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Functionalism

any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose

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contract law noun · 86% connection

that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts

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Dualism noun · 86% connection

the doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and e…

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Jurisprudence noun · 86% connection

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

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Law noun · 86% connection

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

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Legal philosophy noun · 86% connection

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

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Materialism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality

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Platonism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names

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Realism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names

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Philosophy noun · 85% connection

the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

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Aesthetics noun · 85% connection

(art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art); "tradition…

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Aristotelianism noun · 85% connection

(philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science…

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Epistemology noun · 85% connection

the philosophical theory of knowledge

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Esthetics noun · 85% connection

(art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art); "tradition…

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Ethics noun · 85% connection

the philosophical study of moral values and rules

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Formalism noun · 85% connection

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded…

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Mechanism noun · 85% connection

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes

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Moral philosophy noun · 85% connection

the philosophical study of moral values and rules

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Peripateticism noun · 85% connection

(philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science…

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Benthamism noun · 78% connection

That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and dete…

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Broad Church unknown · 78% connection

A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, interme…

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Catastrophism noun · 78% connection

The doctrine that the geological changes in the earth's crust have been caused by the sudden action of violent physical causes; -- opp…

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Catholicity noun · 78% connection

Adherence or conformity to the system of doctrine held by all parts of the orthodox Christian church; the doctrine so held; orthodoxy.

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Disciple noun · 78% connection

One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the…

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Disutilize verb · 78% connection

To deprive of utility; to render useless.

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Divine right noun · 78% connection

the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst…

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Divine right of kings noun · 78% connection

the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst…

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Doctrine noun · 78% connection

That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or th…

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Forte noun · 78% connection

an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"

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Input program noun · 78% connection

a utility program that organizes the input to a computer

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Ivory noun · 78% connection

The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by t…

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