General philosophy

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principle of change

Philosophy; General philosophy

The principle which states that whatever changes is changed by another.

principle of charitable interpretation

Philosophy; General philosophy

A rule for extracting arguments from unstructured or poorly- structured collections of statements, enjoining the extractor to construct from them the best possible argument, given the author's point ...

Charvaka

Philosophy; General philosophy

A Hindu philosopher, founder of the charvaka system of philosophy, which is considered by some to be materialistic.

chaturmasya

Philosophy; General philosophy

Three sacrifices performed every four months, at the beginning of the three seasons.

chemism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Chemism is the second grade of The Object, the second stage of the Doctrine of the Notion in Hegel's Logic. Chemism refers to the development of mechanism in which the objects not only interact and ...

chhaya

Philosophy; General philosophy

Literally a "shade," "simulacrum," or "copy." In the esoteric philosophy, the word signifies the astral image of a person, and with this idea are bound up some of the most intricate and recondite ...

chod

Philosophy; General philosophy

Tibetan meditational practice, said to have been introduced by the 12th-century woman teacher machik labdron. It involves visualizing one's body being cut up, transformed and offered to deities and ...