General philosophy

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Anarcho-syndicalism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A form of anarchism that allies itself with syndicalism, that is, with labour unions, as a force for revolutionary social change. Anarcho-syndicalists seek to replace capitalism and the state with a ...

Neo-aristotelianism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A view of literature and criticism propagated by the Chicago School -- Ronald S. Crane, Elder Olson, Richard McKeon, Wayne Booth, and others that means "A view of literature and criticism that takes ...

Hinduism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Arguably the oldest religion in the world.

Formalism

Philosophy; General philosophy

1. A certain school in the philosophy of mathematics, stressing axiomatic proofs through theorems specifically associated with David Hilbert. 2. In economic anthropology, formalism is the theoretical ...

Functionalism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The dominant theory of mental states in modern philosophy. Functionalism was developed as an answer to the mind-body problem because of objections to both identity theory and logical behaviourism. ...

Historicism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The theory that claims 1) that there is an organic succession of developments (also known as historism or the German historismus), and 2) that local conditions and peculiarities influence the results ...

Hegelianism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A philosophy developed by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. It can be summed up by a favourite motto by Hegel: "The rational alone is real," meaning that all reality is capable of being expressed in ...