General philosophy

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Personalism

Philosophy; General philosophy

School of thought that consists of three main principles: 1) only people are real (in the ontological sense), 2) only people have value, and 3) only people have free will. Personalism flourished in ...

Perspectivism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Philosophical view developed by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche that all perception and ideation takes place from a particular perspective in terms of inner drives as elucidated by the ...

Perfectionism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A philosophy that holds that the persistence of will should be used in obtaining the optimal quality of spiritual, mental, physical, and material being.

Phenomenal conservatism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A philosophy that holds that it is reasonable to assume that things are as they appear, unless there are positive grounds for doubting this.

Voluntarism

Philosophy; General philosophy

School of thought that regards the will as superior to the intellect and to emotion. Introduced into philosophical literature by Ferdinand Tönnies and developed further in the writings of Wilhelm ...

Voluntaryism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Theory advocated by Auberon Herbert, stressing "voluntary taxation" and the boycott of electoral politics. The original sources for voluntaryism can be found in Herbert's book "The Right and Wrong of ...

Zen buddhism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A fusion of Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism, practised chiefly in China and Japan. It places great importance on moment-by-moment awareness and 'seeing deeply into the nature of things' by direct ...