Western philosophy

Western philosophy

The philosophical thinking of Western civilization as distinct from Eastern philosophies and the varieties of indigenous philosophies.

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modal accident

Philosophy; Western philosophy

Accident modal: The definite disposition or determination of an indifferent and determinable accidental entity in such a manner that it does not confer any positive and new entity upon the substance.

abstract algebra

Philosophy; Western philosophy

The generalization of algebraic methods originally concerned with number systems to deal with arbitrary algebraic structures over arbitrary domains.

relative accident

Philosophy; Western philosophy

An accident that has its being in a subject only because of the bearing which one thing has to another.

Responsible, being required to answer for one's own actions. It’s sometimes used with a moral connotation meaning morally required to be responsible for one's actions without specifying to whom one ...

accurate

Philosophy; Western philosophy

Being free of errors, mistakes, or distortion. Correct connotes little more than absence of error; accurate implies a positive exercise of one to obtain conformity with fact or truth; exact stresses ...

acosmism

Philosophy; Western philosophy

The philosophical doctrine which denies or doubts the validity of our experiential knowledge concerning the existence and reality of a material world. It's also called immaterialism.

acquittal

Philosophy; Western philosophy

The judgment of a court that a defendant charged with a certain crime has not been proven to be guilty. Therefore, the person is declared to be innocent of those charges.