General philosophy

General philosophy

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

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Applied ethics

Philosophy; General philosophy

Branch of ethics that considers the practical application of ethical principles to specific issues of social or personal concern, including medical ethics, professional ethics, and environmental ...

Appetency, sensuous

Philosophy; General philosophy

The power in virtue of which a sentient being tends toward a consciously apprehended sensuous good and away from a consciously apprehended sensuous evil.

Appetition

Philosophy; General philosophy

The activity of the internal principle which produces change or passage from one perception to another

Archetypal exemplar

Philosophy; General philosophy

An unconscious worldview-intuition that is part of a worldview, e.g., The faustian i intuition of space.

Arghya

Philosophy; General philosophy

A libation to gods or saints, of rice, flowers, etc., With water, or of water only, in a small boat-shaped vessel.

Arc

Philosophy; General philosophy

A word coined from the initial letters of affinity, reality and communication.

Artificial intelligence (AI)

Philosophy; General philosophy

The use of programmes to enable machines to perform tasks which humans perform using their intelligence. Early AI avoided human psychological models, but this orientation has been altered by the ...