General philosophy

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Dialetheism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A metaphysical doctrine according to which there are true contradictions.

Legalism

Philosophy; General philosophy

In the Western sense, legalism is an approach to the analysis of legal questions characterised by abstract "logical" reasoning focused on the applicable legal text, such as a constitution, ...

Logicism

Philosophy; General philosophy

One of the schools of thought in the philosophy of mathematics, putting forth the theory that mathematics is an extension of logic and therefore all mathematics is reducible to logic.9 Bertrand ...

Logical positivism (also known as logical empiricism, scientific philosophy, and neo-positivism) being philosophy that combines empiricism—the idea that observational evidence is indispensable for ...

Kierkegaardianism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A set of philosophical, theological and psychological positions based on the work of the 19th century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. Kierkegaard's work focuses on the existing individual and ...

Liberalism

Philosophy; General philosophy

In politics, a position that favours liberty as a political value. Liberalism has taken many meanings throughout history, but commonalities include a focus on individual liberty, democratic ...

Legal positivism

Philosophy; General philosophy

School of thought in the philosophy of law that claims that laws are made (deliberately or unintentionally) by human beings, and that there is no inherent or necessary connexion between the validity ...