Functionalism: alternatives and connections

The branch of law governing agreements and the obligations they create.

State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction

The science of juridical law; the knowledge of the laws, customs, and rights of men in a state or community, necessary for the due adm…

In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or…

the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets.

The doctrines or philosophy by Plato or of his followers.

As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions.…

Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved…

Alt. of Esthetics

The philosophy of Aristotle, otherwise called the Peripatetic philosophy.

The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.

The theory or philosophy of taste; the science of the beautiful in nature and art; esp. that which treats of the expression and embodi…

The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting d…

The practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, or dependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion.

The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the…

the philosophical study of moral values and rules

The doctrines or philosophical system of the peripatetics. See Peripatetic, n., 2.