Search results

• Political Theories for Students
  ...hilosophy]] and an [[analysis]] of the historical [[context]] in which the theory was developed, including critical response. [[Category: Philosophy]]
  754 bytes (101 words) - 02:03, 13 December 2020
• Raymond Guess
  ...ry; Public Goods, Private Goods; and History and Illusion in Politics. Two of his books, Politik und Gluck and Outside Ethics are forthcoming. [https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ARaymond+Geuss&qt=hot_author List of Guess' titles]
  744 bytes (115 words) - 01:50, 13 December 2020
• Political Science
  ...l science also studies [[power]] in international relations and the theory of Great powers and Superpowers. <center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''Politics''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=
  2 KB (222 words) - 22:47, 12 December 2020
• Becoming
  ...hilosophy process philosophy], which indicates a metaphysical [[doctrine]] of [[theology]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becoming_%28philosophy%29] <center>For lesson on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Manifestation]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.p
  2 KB (261 words) - 23:41, 12 December 2020
• Axiology
  ...ld to lay the groundwork for these fields, and thus to be similar to value theory and meta-ethics. The term was first used in the early 20th century by Paul ...s://www.jstor.org/pss/2105883 Samuel L. Hart. Axiology--Theory of Values]. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
  1 KB (184 words) - 23:43, 12 December 2020
• Absolutism
  *1a : a political theory that absolute [[power]] should be vested in one or more rulers *2: advocacy of a rule by absolute [[standards]] or principles
  2 KB (318 words) - 23:38, 12 December 2020
• Naturalism
  *2: a theory denying that an event or object has a supernatural significance; specifical ...ific observation of life without idealization and often including elements of determinism
  2 KB (309 words) - 01:20, 13 December 2020
• Realism
  *1: concern for [[fact]] or [[reality]] and [[rejection]] of the impractical and [[visionary]] ...that objects of sense [[perception]] or [[cognition]] exist independently of the [[mind]] — [[compare]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominalism nomi
  2 KB (328 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020
• Everything
  ...ence|nothing]], although an alternative view considers "nothing" a part of everything. <center>For lessons on "'''''everything'''''", follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Topi
  6 KB (808 words) - 00:48, 13 December 2020
• Natural Law
  ...that law.[2] In natural law jurisprudence, on the other hand, the content of positive law cannot be known without some [[reference]] to the natural law ...i/Common_law common law],[3] and have featured greatly in the philosophies of [[Thomas Aquinas]], Francisco Suárez, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richa
  3 KB (387 words) - 01:41, 13 December 2020
• Correspond
  *1 a : the [[agreement]] of [[things]] with one another ...in which each member of one set is [[associated]] with one or more members of the other — compare [[function]]
  3 KB (443 words) - 23:42, 12 December 2020
• Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
  [[Raymond Guess]], Reader in Philosophy, University of Cambridge [[Quentin Skinner]], Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge
  1 KB (210 words) - 23:47, 12 December 2020
• Intellect
  ...an of training and [[culture]] who cares little for the ordinary pleasures of sense. ...o grasp a situation. (the word as a synonym for "news" is journalese) In [[philosophy]] the "intellect" is contrasted with the senses and the will; it sifts and
  2 KB (315 words) - 00:16, 13 December 2020
• Meaning
  *1. Present participle of mean. ...mbolic value of something. b. The significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life"
  2 KB (280 words) - 01:24, 13 December 2020
• Past
  ...00-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from past participle of passen to pass ...sually formed by internal vowel [[change]] (as in sang) or by the addition of a suffix (as in laughed)
  4 KB (637 words) - 02:37, 13 December 2020
• Eclecticism
  ...ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Academic New Academics] Carneades and Philo of Larissa. Among the Romans, Cicero was thoroughly eclectic, as he united the *2: composed of elements drawn from various [[sources]]; also : heterogeneous
  2 KB (304 words) - 23:57, 12 December 2020
• Ontology
  ...i, i.e. "to be, I am", and -λογία, -logia, i.e. "[[science]], [[study]], [[theory]]".[4][5] ...3%B6ckel Rudolf Göckel] (Goclenius); see classical compounds for this type of word formation.
