General philosophy

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belief

Philosophy; General philosophy

Belief is primarily a psychological or mental phenomenon. More specifically, it is a psychological phenomenon which is cognitive rather than conative or emotive. The use of the term "belief" often ...

Nicolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev

Philosophy; General philosophy

(1874-1948) Ukrainian philosopher who participated in the Revolution but was exiled to France in 1922. Distressed by totalitarian developments in communism, Berdyaev adopted a religious version of ...

Gustav Bergmann

Philosophy; General philosophy

(1906-1987) Austrian-American philosopher who employed the construction of an ideal language as a method for resolving ontological questions.

Henri Bergson

Philosophy; General philosophy

(1859-1941) French philosopher. Rejecting sterile mechanistic accounts of the natural world, including those of Darwin and Spencer, Bergson developed an account that emphasized the subjective ...

creative mind

Philosophy; General philosophy

An Introduction to Metaphysics (1934). In L'fivolution cr^atrice Bergson argued that thought, creativity, motion, and evolution are all products of a creative impulse that emerges in opposition to ...

Hector Berlioz

Philosophy; General philosophy

(1803-1869) French Composer. Although he composed Catholic Church-music (TeDeum, Mass of the Dead, etc.) and is claimed in the Catholic Encyclopedia , Berlioz often admits in his letters that he was ...

Bernard Claude

Philosophy; General philosophy

(1813-1878) Famous French physiologist. As he was educated by the Jesuits and the Church was allowed some share in his funeral ceremonies Catholics always claim the great scientist as "one of us." It ...