General philosophy

General philosophy

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Kantianism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The philosophy of Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher born in Königsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia). The term Kantianism or Kantian is still often used to describe contemporary positions in ...

Jansenism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A branch of Catholic thought that emphasised original sin, human depravity, the necessity of divine grace, and predestination. Named after Cornelius Otto Jansen.

Irrealism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A philosophy combining the phenomenalism and physicalism in epistemology with the view that either could be used interchangeably as agents of free will and study of the aesthetic.

Jainism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A dharmic religion centred around asceticism and ahimsa, or nonviolence.

Judaism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A monotheistic, Abrahamic religion descended from the ancient Hebrews.

Relativism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The view that the meaning and value of human beliefs and behaviours have no absolute reference. Relativists claim that humans understand and evaluate beliefs and behaviours only in terms of, for ...

Theoretical reductionism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The idea that older theories or explanations are not generally replaced outright by new ones, but that new theories are refinements or reductions of the old theory in greater detail.