Philosophy

• empiricism

  (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience.

• existentialism

  (philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that...

• determinism

  (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences...

• materialism

  (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality.

• realism

  (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their...

• pragmatism

  (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and...

• Aristotelianism

  (philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and...

• mechanism

  (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of...

• nativism

  (philosophy) the philosophical theory that some ideas are innate.

• naturalism

  (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without...

• semiotics

  (philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols.

• subjectivism

  (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge and value are dependent on and limited by...

• teleology

  (philosophy) a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes.

• vitalism

  (philosophy) a doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from physics and chemi...

• aesthetic

  (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful; "he despised the esthetic...

• deconstruction

  A philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to...

• formalism

  (philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements...

• idealism

  (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality.

• intuitionism

  (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired primarily by intuition.

• logicism

  (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all of mathematics can be derived from formal...

• mentalism

  (philosophy) a doctrine that mind is the true reality and that objects exist only as aspects...

• nominalism

  (philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing...

• operationalism

  (philosophy) the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of the operations...

• probabilism

  (philosophy) the doctrine that (since certainty is unattainable) probability is a sufficient...

• rationalism

  (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to ex...

• realism

  (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not...

• relativism

  (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that all criteria of judgment are relative to...

• sensationalism

  (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is...

• solipsism

  (philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist.

• Stoicism

  (philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient...

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• Taoism

  Philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life...

• Scholasticism

  The system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church...

• conceptualism

  The doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the...

• Confucianism

  The teachings of Confucius emphasizing love for humanity; high value given to learning...

• environmentalism

  The philosophical doctrine that environment is more important than heredity in...

• hereditarianism

  The philosophical doctrine that heredity is more important than environment in determining...

• Neoplatonism

  A system of philosophical and theological doctrines composed of elements of Platonism...

• traditionalism

  The doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that...