General philosophy

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Legal naturalism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Term coined by Olufemi Taiwo to describe a current in the social philosophy of Karl Marx that can be interpreted as one of Natural Law. Taiwo considered it the manifestation of Natural Law in a ...

Libertarianism

Philosophy; General philosophy

In metaphysics, the claim that free will exists; generally opposed to determinism. In political philosophy, either of two anti-statist political positions.

Kathenotheism

Philosophy; General philosophy

An extension of "henotheism", from kath hena theon – "one god at a time".

A non-cognitivist, expressivist meta-ethical and epistemological theory developed by professor Simon Blackburn. It holds that although propositions supervene on states of mind, they have many realist ...

Rationalism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A theory or method based on the thesis that human reason can in principle be the source of all knowledge. In the modern period, rationalism was initially championed by René Descartes and spread ...

Pythagoreanism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers, the Pythagoreans, who were considerably influenced by mathematics. Pythagoreanism greatly influenced Platonism. Later ...

Pancritical rationalism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A sub-concept of critical rationalism, it argues that every tenant of science or commonly held truth should be questioned regardless of an authority figure's justification or assurance that it is ...