the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of science.
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a system of pragmatic philosophy that considers idea to be instruments that should guide our actions and their value is measured by their success
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(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of science.(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of science.(art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art); "tradition…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of science.the philosophical theory of knowledge
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of science.(art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art); "tradition…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of science.the philosophical study of moral values and rules
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of science.the philosophical study of moral values and rules
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of science.the philosophical study of causation
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of science.the study of values and value judgments
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of science.any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of science.the philosophical study of causation
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of science.the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of science.the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of science.the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of science.the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of science.the philosophical study of being and knowing
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, General philosophy, Philosophy of science.any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material
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The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pragmatic, philosophy, considers, idea.One who deals with or considers actually existing facts and conditions, rather than fancies or theories; -- opposed to idealist.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pragmatic, philosophy, considers, idea.(Stoic philosophy) a matter having no moral merit or demerit.; "Esteem (or reputation, fame, glory) was for Stoics an adiaphoron, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pragmatic, philosophy, considers, idea.A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pragmatic, philosophy, considers, idea.A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pragmatic, philosophy, considers, idea.One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should be adm…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pragmatic, philosophy, considers, idea.That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and dete…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pragmatic, philosophy, considers, idea.One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pragmatic, philosophy, considers, idea.Liberality in judging of men and their actions; a disposition which inclines men to put the best construction on the words and actions…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pragmatic, philosophy, considers, idea.A French theory of government which holds that commune should be a kind of independent state, and the national government a confederat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pragmatic, philosophy, considers, idea.Auguste Comte's positivistic philosophy that metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics a…
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