  4 KB (575 words) - 01:22, 13 December 2020
• Assimilation
  Probably < French assimilation, < [[Latin]] assimilātiōn-em, n. of [[action]] < assimilāre to assimilate v.; but it may have been taken direc *1a : an [[act]], [[process]], or instance of assimilating
  4 KB (609 words) - 23:42, 12 December 2020
• Systems Theory
  ...ted in other fields, such as in the structural functionalist [[sociology]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talcott_Parsons Talcott Parsons] and Niklas ...bniz Leibniz] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_of_Cusa Nicholas of Cusa's] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Docta_Ignorantia coincidentia opp
  7 KB (944 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020
• Permission
  *1: the [[act]] of permitting *3: A [[license]] or [[freedom]] to do something; the granting of such [[freedom]]; (Publishing) an authorization given to a publisher to quo
  2 KB (214 words) - 02:37, 13 December 2020
• Empiricism
  ...gmatic_school Dogmatic school]), preferring to rely on the [[observation]] of [[phenomena]]. ...[[practice]] founded on [[experience]] without the aid of [[science]] or [[theory]]
  3 KB (466 words) - 00:20, 13 December 2020
• Concrete
  ...ishness, heroism), and this is the basis of the modern use as the opposite of ‘[[abstract]]’ The noun sense ‘[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concret *3: (of a noun) denoting a material object as opposed to an [[abstract]] [[quality]
  4 KB (520 words) - 23:41, 12 December 2020
• Political philosophy
  ...[philosophy]]. In short, political philosophy is the activity, as with all philosophy, whereby the [[conceptual]] apparatus behind such concepts as aforementione ...n Eric Voegelin] and Judith Shklar—encouraged continued study in political philosophy in the Anglo-American world, but in the 1950s and 1960s they and their stud
  7 KB (1,115 words) - 02:04, 13 December 2020
• Process philosophy
  ...] and a [[theory]] of knowledge possible, as it was thought that a science of something in [[becoming]] was an impossible feat to achieve. ...conceptual bridge to [[facilitate]] [[discussions]] among [[religion]], [[philosophy]], and [[science]].
  5 KB (737 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020
• Agency
  ...tructure]]; '''''the structure and agency debate''''' concerning the level of [[reflexivity]] that agent may possess. ...ee will]], the philosophical doctrine that our choices are not the product of causal chains, but are significantly free or undetermined. Human agency ent
  3 KB (480 words) - 23:44, 12 December 2020
• Omnipresence
  ...mnipresent; [[infinite]] presence; ''ubiquity''; spec. as an [[attribute]] of [[God]]. <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Omnipresence''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?ti
  3 KB (378 words) - 01:21, 13 December 2020
• Oxford Companion to the Mind
  ...in scanning, and artificial intelligence — with contributions from a range of specialists. In all, there are over 300 contributors from the world's leadi
  1 KB (150 words) - 01:35, 13 December 2020
• Behavior
  ...The complexity of the behavior of an organism is related to the complexity of its nervous system. Generally, organisms with complex nervous systems have ...ng not directed at other people and thus is the most basic human [[Action (philosophy)|action]]. Animal behavior is studied in [[comparative psychology]], [[etho
  2 KB (353 words) - 22:18, 12 December 2020
• Context
  ...t, background or settings which determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of [[Context]], follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Categor
  2 KB (288 words) - 22:13, 12 December 2020
• Conjecture
  ...n]]; Middle French, from Latin conjectura, from conjectus, past participle of conicere, [[literally]], to throw [[together]], from com- + jacere to thro *1 obsolete a : [[interpretation]] of [[omen]]s
  1 KB (186 words) - 23:43, 12 December 2020
• German Philosophy
  ...osophy|analytic]] and [[continental philosophy|continental]] traditions in philosophy for centuries, from [[Leibniz]] through [[Immanuel Kant|Kant]], [[G.W.F. He ...ce, but nothing else, but we can never know the world from the “standpoint of nowhere” and therefore we can never know the world in its entirety, neith
  6 KB (936 words) - 00:08, 13 December 2020
• Surrealism
  ...] [[reality]] of a [[dream]]; also : unbelievable, fantastic <surreal sums of [[money]]> ...arly 1920s, and is best known for the [[visual]] artworks and [[writings]] of the [[group]] members.
  1 KB (204 words) - 02:35, 13 December 2020
• Aristotle
  ...y-minded than Plato or Socrates and is famous for rejecting Plato’s theory of forms. ...e into distinct disciplines such as mathematics, biology, and ethics. Some of these classifications are still used today.
