General philosophy

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legal positivism

Philosophy; General philosophy

School of thought in the philosophy of law that claims that laws are made (deliberately or unintentionally) by human beings, and that there is no inherent or necessary connection between the validity ...

liberalism

Philosophy; General philosophy

In politics, a position that favors liberty as a political value. Liberalism has taken many meanings throughout history, but commonalities include a focus on individual liberty, democratic ...

libertarianism

Philosophy; General philosophy

In metaphysics, the claim that free will exists; generally opposed to determinism. In political philosophy, either of two anti-statist political positions.

logical positivism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Logical positivism (also known as logical empiricism, scientific philosophy, and neo-positivism) being philosophy that combines empiricism—the idea that observational evidence is indispensable for ...

logicism

Philosophy; General philosophy

One of the schools of thought in the philosophy of mathematics, putting forth the theory that mathematics is an extension of logic and therefore all mathematics is reducible to logic.9 Bertrand ...

manichaeism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Was one of the major ancient religions. Though its organized form is mostly extinct today, a revival has been attempted under the name of Neo-Manichaeism. However, most of the writings of the ...

marxism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A set of philosophical, political and economic positions and movements based on the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Marx's philosophy of history included the notion of class struggle within ...