Essentialism

Essentialism

The belief and practise centred on a philosophical claim that for any specific kind of entity it is at least theoretically possible to specify a finite list of characteristics, all of which any entity must have to belong to the group defined.

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essentialism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The belief and practice centered on a philosophical claim that for any specific kind of entity it is at least theoretically possible to specify a finite list of characteristics, ...

essentialism

Language; General language

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essential

General; Miscellaneous

Fundamental or central to the nature of something or someone.

essential

Fitness; Weight loss

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essentiality

Language; Dictionaries

The quality of being essential; the essential part.

essential

Biology; Biochemistry; Molecular biology

A substance that cannot be produced from the body, and therefore must be obtained from the diet.

ineffability

Philosophy; Philosophy; General philosophy; General philosophy

Something "that cannot be expressed or described in language/words". It is concerned with ideas that cannot or should not be expressed in spoken words (or language in general), ...

idea

Philosophy; General philosophy

An idea is the content of cognition, a perception in consciousness of an object, which is the main thing you are thinking about and is therefore often deemed a personal view. ...

Godel’s incompleteness theorem

Philosophy; General philosophy

See completeness.

ethical egoism

Philosophy; General philosophy

See psychological egoism.

existentialism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A philosophic movement primarily associated with the mid-20th century, in part arising from phenomenology (see J. P. Sarte, M. Heidegger, K. Jaspers, A. Camus, etc. ) that insists ...

extensional

Philosophy; General philosophy

Having, or presupposing, a use of terms that is wholly determined by what falls under them (in this actual world). The meaning of a term in the extensional sense is given just by ...