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Verificationism

Philosophy; General philosophy

An epistemic theory of truth based on the idea that the mind engages in a certain kind of activity: "verifying" a proposition. The distinctive claim of verificationism is that the result of such ...

Thomism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The philosophical school that followed in the legacy of Thomas Aquinas. The word comes from the name of its originator, whose summary work Summa Theologiae has arguably been second to only the Bible ...

Vitalism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The doctrine that "vital forces" are active in living organisms, so that life cannot be explained solely by mechanism. That element is often referred to as the vital spark or energy, which some ...

Utopianism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The many various social and political movements, and a significant body of religious and secular literature, based upon the idea that paradise is achievable on earth.

Universalism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Synonym for moral universalism, as a compromise between moral relativism and moral absolutism.

thick black theory

Philosophy; General philosophy

Thick Black Theory is a philosophical treatise written by Li Zongwu, a disgruntled politician and scholar born at the end of Qing dynasty. It was published in China in 1911, the year of the Xinhai ...

Causality

Philosophy; General philosophy

To philosopher David Hume, it is an inference made by our minds that we project to make our minds make things make sense. To Wegner, Hume's inference of causality is in conjunction with our ...

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