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General philosophy

Terms that relate to philosophy, yet do not fit other specific categories.

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General philosophy

Scotism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The philosophical school and theological system named after John Duns Scotus. It heavily criticised the Old Franciscan School and thomism.

Anarcho-capitalism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A philosophy based on the idea of individual sovereignty, and a prohibition against initiatory coercion and fraud. It sees the only just basis for law as arising from private property norms and an ...

Capitalism

Philosophy; General philosophy

An economic system in which all or most of the means of production are privately owned and operated (usually through employing wage labour, and for profit), and in which the investment of capital and ...

Theoretical behaviourism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Post-Skinnerian, accepts observable internal states ("within the skin" once meant "unobservable", but with modern technology we are not so constrained); dynamic, but eclectic in choice of theoretical ...

Inter behaviourism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Founded by Jacob Robert Kantor before Skinner's writings and currently worked by L. Hayes; E. Ribes; and S. Bijou. centred in the inter behaviour of organisms, field theory of behavior; emphasis on ...

Careerism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The desire to advance one's own career as a sole aim in life, often at the expense of personal and social growth or development.

Biological behaviourism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Post-Skinnerian, centred on perceptual and motor modules of behavior, theory of behaviour systems.

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