(philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science…
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British empiricism
the predominant philosophical tradition in Great Britain since the 17th century
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(philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy.(philosophy) the philosophical theory that all of mathematics can be derived from formal logic
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy.(philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy.(philosophy) a doctrine that mind is the true reality and that objects exist only as aspects of the mind's awareness
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy.(philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy.the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy.(Stoic philosophy) a matter having no moral merit or demerit.; "Esteem (or reputation, fame, glory) was for Stoics an adiaphoron, and…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy.(philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful; "he despised the esthetic of minimalism"
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy.(philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis.; "People persevere in asserting all sorts of thing…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy.(philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis.; "People persevere in asserting all sorts of thing…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy.(philosophy) The doctrine of Cyrenaics that people should ultimately aim at the pleasure of the present moment, disregarding future pa…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy.(philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often underst…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy.(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy.(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy.(philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful; "he despised the esthetic of minimalism"
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy.(philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for w…
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A low story above the main order or orders of a facade, in the classical styles; -- a term introduced in the 17th century. Hence:
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: predominant, philosophical, tradition, great, britain.A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: predominant, philosophical, tradition, great, britain.A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from aper…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: predominant, philosophical, tradition, great, britain.elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: predominant, philosophical, tradition, great, britain.elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: predominant, philosophical, tradition, great, britain.A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: predominant, philosophical, tradition, great, britain.A word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to Great Britain; any manner of using a word or words that is peculiar to Great Britain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: predominant, philosophical, tradition, great, britain.Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: predominant, philosophical, tradition, great, britain.(Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region — wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: predominant, philosophical, tradition, great, britain.A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: predominant, philosophical, tradition, great, britain.Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous so…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: predominant, philosophical, tradition, great, britain.Since; because; introducing a reason of something before advanced, a cause, motive, explanation, justification, or the like, of an act…
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