General philosophy

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The private language argument

Philosophy; General philosophy

Descartes' arguments (see Cartesian Doubt) eventually led many philosophers (especially Logical empiricists) to adopt phenomenalism and solipsism. Wittgenstein argued (against this) that such a view ...

Primary qualities

Philosophy; General philosophy

Qualities such as shape, extension, duration, etc. Which are perceived by several senses and which are thought to be more or less as much a part of the world as of our perception of it. As opposed to ...

Prescriptivism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The view, in ethics that all ethical arguments tactly involve an appeal to some prescriptive premise. Hence, so it is claimed, any moral judgement includes some element of "telling someone how they ...

Predicate logic

Philosophy; General philosophy

Formal logical systems that include quantification. "Predicate logic" is often contrasted with "propositional logic."

Transcendent

Philosophy; General philosophy

Going beyond any possible experience as opposed to immanent.

Teleological

Philosophy; General philosophy

A teleological ethics is one that claims that it is the consequences (or goals-fostered-by) of actions that determine their moral worth. Mill's utilitarianism ("act so as to achieve the greatest ...

Traditional logic

Philosophy; General philosophy

Traditional logic was first developed by Aristotle and systematised (somewhat differently) by the mediaeval school persons. It was thought to be all there was to logic by most until the end of the ...