwinism is ...

hereditarianism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The philosophy developed by Francis Galton and expressed in his book 'Hereditary Genius' in 1869 that people inherit mental characteristics from their parents such as personality and intelligence. a ...