  3 KB (510 words) - 23:41, 12 December 2020
• Alienation
  ...bility of [[capitalism]] with alienation (a common theme of the early work of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl Marx Karl Marx]. <center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''Isolation''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title
  3 KB (497 words) - 23:43, 12 December 2020
• Secondary Corpus
  ...h the [[language]]s, [[literature]], [[history]], [[art]], and all aspects of the ancient [[Mediterranean]] world. The study of the Universe integrating [[science]], [[philosophy]], and [[religion]].
  8 KB (1,084 words) - 02:37, 13 December 2020
• Plato
  ...f the European philosophical [[tradition]] is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato." ...; this has led to several conventions regarding the naming and referencing of Plato's texts.
  4 KB (592 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020
• Theory
  ...] and even dispute across academic [[disciplines]] as to the proper usages of the term. What follows is an attempt to describe how the term is used, not ...ure]] or discourse is a [[reference]] to a scientific or empirically-based theory.
  7 KB (1,108 words) - 02:41, 13 December 2020
• Phenomena
  ...tion of expensive and sensitive equipment. Phenomena make up the raw data of [[science]], and are often exploited by [[technology]]. == Kant's use of ''phenomenon'' ==
  3 KB (437 words) - 20:25, 25 July 2013
• Means and Ends
  ...a._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], the early sense of being '[[intermediary]]'. ...are means to other ends; this is relevant when considering the [[meaning]] of [[life]].
  3 KB (559 words) - 01:40, 13 December 2020
• Concepts
  ...ent of a [[sentence]]. Unlike [[perception]]s, which are particular images of individual objects, concepts cannot be visualized. Because they are not the <center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Thought]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?tit
  4 KB (578 words) - 23:41, 12 December 2020
• Axiom
  ...granted, and serves as a starting point for deducing and inferring other (theory dependent) truths. ...Unlike theorems, axioms (unless redundant) cannot be derived by principles of [[deduction]], nor are they demonstrable by mathematical [[proof]]s, simply
  3 KB (407 words) - 19:12, 5 September 2010
• 2020-04-11-About Spiritual Apps
  ...he basis of science and philosophy, presenting the intellectual foundation of religion.” ([[56:10|UB 56:10:10]]) ...many spiritual ideologies clash with one another and lack a genuine force of conviction demonstrates that they do not testify for the whole truth.
  2 KB (300 words) - 12:06, 2 July 2020
• Thomas Aquinas
  ..."Doctor Communis", and "Doctor Universalis". "Aquinas" is from the county of Aquino, an area his family held land in until 1137. He was born in [https:/ ...more, Thomas is distinguished for his eucharistic hymns, which form a part of the Church's liturgy.[8]
  4 KB (596 words) - 02:41, 13 December 2020
• Intuition
  ...mediate apprehension of an object by the [[mind]] without the intervention of any reasoning process" ...on, it has been the subject of study in [[psychology]], as well as a topic of interest in the [[supernatural]].
  5 KB (744 words) - 01:22, 13 December 2020
• Gestalt
  ...to constitute a functional unit with properties not derivable by summation of its [[parts]] ...other than the sum of the parts".[2] Gestalt theory allows for the breakup of elements from the whole situation into what it really is.
  4 KB (635 words) - 00:09, 13 December 2020
• Subjectivity
  *1. a. Consciousness of one's perceived states. ...ively through the medium of one's own mind or individuality; the condition of being dominated by or absorbed in one's personal feelings, thoughts, concer
  4 KB (490 words) - 22:37, 12 December 2020
• Spiritual Evolution
  ...erminism of [[evolution]] [[concept]] is also complemented by the [[idea]] of a creative [[impulse]] in [[human being]]s, known as [https://en.wikipedia. ...[[ultimate]] distinction between [[mental]] and [[physical]] reality). All of them can be [[considered]] to be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleology t
  8 KB (1,104 words) - 02:00, 13 December 2020
• Friendship
  fr. Old English ''freond'' "one attached to another by [[feelings]] of personal regard and preference *1 : the state of [[being]] friends they have a long-standing ''friendship''
  3 KB (409 words) - 15:45, 12 January 2021
• Quentin Skinner
  ...From 2008 he will be Professor in the Humanities at Queen Mary, University of London. ...Cambridge, where he has been ever since. He is now also an Honorary Fellow of Caius.
  9 KB (1,287 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020
• Jacques Derrida
  ...alism] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodern_philosophy postmodern philosophy]. ...Derrida was said to "leave behind a legacy of himself as the 'originator' of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstruction deconstruction]."
  6 KB (818 words) - 01:33, 13 December 2020

View (previous 50 | next 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)