General philosophy

General philosophy

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Romanticism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A philosophy that expresses art as an emotional experience based on the appreciation of the aesthetic. In other words, Romanticism is a philosophy where art is celebrated due to the emotional ...

A philosophical concept that states that we do not (and can not) perceive the external world directly; instead we know only our ideas or interpretations of objects in the world. Thus, a barrier or a ...

Secularism

Philosophy; General philosophy

In politics, the notion of the independence of the state from religion; the advocacy of a state that is neutral on matters of religious belief. Secularism, or religious freedom, is usually considered ...

Reliabilism

Philosophy; General philosophy

In epistemology, the claim that the status of a belief as knowledge should be judged by whether it was arrived upon through a reliable method. For instance, scientific experiment may be considered a ...

Scientism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The belief that science has primacy over other ways of obtaining knowledge. This term is often used in a derogatory manner, to refer to a level of trust or reliance upon scientific progress the ...

Methodological relativism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The idea that a researcher must suspend his or her own cultural biases while attempting to understand beliefs and behaviours in their local contexts.

Linguistic relativism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The idea that differences in language are related to differences in cognition of the language users. It is an idea inferred from Linguistic determinism, and subject in the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis.