General philosophy

General philosophy

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Essentialism

Philosophy; General philosophy

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 ...

Subjective idealism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A philosophy in which human experiences are based on perceptions.

The philosophy of Immanuel Kant and later Kantian and German Idealist philosophers; a view according to which our experience is not about the things as they are in themselves, but about the things as ...

Immortalism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Another name for immortality (or eternal life), is the concept of existing for a potentially infinite, or indeterminate length, of time. Throughout history, humans have had the desire to live ...

German idealism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A movement in philosophy, started with Immanuel Kant's transcendental idealism, centred in Germany. Many prominent exponents include Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Johann Gottlieb Fichte and ...

Illusionism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A philosophy that holds that there is no material world but rather a collection of illusions formed by human consciousness that results in an environment for all humans to live in.

Objective idealism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Is an idealistic metaphysics that postulates that there is in an important sense only one perceiver, and that this perceiver is one with that which is perceived.